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Email: sean@ucar.edu
Phone: 303-497-8934
Postal Address: P.O. Box 3000, Boulder, CO, 80307-3000
Shipping Address: 3450 Mitchell Lane, Boulder, CO, 80307-3000

Professional Interests

Boundary Layer Turbulence, Forest (Canopy) Flows, Tower Measurements, etc.

Journal Articles (Primary Author):

Burns, S.P., A.C. Delany, J. Sun, B.B. Stephens, S.P. Oncley, G.D. Maclean, S.R. Semmer, J. Schroter, and J. Ruppert, 2008: An evaluation of calibration techniques for in-situ carbon dioxide measurements using a programmable portable trace-gas measuring system. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, early online release (in press), doi:10.1175/2008JTECHA1080.1.
Burns, S.P., J. Sun, A.C. Delany, S.R. Semmer, S.P. Oncley, and T.W. Horst, 2003: A field intercomparison technique to improve the relative accuracy of longwave radiation measurements and an evaluation of CASES-99 pyrgeometer data quality. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 20, 348-361.
Burns, S.P., D. Khelif, C.A. Friehe, P. Hignett, A.G. Williams, A.L.M. Grant, J.M. Hacker, D.E. Hagan, Y.L. Serra, D.P. Rogers, E.F. Bradley, R.A. Weller, C.W. Fairall, S.P. Anderson, C.A. Paulson, and P.A. Coppin, 2000: Comparisons of aircraft, ship, and buoy radiation and SST measurements from TOGA COARE. Journal of Geophysical Research, 105 (D12), 15,627-15,652.
Burns, S.P., D. Khelif, C.A. Friehe, A.G. Williams, P. Hignett, A.L.M. Grant, J.M. Hacker, D.P. Rogers, E.F. Bradley, R.A. Weller, M.F. Cronin, S.P. Anderson, C.W. Fairall, and C.A. Paulson, 1999: Comparisons of aircraft, ship, and buoy meteorological measurements from TOGA COARE. Journal of Geophysical Research, 104 (D24), 30,853-30,884.

Conference Preprints & Posters:

Burns, S.P., R.K. Monson, M.V. Losleben, A.A. Turnipseed, M.W. Williams, and N.P. Molotch, 2006: Measurements of snowpack temperature in a Colorado subalpine forest. Poster, 2006 AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, American Geophysical Union, 11-15 December.
Burns, S.P., J. Sun, D. H. Lenschow, S.P. Oncley, B.B. Stephens, D.E. Anderson, A.C. Delany, D.S. Schimel, and R.K. Monson, 2006: Measurement of the diurnal cycle of temperature, humidity, wind, and carbon dioxide in a subalpine forest during the 2004 Carbon in the Mountains Experiment (CME04). Poster, 17th Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence and 27th Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, San Diego, CA, American Meteorological Society, 22-25 May.
Burns, S.P., J. Sun, S.P. Oncley, A.C. Delany, B.B. Stephens, D.E. Anderson, D.S. Schimel, D. H. Lenschow, and R.K. Monson, 2006: Measurements of the diurnal cycle of temperature, humidity, wind, and carbon dioxide in a subalpine forest during the Carbon in the Mountains Experiment (CME04). Preprints, 17th Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence and 27th Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, San Diego, CA, American Meteorological Society, JP4.7.
Burns, S.P., J. Sun, S.P. Oncley, A.A. Turnipseed, C. Yi, D.H. Lenschow, and R.K. Monson, 2006: An evaluation of in-canopy flux measurements. Poster, Flux Measurements in Difficult Conditions, a Specialist Workshop by ILEAPS, Boulder, CO, International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme, 26-28 January.
Burns, S.P., A.C. Delany, J. Sun, G. Maclean, S.P. Oncley, S.R. Semmer, and R.K. Monson, 2004: HYDRA: A programmable portable, trace-gas measuring system. Poster, 2004 AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, American Geophysical Union, 13-17 December.
Burns, S.P., J. Sun, A.C. Delany, S.P. Oncley, and T.W. Horst, 2000: Radiative flux divergence measurements during CASES-99. Preprints, 14th Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence, Snowmass, CO, American Meteorological Society, 351-354.
Burns, S.P. and J. Sun, 2000: Thermocouple temperature measurements from the CASES-99 main tower. Preprints, 14th Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence, Snowmass, CO, American Meteorological Society, 358-361.

Journal Articles (Co-Authored):

Oncley, S. P., K. Schwenz, S. P. Burns, J. Sun, and R. K. Monson, 2008: A cable-borne tram for atmospheric measurements along transects. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, In Press , doi:10.1175/2008JTECHA1158.1
Bowling, D. R., W. J. Massman, S. M. Schaeffer, S. P. Burns, R. K. Monson, and M. W. Williams, 2008: Biological and physical influences on the carbon isotope content of CO2 in a subalpine forest snowpack, Niwot Ridge, Colorado. Biogeochemistry, In Press, doi:10.1007/s10533-008-9233-4 .
Xiao, J., et. al., 2008: Estimation of net ecosystem carbon exchange for the conterminous United States by combining MODIS and AmeriFlux data. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, In Press, doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2008.06.015.
Zobitz, J. M., S. P. Burns, M. Reichstein, and D. R. Bowling, 2008: Partitioning net ecosystem carbon exchange and the carbon isotopic disequilibrium in a subalpine forest. Global Change Biology, 14, 1785-1800, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01609.x.
Schaeffer, S. M., D. E. Anderson, S. P. Burns, R. K. Monson, J. Sun, and D. R. Bowling, 2008: Canopy structure and atmospheric flows in relation to the del13C of respired CO2 in a subalpine coniferous forest. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 148, 592-605, doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2007.11.003 .
Zobitz, J. M., S. P. Burns, J. Ogee, M. Reichstein, and D. R. Bowling, 2007: Partitioning net ecosystem exchange of CO2: A comparison of a Bayesian/isotope approach to environmental regression methods. Journal of Geophysical Research, 112, G03013, doi:10.1029/2006JG000282.
Sun, J., S.P. Burns, A.C. Delany, S.P. Oncley, A.A. Turnipseed, B.B. Stephens, D.H. Lenschow, M.A. LeMone, R.K. Monson, and D.E. Anderson, 2007: CO2 transport over complex terrain. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 145, 1-21, doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2007.02.007.
Monson, R.K., S.P. Burns, M.W. Williams, A.C. Delany, M. Weintraub, and D.A. Lipson, 2006: The contribution of beneath-snow soil respiration to total ecosystem respiration in a high-elevation, subalpine forest. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 20 (3), GB3030, doi:10.1029/2005GB002684.
Heinsch, F.A., et. al., 2006: Evaluation of remote sensing based terrestrial productivity from MODIS using regional tower eddy flux network observations. IEEE Transactions On Geoscience And Remote Sensing, 44, 1908-1925, doi:10.1109/TGRS.2005.853936.
Monson, R.K., D.L. Lipson, S.P. Burns, A.A. Turnipseed, A.C. Delany, M.W. Williams, and S.K. Schmidt, 2006: Winter forest soil respiration controlled by climate and microbial community composition. Nature, 439, 711-714, doi:10.1038/nature04555.
Yi, C., R.K. Monson, Z. Zhai, D.E. Anderson, B. Lamb, G. Allwine, A.A. Turnipseed, and S.P. Burns, 2005: Modeling and measuring the nighttime drainage flow in a high-elevation, subalpine forest with complex terrain. Journal of Geophysical Research, 110, D22303, doi:10.1029/2005JD006282.
Monson, R.K., J.P. Sparks, T.N. Rosenstiel, L.E. Scott-Denton, T.E. Huxman, P.C. Harley, A.A. Turnipseed, S.P. Burns, B. Backlund, and J. Hu, 2005: Climatic influences on net ecosystem CO2 exchange during the transition from wintertime carbon source to springtime carbon sink in a high-elevation, subalpine forest. Oecologia, 146 (1), 130-147.
Bowling, D.R., S.P. Burns, T.J. Conway, R.K. Monson, and J.W.C White, 2005: Extensive observations of CO2 carbon isotope content in and above a high-elevation subalpine forest. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 19, GB3023, doi:10.1029/2004GB002394.
Sun J., S.P. Burns, D. Vandemark, M.A. Donelan, L. Mahrt, T.L. Crawford, T.H.C. Herbers, G.H. Crescenti, and J.R. French, 2005: Measurement of directional wave spectra using aircraft laser altimeters. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 22 , 869-885.
Yi, C., R. Li, P.S. Bakwin, A. Desai, D.M. Ricciuto, S.P. Burns, A.A. Turnipseed, S.C. Wofsy, J.W. Munger, K. Wilson, and R.K. Monson, 2004: A nonparametric method for separating photosynthesis and respiration components in CO2 flux measurements. Geophysical Research Letters, 31, L17107.
Turnipseed, A.A., D.E. Anderson, S. Burns, P.D. Blanken, and R.K. Monson, 2004: Airflows and turbulent flux measurements in mountainous terrain: Part 2: Mesoscale effects. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 125, 187-205.
Sun J., D.H. Lenschow, S.P. Burns, R.M. Banta, R.K. Newsom, R. Coulter, S. Frasier, T. Ince, C. Nappo, B.B. Balsley, M. Jensen, L. Mahrt, D. Miller, and B. Skelly, 2004: Atmospheric disturbances that generate intermittent turbulence in nocturnal boundary layers. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 110(2), 255-279, doi:10.1023/A:1026097926169.
Sun J., S.P. Burns, A.C. Delany, S.P. Oncley, T.W. Horst, and D.H. Lenschow, 2003: Heat balance in the nocturnal boundary layer during CASES-99. Journal of Applied Meteorology, 42 , 1649-1666.
Poulos, G.S., and S.P. Burns, 2003: An evaluation of bulk Ri-based surface layer flux formulas for stable and very stable conditions with intermittent turbulence. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 60 (20) , 2523-2537.
Sun, J., S.P. Burns, D.H. Lenschow, R. Banta, R. Newsom, R. Coulter, S. Frasier, T. Ince, C. Nappo, W. Blumen, X. Lee, X.Z. Hu, 2002: Intermittent turbulence associated with a density current passage in the stable boundary layer. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 105, 199-219.
Poulos, G. S., W. Blumen, D.C. Fritts, J.K. Lundquist, J. Sun, S.P. Burns, C. Nappo, R. Banta, R. Newsom, J. Cuxart, E. Terradellas, B. Balsley, and M. Jensen, 2002: CASES-99: A comprehensive investigation of the stable nocturnal boundary layer. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 83, 555-581.
Mahrt, L., D. Vickers, R. Nakamura, M.R. Soler, J. Sun, S.P. Burns, and D.H. Lenschow, 2001: Shallow Drainage Flows. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 101, 243-260.
Blumen, W., R. Banta, S. P. Burns, D. C. Fritts, R. Newsom, G. S. Poulos, and J. Sun, 2001: Turbulence statistics of a Kelvin-Helmholtz billow event observed in the night-time boundary layer during the Cooperative Atmosphere-Surface Exchange Study field program. Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans , 34, 189-204.
Khelif, D., S.P. Burns, and C.A. Friehe, 1999: Improved wind measurements on research aircraft. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 16, 860-875.

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