Knowles, N., M.D. Dettinger, and D.R. Cayan, 2006. Trends in Snowfall versus Rainfall in the Western United States. Journal of Climate, 19(18), 4545–4559.PDF
Knowles, N., and D. Cayan, 2004. Elevational Dependence of Projected
Hydrologic Changes in the San Francisco Estuary and Watershed. Climatic Change, 62, 319-336. PDF
Knowles, N., and D. Cayan, 2002. Potential effects of global warming on
the Sacramento/San Joaquin watershed and the San Francisco estuary.
Geophysical Research Letters, 29, 38-1-38-4. PDF
Knowles, N., 2002. Natural and Human Influences on Freshwater Inflows
and Salinity in the San Francisco Estuary at Monthly to Interannual
Scales. Water Resources Research, 38, 25-1 to 25-11. PDF
Other Publications (first author)
Knowles, N., 2000. Modeling the Hydroclimate of the San Francisco
Bay-Delta Estuary and Watershed. Doctoral Dissertation, Scripps
Institution of Oceanography. La Jolla, CA, University of California,
San Diego. LINK
Knowles, N., Cayan, D.R., Peterson, D.H., and R.J. Uncles, 1998.
"Simulated Effects of Delta Outflow on the Bay: 1998 Compared to Other Years." Interagency Ecological Program Newsletter 11(Fall): 29-31.
Knowles, N., Cayan, D.R., Ingram, L., Peterson, D.H., and R.J. Uncles,
1997. "Diagnosing the Flood of 1997 in San Francisco Bay with Observations and Model Results." Interagency Ecological Program Newsletter 10(Summer).
Knowles, N., 1996. Simulation and Prediction of Salinity Variability in San Francisco Bay. Scripps Institution of Oceanography. La Jolla, CA, University of California, San Diego.
Knowles, N., Cayan, D.R., Peterson, D.H., and R.J. Uncles, 1995.
"Modeling and Predicting Intertidal Variations of the Salinity Field in
the Bay/Delta." Interagency
Ecological Program Newsletter 8 (Fall).
Second-Author Publications
Peterson, D.H., R.E. Smith, I. Stewart, N. Knowles, C. Soulard, S.W.
Hager, A. Wood, 2005. Snowmelt Discharge in the Sierra Nevada,
California. USGS Open File Report 57, 23pp.
Cloern, J. E., T. S. Schraga, C. B. Lopez, N. Knowles, R. Grover
Labiosa, and R. Dugdale, 2005. Climate anomalies generate an
exceptional dinoflagellate bloom in San Francisco Bay. Geophysical Research Letters, 32, L14608, doi:10.1029/2005GL023321 PDF
Peterson, D.H., R. Smith, I. Stewart, N. Knowles, C. Soulard, S.W. Hager, A. Wood, 2005. Snowmelt discharge characteristics in Sierra Nevada, California. San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science, in press.
Cayan, D.R., M.D. Dettinger, K. Redmond, G. McCabe, N. Knowles, and D.H. Peterson, 2003. "The transboundary setting of California's water and hydropower systems--Linkages between the Sierra Nevada, Columbia, and Colorado hydroclimates", book chapter. PDF
Stahle, D., M. Therrell, M.K. Cleaveland, D.R. Cayan, M.D. Dettinger
and N. Knowles, 2001. Ancient Blue Oaks Reveal Human Impact on San
Francisco Bay Salinity. EOS: Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 82:12. PDF
Peterson, D.H., Dettinger, M.D., Cayan, D.R., DiLeo, J., Riddle, L.,
and Knowles, N., 1997, What a difference a day makes: Spring snowmelt
in the Sierra Nevada. Interagency
Ecosystem Program Newsletter, Summer 1997, 16-19.