Holly Oldroyd

Holly Oldroyd

Position Title
Associate Professor

  • Civil and Environmental Engineering
3129 Ghausi
Bio

The Oldroyd Lab research interests include environmental turbulent flows as found in rivers, lakes, and the atmosphere with a focus on water-land-atmosphere interactions in mountainous regions. "Investigating surface exchanges of mass and energy improves our understanding of a wide range of environmental phenomena such as, evapotranspiration, microclimates, glacier/snowmelt, wildfire hazards,vegetation stress and the transport of greenhouse gases or environmental pollutants. We use field investigations, laboratory measurements, and numerical simulations to investigate fundamental turbulent transport dynamics, enhance model development, improve forecasting capabilities, and inform water resources and land management strategies.

Honors and Awards
  • 2019 NSF CAREER Award
  • Tau Beta Phi (Engineering honors society)
  • Pi Tau Sigma (Mechanical engineering honor society)
  • Phi Kappa Phi (National Honors Society)
Publications
  • Evaluating the nature of turbulent coherent structures in orchards using integrated quadrant analysis
    Journal Article | Mangan, M., Oldroyd, H., U, K., Clay, J., Suvočarev, K. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 353, 110042. 10.1016/j.agrformet.2024.110042
  • Navigating Greenhouse Gas Emission Unknowns: A Hydroacoustic Examination of Mediterranean Climate Reservoirs
    Journal Article | Thirkill, R., Ramón, C., Oldroyd, H., Seelos, M., Rueda, F., Forrest, A. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences, 129, 10.1029/2024jg008080
  • Entrainment Rates and Their Synoptic Dependence on Wind Speed Aloft in California's Central Valley
    Journal Article | Caputi, D., Trousdell, J., Mehrotra, S., Conley, S., Alexander, G., Oldroyd, H., Faloona, I. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 186, 505-532. 10.1007/s10546-022-00770-1
  • Near-field variability of evaposublimation in a montane conifer forest
    Journal Article | Drake, S., Nolin, A., Oldroyd, H. Frontiers in Earth Science, 11, 1249113. 10.3389/feart.2023.1249113
  • Increasing Daytime Stability Enhances Downslope Moisture Transport in the Subcanopy of an Even‐Aged Conifer Forest in Western Oregon, USA
    Journal Article | Drake, S., Rupp, D., Thomas, C., Oldroyd, H., Schulze, M., Jones, J. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 127, 10.1029/2021jd036042
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