Member Since 2012
Hilary R. Martens
Associate Professor, University of Montana
Professional Experience
University of Montana
Associate Professor
2016 - Present
California Institute of Technology
Graduate Research Fellow
2011 - 2016
Education
University of Montana
Masters
2024
California Institute of Technology
Doctorate
2016
University of Cambridge
Masters
2010
University College London
Masters
2009
University of Montana
Bachelors
2008
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Honors & Awards
John Wahr Early Career Award
Received December 2024
Publications
The Potential of Hydrogeodesy to Address Water‐Related and Sustainability Challenges

Increasing climatic and human pressures are changing the world's water resources and hydrological processes at unprecedented rates. Understanding t...

November 02, 2024
AGU Abstracts
The US-GDI: an Operational GPS-based Geodetic Drought Index for the Contiguous United States
AGU 2024
global environmental change | 11 december 2024
Zachary Young, Hilary R. Martens, Zachary H. Hoylm...
Global Positioning System (GPS) based drought indices provide direct insight into total water storage (TWS) variation at fine spatio-temporal scales. ...
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Insights into Solid-Earth Structure from GNSS Geodesy and Ocean Tidal Loading
AGU 2024
geodesy | 09 december 2024
Hilary R. Martens, Mark Simons, Eleanor Serviss, L...
Earth's response to periodic surface loading by ocean tides is controlled by its density and (an)elastic interior structure and can therefore be used ...
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Water-Storage Gains Driven by Atmospheric Rivers in the Western United States
AGU 2024
geodesy | 09 december 2024
Hilary R. Martens, Nicholas Lau, Matthew Swarr, Do...
Atmospheric rivers (ARs) represent an essential source of precipitation for coastal regions in the western United States. However, the frequency and i...
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Volunteer Experience
2023 - 2024
Early Career Scientist
Geodesy Executive Committee
2021 - 2022
Early Career Scientist
Geodesy Executive Committee
2019 - 2020
Member
Geodesy OSPA Committee
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