Victoria Kelly

Environmental Monitoring Program Manager | BS, MA

Certified Senior Ecologist, Ecological Society of America

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Vicky Kelly is the former manager of Cary Institute's Environmental Monitoring Program, which includes monitoring climate as well as air, precipitation and streamwater quality, solar radiation, phenology, and the behavior of water in the landscape. Data from the program have been used to understand the dynamics of road salt and the effects of climate change on precipitation chemistry.

Projects included the effectiveness of road salt reduction practices, the impact of climate change on plant and animal life cycle events (phenology), and monitoring of water at the landscape scale.

Publications include Road Salt: The Problem, The Solution, and How to Get There and The State of the Environment, Dutchess County.

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Soil Surface Roughness in Temperate Forest During SMAPVEX19-22
Walker, VA, MH Cosh, WA White, A Colliander, Victoria R. Kelly, and P Siqueira. 2025. “Soil Surface Roughness in Temperate Forest During SMAPVEX19-22”. IEEE JOURNAL OF SELECTED TOPICS IN APPLIED EARTH OBSERVATIONS AND REMOTE SENSING 18: 4640-4647,. doi:10.1109/JSTARS.2025.3530710.
Soil Moisture Estimates Using -Band Airborne SAR Over Forests Replicating NISAR Observations
Kim, S. -B., X. -L. Xu, S. Kraatz, A. Colliander, M. H. Cosh, Victoria R. Kelly, and P. Siqueira. 2025. “Soil Moisture Estimates Using -Band Airborne SAR Over Forests Replicating NISAR Observations”. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing 18: 7364-7373,. doi:10.1109/JSTARS.2025.3544095.
Comparison of in Situ Plant Area Index and Remotely Sensed Leaf Area Index of Northeastern American Deciduous, Mixed, and Coniferous Forests for SMAPVEX19-22
Cook, CL, BC Laura, DV Bilt, ME Miller, S Kraatz, MH Cosh, Victoria R. Kelly, and A Colliander. 2025. “Comparison of in Situ Plant Area Index and Remotely Sensed Leaf Area Index of Northeastern American Deciduous, Mixed, and Coniferous Forests for SMAPVEX19-22”. IEEE JOURNAL OF SELECTED TOPICS IN APPLIED EARTH OBSERVATIONS AND REMOTE SENSING 18: 18251-18263,. doi:10.1109/JSTARS.2025.3588091.
Assessing the Spatiotemporal Variability of SMAP Soil Moisture Accuracy in a Deciduous Forest Region
Abdelkader, Mohamed, Marouane Temimi, Andreas Colliander, Michael H. Cosh, Victoria R. Kelly, Tarendra Lakhankar, and Ali Fares. 2022. “Assessing the Spatiotemporal Variability of SMAP Soil Moisture Accuracy in a Deciduous Forest Region”. Remote Sensing 14 (14). MDPI AG: 3329. doi:10.3390/rs14143329.
SMAP Detects Soil Moisture Under Temperate Forest Canopies
Colliander, A., M. H. Cosh, Victoria R. Kelly, S. Kraatz, L. Bourgeau-Chavez, P. Siqueira, A. Roy, et al. (2026) 2020. “SMAP Detects Soil Moisture Under Temperate Forest Canopies”. Geophysical Research Letters 47 (19).
Road Salt, The Problem, The Solution and How to Get There
Kelly, Victoria R., Stuart E. G. Findlay, and Kathleen C. Weathers. 2019. “Road Salt, The Problem, The Solution and How to Get There”. Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies. https://www.caryinstitute.org/sites/default/files/downloads/report_road_salt.pdf.
Seasonal and Long-Term Dynamics in Stream Water Sodium Chloride Concentrations and the Effectiveness of Road Salt Best Management Practices
Kelly, Victoria R., Stuart E. G. Findlay, Stephen K. Hamilton, Gary M. Lovett, and Kathleen C. Weathers. 2019. “Seasonal and Long-Term Dynamics in Stream Water Sodium Chloride Concentrations and the Effectiveness of Road Salt Best Management Practices”. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution 230 (1). doi:10.1007/s11270-018-4060-2.
Chemical Composition of Rock Salt Brine Compared with Brine from Oil and Gas Wells
Kelly, Victoria R., Stuart E. G. Findlay, and Cornelia Harris. 2018. “Chemical Composition of Rock Salt Brine Compared With Brine from Oil and Gas Wells”. Journal of Environmental Engineering 144 (9). ASCE.
The Distribution of Road Salt in Private Drinking Water Wells in a Southeastern New York Suburban Township
Kelly, Victoria R., Mary Ann Cunningham, Neil Curri, Stuart E. G. Findlay, and Sean M. Carroll. 2018. “The Distribution of Road Salt in Private Drinking Water Wells in a Southeastern New York Suburban Township”. Journal of Environment Quality 47 (3): 445. doi:10.2134/jeq2017.03.0124.
Deploying temporary networks for upscaling of sparse network stations
Coopersmith, Evan J., Michael H. Cosh, Jesse E. Bell, Victoria R. Kelly, Mark Hall, Michael A. Palecki, and Marouane Temimi. 2016. “Deploying Temporary Networks for Upscaling of Sparse Network Stations”. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 52: 433-44. doi:10.1016/j.jag.2016.07.013.
An integrated monitoring/modeling framework for assessing human-nature interactions in urbanizing watersheds: Wappinger and Onondaga Creek watersheds, New York, USA
Hong, B. G., K. E. Limburg, M.H. Hall, G. Mountrakis, Peter M. Groffman, K.D. Hyde, L. Luo, Victoria R. Kelly, and S.J. Myers. 2012. “An Integrated Monitoring Modeling Framework for Assessing Human-Nature Interactions in Urbanizing Watersheds: Wappinger and Onondaga Creek Watersheds, New York, USA”. Environmental Modelling and Software 32: 1-15. doi:10.1016/j.envsoft.2011.08.006.
A comparison of two collectors for monitoring precipitation chemistry
Kelly, Victoria R., Kathleen C. Weathers, Gary M. Lovett, and Gene E. Likens. 2012. “A Comparison of Two Collectors for Monitoring Precipitation Chemistry”. Water Air Soil Pollut. 223: 951-54. doi:10.1007/s11270-011-0912-8.
Emerging indirect and long-term road salt effects on ecosystems
Findlay, Stuart E. G., and Victoria R. Kelly. 2011. “Emerging Indirect and Long-Term Road Salt Effects on Ecosystems”. In Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences – The Year in Ecology and Conservation Biology, 1223:58-68.
Road Salt, Moving Toward the Solution
Kelly, Victoria R., Stuart E. G. Findlay, William H. Schlesinger, K. Menking, and Allison Chatrchyan. 2010. “Road Salt, Moving Toward the Solution”. Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies. http://www.caryinstitute.org/reprints/report_road_salt_2010.pdf.
Effect of Climate Change between 1984 and 2007 on Precipitation Chemistry at a Site in Northeastern USA
Kelly, Victoria R., Kathleen C. Weathers, Gary M. Lovett, and Gene E. Likens. 2009. “Effect of Climate Change Between 1984 and 2007 on Precipitation Chemistry at a Site in Northeastern USA”. Environ. Sci. Technol. 43: 3461-66. doi:10.1021/es8033473.
Long-term sodium chloride retention in a rural watershed: Legacy effects of road salt on stream water concentrations
Kelly, Victoria R., Gary M. Lovett, Kathleen C. Weathers, Stuart E. G. Findlay, David L. Strayer, D.J. Burns, and Gene E. Likens. 2008. “Long-Term Sodium Chloride Retention in a Rural Watershed: Legacy Effects of Road Salt on Stream Water Concentrations”. Environ. Sci. Technol. 42: 410-15. http://www.caryinstitute.org/reprints/Kelly_et_al_EST_2008.pdf.
The Climate and Air Quality of Dutchess County New York
Bernhardt, J., Victoria R. Kelly, Allison Chatrchyan, and A. Degaetano. 2008. “The Climate and Air Quality of Dutchess County New York”. In Dutchess County Natural Resources Inventory. Cornell Cooperative Extension Dutchess County, in cooperation with Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies…
Increased salinization of fresh water in the northeastern United States
Kaushal, Sujay S., Peter M. Groffman, Gene E. Likens, Kenneth T Belt, William Stack, Victoria R. Kelly, Lawrence E. Band, and G.T. Fisher. 2005. “Increased Salinization of Fresh Water in the Northeastern United States”. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 102: 13517-20.
Trends in atmospheric ammonium concentrations in relation to atmospheric sulfate and local agriculture
Kelly, Victoria R., Gary M. Lovett, Kathleen C. Weathers, and Gene E. Likens. 2005. “Trends in Atmospheric Ammonium Concentrations in Relation to Atmospheric Sulfate and Local Agriculture”. Environ. Pollut. 135: 363-69.
Trends in atmospheric concentration and deposition compared to regional and local pollutant emissions at a rural site in southeastern New York, USA
Kelly, Victoria R., Gary M. Lovett, Kathleen C. Weathers, and Gene E. Likens. 2002. “Trends in Atmospheric Concentration and Deposition Compared to Regional and Local Pollutant Emissions at a Rural Site in Southeastern New York, USA”. Atmospheric Environment 36: 1569-75.

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