Dissolved Organic Matter Within A Section Of The Boulder Creek Watershed

Aug. 21, 2018

Gabor , Rachel 1 ; Russell , Nina 2 ; Blum , Alex 3 ; Eilers , Katie 4 ; McKnight , Diane 5 1 INSTAAR and Environmental Studies Program, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80302, USA 2 INSTAAR and Environmental Studies Program, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80302, USA...

INVITED KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: Snowmelt Runoff, The Fourth Paradigm, And The End Of Stationarity

Aug. 21, 2018

Dozier , Jeff 1 1 Donald Bren School of Environmental Science & Management, University of California at Santa Barbara In the 21st century, a crucial question for mountain snowpacks worldwide is: How do we reliably predict snowmelt runoff and associated demand as climate changes, populations grow, land use evolves, and...

INVITED KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: Understanding Our Climate Through Precipitation Measurements

Aug. 21, 2018

Doesken , Nolan 1 1 Colorado State Climatologist and Senior Research Associate, Director, Fort Collins Weather Station Underlying most work in hydrologic science is a basic knowledge of climatic characteristics of precipitation -- the quantity, frequency, intensity, duration of precipitation as well as information on how precipitation varies geographically, seasonally,...

Assessment Of Dynamical Downscaling In Japan

Aug. 21, 2018

Dairaku , Koji 1 ; Pielke Sr. , Roger A 2 ; Beltran-Przekurat , Adriana B 3 ; Iizuka , Satoshi 4 ; Sasaki , Wataru 5 1 CIRES, University of Colorado 2 CIRES, University of Colorado 3 CIRES, University of Colorado 4 National Research Institute for Earth Science and...

Determining A Removal Threshold For Didymosphenia Geminata

Aug. 21, 2018

Cullis , James D 1 1 University of Colorado Previous studies in Boulder Creek, CO, have shown that maximum shear stress is a significant factor in determining the abundance of the nuisance diatom Didymosphenia geminata. The aim of this study was to investigate this observation further in order to determine...

Climate Change And Increasing Zinc Concentrations In A Rocky Mountain Acid Rock Drainage Stream

Aug. 21, 2018

Crouch , Caitlin 1 ; Todd , Andrew 2 ; McKnight , Diane 3 ; Ling , Alison 4 ; Robinson , Patrick 5 1 INSTAAR, CU Environmental Studies Graduate Program 2 INSTAAR 3 INSTAAR, CU Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering 4 Graduate Student, CU Department of Civil and...

Use Of Isotopic And Geochemical Tracers To Identify Source Waters And Subsurface Residence Times Within Headwater Catchments In Boulder Creek Watershed, Colorado

Aug. 21, 2018

Cowie , Rory M 1 ; Williams , Mark W 2 1 University of Colorado and INSTAAR 2 University of Colorado and INSTAAR An outstanding question for snowmelt-dominated watersheds of the western US is the response of stream flow to changes in climate. We know little about mountain aquifers because...

Modeling The Impact Of Climate Change On High Altitude Groundwater Resources

Aug. 21, 2018

Cochrane , Jessica J 1 ; Ge , Shemin 2 1 University of Colorado 2 University of Colorado It is widely accepted that the global climate is changing, yet our understanding of the effect of climate change on groundwater resources is limited. Many questions remain regarding the size of groundwater...

Application Of A GLM Framework To Model Stream Temperature Attributes In The Sacramento River Basin

Aug. 21, 2018

Caldwell , Jason 1 ; Rajagopalan , Balaji 2 1 CIRES/University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309 USA 2 Department of Civil Environmental and Architectural Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309 USA Water allocations in the Central Valley Project (CVP) of California require the consideration of short- and long-term needs...

Climate Change And Its Effect On April 1st Snow Water Equivalent At 5 Indian Peaks SNOTEL Sites

Aug. 20, 2018

Blom , Tevis 1 1 University Colorado Boulder April 1st Snow Water Equivalent (SWE) is a useful indicator of potential water resources along Colorado’s Front Range. This is especially so at altitude where snowpack serves as a seasonal storage reservoir. Climate change in the 20th century has the potential to...

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