Companion Structured And Unstructured Digital Elevation Model (DEM) Development

Aug. 17, 2018

Love , Matthew R 1 ; Eakins , Barry W 2 ; Caldwell , Jason R 3 1 CIRES/NGDC 2 CIRES/NGDC 3 CU Boulder CIRES scientists at NGDC have created tested and reviewed a new Digital Elevation Model (DEM) development methodology to build companion structured and unstructured DEMs from the...

Diatom Community Dynamics In A Reactivated Antarctic Dry Valley Stream

Aug. 17, 2018

Kohler , Tyler J 1 ; Stanish , Lee F 2 ; Esposito , Rhea M. 3 ; Simmons , Breana 4 ; McKnight , Diane M 5 1 University of Colorado 2 University of Colorado 3 University of Louisiana at Lafayette 4 Colorado State University 5 University of Colorado...

Evaluating The Chemical Characteristics And Optical Properties Of Atmospheric Wet Deposition To An Alpine Lake And Snowpack

Aug. 17, 2018

Kim , Hong S 1 ; Williams , Mark W. 2 ; Schmidt , Steven 3 ; Mladenov , Natalie 4 1 INSTAAR 2 INSTAAR 3 INSTAAR 4 INSTAAR There is an urgency to improve our understanding of how water quality in high-elevation catchments is responding to climate change. Clear,...

A Conceptual Model Of Water Quantity Impacts From Insect-Induced Tree Death In Coniferous Forests

Aug. 17, 2018

Gordon , Eric 1 ; Pugh , Evan 2 1 Western Water Assessment 2 University of Colorado Boulder In snow-dominated regions, forested watersheds often provide a considerable portion of the downstream water resources, and tree death can significantly alter many ecohydrologic processes including transpiration, canopy transmission and interception, subcanopy wind...

Genetic Algorithm Optimization Of Injection And Extraction Patterns Using Two Wells For In-Situ Remediation Of Groundwater

Aug. 17, 2018

Fuller , Kathleen 1 ; Neupauer , Roseanna M. 2 ; Mays , David C. 3 1 Department of Civil Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder 2 Department of Civil Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder 3 Department of Civil Engineering, University of Colorado Denver Contaminated groundwater remediation may be conducted by...

Factors Affecting The Growth Of *Didymosphenia Geminata* In New Zealand Rivers: Flow, Bed Disturbance, Nutrients, Light, And Seasonal Dynamics.

Aug. 17, 2018

Cullis , James D 1 1 Civil Environmental and Architectural Engineering (CEAE) and Institute for Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR) Didymosphenia geminata (didymo) was introduced into a New Zealand river in 2004, and since then has dramatically spread to cover the beds of many rivers with extremely dense and extensive...

Soybeans Grown In Elevated Ozone Show Decreased Evapotranspiration That Could Have Implications On Midwest Climate And Hydrology

Aug. 17, 2018

Casetllani , Benjamin B 1 1 Univeristy of Colorado at Boulder As a result of increasing anthropogenic emissions of pollutants, tropospheric ozone levels are projected to rise 40 to 60 percent by the year 2100 (IPCC 2007). This study focuses on the effect that this increase would have on the...

Ecohydrology Within The Boulder Creek Watershed: New Investigations Of Water And Carbon Fluxes

Aug. 17, 2018

Byers , Anya 1 ; Waste , Elizabeth 2 ; Barnard , Holly R 3 1 University of Colorado 2 University of Colorado 3 University of Colorado Processes operating in the hydrosphere, geosphere, and biosphere interact at multiple scales to determine the structure, function, and health of terrestrial ecosystems. Although...

Interannual Forecasting Of Upper Colorado River Flow

Aug. 17, 2018

Bracken , Cameron W 1 ; Rajagopalan , Balaji 2 1 University of Colorado at Boulder 2 University of Colorado at Boulder Current operational forecasting methods in the Upper Colorado River Basin (UCRB) use antecedent flow and soil moisture conditions, snowpack and climate indices (Brandon, 2005). Experimental methods include large...

Flood Scaling And Network Geometry - Exploring The Role Of The Width Function

Aug. 17, 2018

Anderson , Scott 1 ; Pitlick , John 2 1 University of Colorado at Boulder, Geography 2 University of Colorado at Boulder, Geography Flooding and flood processes play an integral role in the geomorphological and ecological systems of landscapes, and can have large impacts on human developments. Changing climate has...

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