Science To Support Water Resource Planning And Management: Understanding Sensitivity To Climate Change And Improving Hydroclimatic Monitoring And Prediction Products

Aug. 13, 2018

Clark , Martyn P 1 1 NCAR Water is a precious commodity underpinning not only the global economy, but also our quality of life. Those responsible for managing the availability and distribution of this basic necessity face a variety of challenges every year in ensuring a high-quality, always-ready resource to...

Variability Of Hillslope Dissolved Organic Matter Transport And Transformation In A Semi-Arid Catchment

Aug. 13, 2018

Burns , Margaret 1 ; McKnight , Diane 2 ; Gabor , Rachel 3 ; Barnard , Holly 4 1 Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, CU Boulder 2 Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, CU Boulder 3 Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, CU Boulder 4 Institute of Arctic...

Satellite Measurements Of River Discharge And Runoff

Aug. 13, 2018

Brakenridge , G. R. 1 1 University of Colorado As noted in “Stream-Gaging Program of the U.S. Geological Survey, USGS Circular 1123", “Perhaps the biggest challenge that confronts the stream-gauging program is that of maintaining long-term and consistent nationwide data sets.” The USGS operates a ground-based discharge monitoring network of...

Seasonal Variability Of Western US Extreme Precipitation

Aug. 13, 2018

Bracken , Cameron 1 ; Rajagopalan , Balaji 2 ; Gangopadhyay , Subhrendu 3 1 University of Colorado, Boulder 2 University of Colorado, Boulder; CIRES 3 Bureau of Reclamation Extreme precipitation magnitude and timing varies drastically throughout the western US. Understanding the spatial and temporal variability of these events is...

Terrain Modulates Hydrological Couplings With Soil Respiration Within The Boulder Creek Drainage

Aug. 13, 2018

Berryman , Erin M 1 ; Barnard , Holly R 2 ; Brooks , Paul D. 3 ; Adams , Hallie 4 ; Burns , Maggie 5 1 INSTAAR, University of Colorado, Boulder 2 INSTAAR, University of Colorado, Boulder 3 Department of Hydrology and Water Resources, University of Arizona 4...

Mountain Hydrology, Forest Management And Water Security In The Sierra Nevada

Aug. 13, 2018

Bales , Roger C 1 1 Sierra Nevada Research Institute, University of California, Merced Water security is the reliable availability of an acceptable quantity & quality of water for health, livelihoods and production, coupled w/ an acceptable level of water-related risks. California has in the past and can in the...

An Approach For Assessing The Drought-Resilience Of Colorado'S Transbasin Water Diversions

Aug. 13, 2018

Yates , David 1 ; Miller , Kathleen A 2 ; Wilby , Robert L 3 ; Kaatz , Laurna 4 2 Presenting Author 1 NCAR 2 NCAR 3 Loughborough University 4 Denver Water Drought episodes and climate change may threaten water supplies for cities and farms along Colorado?s Front...

The Brief, Tumultuous Life Of Logjams In Rocky Mountain National Park

Aug. 13, 2018

Wohl , Ellen 1 1 Colorado State University Channel-spanning logjams occur on rivers throughout Rocky Mountain National Park. Each jam creates a backwater area in which finer sediment and organic matter are deposited. Jams thus slow the downstream movement of water, sediment, and nutrients. The backwater at a jam provides...

Incorporating Deeply Uncertain Factors Into The Many Objective Search Process: Improving Adaptation To Environmental Change

Aug. 13, 2018

Watson , Abigail 1 ; Kasprzyk , Joseph 2 1 CU-Boulder 2 CU-Boulder Increasingly, decision support systems seek to provide structured robust decision-making support for stakeholders and decision makers under the context of deep uncertainty. Deep uncertainty refers to situations in which stakeholders or decision makers do not know, or...

The Center For Water, Earth Science And Technology (CWEST)

Aug. 13, 2018

Tomkinson , Lauren J 1 1 INSTAAR The Center for Water, Earth Science and Technology (CWEST) is a scientific and educational partnership between the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and CU Boulder. Housed within the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR), CWEST enhances the many successful and ongoing collaborations taking...

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