Streams, Soils, Strategies And (Stressed Out?) Survivors - Ecohydrology In Seasonally Dry Climates

Aug. 13, 2018

Thompson , Sally 1 1 University of California, Berkeley Seasonally dry ecosystems (or SDEs) include Mediterranean, Monsoonal and Tropically Dry climates. SDEs occur worldwide and share a pronounced contrast in precipitation between a wet season, and a dry season in which little to no rain falls. Water availability in SDEs...

U.S. EPA STAR National Center For Innovation In Small Drinking Water Systems:

Aug. 13, 2018

Summers , R. Scott 1 1 UC-Boulder The Design of Risk Reducing, Innovative Implementable Small System Knowledge(DeRISK) Center?s overall objectives will focus on applying principles of risk reduction, sustainability and new implementation approaches to innovative technologies that will reduce the risk associated with key contaminant groups and will increase the...

Inside The Ice: Insights From Thermo-Mechanically Coupled Modeling Of High-Elevation Regions Of The Greenland Ice Sheet

Aug. 13, 2018

Sommers , Aleah 1 ; Rajaram , Harihar 2 ; Colgan , William 3 1 University of Colorado 2 University of Colorado at Boulder, Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering 3 Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland As observations become more plentiful through remote sensing and numerical models become...

Monitoring The Terrestrial Water Cycle With Reflected GPS Signals

Aug. 13, 2018

Small , Eric E. 1 ; Larson , Kristine M. 2 1 Geological Sciences, CU Boulder 2 Aerospace Engineering Sciences, CU Boulder Data from NSF's EarthScope Plate Boundary Observatory (PBO), and similar GPS networks worldwide, can be used to monitor the terrestrial water cycle. GPS satellites transmit L-band microwave signals,...

Establishing Transferable Sub-Pixel Relationships For Estimating Snow Depth From Remotely-Sensed Snow Covered Area And A DEM

Aug. 13, 2018

Schneider , Dominik 1 ; Molotch , Noah P. 2 1 INSTAAR, University of Colorado Boulder 2 INSTAAR, University of Colorado Boulder Snowmelt is the primary water source in the Western United States and mountainous regions globally. Forecasts of streamflow and water supply rely heavily on snow measurements from sparse...

Developing And Deploying A Dynamically Updated Source Water Assessment And Response Tool

Aug. 13, 2018

Rosen , Jeffrey 1 ; Seidel , Chad 2 1 Corona Environmental Consulting, LLC 2 University of Colorado at Boulder, DeRISK Center The 2014 spill of MCHM on the Elk River in West Virginia highlighted several source water protection challenges faced by the drinking water community. Source water assessment plans...

Determining Snow And Ice Melt Contributions Using MODIS And A Temperature Index Melt Model In The Hunza River Basin

Aug. 13, 2018

Rittger , Karl 1 ; Brodzik , Mary J 2 ; Racoviteanu , Adina 3 ; Barrett , Andrew 4 ; Kalsa , Siri Jodha 5 ; Armstrong , Richard 6 1 NSIDC/CIRES/UCB 2 NSIDC/CIRES/UCB 3 NSIDC/CIRES/UCB 4 NSIDC/CIRES/UCB 5 NSIDC/CIRES/UCB 6 NSIDC/CIRES/UCB In mountainous regions of High Asia, snow...

Optimization Of Active Spreading Strategies To Remediate Contaminated Groundwater During In Situ Chemical Oxidation

Aug. 13, 2018

Piscopo , Amy 1 ; Greene , John 2 ; Neupauer , Roseanna 3 ; Kasprzyk , Joseph 4 1 University of Colorado Boulder 2 University of Colorado Boulder 3 University of Colorado Boulder 4 University of Colorado Boulder To remediate contaminated groundwater using in situ chemical oxidation (ISCO), a...

Effects Of Time-Varying Streambed Hydraulic Properties On Stream Depletion

Aug. 13, 2018

Neupauer , Roseanna M 1 ; Lackey , Greg 2 ; Pitlick , John 3 1 University of Colorado Boulder 2 University of Colorado Boulder 3 University of Colorado Boulder Stream depletion is the reduction in flow rate in a stream due to pumping in an aquifer that is hydraulically...

Water/Rock Reactions In Oman Hyperalkaline Aquifers And Implications For Microbial Habitability

Aug. 13, 2018

Miller , Hannah M 1 ; Matter , Juerg 2 ; Kelemen , Peter 3 ; Ellison , Eric 4 ; Templeton , Alexis 5 1 University of Colorado Boulder 2 University of Southampton, UK 3 Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University 4 University of Colorado at Boulder 5 University...

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