Aerial Drones Used To Sample Pit Water Reduce Monitoring Costs And Improve Safety

Castendyk , Devin 1 ; Straight , Brian 2 ; Filiatreault , Pierre 3 ; Thibeault , Stephanie 4 ; Cameron , Londie 5 2 Presenting Author 1 Hatch Associates Consultants 2 University of Colorado Boulder 3 Hatch Associates Consultants 4 Goldcorp Canada Ltd. 5 Goldcorp Canada Ltd. Aerial drones...

Dynamics Of Solute Transport And Rare Earth Element Response In Acid Mine Drainage Impacted Alpine Rivers.

Carroll , Jordan E. 1 ; McKnight , Diane M. 2 ; Rue , Garrett P. 3 1 University of Colorado/INSTAAR 2 University of Colorado/INSTAAR 3 University of Colorado/INSTAAR Quantifying and understanding the transport of rare earth elements (REEs) in relation to heavy metals within acidic alpine rivers is relatively...

Generating A Global Soil Evaporation Dataset Using SMAP Soil Moisture Data And The Surface Water Balance

Carbone , Emily F 1 ; Badger , Andrew 2 ; Livneh , Ben 3 ; Small , Eric E 4 1 University of Colorado Boulder 2 Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences 3 Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences 4 University of Colorado Boulder Evapotranspiration (ET) is...

The Influence Of Wastewater Injection Wells On Induced Seismicity In The Denver Basin Combined Disposal Zone, Weld County, Northeast Colorado

Brown , Megan R.M. 1 ; Ge , Shemin 2 ; Sheehan , Anne F 3 1 Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 2 Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 3 Department of Geological Sciences and Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University...

Linking Topography, Hydrology, Climate, And Ecology In Semiarid Forests: Within Catchment Annual Tree Growth And Water Use Efficiency

Adams , Hallie R 1 ; Loomis , Alex K 2 ; Barnard , Holly R 3 1 Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado, Boulder; Department of Geography, University of Colorado, Boulder 2 Department of Geography, University of Colorado, Boulder 3 Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research,...

Sensitivity Of Hydrologic Partitioning To Snowpack Dynamics

Barnhart , Theodore B. 1 ; Molotch , Noah P. 2 ; Harpold , Adrian A. 3 ; Livneh , Ben 4 ; Knowles , John F. 5 ; Schneider , Dominik 6 ; Anderson , Suzanne P. 7 1 Department of Geography and INSTAAR, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO...

Transpiration Phenology Along An Elevational Gradient In Montane Coniferous Forests

Barnard , David M 1 ; Barnard , Holly R 2 ; Molotch , Noah P 3 1 University of Colorado, Boulder: INSTAAR 2 University of Colorado, Boulder: INSTAAR 3 University of Colorado, Boulder: INSTAAR Forest transpiration is a primary component of water- and energy-balance studies as a mechanism for...

Engineering And The Environment: Informing And Influencing Policies And Projects

Belanger , Laura 1 1 Western Resource Advocates The West is a special place with remarkable natural resources, a high quality of life, and a strong economy that continue to attract new residents. In Colorado our population is projected to double by 2050 from 2010 levels. However our water supplies...

Scaling Nitrogen Effects And Management Issues From Small Watersheds To The Globe: Towards An International Nitrogen Management System

Baron , Jill 1 1 USGS, Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory – Colorado State University The alteration of the global nitrogen (N) cycle is one of the greatest global changes on Earth today. Industrial production of synthetic N fertilizers using the Haber-Bosch process is the major reason we have and can...

Disentangling The Importance Of Snowmelt Rate, Timing, And Amount On Runoff Production

Barnhart , Theodore 1 ; Molotch , Noah 2 ; Tague , Christina 3 1 INSTAAR / CU Boulder 2 INSTAAR / CU Boulder 3 University of California Santa Barbara The mountain snowpack is important for runoff generation across the western United States. Near surface warming alters the amount of...

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