Effects Of Precipitation Type On Streamflow Efficiency

Hale , Katherine E. 1 ; Wlostowski , Adam N. 2 ; Badger , Andrew M. 3 ; Lestak , Leanne R. 4 ; Anderson , Suzanne P. 5 ; Molotch , Noah P. 6 1 Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado 2 Institute of Arctic and...

An Overview Of The SNOWIE Field Campaign

Friedrich , Katja 1 1 Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Colorado at Boulder The Seeded and Natural Orographic Wintertime clouds: the Idaho Experiment (SNOWIE) field campaign was conducted between January–March 2017 based in Boise, Idaho. The overarching objective of SNOWIE is to gain a better understanding of factors that...

Exchanges Of Groundwater With River Corridors

Conner , Abigail E 1 ; Gooseff , Michael N 2 ; Chen , Xingyuan 3 1 Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR), and Department of Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Colorado 2 Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR), and Department of Civil, Environmental,...

Treatment Of Oil And Gas Wastewater - 7 Years Of Research Experience

Cath , Tzahi 1 1 Engineering, Colorado School of Mines Treatment of wastewater generated during oil and gas (O&G) exploration and production is critically needed for internal reuse (fracking), environmental protection (before discharge to the environment), and for other advanced reuse applications (irrigation, livestock watering, other industrial uses). Membrane processes...

Modeling Induced Seismicity At Greeley, CO With Fracture And Matrix Flow, Geomechanics, And Evolving Hydraulic Diffusivity

Birdsell , Daniel T 1 ; Karra , Satish 2 ; Rajaram , Hari 3 1 University of Colorado, Civil Environmental & Architectural Engineering 2 Los Alamos National Laboratory, Computational Earth Science Group 3 University of Colorado, Civil Environmental & Architectural Engineering Earthquakes caused by injection of fluids underground have...

Understanding The Ecohydrology Of A Glacierized Basin In A Rapidly Changing Climate, Wolverine Glacier Alaska

Bergstrom , Anna 1 ; Koch , Joshua 2 ; O'Neel , Shad 3 1 University of Colorado - Boulder 2 U.S. Geological Survey, Anchorage, AK 3 U.S. Geological Survey, Anchorage, AK Rapid ice loss characterizes temperate glacier regions worldwide, with wide-reaching impacts ranging from infrastructure and tourism to ecosystem...

Shifting Flow Paths: How Disturbance Drives Millennial Carbon Export

Barnes , Rebecca T. 1 1 Environmental Science, Colorado College The flux of terrestrial C to rivers has increased relative to pre-industrial levels and a fraction of this flux is aged dissolved organic C (DOC). Once in rivers, C is stored in sediments, exported to the ocean, or (bio)chemically processed...

New Watershed-Based Climate Forecast Products For Hydrologists And Water Managers

Baker , Sarah 1 ; Rajagopalan , Balaji 2 ; Wood , Andrew 3 1 CU Boulder 2 CU Boulder 3 NCAR Operational sub-seasonal to seasonal (S2S) climate predictions have advanced in skill in recent years but are yet to be broadly utilized by stakeholders in the water management sector...

Water Quality Assessment Of Wild And Scenic Rivers

Back , Jennifer 1 1 Water Resources Division, National Park Service The creation of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System is one of the most significant river conservation achievements in the United States. Provision of good water quality is a key ecosystem service provided by many wild and scenic...

How The West Was Lost

Famiglietti , Jay 1 1 NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Just as the settling and development of the arid American West was fueled by harnessing its available fresh water, the growing lack of water availability may well be its undoing. California?s epic drought is just the latest example of what is...

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