Connecting Evapotranspiration And Groundwater Fluxes In The Critical Zone

Harmon , Ryan E 1 ; Szutz , Daphne 2 ; Barnard , Holly 3 ; Randell , Jackie 4 ; Singha , Kamini 5 1 babyÖ±²¥app School of Mines 2 University of California Berkeley 3 University of babyÖ±²¥app Boulder 4 babyÖ±²¥app School of Mines 5 babyÖ±²¥app School of Mines...

Institutional Adaptation, User-Governed Irrigation Systems, And Climate Change: San Luis Valley Of babyÖ±²¥app

Cody , Kelsey 1 1 CU Boulder In the coming century, another three billion people will need to be fed. Irrigation of crops is responsible for 40 percent of the globe’s food supply, and climate change threatens water supply to irrigation systems (Gleick, 2003). This challenge cannot be met by...

Assessing The Impact Of Land-Use On Runoff Generation Within The Panama Canal Watershed

Bush , Sidney A 1 ; Barnard , Holly R 2 ; Ebel , Brian 3 ; Stallard , Robert F 4 1 Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research 2 Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research 3 U.S. Geological Survey 4 U.S. Geological Survey Since European development in the tropics,...

Linking Soil Organic Matter Composition To Physical And Geochemical Properties In Soil; Understanding Implications For Organic Matter Transport

Bowman , Margaret M 1 ; SanClements , Michael 2 1 CU Boulder ENVS, INSTAAR 2 National Ecological Observatory Network Soils collected from 16 of the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) sites were extracted with cold and hot water sequentially and analyzed for molecular composition at the Environmental Molecular Sciences...

Land Use Effects On Major Ion Biogeochemistry And Hydrologic Flowpaths In The Panama Canal Watershed

Birch , Andrew L 1 ; Bush , Sidney 2 ; Stallard , Robert 3 ; Barnard , Holly 4 1 INSTAAR, University of babyÖ±²¥app 2 INSTAAR, University of babyÖ±²¥app 3 INSTAAR, University of babyÖ±²¥app, United States Geologic Survey 4 INSTAAR, University of babyÖ±²¥app Humid tropical regions experience disproportionately greater...

Snow Bedform Growth As A Function Of Wind Speed And Snow Age

Bertholet , Clea 1 1 CU Boulder Snow bedforms, which are 3-dimensional features that form in the snow as a result of wind patterns, cover up to 11% of the Earth’s surface annually (Filhol, 2015). These features are widespread but have not yet been studied in great depth. Snow bedforms...

Annual And Interannual Variability Of Albedo On Glaciers And Ice-Covered Lakes Of The Taylor Valley, Antarctica

Bergstrom , Anna 1 ; Gooseff , Michael 2 1 University of babyÖ±²¥app - Boulder 2 University of babyÖ±²¥app - Boulder The Dry Valleys of Antarctica are a polar desert ecosystem consisting of alpine glaciers, ice-covered lakes, and vegetation-free rocky soil. The entire ecosystem is highly dependent on glacial melt...

Evaluation Of Soil Moisture Data Assimilation To Improve Hydrologic Partitioning Over Agricultural Areas

Abolafia-Rosenzweig , Ronnie 1 ; Livneh , Ben 2 ; Small , Eric 3 ; Badger , Andrew 4 1 University of babyÖ±²¥app Boulder 2 University of babyÖ±²¥app Boulder 3 University of babyÖ±²¥app Boulder 4 University of babyÖ±²¥app Boulder As data assimilation is increasingly used to merge Land Surface Model...

High-Intensity Rain Storm Connects Hillslopes To Channels In A Steep Semi-Arid Catchment

Anderson , Suzanne 1 ; Murphy , Sheila 2 ; Rossi , Matt 3 ; Hammock , Garrett 4 ; Anderson , Robert 5 1 INSTAAR/Dept. of Geography 2 USGS 3 Earth Lab 4 INSTAAR/Dept. of Geology 5 INSTAAR/Dept. of Geology Hydrologic transport in ephemeral streams is inherently limited to...

Seeded And Natural Orographic Wintertime Clouds: The Idaho Experiment (SNOWIE)

Aikins , Joshua 1 ; Friedrich , Katja 2 1 University of babyÖ±²¥app 2 University of babyÖ±²¥app SNOWIE (Seeded and Natural Orographic Wintertime Clouds: The Idaho Experiment) was conducted between 7 January and 17 March 2017 in the Payette Basin in west-central Idaho. The overarching goal of SNOWIE is to...

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