The Colorado River - Where Scarcity Sparks Collaboration

Castle , Anne 1 1 Getches-Wilkinson Center for Natural Resources, Energy, and the Environment – University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø The Colorado River has always been known for its superlatives – the most volatile supplies, the most iconic landscapes, the most dammed, the most litigated, and recently, the most threatened...

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 Â鶹¹ÙÍø 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 Â鶹¹ÙÍø 2 Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences 3 Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences 4 Â鶹¹ÙÍø Evapotranspiration (ET) is...

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,...

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, Â鶹¹ÙÍø, Colorado 2 Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, Â鶹¹ÙÍø, Colorado 3 Department of Geological Sciences and Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University...

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 Â鶹¹ÙÍø 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 Colorado 2 INSTAAR, University of Colorado 3 INSTAAR, University of Colorado, United States Geologic Survey 4 INSTAAR, University of Colorado Humid tropical regions experience disproportionately greater...

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

Bertholet , Clea 1 1 CU Â鶹¹ÙÍø 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 Colorado - Â鶹¹ÙÍø 2 University of Colorado - Â鶹¹ÙÍø 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...

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