Weingarten , Matthew 1 ; Hsieh , Paul 2 1 University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ at Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA 2 U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA, USA Solute transport through fractured porous rocks can be described by advective-dispersive transport through the fractures and diffusive transport through the unfractured matrix. The effect...
Underhill , Vivian R 1 1 University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ With rising global temperatures, a major concern is that fresh water from melting glaciers and the Greenland ice sheet will slow down global oceanic circulation patterns, in particular the North Atlantic Current (NAC). The NAC, an extension of the Gulf Stream,...
Underhill , Vivian R 1 ; Wood , Kevin R 2 ; Mahoney , Andy 3 1 University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥, Environmental Sciences Department 2 Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean 3 University of Alaska, Geophysical Institute The amount of sea ice remaining in the Chukchi Sea...
Swanner , Elizabeth D 1 ; Templeton , Alexis S 2 1 University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ 2 University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ It is now established that microbial life inhabits pore spaces and fractures deep within the solid rock of our continents. However, the nutrient and energy sources that support the deep terrestrial...
SanClements , Michael D 1 ; McKnight , Diane M 2 ; Foreman , Christine M 3 1 INSTAAR, University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ at Boulder 2 INSTAAR, University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ at Boulder 3 Montana State University While in Antarctica this year I was afforded the opportunity to create a two minute...
Rudolph , James V 1 ; Friedrich , Katja 2 1 University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥, Dept. of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (ATOC) 2 University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥, Dept. of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (ATOC) A 21st century precipitation forecast for seven Swiss river basins is generated by linking high resolution (2 x...
Rengers , Francis Kevin 1 ; Moody , John 2 ; Ebel , Brian 3 1 University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ 2 USGS 3 USGS Recently new work has begun to try to model the sediment deposition and erosion patterns that occurred in the Spring Creek Watershed following the Buffalo Creek Fire...
Pugh , Evan T 1 ; Small , Eric E 2 1 University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ 2 University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ In western North America, the mountain pine beetle has killed more than 100,000 km 2 of lodgepole pine ( Pinus contorta ) forest, causing trees to lose the majority of their...
Piscopo , Amy N 1 ; Mays , David C 2 ; Neupauer , Roseanna M 3 1 University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ at Boulder 2 University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Denver 3 University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ at Boulder The lack of mixing in laminar flows is a fundamental problem when addressing groundwater contamination, and...