Blom , Tevis 1 1 University ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder April 1st Snow Water Equivalent (SWE) is a useful indicator of potential water resources along ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥â€™s Front Range. This is especially so at altitude where snowpack serves as a seasonal storage reservoir. Climate change in the 20th century has the potential to...
Aigler , Brent V. 1 ; Ge , Shemin 2 ; McCaffree , Charles A. 3 1 Environmental Studies & INSTAAR, ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder 2 Geological Sciences & INSTAAR, ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder 3 University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ at Boulder Mountainous watersheds present unique challenges to groundwater modeling due to spatial variations in climate and topography...
Abel , Kali M 1 ; Anderson , Robert S 2 ; Stock , Greg 3 1 University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ and INSTAAR 2 University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ and INSTAAR 3 National Park Service The two largest glaciers in Yosemite National Park, Lyell and Maclure, are rapidly receding with their ice thinning...
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,...
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...
Perrot , Danielle O. 1 ; Molotch , Noah P. 2 ; Musselman , Keith N. 3 ; Pugh , Evan T. 4 1 University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ at Boulder 2 University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ at Boulder 3 University of California, Los Angeles 4 University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ at Boulder The recent mountain...
Meromy , Leah H 1 ; Molotch , Noah P 2 ; Link , Timothy E 3 ; Fassnacht , Steven R 4 ; Herchmer , Eric 5 ; Roberts , Scott 6 ; Rice , Robert 7 1 University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥, Boulder, INSTAAR 2 University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥, Boulder, INSTAAR,...