2009 LTER All Scientists Meeting - Hydrology

Large-Scale Climate Influences on Interannual Variation in Onyx River Flow

Karen Cozzetto — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 04:19:19 +0000

Poster Number:

370

Presenter/Primary Author:

Karen Cozzetto

Co-Authors:

Diane McKnight

Co-Authors:

Balaji Rajagopalan

Large-scale climate features such as sea level pressures and sea surface temperatures have been shown to influence streamflows in regions around the world. We examined the influence of such features on total annual flows in a summertime glacial meltwater river, the Onyx River, in the ice-free McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. The 38-year Onyx record is the longest flow record for the continent. The study focused on the December-January climate features.

The Virginia Coast Reserve Long-Term Ecological Research Project

John Porter — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:27:27 +0000

Poster Number:

330

Presenter/Primary Author:

Karen McGlathery

Co-Authors:

Patricia Wiberg

Co-Authors:

John Porter

The Virginia Coast Reserve (VCR) is an extremely dynamic, heterogeneous coastal barrier landscape comprising mainland watersheds, tidal marshes, lagoons, and barrier islands. Our goal for the VCR LTER program is to develop a predictive understanding of the response of coastal barrier systems to long-term environmental changes in climate, sea level and land use, and to relate these to the ecological services the coastal barrier systems provide.

Urban streams in Puerto Rico: understanding stream ecosystems outside the Luquillo forest

Alonso Ramirez — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:13:56 +0000

Poster Number:

328

Presenter/Primary Author:

Alonso Ramirez

Co-Authors:

Sofia Burgos

Co-Authors:

Alan Covich

Co-Authors:

Todd Crowl

Co-Authors:

Augustin Engman

Co-Authors:

Debora Figueroa

Co-Authors:

Noraida Martinez

Co-Authors:

Bill McDowell

Co-Authors:

Jorge Ortiz-Zayas

Co-Authors:

Omar Perez

Co-Authors:

Colin Phillips

Co-Authors:

Cathy Pringle

Co-Authors:

Pedro Torres

Co-Authors:

Fred Scatena

Urbanization is one of the major threats to stream ecosystems worldwide. The phrase “urban stream syndrome” has been coined to describe patterns in degraded streams draining urban land. In Puerto Rico, urbanization now covers 16% of the island. The fully protected Luquillo Experimental Forest (focus of the LUQ-LTER) is only 23 km from the center of San Juan, a city of 1.3 million. Therefore, LUQ is assessing the impacts of urbanization on tropical stream ecosystem structure and function.

Separation of river network scale nitrogen removal between surface and hyporheic transient storage compartments

Robert Stewart — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:13:14 +0000

Poster Number:

270

Presenter/Primary Author:

Robert Stewart

Co-Authors:

W. M. Wollheim

Co-Authors:

M.A. Briggs

Co-Authors:

M.N. Gooseff

Co-Authors:

K.M. Morkeski

Co-Authors:

B.J. Peterson

Co-Authors:

C.S. Hopkinson

Co-Authors:

C.J. Vorosmarty

Reach scale experiments have shown that transient storage (TS) zones may be important controls on dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN) export to coastal waters. Here, we investigated the relative impact that main channel (MC), surface TS (STS) and hyporheic TS (HTS) have on DIN removal at the network scale using a DIN removal model applied to the Ipswich River in Massachusetts, USA.

The NEON Fundamental Instrument Unit: Challenges for Consistent, Long-term Measurements

Henry Loescher — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:11:06 +0000

Poster Number:

235

Presenter/Primary Author:

Henry Loescher

Co-Authors:

Hongyan Luo

Co-Authors:

Ted Hehn

Co-Authors:

Heather Powell

Co-Authors:

Tom Cilke

The National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) is a national-scale research platform for assessing the impacts of climate change, land-use change, and invasive species on ecosystem structure and function.

Climate-induced changes in streamflow at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest

John Campbell — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:20:48 +0000

Poster Number:

225

Presenter/Primary Author:

John Campbell

Co-Authors:

Charles T. Driscoll

Co-Authors:

Afshin Pourmokhtarian

Long-term data from the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest show that air temperature has increased by 1-1.5 °C over the last half century. While more variable, annual precipitation has also increased by 19-26% during the same period. These changes in climate influence streamflow, which provides an integrated climate signal that incorporates physical (snowpack, evaporation) and biological (evapotranspiration) responses. Unlike the western United States, water is generally abundant in the Northeast.

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Long-term Streamflow Trends from Old Growth Catchments in the Western Cascades

Kathleen Moore — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:55:59 +0000

Poster Number:

219

Presenter/Primary Author:

Kathleen Moore

Co-Authors:

Julia Jones - Principal Advisor

Climate warming in western North America is expected to result in reduced snowpack, earlier melt, and increased evapotranspiration. Consequently a shift toward a greater proportion of streamflow earlier in the water year with diminished spring and summer streamflows is anticipated. However, few datasets exist of streamflow with associated climate and vegetation records adequate to interpret changes in climate, forest processes, and their consequences for streamflows. This study examines trends in long-term streamflow records from three headwater catchments in old growth f

Student Poster:

Yes

Three-dimensional quantification of meltwater flow through a snowpack using a snow guillotine

Jennifer Petrzelka — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:35:46 +0000

Poster Number:

181

Presenter/Primary Author:

Jennifer Petrzelka

Co-Authors:

Erickson, Tyler A

Co-Authors:

Williams, Mark W

In areas containing seasonal snowpacks, snowmelt contributes significantly to the hydrological cycle. Thus, quantifying the spatial distribution of flow through a snowpack is essential to accurate hydrograph interpretation and representation in snowmelt runoff modeling. Movement of liquid water through snowpacks is generally recognized to occur in distinct flow paths rather than as uniform flow through a homogeneous porous medium.

Student Poster:

Yes

Physical & social impacts on hydrologic properties of suburban soils

Monica Smith — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 21:16:37 +0000

Poster Number:

174

Presenter/Primary Author:

Monica Smith

Co-Authors:

Richard Pouyat

Co-Authors:

Ian Yesilonis

Co-Authors:

Daniel Gimenez

Co-Authors:

Tamara Mittman

Co-Authors:

Taehee Hwang

Co-Authors:

Lawrence Band

Land development practices result in compacted soils that filter less water, increase surface runoff and decrease groundwater infiltration. However, until now, there has been relatively little study of how hydrologic properties of lawns differ according to residential character such as year built or percent canopy cover. This study examines how soil infiltration rates and water retention properties of residential lawns differ according to social and physical factors that are readily attainable from national data sources.

Student Poster:

Yes