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AGU Hydrology Days 2005
March 7 - March 9, 200
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Hydrology Days 2005

Program at a Glance

8 am - 6 pm
8 - 9:45 am
9:45 - 10 am
Coffee break
Coffee break
Coffee break
10 - 12 am
12 - 1:30 pm

Lunch

Borland Lecture Awards

Lunch break
1:30 - 3:45 pm
1:30 - 3:45 pm
3:45 - 4 pm
Coffee break
Coffee break
Coffee break
4 - 6 pm
4 - 6 pm

 

 

 

March 8

 

 

 

March 8

8:00

Remote Sensing - GIS – Satellite Data

Chair: Luis Garcia
Department of Civil Engineering, CSU

Cherokee Park Room - Lory Student Center

 

 

 

 

8:00

Thresholds Matter: Issues of Topographic Grid Resolution

S.R. Fassnacht and M.J. Laituri
Watershed Sciences Program, FRWS, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO

 

8:15

Generating Land Cover Maps for Urban Areas Using Satellite Imagery and Aerial Photography

Luis Garcia, Ayman Elhaddad, Elgaali Elgaali and Ahmed Eldeiry
Civil Engineering Department, Colorado State University

 

8:30

Calculating ET Using Satellite Imagery in the Arkansas Valley of Colorado

Luis Garcia and Ayman Elhaddad
Department of Civil Engineering, Colorado State University

 

8:45

Estimating Soil Salinity from Remote Sensing Data in Corn Fields


Ahmed Eldiery
Civil Engineering Department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins
Luis A. Garcia
Civil Engineering Department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins CO 80523
Robin M. Reich
Forest, Rangeland and Watershed Stewardship Department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins CO 80523

 

9:00

Detecting Soil Salinity Levels in Agricultural Lands Using Satellite Imagery


Ayman Elhaddad
Department of Civil Engineering
Colorado State University
Luis Garcia
Department of Civil Engineering, Colorado State University
Fort Collins, Colorado

 

9:15

Assessment of Digital Land Cover Maps for Hydrological Modeling in the Yampa River Basin, Colorado, USA


J.M. Repass, S.R. Fassnacht and R.M. Reich
Department of Forest, Rangeland and Watershed Stewardship, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO

 

9:30

Effective Use of Spreadsheets for Hydrology and Water Resources Education

Darrell G. Fontane and Jeffrey D. Niemann
Department of Civil Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523

 

 

 

 

9:45

Mid-morning coffee break

 

 

 

 

 

 

March 8

10:00

Water Resources Management

Chair: Jorge A. Ramirez
Department of Civil Engineering, CSU

Cherokee Park Room - Lory Student Center

 

 

 

 

10:00

Water Law in Colombia: Experience and Status

Neil S. Grigg
Civil Engineering Department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523

 

10:15

Working Paper on Hydrologic Models in the Courtroom


Daniel F. Luecke, Ph.D.
3870 Norwood Court
Boulder, Colorado 80304

 

10:30

Decision-support models for efficient irrigation water management—a case study of middle Rio Grande


Ramchand Oad, Luis Garcia and Roy Gallea
Civil Engineering Department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523

 

10:45

South Platte Decision Support System: Irrigated Lands Assessment And Consumptive Use Modeling


Claudio A. Schneider, PhD
Riverside Technology, inc. Fort Collins, CO 80525
Erin M. Wilson, PE
Leonard Rice Engineers, Inc.Denver, CO 80228
Timothy C. Martin, PhD
Riverside Technology, inc. Fort Collins, CO 80525

 

11:00

A Case Study: San Antonio River Authority Enterprise GIS Implementation


Durmus Cesur
San Antonio River Authority, San Antonio, TX 78229

 

11:15

Water Resources in Spain: The Ebro River Interbasin Transfer Project and the "Programa Agua"


Roberto Arranz
Water Resources Planning and Management Division, Civil Engineering Department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins

 

 

March 8

12:00

Lunch break

 

 

Presentation of Hydrology Days Award

Hydrology Days Award Recipient: C.A. Troendle
Rocky Mountain Research Station, USDA Forest Service

Hydrology Days Award Lecture

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

March 8

2:00

Hydrology Days Award Session I- Watershed Science

Chair: Lee MacDonald
Department of Forest, Range, and Watershed Stewardship, CSU

Cherokee Park Room - Lory Student Center

 

 

 

 

2:00

The legacy of watershed science at Colorado State University


Jim Meiman and Freeman Smith
Forest, Range and Watershed Stewardship Department, Colorado State University

 

2:20

The Effect of Timber Harvest on the Fool Creek Watershed, 49 Years Later


Kelly Elder
Rocky Mountain Research Station, USDA Forest Service, 240 West Prospect Road, Fort Collins, CO 80526
Laurie Porth
Rocky Mountain Research Station, USDA Forest Service, 240 West Prospect Road, Fort Collins, CO 80526
Chuck Troendle
Inventory and Monitoring Institute, USDA Forest Service, 2150 Centre Avenue Building A, Fort Collins, CO 80526

 

2:40

Subalpine ecosystem nutrient budgets, 1982-2004, Lexen Creek, Fraser Experimental Forest, Colorado


Robert Stottlemyer
USGS-BRD
2150 Centre Ave., Bldg. C
Ft. Collins, CO 80526

 

3:00

Wood dynamics in Rocky Mountain streams over 8 years

Ellen Wohl
Department of Geosciences, Colorado State University

 

3:20

Long-term Effects of Clearcutting on N Availability and Soil Solution Chemistry in the Fraser Experimental Forest, CO


Banning Starr
USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station, 240 West Prospect, Fort Collins, CO 80526
Robert Stottlemyer
U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey, 2150 Centre Avenue, Bldg C , Fort Collins, CO 80526
Kelly Elder
USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station, 240 West Prospect, Fort Collins, CO 80526
Chuck Rhoades
USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station, 240 West Prospect, Fort Collins, CO 80526

 

 

 

3:45

Mid-afternoon coffee break

 

 

 

 

 

 

March 8

2:00

Irrigation - Salinity

 

 

Chair: Luis Garcia
Department of Civil Engineering, CSU

Room 208 - Lory Student Center

 

 

 

 

2:00

Mass Balances of Irrigation-Induced Salinity and Selenium in Reaches of the Arkansas River


Jennifer Mueller
Civil Engineering Department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
Timothy K. Gates
Professor, Civil Engineering Department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO

 

2:15

Using Kriging Interpolation Techniques for Mapping Soil Salinity in Arkansas River Basin


Ahmed Eldiery
Civil Engineering Department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins
Luis A. Garcia
Civil Engineering Department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins CO 80523
Robin M. Reich
Forest, Rangeland and Watershed Stewardship Department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins CO 80523

 

2:30

Water Application and Irrigation Efficiencies in Selected Fields in the Arkansas River Valley


Andres Jaramillo, Luis Garcia and Timothy Gates
Civil Engineering Department, Colorado State University. Fort Collins

 

2:45

Effect of Irrigation and Ammonium Sulfate Fertilizer on Phosphorus Transport through Runoff and Deep Percolation from Grassed Plots


Jennifer E. Morgan
Civil Engineering Department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins
Jim C. Loftis
Professor, Civil Engineering Department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins

 

3:00

Evaluation of Application Efficiency of Furrow Irrigation Systems in Clay Soils


Ahmed Eldiery
Civil Engineering Department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins
Luis A. Garcia
Civil Engineering Department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins CO 80523

 

3:15

Sensitivity of Irrigation Water Supply to Climate Change in the Great Plains Region of Colorado

Elgaali Elgaali
Civil Engineering Department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins
Luis A. Garcia
Civil Engineering Department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins

 

 

 

3:45

Mid-afternoon coffee break

 

 

 

 

 

 

March 8

4:00

Hydrology Days Award Session II- Watershed Science

Chair: Lee MacDonald
Department of Forest, Range, and Watershed Stewardship, CSU

Cherokee Park Room - Lory Student Center

 

 

 

  4:00 Landscape controls on the nitrogen biogeochemistry of high elevation ridges

Chuck Rhoades
US Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station

Eugene Kelly
Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Colorado State University

Banning Starr
US Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station

 

4:20

Coarse sediment transport observations from St. Louis Creek watershed, Fraser Experimental Forest, Fraser, CO


Sandra E. Ryan-Burkett
Research Hydrologist/Geomorphologist, USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fort Collins, CO

 

4:40

The East St. Louis Creek debris basin: serving a variety of research questions


Kristin Bunte
Engineering Research Center, Department of Civil Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins
Steven R. Abt
Engineering Research Center, Department of Civil Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins

 

5:00

Snowpack simulation using the Simultaneous Heat and Water (SHAW) model at a continental subalpine site near Fraser, Colorado, USA


Angus Goodbody
USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fort Collins, CO 80526, USA
Gerald Flerchinger
USDA Agricultural Research Service, Northwest Watershed Reseach Center, Boise, ID 83712, USA
Kelly Elder
USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fort Collins, CO 80526, USA

 

 

 

March 8

4:00

Urban Hydrology

 

 

 

Chair: Larry Roesner
Department of Civil Engineering, CSU

Room 208- Lory Student Center

 

 

 

 

4:00

Are Our Urban Runoff Design Practices Really Saving Our Stream?

Larry A. Roesner, P.E.
Civil Engineering, Colorado State University

 

4:15

An analytical approach to obtain the cumulative distribution function for maximum discharges and total volumes in Urban Watersheds


P. Rivera
Departmento de Ingeniería Hidráulica y Ambiental, Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
J. Gironás, Department of Civil Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523 USA
J. P. Montt and B. Fernández
Departmento de Ingeniería Hidráulica y Ambiental, Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile

 

4:30

Impacts of Septic Tank Effluent from a Proposed Residential Development on Water Quality, Adams County, Colorado


Kirk Heatwole
Environmental Systems Modeling, Environmental Science and Engineering Division, Colorado School of Mines, Golden
John McCray
Environmental Science and Engineering Division, Colorado School of Mines, Golden

 

4:45

An urban geomorphic assessment of the Berryessa Creek and Upper Penitencia Creek watersheds in San José, CA.


Brett Jordan, C.C. Watson
Department of Civil Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins CO
W.K. Annable
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
D. Sen
Santa Clara Valley Water District, 5750 Almaden Expressway, San Jose, CA

 

5:00

Modification of Anaerobic Digestion Model No. 1 for Accumulation and Biomass Recycling

Durmus Cesur
San Antonio River Authority, 100 East Guenther, San Antonio TX 78229
Maurice L. Albertson
Civil Engineering Department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523

 

 

 

 

 

Posters

Cherokee Park Room - Lory Student Center

 

 

 

 

1

Simulation Of Dispersion Of Pollutant By Eddy Field

Chagas, Patrícia and Souza, Raimundo
Department of Environmental and Hydraulics Engineering, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza – CE – Brasil.

 

2

Development of a Numeric Model, with Explicit Solution, to Study Flood Wave Propagation.

Chagas, Patrícia and Souza, Raimundo
Department of Environmental and Hydraulics Engineering, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza – CE – Brasil.

 

3

Study of the Depuration Capacity of a River, Considering the Propagation of a Dynamic Wave.

Chagas, Patrícia and Souza, Raimundo
Department of Environmental and Hydraulics Engineering, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza – CE – Brasil.

 

4

Solution of Saint Venant's Equation to Study Flood in Rivers through Numerical Methods

Chagas, Patrícia Chagas and Souza, Raimundo
Department of Environmental and Hydraulics Engineering, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza – CE – Brasil.

 

5

Geoelectric in Identifying Ground Water Quality

Hamid KAHPOOD and Jafar NAJIHAMMODI
Water Resources Section,Civil Engineering Dept.,Power Water Insitute of Technology,Tehran,Iran

 

6

Groundwater artificial recharge: actuality, topics and geographical analysis

C. Miracapillo
Fachhochschule beider Basel (FHBB), Basel (CH)
G. Barbiero
CNR Water Research Institute (IRSA), Rome (I)

  7

Erosion And Runoff Generation From Fire Disturbed Mediterranean Forest Area

Maria Cristina Rulli, Silvia Bozzi, Matteo Spada, Daniele Bocchiola, Renzo Rosso Department of Hydraulic, Environmental, Road and Surveying Engineering, Hydraulics, Fantoli Lab Building, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci, 32 I-20133 Milano MI Italy

 

8

Exploring Relationships Between Geomorphic Factors and Wheat Yield Using Fuzzy Inference Systems

Dmitry Kurtener
Agrophysical Institute, St.Petersburg, Russia
Timothy R. Green
USDA- ARS Great Plains Systems Research Unit, Fort Collins, CO
Elena Krueger-Shvetsova
Agrophysical Institute, St.Petersburg, Russia
Robert H. Erskine
USDA- ARS Great Plains Systems Research Unit

 

9

A Review of Colorado Watershed Projects: Strategies for Implementation Planning and Stakeholder Involvement - In partnership with the Big Thompson Watershed Forum

Hilary N. Spitz
Department of Forest, Rangeland & Watershed Stewardship; State University, Fort Collins

 

10

Evaluating uncertainty of ground-water vulnerability predictions using Latin Hypercube sampling

Jason J. Gurdak
Geology and Geological Engineering Department, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO
U.S. Geological Survey, Colorado Water Science Center, Lakewood, CO
Sharon L. Qi
U.S. Geological Survey, Corvallis, OR
John E. McCray
Environmental Science and Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO

 

11

Calibration and validation of a rainfall-runoff model simulating infiltration and saturation excess

Pasquale Versace, Beniamino Sirangelo and Daniela Biondi
Dipartimento di Difesa del Suolo, Università della Calabria, Arcavacata di Rende (CS), Italy

 

12

Framework for Prioritizing Regulated River Restoration

Marisa Escobar and Greg Pasternack
Department of Land, Air, and Water Resources, University of California, Davis, C 95616

 

13

Experimental investigation of NAPL migration and source zone formation in saturated heterogeneous media

Fritjof Fagerlund
Air- and Water Sciences, Department of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
and Center for Experimental Study of Subsurface Environmental Processes (CESEP), Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO
Tissa Illangasekare
Center for Experimental Study of Subsurface Environmental Processes (CESEP), Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado
Auli Niemi
Air- and Water Sciences, Department of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

 

14

Research in the Caspar Creek Experiment Watershed, Northern California

Dena Hicks
Department of Forest, Rangeland, and Watershed Stewardship, Colorado State University
USDA Forest Service: Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station

 

15

Variation of Downstream Channel Morphology in the Tropical Montane Streams of the Luquillo Mountains, Puerto Rico

Andrew Pike
Department of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
F.N. Scatena
Department of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

  16 Stochastic Simulation of the Truckee River Flow System

Chonjin Fu and José D Salas
Department of Civil Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO

 

17

Modeling Complex Interactions of Overlapping River and Road Networks in a Changing Landscape

John Loomis, Melinda Laituri, Jorge A Ramírez, Kirk Sherrill, and Ellen Wohl
Colorado State University

Alan Covich
University of Georgia

Paul Box, Todd Crowl and Kaite Hein
Utah State University

Armando González-Cabán
USDA Forest Service

Elías Gutíerrez and Luis Santiago
University of Puerto Rico

Andy Pike, Fred Scatena, and Dana Tomlin
University of Pennsylvania

 

18

Studies of salt diffusion process and fluxes from seabed sediments to freshwater of the Polder reservoir

Xilai Zheng, Zengwen Gao, Junwen Wu
Department of Environmental Engineering, Institute of Environmental Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China

  19 Study on the flow of water through non- submerged vegetation

Nehal L
Water Conservancy and Hydropower Engineering College. Hohai University. Nanjing, China.

Yan Zhong Ming
Water Conservancy and Hydropower Engineering College. Hohai University. Nanjing, China.
  20 The South Paltte Basin Hydrologic Observatory

 

 

 

 

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