Publications
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Land application of drill waste: A scope analysis Land application of drill waste: A scope analysis
Drilling fluid waste land application, a process where drilling wastes are spread and tilled into the land surface, has become common in some petroleum-producing states, however, the potential benefits and risks of this practice are not well studied. Drilling fluids can be water- or oil-based and can have high concentrations of total soluble salts and total petroleum hydrocarbons...
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Matthew S. Varonka, Melissa A. Lombard, Todd M. Preston, Timothy T. Bartos, Jason R. Masoner, Isabelle M. Cozzarelli
An automated hydraulic modeling tool for road stream-crossing replacement projects in Massachusetts An automated hydraulic modeling tool for road stream-crossing replacement projects in Massachusetts
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Gardner C. Bent, Luke P. Sturtevant, Brendan A. McCarthy, Ian P. Armstrong, Meghan A. McCallister, Mark W. Poe, Alexander P. Graziano, Amanda L. Tudor, Carl Carlson
Borehole geophysical time-series logging to monitor passive ISCO treatment of residual chlorinated-ethenes in a confining bed, NAS Pensacola, Florida Borehole geophysical time-series logging to monitor passive ISCO treatment of residual chlorinated-ethenes in a confining bed, NAS Pensacola, Florida
In-situ chemical oxidation (ISCO) is a common method to remediate chlorinated ethene contaminants in groundwater. Monitoring the effectiveness of ISCO can be hindered because of insufficient observations to assess oxidant delivery. Advantageously, potassium permanganate, one type of oxidant, provides the opportunity to use its strong electrical signal as a surrogate to track oxidant...
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Philip T. Harte, Michael A. Singletary, James E. Landmeyer
Rare earth element and phosphorus mobility depend on adsorption to Al-, Fe-, and Mn-oxyhydroxides in a headwater stream in Vermont, USA Rare earth element and phosphorus mobility depend on adsorption to Al-, Fe-, and Mn-oxyhydroxides in a headwater stream in Vermont, USA
We evaluated base cations, Al, Fe, Mn, REEs, DOC, anions, and P mobilization during three discharge events (E-1, E-2, E-3) at the headwater catchment W-9, Sleepers River, Vermont, USA. Peak discharge ranged from 3.696 (E-1) to 0.073 (E-3) mm h−1. Eight samples from each event were speciated for total (unfiltered-acidified) and dissolved (0.45 µm filtered-acidified). During E-1, total Al...
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Stephen Norton, James B. Shanley
The 3D Elevation Program—Supporting Connecticut's economy The 3D Elevation Program—Supporting Connecticut's economy
Introduction Connecticut has a diverse, largely forested landscape characterized by hills and low mountains in the Western Upland, hills in the Eastern Upland, ridges and broad valleys in the Central Lowland, and many beaches and harbors along the coast of Long Island Sound. Connecticut is manufacturing and service focused, ranking almost highest among the 50 States in the United States...
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Laura Harrington, Dan Walters
Flood of July 2023 in Vermont Flood of July 2023 in Vermont
A major storm caused catastrophic flooding in many parts of Vermont on July 9–12, 2023, resulting in millions of dollars in damages. The high amount of rainfall caused several rivers to peak at record levels, in some cases exceeding records set during Tropical Storm Irene in 2011. The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, collected and...
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Travis L. Smith, Scott A. Olson, James M. LeNoir, Rena D. Kalmon, Elizabeth A. Ahearn
The Long Island Sound and Watershed Metadata map application The Long Island Sound and Watershed Metadata map application
The Long Island Sound and its watershed encompass an area of about 17,000 square miles and include the Connecticut, Housatonic, and Thames Rivers, which all drain to the sound. Dozens of organizations from government agencies, nonprofits, and Tribal Nations have developed projects and monitoring programs to analyze and protect the water resources of the watershed and sound. The abundance...
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Timothy J. Stagnitta, Gina N. Groseclose, Harper N. Wavra, Shawn C. Fisher
Remote sensing of river discharge based on critical flow theory Remote sensing of river discharge based on critical flow theory
Critical flow theory provides a physical foundation for inferring discharge from measurements of wavelength and channel width made from images. In rivers with hydraulically steep local slopes greater than ∼0.01, flow velocities are high and the Froude number F r (ratio of inertial to gravitational forces) can approach 1.0 (critical flow) or greater. Under these conditions, undular...
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Carl J. Legleiter, Gordon E. Grant, Inhyeok Bae, Becky Fasth, Elowyn Yager, Daniel C. White, Laura A. Hempel, Merritt Elizabeth Harlan, Christina Leonard, Robert W. Dudley
A first look at river discharge estimation from SWOT satellite observations A first look at river discharge estimation from SWOT satellite observations
The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite has the potential to transform global hydrologic science by offering simultaneous and synoptic estimates of river discharge and other hydraulic variables. Discharge is estimated from SWOT observations of water surface elevation, width, and slope. A first assessment using just the highest quality SWOT measurements, over the first 15...
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Konstantinos M. Andreadis, Steve P. Coss, Michael Durand, Colin J. Gleason, Travis T. Simmons, Nikki Tebaldi, David M. Bjerklie, Craig Brinkerhoff, Robert W. Dudley, Igor Gejadze, Kevin Larnier, Pierre-Olivier Malaterre, Hind Oubanas, George H. Allen, Paul D. Bates, Cédric H. David, Alessio Domeneghetti, Omid Elmi, Luciana Fenoglio Marc, Renato Prate de Moraes Frasson, Elisa Friedmann, Pierre-André Garambois, Jaclyn Gehring, Augusto Getirana, Marissa Hughes, Jonghyun Lee, Pascal Matte, J. Toby Minear, Jérôme Monnier, Aggrey Muhebwa, Mohammad J. Tourian, Tamlin M. Pavelsky, Ryan Matthew Riggs, Ernesto Rodríguez, Md Safat Sikder, Laurence C. Smith, Cassie Stuurman, Jay Taneja, Angelica Tarpanelli, Jida Wang, Brent A. Williams, Bidhyananda Yadav
Mercury cycling in the Czech GEOMON network catchments recovering from acid deposition and facing climate change Mercury cycling in the Czech GEOMON network catchments recovering from acid deposition and facing climate change
We used the catchment mass balance approach to investigate mercury (Hg) cycling at the 14 forested GEOMON catchments of the Czech Geological Survey. The temperate forest catchments had variable exposure to historic high sulfur (S) and Hg emissions, and span a range of size and elevation. We monitored monthly Hg inputs (bulk precipitation, throughfall, litterfall) and outputs (stream...
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Tomáš Navrátil, Jan Rohovec, James B. Shanley, Šárka Matoušková, Michal Roll, Tereza Nováková, Pavel Krám, Miroslav Tesař, Oldřich Myška, Filip Oulehle
Multi-Scale Graph Learning for anti-sparse downscaling Multi-Scale Graph Learning for anti-sparse downscaling
Water temperature can vary substantially even across short distances within the same sub-watershed. Accurate prediction of stream water temperature at fine spatial resolutions (i.e., fine scales, ≤ 1 km) enables precise interventions to maintain water quality and protect aquatic habitats. Although spatiotemporal models have made substantial progress in spatially coarse time series...
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Yingda Fan, Runlong Yu, Janet R. Barclay, Alison P. Appling, Yiming Sun, Yiqun Xie, X. Jia
Uncertainty reduction for subaerial landslide-tsunami hazards Uncertainty reduction for subaerial landslide-tsunami hazards
Subaerial rock slopes may generate a tsunami by rapidly moving into the water. Large uncertainty in landslide characteristics propagates into large uncertainty in tsunami hazard, making hazard assessment more difficult for land and emergency managers. Once a potentially tsunamigenic landslide is identified, it may not be clear which landslide characteristics contribute most significantly...
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Katherine R. Barnhart, David L. George, Andrew L. Collins, Lauren N. Schaefer, Dennis M. Staley