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Andrew T Leaf

Andrew Leaf is a Hydrologist at the Upper Midwest Water Science Center.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

  • groundwater flow modeling
  • simulation of groundwater-surface water interactions
  • model calibration / parameter estimation
  • application of GIS and the python programming language to hydrologic modeling and data analysis
  • distributed temperature sensing

 

CURRENT PROJECTS

  • Mississippi Alluvial Plain (MAP) Regional Water Availability Study
  • FloPy
  • Central Sands Lake Study
  • Coastal Lowlands Aquifer System Regional Groundwater Availability Study
  • rOpen - Open landscape nitrate retention mapping
  • Groundwater-surface water interactions in the Bad River Watershed, Wisconsin.
  • Field investigation of Haskell Lake water balance and subsurface lithology, Lac du Flambeau Reservation, WI.
  • Other project and science support, teaching, and outreach as requested

 

ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Reviewer for Groundwater, Water Resources Research, Geophysical Research Letters, Environmental Modeling and Software and various USGS publications.

2016 to present - Member, State of Wisconsin Groundwater Coordinating Council Research and Monitoring Subcommittee

2015 to present - American Water Resources Association Wisconsin Section Board (President Elect)

 

TEACHING

GW1774-Introduction to Python for Hydrologic Modeling - USGS course given to government and academic professionals, Feb 26-Mar 2, 2018, Lakewood, CO, Co-instructors: M.N. Fienen, J. D. Hughes, and C.D Langevin; April 4-8, 2016 Madison, WI. Co-instructors: M.N. Fienen and J. D. Hughes

General Python course given to DOI scientists at the California Volcano Observatory, Menlo Park, CA, July 25-28, 2017. Co-instructor: M.N. Fienen

Geospatial Python course given to DOI scientists at the Upper Midwest Environmental Science Center in La Crosse, WI, Nov. 15-17, 2017. Co-instructor: M.N. Fienen

Understanding and Evaluating Groundwater Flow Models course given to EPA and tribal environmental staff, March 8-9, 2015, Fond du Lac, MN and April 6-8, Chicago, IL. Co-instructors: D.T. Feinstein and R.J. Hunt.

 

CODE/SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT

Contributor to FloPy, SFRmaker and other open-source software projects for improving the quality, reproducibility and efficiency of hydrologic models (https://github.com/aleaf)

 

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