Christopher P Konrad
Christopher Konrad is a research hydrologist with U.S. Geological Survey in Tacoma, Washington.
His research integrates data collected from ground-based observations and networks, aircraft, and satellites with quantitative analysis and model development to address key scientific questions for environmental management. Dr. Konrad’s expertise spans many topics in the field of hydrology: streamflow, floods, and drought; hydraulics and fluvial sediment transport; groundwater and surface water interactions; and the effects of water management and land use on river ecosystems. Dr. Konrad served as the River Science Coordinator for The Nature Conservancy and USGS from 2007 to 2011 working on the development and evaluation of ecological flow requirements for rivers. He earned a BS in Biological Sciences from Stanford University and MS and PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Washington.
Professional Experience
River Science Coordinator for The Nature Conservancy and USGS, 2007 - 2011
Education and Certifications
MS and PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Washington
BS in Biological Sciences from Stanford University
Science and Products
Hydrogeology of the Unconsolidated Sediments, Water Quality, and Ground-Water/Surface-Water Exchanges in the Methow River Basin, Okanogan County, Washington
Partial entrainment of gravel bars during floods
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Hydrogeology of the Unconsolidated Sediments, Water Quality, and Ground-Water/Surface-Water Exchanges in the Methow River Basin, Okanogan County, Washington
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with Okanogan County, investigated the hydrogeology of the unconsolidated sedimentary deposits in the Methow River Basin, the quality of surface and ground waters, and the exchanges between ground water and surface water. Alluvium (Qa) and glaciofluvial sediments (Qga) deposited during the Quaternary period constitute the primary aquifer in the Methow RivAuthorsChristopher P. Konrad, Brian W. Drost, Richard J. WagnerPartial entrainment of gravel bars during floods
Spatial patterns of bed material entrainment by floods were documented at seven gravel bars using arrays of metal washers (bed tags) placed in the streambed. The observed patterns were used to test a general stochastic model that bed material entrainment is a spatially independent, random process where the probability of entrainment is uniform over a gravel bar and a function of the peak dimensionAuthorsChristopher P. Konrad, Derek B. Booth, Stephen J. Burges, David R. Montgomery - Science
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