Donald O Rosenberry
Donald Rosenberry is a Research Hydrologist for the USGS Water Resources Mission Area.
Don is a research hydrologist with the Earth Surface Processes Division specializing in wetland hydrology, water budgets of lakes and wetlands, and hyporheic processes. Research is focused at the sediment-water interface with an emphasis on understanding processes that control exchanges between groundwater and surface water. Don also is the coordinator of the Shingobee Headwaters Aquatic Ecosystem Project where scientists from USGS and academia work together to study physical, chemical, and biological processes of lakes, wetlands, and streams at a small-watershed scale. Don's interests in groundwater, surface water, and the dynamic sediment-water interface stem from his formative years at Bemidji State University (next to Lake Bemidji), the University of Minnesota (on the banks of the Mississippi River), and the University of Colorado (through which Boulder Creek flows).
Current Research Topics
- Ground-water surface-water exchange in hyporheic settings (CA, CO, MA, MN, PA)
- Significance of ground-water discharge to nutrient loading (MN, WA)
- Significance of ground water to water supply (CA, MN, NM)
- Relating geophysics and seepage along shoreline margins (NH, WA)
- Decadal-scale hydrology of lakes and wetlands (MT, ND, MN, NH)
Current Editorships
- Editorial Board, Hydrological Processes (2014-present)
Professional Experience
2007-present: USGS, Lead Scientist, Hydrogeology of lakes, wetlands, and streams
1985-2007: USGS, Staff research hydrologist, Hydrology of lakes and wetlands
1982-1985: USGS, Hydrologic technician
1981-1982: Continental Laboratories, Hydrocarbon well analyst, Billings, MT
Education and Certifications
University of Colorado, Boulder. Geography/Geomorphology, Ph.D. 2007
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. Hydrogeology, M.S. 1985
Bemidji State University, Bemidji, MN. Geology/Geography, B.S. 1981
Affiliations and Memberships*
American Geophysical Union
Geological Society of America
Society of Wetland Scientists
Minnesota Ground Water Association
Honors and Awards
Keynote Address, Minnesota Ground Water Association annual conference (2003, 2009)
Keynote Address, Canadian Geophysical Union annual conference (2005)
Elected Fellow of Geological Society of America (2008)
Keynote Address, Idaho Department of Environmental Quality 21st Annual Water Quality Workshop, February 2011
Keynote Address, Alabama Department of Environmental Management 12th Annual Groundwater Conference, June 2012
Moos Family lecturer, Freshwater Society, June 2013
Meinzer Award, Geological Society of America Hydrogeology Division (2017)
Science and Products
Filter Total Items: 133
Movement of road salt to a small New Hampshire lake Movement of road salt to a small New Hampshire lake
Runoff of road salt from an interstate highway in New Hampshire has led to contamination of a lake and a stream that flows into the lake, in spite of the construction of a diversion berm to divert road salt runoff out of the lake drainage basin. Chloride concentration in the stream has increased by over an order of magnitude during the 23 yr since the highway was opened, and chloride...
Authors
D.O. Rosenberry, P.A. Bukaveckas, D.C. Buso, G.E. Likens, A.M. Shapiro, T. C. Winter
Evaporation from a small prairie wetland in the Cottonwood Lake area, North Dakota - An energy-budget study Evaporation from a small prairie wetland in the Cottonwood Lake area, North Dakota - An energy-budget study
Evaporation from Wetland P1 in the Cottonwood Lake area of North Dakota, USA was determined by the energy-budget method for 1982–85 and 1987. Evaporation rates were as high as 0.672 cm day−1. Incoming solar radiation, incoming atmospheric radiation, and long-wave radiation emitted from the water body are the largest energy fluxes to and from the wetland. Because of the small heat storage...
Authors
R.S. Parkhurst, T. C. Winter, D.O. Rosenberry, A.M. Sturrock
Hydrology of prairie pothole wetlands during drought and deluge: A 17-year study of the Cottonwood Lake wetland complex in North Dakota in the perspective of longer term measured and proxy hydrological records Hydrology of prairie pothole wetlands during drought and deluge: A 17-year study of the Cottonwood Lake wetland complex in North Dakota in the perspective of longer term measured and proxy hydrological records
From 1988 to 1992 the north-central plains of North America had a drought that was followed by a wet period that continues to the present (1997). Data on the hydrology of the Cottonwood Lake area (CWLA) collected for nearly 10 years before, and during, the recent dry and wet periods indicate that some prairie pothole wetlands served only a recharge function under all climate conditions
Authors
T. C. Winter, D.O. Rosenberry
Hydrologic functions of prairie wetlands Hydrologic functions of prairie wetlands
Wetlands in the prairie known as potholes or sloughs represent an ever-changing mosaic of surface waters interacting with the atmosphere, groundwater, and each other in a variety of ways. Studies of groups of adjacent wetlands in different parts of the glaciated North American prairie have enabled some connections to be made between hydrologic processes, biological communities, and use...
Authors
J. W. LaBaugh, T. C. Winter, D.O. Rosenberry
Watershed-scale research from many perspectives : the Interdisciplinary Research Initiative at the Shingobee River headwaters area, Minnesota Watershed-scale research from many perspectives : the Interdisciplinary Research Initiative at the Shingobee River headwaters area, Minnesota
No abstract available.
Authors
D.O. Rosenberry
Hydrological and chemical estimates of the water balance of a closed-basin lake in north central Minnesota Hydrological and chemical estimates of the water balance of a closed-basin lake in north central Minnesota
Chemical mass balances for sodium, magnesium, chloride, dissolved organic carbon, and oxygen 18 were used to estimate groundwater seepage to and from Williams Lake, Minnesota, over a 15-month period, from April 1991 through June 1992. Groundwater seepage to the lake and seepage from the lake to groundwater were determined independently using a flow net approach using data from water...
Authors
James W. LaBaugh, Thomas C. Winter, Donald O. Rosenberry, Paul F. Schuster, Michael M. Reddy, George R. Aiken
Dynamics of water-table fluctuations in an upland between two prairie-pothole wetlands in North Dakota Dynamics of water-table fluctuations in an upland between two prairie-pothole wetlands in North Dakota
Data from a string of instrumented wells located on an upland of 55 m width between two wetlands in central North Dakota, USA, indicated frequent changes in water-table configuration following wet and dry periods during 5 years of investigation. A seasonal wetland is situated about 1.5 m higher than a nearby semipermanent wetland, suggesting an average ground water-table gradient of 0.02...
Authors
Donald O. Rosenberry, Thomas C. Winter
US Geological Survey Toxic Substances Hydrology Program: Proceedings of the technical meeting, Colorado Springs, Colorado, September 20-24, 1993 US Geological Survey Toxic Substances Hydrology Program: Proceedings of the technical meeting, Colorado Springs, Colorado, September 20-24, 1993
No abstract available.
Authors
D.W. Morganwalp, D. A. Aronson
Changes in atmospheric circulation patterns affect midcontinent wetlands sensitive to climate Changes in atmospheric circulation patterns affect midcontinent wetlands sensitive to climate
Twenty-seven years of data from midcontinent wetlands indicate that the response of these wetlands to extremes in precipitation-drought and deluge-persists beyond the extreme events. Chemical changes transcend such simple relations as increased salinity during dry periods because drought provides mechanisms for removal of salt by deflation and seepage to groundwater. Inundation of...
Authors
J. W. LaBaugh, T. C. Winter, G.A. Swanson, D. Rosenberry
Climatic and lake temperature data for Wetland P1, Cottonwood Lake Area, Stutsman County, North Dakota, 1982-87 Climatic and lake temperature data for Wetland P1, Cottonwood Lake Area, Stutsman County, North Dakota, 1982-87
Research on the hydrology of Wetland P1 and the Cottonwood Lake Area includes the study of evaporation. Presented here in a graphical format are those data collected during the open-water seasons of 1982-87 that were needed for energy- budget and mass-transfer evaporation studies. The data include air temperatures, water surface and lake-bottom temperatures, windspeed, radiation...
Authors
Renee S. Parkhurst, A.M. Sturrock, D.O. Rosenberry, T. C. Winter
The interaction of groundwater with prairie pothole wetlands in the Cottonwood Lake area, east-central North Dakota 1979-1990 The interaction of groundwater with prairie pothole wetlands in the Cottonwood Lake area, east-central North Dakota 1979-1990
The interaction of ground water with prairie wetlands in the Cottonwood Lake area has been the focus of research by the U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service since 1977. During this time, climatic conditions at the site ranged from near the driest to near the wettest of the century. Water levels in wetlands and in water-table wells throughout the study area...
Authors
Thomas C. Winter, Donald O. Rosenberry
Science and Products
Filter Total Items: 133
Movement of road salt to a small New Hampshire lake Movement of road salt to a small New Hampshire lake
Runoff of road salt from an interstate highway in New Hampshire has led to contamination of a lake and a stream that flows into the lake, in spite of the construction of a diversion berm to divert road salt runoff out of the lake drainage basin. Chloride concentration in the stream has increased by over an order of magnitude during the 23 yr since the highway was opened, and chloride...
Authors
D.O. Rosenberry, P.A. Bukaveckas, D.C. Buso, G.E. Likens, A.M. Shapiro, T. C. Winter
Evaporation from a small prairie wetland in the Cottonwood Lake area, North Dakota - An energy-budget study Evaporation from a small prairie wetland in the Cottonwood Lake area, North Dakota - An energy-budget study
Evaporation from Wetland P1 in the Cottonwood Lake area of North Dakota, USA was determined by the energy-budget method for 1982–85 and 1987. Evaporation rates were as high as 0.672 cm day−1. Incoming solar radiation, incoming atmospheric radiation, and long-wave radiation emitted from the water body are the largest energy fluxes to and from the wetland. Because of the small heat storage...
Authors
R.S. Parkhurst, T. C. Winter, D.O. Rosenberry, A.M. Sturrock
Hydrology of prairie pothole wetlands during drought and deluge: A 17-year study of the Cottonwood Lake wetland complex in North Dakota in the perspective of longer term measured and proxy hydrological records Hydrology of prairie pothole wetlands during drought and deluge: A 17-year study of the Cottonwood Lake wetland complex in North Dakota in the perspective of longer term measured and proxy hydrological records
From 1988 to 1992 the north-central plains of North America had a drought that was followed by a wet period that continues to the present (1997). Data on the hydrology of the Cottonwood Lake area (CWLA) collected for nearly 10 years before, and during, the recent dry and wet periods indicate that some prairie pothole wetlands served only a recharge function under all climate conditions
Authors
T. C. Winter, D.O. Rosenberry
Hydrologic functions of prairie wetlands Hydrologic functions of prairie wetlands
Wetlands in the prairie known as potholes or sloughs represent an ever-changing mosaic of surface waters interacting with the atmosphere, groundwater, and each other in a variety of ways. Studies of groups of adjacent wetlands in different parts of the glaciated North American prairie have enabled some connections to be made between hydrologic processes, biological communities, and use...
Authors
J. W. LaBaugh, T. C. Winter, D.O. Rosenberry
Watershed-scale research from many perspectives : the Interdisciplinary Research Initiative at the Shingobee River headwaters area, Minnesota Watershed-scale research from many perspectives : the Interdisciplinary Research Initiative at the Shingobee River headwaters area, Minnesota
No abstract available.
Authors
D.O. Rosenberry
Hydrological and chemical estimates of the water balance of a closed-basin lake in north central Minnesota Hydrological and chemical estimates of the water balance of a closed-basin lake in north central Minnesota
Chemical mass balances for sodium, magnesium, chloride, dissolved organic carbon, and oxygen 18 were used to estimate groundwater seepage to and from Williams Lake, Minnesota, over a 15-month period, from April 1991 through June 1992. Groundwater seepage to the lake and seepage from the lake to groundwater were determined independently using a flow net approach using data from water...
Authors
James W. LaBaugh, Thomas C. Winter, Donald O. Rosenberry, Paul F. Schuster, Michael M. Reddy, George R. Aiken
Dynamics of water-table fluctuations in an upland between two prairie-pothole wetlands in North Dakota Dynamics of water-table fluctuations in an upland between two prairie-pothole wetlands in North Dakota
Data from a string of instrumented wells located on an upland of 55 m width between two wetlands in central North Dakota, USA, indicated frequent changes in water-table configuration following wet and dry periods during 5 years of investigation. A seasonal wetland is situated about 1.5 m higher than a nearby semipermanent wetland, suggesting an average ground water-table gradient of 0.02...
Authors
Donald O. Rosenberry, Thomas C. Winter
US Geological Survey Toxic Substances Hydrology Program: Proceedings of the technical meeting, Colorado Springs, Colorado, September 20-24, 1993 US Geological Survey Toxic Substances Hydrology Program: Proceedings of the technical meeting, Colorado Springs, Colorado, September 20-24, 1993
No abstract available.
Authors
D.W. Morganwalp, D. A. Aronson
Changes in atmospheric circulation patterns affect midcontinent wetlands sensitive to climate Changes in atmospheric circulation patterns affect midcontinent wetlands sensitive to climate
Twenty-seven years of data from midcontinent wetlands indicate that the response of these wetlands to extremes in precipitation-drought and deluge-persists beyond the extreme events. Chemical changes transcend such simple relations as increased salinity during dry periods because drought provides mechanisms for removal of salt by deflation and seepage to groundwater. Inundation of...
Authors
J. W. LaBaugh, T. C. Winter, G.A. Swanson, D. Rosenberry
Climatic and lake temperature data for Wetland P1, Cottonwood Lake Area, Stutsman County, North Dakota, 1982-87 Climatic and lake temperature data for Wetland P1, Cottonwood Lake Area, Stutsman County, North Dakota, 1982-87
Research on the hydrology of Wetland P1 and the Cottonwood Lake Area includes the study of evaporation. Presented here in a graphical format are those data collected during the open-water seasons of 1982-87 that were needed for energy- budget and mass-transfer evaporation studies. The data include air temperatures, water surface and lake-bottom temperatures, windspeed, radiation...
Authors
Renee S. Parkhurst, A.M. Sturrock, D.O. Rosenberry, T. C. Winter
The interaction of groundwater with prairie pothole wetlands in the Cottonwood Lake area, east-central North Dakota 1979-1990 The interaction of groundwater with prairie pothole wetlands in the Cottonwood Lake area, east-central North Dakota 1979-1990
The interaction of ground water with prairie wetlands in the Cottonwood Lake area has been the focus of research by the U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service since 1977. During this time, climatic conditions at the site ranged from near the driest to near the wettest of the century. Water levels in wetlands and in water-table wells throughout the study area...
Authors
Thomas C. Winter, Donald O. Rosenberry
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