Douglas A Burns
Doug is a Research Hydrologist currently working as the Coordinator of the Delaware River Basin Next Generation Water Observing System (NGWOS).
Doug holds an M.S. in Environmental Sciences from the Univ. of Virginia, and a Ph.D. in Water Resources Management from the State Univ. of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry. His disciplinary background is primarily in biogeochemistry and hydrology with a focus on understanding the processes that control the cycling of chemical elements through watersheds and ecosystems. An emphasis on the cycling of atmopsheric pollutants and their environmental effects is noteworthy. He has worked as a Research Hydrologist in the New York Water Science Center since 1987 on studies that include the effects of acid rain on ecosystems, the cycling of nitrogen in watersheds, and environmental mercury cycling. His investigations have also included the environmental effects of landscape disturbance such as suburban land use, climate change, and forest harvesting. A recent interest is studying the effects of ongoing and future climate change on streamflow, with an emphasis on high flows. He works collaboratively, often with several investigators from the USGS, and other agencies and universities. Study approaches applied include monitoring of water and soil chemistry, quantifying the rates of key cycling processes, experimental manipulations of landscapes, use of natural and applied isotope tracers, and statistical and process-level models. He is also active in professional societies, has organized conferences at regional, national, and international levels, and has served in leadership roles in many organizations and agencies. Other activities include chairing a proposal evaluation panel for a federal agency, working at the science-policy interface by serving as Director of the National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program, and serving on an EPA Clean Air Act Advisory Panel, as well as serving on program evaluation and advisory panels for several agencies and science organizations.
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Streams in Catskill Mountains still susceptible to acid rain
Streams in catskill mountains still susceptible to acid rain
Effects of a beaver pond on runoff processes: comparison of two headwater catchments
Retention of NO3/- in an upland stream environment: A mass balance approach
Effects of forest harvesting on nitrogen-cycling processes in headwaters of the Neversink River, New York
Combining digital spatial data with hydrologic measurements to interpret controls of stream chemistry in large watersheds
Hydrological processes - Letters: Topographic controls on subsurface storm flow at the hillslope scale for Two hydrologically distinct small catchments
Effect of whole catchment liming on the episodic acidification of two Adirondack streams
The effects of liming an Adirondack lake watershed on downstream water chemistry: Effects of liming on stream chemistry
Work plan of the Neversink watershed study in the Catskill Mountains of southeastern New York
Water-quality studies in the Catskill region of New York
Speciation and equilibrium relations of soluble aluminum in a headwater stream at base flow and during rain events
Non-USGS Publications**
66. Burns, D.A., Lawrence, G.B., and Murdoch, P.S., 1998, Catskill streams still susceptible to acid rain, Northeastern Geology and Environmental Sciences, 20: 294-298.
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.
Science and Products
Streams in Catskill Mountains still susceptible to acid rain
Streams in catskill mountains still susceptible to acid rain
Effects of a beaver pond on runoff processes: comparison of two headwater catchments
Retention of NO3/- in an upland stream environment: A mass balance approach
Effects of forest harvesting on nitrogen-cycling processes in headwaters of the Neversink River, New York
Combining digital spatial data with hydrologic measurements to interpret controls of stream chemistry in large watersheds
Hydrological processes - Letters: Topographic controls on subsurface storm flow at the hillslope scale for Two hydrologically distinct small catchments
Effect of whole catchment liming on the episodic acidification of two Adirondack streams
The effects of liming an Adirondack lake watershed on downstream water chemistry: Effects of liming on stream chemistry
Work plan of the Neversink watershed study in the Catskill Mountains of southeastern New York
Water-quality studies in the Catskill region of New York
Speciation and equilibrium relations of soluble aluminum in a headwater stream at base flow and during rain events
Non-USGS Publications**
66. Burns, D.A., Lawrence, G.B., and Murdoch, P.S., 1998, Catskill streams still susceptible to acid rain, Northeastern Geology and Environmental Sciences, 20: 294-298.
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.