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Elizabeth Nystrom

Intro

My research encompasses a broad range of hydrology and hydraulics, including hydrologic and hydraulic modeling, mapping, and data collection, water quality sampling and analysis, and data management. My current focus is on combining hydrologic and hydraulic data and models for application in human-environment interactions, including flood inundation mapping and mapping of bathymetry.

Education

2001 - M.S., Civil and Environmental Engineering, Environmental Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering, University of Illinois

1999 - B.S., Civil and Environmental Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Flood-Inundation Maps for the Schoharie Creek at Prattsville, New York

Background and Problem Prattsville has experienced severe flooding along the Schoharie Creek, most notably during August 2011 following Hurricane Irene, which severely damaged or destroyed large areas of the town, and caused several million dollars in damages (Figure 1). Before and during a flood, forewarning and emergency response are critical. The rescue efforts of emergency responders are ofte
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New York Water Science Center
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Flood-Inundation Maps for the Schoharie Creek at Prattsville, New York

Background and Problem Prattsville has experienced severe flooding along the Schoharie Creek, most notably during August 2011 following Hurricane Irene, which severely damaged or destroyed large areas of the town, and caused several million dollars in damages (Figure 1). Before and during a flood, forewarning and emergency response are critical. The rescue efforts of emergency responders are ofte
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Geospatial Bathymetry Dataset and Elevation-Area-Capacity Table for Cannonsville Reservoir, 2015

From 2013 to 2015, bathymetric surveys of New York Citys six West of Hudson reservoirs (Ashokan, Cannonsville, Neversink, Pepacton, Rondout, and Schoharie) were performed to provide updated capacity tables and bathymetric maps. Depths were surveyed with a single-beam echo sounder and real-time kinematic global positioning system (RTK-GPS) along planned transects at predetermined intervals for each
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New York Water Science Center

Geospatial dataset of bathymetric survey of the Cayuga Inlet flood-control channel and selected tributaries in Ithaca, New York, 2016

From July 14-20, 2016, the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the City of Ithaca, New York, conducted a bathymetric survey of the Cayuga Inlet flood-control channel and selected mouths of tributaries to Cayuga Inlet and Cayuga Lake in Ithaca, New York. U.S. Geological Survey personnel collected bathymetric data using an acoustic Doppler current profiler. The survey plan produced a dense d
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New York Water Science Center
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Flood-inundation maps for the White River at Indianapolis, Indiana, 2014

Digital flood-inundation maps for a 6.4-mile reach of the White River in Indianapolis, Indiana, from 0.3 miles upstream of Michigan Street to the Harding Street Generating Station dam (at the confluence with Lick Creek), were created by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs. The flood-inundation maps, which can be accessed through t
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Elizabeth A. Nystrom
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Water Resources Mission Area, New York Water Science Center, Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Water Science Center

Flood-inundation maps for the Schoharie Creek at Prattsville, New York, 2014

Digital flood-inundation maps for a 2.6-mile reach of the Schoharie Creek at Prattsville, New York, were created by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. The flood-inundation maps, which can be accessed through the USGS Flood Inundation Mapping Science Web site at http://water.usgs.gov/osw/flood_inundation/, depict estima
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Elizabeth A. Nystrom
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Water Resources Mission Area, New York Water Science Center

An empirical approach to modeling methylmercury concentrations in an Adirondack stream watershed

Inverse empirical models can inform and improve more complex process-based models by quantifying the principal factors that control water quality variation. Here we developed a multiple regression model that explains 81% of the variation in filtered methylmercury (FMeHg) concentrations in Fishing Brook, a fourth-order stream in the Adirondack Mountains, New York, a known “hot spot” of Hg bioaccumu
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Douglas A. Burns, Elizabeth A. Nystrom, David M. Wolock, Paul M. Bradley, Karen Riva-Murray
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Water Resources Mission Area, Ecosystems Mission Area, Toxic Substances Hydrology, Environmental Health Program, New York Water Science Center

Groundwater quality in the Upper Hudson River Basin, New York, 2012

Water samples were collected from 20 production and domestic wells in the Upper Hudson River Basin (north of the Federal Dam at Troy, New York) in New York in August 2012 to characterize groundwater quality in the basin. The samples were collected and processed using standard U.S. Geological Survey procedures and were analyzed for 148 physiochemical properties and constituents, including dissolved
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Tia-Marie Scott, Elizabeth A. Nystrom
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Water Resources Mission Area, New York Water Science Center

Groundwater quality in the Mohawk River Basin, New York, 2011

Water samples were collected from 21 production and domestic wells in the Mohawk River Basin in New York in July 2011 to characterize groundwater quality in the basin. The samples were collected and processed using standard U.S. Geological Survey procedures and were analyzed for 148 physiochemical properties and constituents, including dissolved gases, major ions, nutrients, trace elements, pestic
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Elizabeth A. Nystrom, Tia-Marie Scott
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Water Resources Mission Area, New York Water Science Center

Dissolved methane in New York groundwater, 1999-2011

New York State is underlain by numerous bedrock formations of Cambrian to Devonian age that produce natural gas and to a lesser extent oil. The first commercial gas well in the United States was dug in the early 1820s in Fredonia, south of Buffalo, New York, and produced methane from Devonian-age black shale. Methane naturally discharges to the land surface at some locations in New York. At Chestn
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William M. Kappel, Elizabeth A. Nystrom
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Water Resources Mission Area, New York Water Science Center

Groundwater quality in the Delaware and St. Lawrence River Basins, New York, 2010

Water samples were collected from 10 production and domestic wells in the Delaware River Basin in New York and from 20 production and domestic wells in the St. Lawrence River Basin in New York from August through November 2010 to characterize groundwater quality in the basins. The samples were collected and processed by standard U.S. Geological Survey procedures and were analyzed for 147 physioche
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Elizabeth A. Nystrom
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Water Resources Mission Area, New York Water Science Center

TOPMODEL simulations of streamflow and depth to water table in Fishing Brook Watershed, New York, 2007-09

TOPMODEL, a physically based, variable-source area rainfall-runoff model, was used to simulate streamflow and depth to water table for the period January 2007-September 2009 in the 65.6 square kilometers of Fishing Brook Watershed in northern New York. The Fishing Brook Watershed is located in the headwaters of the Hudson River and is predominantly forested with a humid, cool continental climate.
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Elizabeth A. Nystrom, Douglas A. Burns
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Water Resources Mission Area, New York Water Science Center

Groundwater quality in the Lake Champlain Basin, New York, 2009

Water was sampled from 20 production and domestic wells from August through November 2009 to characterize groundwater quality in the Lake Champlain Basin in New York. Of the 20 wells sampled, 8 were completed in sand and gravel, and 12 were completed in bedrock. The samples were collected and processed by standard U.S. Geological Survey procedures and were analyzed for 147 physiochemical propertie
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Elizabeth A. Nystrom
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Water Resources Mission Area, New York Water Science Center

Groundwater quality in the Lower Hudson River Basin, New York, 2008

Water samples were collected from 32 production and domestic wells in the study area from August through November 2008 to characterize the groundwater quality. The study area, which covers 5,607 square miles, encompasses the part of the Lower Hudson River Basin that lies within New York plus the parts of the Housatonic, Hackensack, Bronx, and Saugatuck River Basins that are in New York. The study
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Elizabeth A. Nystrom
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Water Resources Mission Area, New York Water Science Center

Ground-Water Quality in the Upper Hudson River Basin, New York, 2007

Water samples were collected from 25 production and domestic wells in the Upper Hudson River Basin (north of the Federal Dam at Troy, N.Y.) from August through November 2007 to characterize the ground-water quality. The Upper Hudson River Basin covers 4,600 square miles in upstate New York, Vermont, and Massachusetts; the study area encompasses the 4,000 square miles that lie within New York. The
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Elizabeth A. Nystrom
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Water Resources Mission Area, New York Water Science Center

Ground-Water Quality in the Mohawk River Basin, New York, 2006

Water samples were collected from 27 wells from August through November 2006 to characterize ground-water quality in the Mohawk River Basin. The Mohawk River Basin covers 3,500 square miles in central New York; most of the basin is underlain by sedimentary bedrock, including shale, sandstone, and carbonates. Sand and gravel form the most productive aquifers in the basin. Samples were collected fro
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Elizabeth A. Nystrom
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Water Resources Mission Area, New York Water Science Center

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