I'm currently the project chief of the Floridan Aquifer System Groundwater Availability Study (https://fl.water.usgs.gov/floridan) and my interests are in groundwater flow modeling. I have extensive experience with ArcGIS and enjoy developing python code for data analysis.
Education:
Master's in Geology, Univ. of South Florida, 2009.
—thesis: Effects of geomorphic setting on shallow-groundwater exchange and water temperature of salmon-bearing headwater streams of the Lower Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
Bachelor's in Environmental Science and Policy, Univ. of South Florida, 2005, with a minor in Geology.
Other Publications
Bellino, J.C., 2018. Soil-Water-Balance model datasets used to estimate mean groundwater recharge in Florida and parts of Georgia, Alabama, and South Carolina, 1995–2010: U.S. Geological Survey data release, available online at https://doi.org/10.5066/F7CJ8BMS.
Bellino, J.C., 2017. Groundwater Withdrawals in Florida and parts of Georgia, Alabama, and South Carolina, 1995–2010: U.S. Geological Survey data release, available online at http://doi.org/10.5066/F78K7749.
Callahan, M.K., Rains, M.C., Bellino, J.C., Walker, C.M., Baird, S.J., Whigham, D.F., and King, R.S., 2014. Controls on Temperature in Salmonid-Bearing Headwater Streams in Two Common Hydrogeologic Settings, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, J Am Water Resour Assoc [Link]
Williams, L.J., Dausman, A.D., and Bellino, J.C., 2011. Relation of aquifer confinement and long-term groundwater-level decline in the Floridan aquifer system: Proceedings of the 2011 Georgia Water Resources Conference, April 11-13, 2011, Athens, Georgia, 2 pages. [Link]
Williams, L.J., Dausman, A.D., and Bellino, J.C., 2011. The rate and magnitude of regional groundwater-level decline in the Floridan Aquifer System and its relation to ground-water pumpage and relative confinement of the system to recharge: 2011 NGWA Ground Water Summit and 2011 Ground Water Protection Council Spring Meeting, Baltimore MD, May 2, 2011. [Link]
Science and Products
Actual Evapotranspiration for Florida
Reference and Potential Evapotranspiration
Floridan Aquifer System (FAS) Groundwater Availability Study
Science and Products
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Actual Evapotranspiration for Florida
Evapotranspiration is a large component of the Florida water budget – generally second only to rainfall, but exceeding rainfall and all other components during droughts. The prominence of evapotranspiration highlights the need to accurately quantify this hydrologic component in quantitative analyses of watershed hydrology. Spatio-temporal estimates of evapotranspiration throughout Florida are...Reference and Potential Evapotranspiration
Evapotranspiration can be computed as reference, potential, or actual evapotranspiration. Reference evapotranspiration is that from a grass surface that is well-watered. Potential evapotranspiration is that from a surface that has unlimited water (such as a lake). Reference and potential evapotranspiration are computed at a 2-kilometer spatial resolution and daily timestep for the state of Florida...Floridan Aquifer System (FAS) Groundwater Availability Study
The Floridan Aquifer System (FAS) Groundwater Availability Study (https://fl.water.usgs.gov/floridan/) provides numerous benefits, including an updated hydrogeologic framework, regional and subregional water budgets, and a modern, system-wide, groundwater flow model that may be used to quantitatively assess the effects of human and environmental stresses. - Data
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