USGS scientist extruding Lake Mendota, WI sediment while carefully removing sediment that was in contact with the polycarbonate tube to eliminate “edge effects” and smearing of upper sediment into lower portions of the core, UW-Madison Science Hall Lab.
Krista A Hood
Krista Hood is a hydrologist with the Upper Midwest Water Science Center.
She started working at the USGS when she was a student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1999. While working at the USGS as a undergraduate, Krista assisted with surface water and ecological sampling for the National Water Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Western Lake Michigan (WMIC) and Upper Illinois study areas. Krista has continued working in water quality and has turned her focus to groundwater and continuous water quality monitoring. Some of her other project work includes database management, HEC-RAS modeling, statistical analysis of soil and water chemistry data, and hydrologic data analysis.
AREAS OF RESEARCH
- High-frequency water quality data collection
- Groundwater quality
- Water Quality in urban areas
- Long-term water quality trends
- Field methods relating to surface and groundwater water-quality
- Areal extent of arsenic concentration in surface soils
- Relationship of geomorphology to soil formation
Science and Products
Integrated Ecosystems Studies Team
The Integrated Ecosystem Studies Team (IES) at the Upper Midwest Water Science Center uses interdisciplinary approaches to investigate characteristics and drivers of water quality and aquatic biology in rivers, lakes, and wetlands.
Water, Energy, and Biogeochemical Budgets (WEBB): Trout Lake
USGS initiated the Water, Energy, and Biogeochemical Budgets (WEBB) program to understand the processes controlling water, energy, and biogeochemical fluxes over a range of temporal and spatial scales, and the effects of atmospheric and climatic variables. Trout Lake is one of five small, geographically and ecologically diverse watersheds representing a range of hydrologic and climatic conditions.
USGS scientist extruding Lake Mendota sediment from polycarbonate tube
USGS scientist extruding Lake Mendota, WI sediment while carefully removing sediment that was in contact with the polycarbonate tube to eliminate “edge effects” and smearing of upper sediment into lower portions of the core, UW-Madison Science Hall Lab.
Science and Products
Integrated Ecosystems Studies Team
The Integrated Ecosystem Studies Team (IES) at the Upper Midwest Water Science Center uses interdisciplinary approaches to investigate characteristics and drivers of water quality and aquatic biology in rivers, lakes, and wetlands.
Water, Energy, and Biogeochemical Budgets (WEBB): Trout Lake
USGS initiated the Water, Energy, and Biogeochemical Budgets (WEBB) program to understand the processes controlling water, energy, and biogeochemical fluxes over a range of temporal and spatial scales, and the effects of atmospheric and climatic variables. Trout Lake is one of five small, geographically and ecologically diverse watersheds representing a range of hydrologic and climatic conditions.
USGS scientist extruding Lake Mendota sediment from polycarbonate tube
USGS scientist extruding Lake Mendota, WI sediment while carefully removing sediment that was in contact with the polycarbonate tube to eliminate “edge effects” and smearing of upper sediment into lower portions of the core, UW-Madison Science Hall Lab.
USGS scientist extruding Lake Mendota, WI sediment while carefully removing sediment that was in contact with the polycarbonate tube to eliminate “edge effects” and smearing of upper sediment into lower portions of the core, UW-Madison Science Hall Lab.