Thomas G Huntington, Ph.D.
Thomas Huntington is a Scientist Emeritus in the New England Water Science Center.
Dr. Huntington has served as a principal investigator or co-principal investigator on various projects focusing on process-oriented, applied and basic research concerning carbon cycling, climate change and watershed biogeochemistry.
Professional Experience
Scientist Emeritus, U.S. Geological Survey, New England Water Science Center, 2021 to Present
Research Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey, New England Water Science Center, 1990 to 2021
Research Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 1986 to 1990
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, 1984 to 1986
Education and Certifications
Ph.D. Soil Chemistry, Fertility, & Microbiology, University of Kentucky, 1984
B.A. Biology - Ecology, Cornell University, 1974
Science and Products
Historical trend in the ratio of solid to total precipitation
Modeling carbon dynamics in vegetation and soil under the impact of soil erosion and deposition
Are there spurious temperature trends in the United States Climate Division database?
Climate warming could reduce runoff significantly in New England, USA
Changes in the timing of high river flows in New England over the 20th Century
Historical trend in river ice thickness and coherence in hydroclimatological trends in Maine
Historical trend in ice thickness on the Piscataquis River in central Maine.
Historical changes in lake ice-out dates as indicators of climate change in New England, 1850-2000
Chemical weathering of the Panola Granite: Solute and regolith elemental fluxes and the weathering rate of biotite
Differential rates of feldspar weathering in granitic regoliths
Panola Mountain, Georgia: A Water, Energy, and Biogeochemical Budgets Program Site
Non-USGS Publications**
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Historical trend in the ratio of solid to total precipitation
No abstract availableAuthorsThomas G. Huntington, Glenn A. Hodgkins, B.D. Keim, Robert W. DudleyModeling carbon dynamics in vegetation and soil under the impact of soil erosion and deposition
Soil erosion and deposition may play important roles in balancing the global atmospheric carbon budget through their impacts on the net exchange of carbon between terrestrial ecosystem and the atmosphere. Few models and studies have been designed to assess these impacts. In this study, we developed a general ecosystem model, Erosion-Deposition-Carbon-Model (EDCM), to dynamically simulate the influAuthorsS. Liu, N. Bliss, E. Sundquist, T.G. HuntingtonAre there spurious temperature trends in the United States Climate Division database?
The United States (U.S.) Climate Division data set is commonly used in applied climatic studies in the United States. The divisional averages are calculated by including all available stations within a division at any given time. The averages are therefore vulnerable to shifts in average station location or elevation over time, which may introduce spurious trends within these data. This paper examAuthorsB.D. Keim, A.M. Wilson, C.P. Wake, T.G. HuntingtonClimate warming could reduce runoff significantly in New England, USA
The relation between mean annual temperature (MAT), mean annual precipitation (MAP) and evapotranspiration (ET) for 38 forested watersheds was determined to evaluate the potential increase in ET and resulting decrease in stream runoff that could occur following climate change and lengthening of the growing season. The watersheds were all predominantly forested and were located in eastern North AmeAuthorsT.G. HuntingtonChanges in the timing of high river flows in New England over the 20th Century
The annual timing of river flows is a good indicator of climate-related changes, or lack of changes, for rivers with long-term data that drain unregulated basins with stable land use. Changes in the timing of annual winter/spring (January 1 to May 31) and fall (October 1 to December 31) center of volume dates were analyzed for 27 rural, unregulated river gaging stations in New England, USA with anAuthorsG.A. Hodgkins, R. W. Dudley, T.G. HuntingtonHistorical trend in river ice thickness and coherence in hydroclimatological trends in Maine
We analyzed long-term records of ice thickness on the Piscataquis River in central Maine and air temperature in Maine to determine whether there were temporal trends that were associated with climate warming. The trend in ice thickness was compared and correlated with regional time series of winter air temperature, heating degree days (HDD), date of river ice-out, seasonal center-of-volume date (SAuthorsT.G. Huntington, G.A. Hodgkins, R. W. DudleyHistorical trend in ice thickness on the Piscataquis River in central Maine.
We analyzed a long-term record of ice thickness on the Piscataquis River in central Maine to determine whether there were temporal trends that were associated with climate warming. Trends in ice thickness were compared and correlated with regional time series of winter air temperature, heating degree days (HDD) , date of river ice-out, seasonal center-of-volume date (SCVD) (date on which half of tAuthorsThomas G. Huntington, Robert W. Dudley, Glenn A. HodgkinsHistorical changes in lake ice-out dates as indicators of climate change in New England, 1850-2000
Various studies have shown that changes over time in spring ice-out dates can be used as indicators of climate change. Ice-out dates from 29 lakes in New England (USA) with 64 to 163 years of record were assembled and analysed for this study. Ice-out dates have become significantly earlier in New England since the 1800s. Changes in ice-out dates between 1850 and 2000 were 9 days and 16 days in theAuthorsG.A. Hodgkins, Ivan James, T.G. HuntingtonChemical weathering of the Panola Granite: Solute and regolith elemental fluxes and the weathering rate of biotite
Present-day elemental and mineral weathering rates based on solute fluxes are compared quantitatively to past long-term rates determined from solid-state elemental fractionation in a saprolitic granite regolith at Panola, Georgia, USA. Saturated fluid flow across a low-permeability kaolin duripan controls the rate of steady-state unsaturated flow in the underlying saprolite. Water and Cl mass balaAuthorsArt F. White, Alex E. Blum, Marjorie S. Schulz, Thomas G. Huntington, Norman E. Peters, David A. StonestromDifferential rates of feldspar weathering in granitic regoliths
Differential rates of plagioclase and K-feldspar weathering commonly observed in bedrock and soil environments are examined in terms of chemical kinetic and solubility controls and hydrologic permeability. For the Panola regolith, in the Georgia Piedmont Province of southeastern United States, petrographic observations, coupled with elemental balances and 87Sr/86Sr ratios, indicate that plagioclasAuthorsA. F. White, T.D. Bullen, M. S. Schulz, A.E. Blum, T.G. Huntington, N.E. PetersPanola Mountain, Georgia: A Water, Energy, and Biogeochemical Budgets Program Site
The Panola Mountain Research Watershed (PMRW) is a 41-hectare forested watershed in the southern Piedmont physiographic province near Atlanta, Georgia. The watershed contains a naturally regenerated second-growth forest on abandoned agricultural land, typical of the Piedmont. Research at PMRW has focused on how streamflow is generated, and in particular, on how water and solutes move from hillslopAuthorsNorman E. Peters, Richard P. Hooper, Thomas G. Huntington, Brent T. AulenbackNon-USGS Publications**
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