58th Annual Meeting

 Monday, November 10, 2003

 Mesa Lab, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
 

Boulder, CO

 MEETING SCHEDULE and LOCATION

Purpose: This meeting provides an opportunity for scientists working in the Rocky Mountain region to discuss their research in a relaxed, yet scientifically stimulating atmosphere. The meeting encourages interdisciplinary communication among professionals and students in the fields of hydrology, engineering, environmental science and water resources.

Topics for the Meeting:

Location and Time: The meeting will be held in the Damon Room at NCAR.   Talks will begin at 8:30 AM and run until late afternoon.  Lunch is available at the NCAR cafeteria.

Invited Speakers

Morning Session: Klaus Wolter, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
      Topic: Climate, Drought, and March 2003 storm
Afternoon Session: Martin Lockley, University of Colorado-Denver
      Topic: Tracking Dinosaurs Around the World
Oral and Poster Sessions

To Submit Abstracts: Abstracts up to one page in length should be submitted by October 29, 2003.  Please send electronic and hard-copy versions of your abstract to:

John Moody
U.S. Geological Survey
3215 Marine Street, Suite E-127
Boulder, CO   80303

email:jamoody@usgs.gov

Please indicate whether you would prefer an oral or a poster presentation.  The number of oral presentations will be limited by the time.  Oral
presentations will be given 15-25 minutes, including time for questions.

Registration fee: $5 for students, $20 for professionals, payable at the meeting.  Fee includes room rental fee and volume of the abstracts.

For More Information: Additional information about the meeting may be obtained from John Moody by phone (303-541-3011) or email (jamoody@usgs.gov).

Location: Presentations and breaks will take place in the Damon Room, NCAR.

Lunch on your own.  Various options are available in the NCAR Cafeteria.

Free parking is available on the east side of the main building.

Click here for directions

MEETING SCHEDULE

Rocky Mountain Hydrologic Research Center

November 10, 2003

Damon Room, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado


7:30 --8:10 Registration and put up posters

8:10--8:20 Bill Lewis: Introductory Remarks

8:20--8:40 Jeremy Shaha: Investigation of subglacial and englacial hydrology using borehole slug tests;
 Bench Glacier, Alaska

8:40--9:00 Jeff Lukas: The 2002 drought and the tree-ring record in Colorado

9:00--9:20 David Gochis: The Boulder Creek/St. Vrain coordinated hydrometeorological observatory

9:20--9:40 Jim Smith: Determination of flood discharges in numerous links of the Whitewater
 drainage network, Kansas

9:40--10:10 Poster Break

10:10--10:30 Erich Mueller: The effects of gradient on transport thresholds and channel morphology
 in mountain watersheds

10:30--10:50 Robert Milhous: Changes in sediment loads on the San Juan and Green Rivers:
 Dams or climate change

10:50--11:30 Invited Speaker, Klaus Wolter: Climate, Drought, and the March 2003 storm

11:30--12:30 Poster Break with Lunch in the Cafeteria at NCAR or from your brown bag

12:30--12:50 Jordan Clayton: The effect of hydrologic variability on the diversity of benthic
 invertebrates in a meandering gravel-bed river

12:50--13:10 Joseph Alfieri: Relationship between suface characteristics and the surface energy budget
 in a Sand-Sagebrush Steppe Ecosystem

13:10--13:30 Taryn Oakley: Spatial and temporal variability of soil moisture in response to fire

13:30--13:50 Casey Bates: Understory vegetation characteristics in response to fire

13:50--14:20 Poster Break

14:20--15:00 Invited Speaker, Martin Lockley: Tracking dinosaurs around the world

15:00--15:20 Mary Hill: Prediction uncertainty in simulations of environmental systems

15:20--15:40 Maury Albertson: The future of world water resources

15:40--16:00 Nolan Doesken: The CoCo RaHS weather project
 

POSTERS

James Anthony: Assessing the saptial and temporal influence of surface waves on benthic
sediments: Implications for management and restoration of shallow, eutrophic lakes

 John Gartner: The influence of a rock glacier and other alpine landforms on surface
 water chemistry in the upper Green Lakes Valley, Colorado

 Eleanor Griffin: Floodplain stabilization by woody riparian vegetation during an extreme
 flood along headwater tributaries of East Plum Creek, Colorado

 Jason Kean: Generation and verification of flow-model-produced rating curves in the
 Whitewater River network, Kansas

 David Mixon: Watershed characterization in Alaska's national parks

 Connie Woodhouse: Applying tree-ring data to sustainable water management