Seeking applicants for a fully-funded Ph.D. research assistantship in hydrology. The project will investigate the hydrology of forested ecosystems in the coastal temperate rainforest of southeast Alaska. The research will be part of a larger collaboration with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service and the USDA Forest Service, utilizing soil moisture sensors and Dynamic Soil …
A few days ago I started saving links to online videos, lectures, and various teaching resources for hydrology as I began to think about how I would transition my course to an online format for the rest of the semester. Many people sent suggestions and the list has really expanded. Thank you for those who …
VT News Article The Forest Flows program will focus on developing methods to predict and optimize water use and supply in planted forests to answer the questions: Where is the water? Where is it going? And who gets to use it? This new project will involve collaborators in New Zealand, Australia, and institutions in the …
VT News story on new project about forest and water interactions in New Zealand Read More »
Ray Lee’s Water Resources Research manuscript was highlighted in EOS this week. See the highlight here. Lee, R. M., McGuire, K. J., Strahm, B. D., Knoepp, J. D., Jackson, C. R., & Stewart, R. D. [2020]. Revisiting the Hewlett and Hibbert (1963) Hillslope Drainage Experiment and Modeling Effects of Decadal Pedogenic Processes and Leaky Soil …
Repeating Famous Hillslope Experiment Provides New Insights Read More »
We are recruiting a Ph.D. student to work on a project related to nitrogen cycling and hydrology in forested catchments beginning fall 2020. The student will join a large collaborative team with opportunities for work in New Zealand and at the USDA Forest Service Coweeta Hydrologic Lab. Preference given to students with a M.S. in …
Ph.D. Assistantship in Hydrology and Biogeochemistry – Virginia Tech Read More »
We are beginning a new study as collaborators on a large project in New Zealand led by Scion, which is a government-owned company that carries out scientific research for the benefit of New Zealand. In this study, we will be examining competition for water between forests and downstream users. Read more about this project here …
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We’ve had a busy couple of weeks at Hubbard Brook. Last week was the beginning of the REU program. We have two excellent students, Nathaniel Rasnake and Delaney Peterson, from Virginia Tech who are both working on our lateral weathering project. This week was the LTER site mid-term review of the Hubbard Brook Ecosystem Study. …
Transit Time Distributions on a Boreal Catchment Using a 14 Year Data Time Series, H13J-1867 Monday, 10 December 2018, 13:40 – 18:00 Decoupled Water and Nitrate Transport Downslope and across the Terrestrial-Aquatic Interface, B24A-02 Tuesday, 11 December 2018, 16:15 – 16:30 Quantifying Mineral Weathering Across Lateral Gradients Using a Whole-Regolith Approach, H21K-1797 Tuesday, 11 December 2018, 08:00 …
We had fun this week installing “deep” wells at Hubbard Brook in Watershed 3. We installed 6 wells two of which were completed in bedrock and the others in glacial drift, including a deep (~6.5 m) one in the glacial sediments. Here’s a short video of the drill rig that made it up into the …
David Lee and Carrie Jensen successfully defended their theses and graduated this spring. Both worked in mountain streams and developed unique ways to monitor the dynamics that occur in those systems. David’s work focused on passive monitoring of water quality in streams using material to sorb solutes and measure flux by the desorption of …
Carrie Jensen successfully defended her dissertation on temporary streams. We’re proud of her and wish her well as she moves on to new things. Special thanks to her committee for their help and support: Andy Dolloff, Daniel McLaughlin, Durelle Scott, and Yang Shao.
We are seeking applicants for a Ph.D. research assistantship in the biogeochemistry of forested ecosystems. Research will focus on the fate and transport of weathering products across spatial gradients within watersheds. Project goals include characterizing dynamic solute fluxes that will help us understand how ecosystems respond to and recover from different global change drivers. The …
PhD Assistantship in Biogeochemistry at Virginia Tech for a project at Hubbard Brook Read More »
Our graduate students and collaborators on Hubbard Brook projects have several new papers now available online. Bourgault, R. R., Ross, D. S., Bailey, S. W., McGuire, K. J., Gannon, J. P., 2017. Redistribution of soil metals and organic carbon via lateral flowpaths at the catchment scale in a glaciated upland setting, Geoderma, 307:238–252, doi: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2017.05.039. …
New Hubbard Brook hydro and hydropedology papers from the group Read More »
Carrie Jensen’s first paper was accepted in Hydrological Processes this week. Her work is about characterizing the spatial and temporal dynamics of headwater stream wetting and drying. This manuscript documents patterns of stream network expansion, contraction, and disconnection in watersheds from New England, Appalachian Plateau, Valley and Ridge, and Blue Ridge physiographic regions. Her research …
Carrie’s manuscript on temporary stream dynamics in the Appalachians Read More »
We’re in the final throws of planning for the Gordon Research Conference on Catchment Science. The last day to apply is in one week (May 28). We have a great set of speakers, discussion leaders, and participants. This meeting promises to be stimulating and one that shouldn’t be missed! The schedule is posted here: https://www.grc.org/programs.aspx?id=12331. The Gordon Research …