A generalized, three-dimensional, finite element bridge model was created in order to efficiently and accurately assess live-load girder distribution factors for a variety of bridge types. This model shortens the time required by bridge analysts to develop individual finite element models for bridges of varying geometries. The creation of the...
Understanding how the interactions and feedbacks between plant function, climate, and soils ultimately affects the terrestrial water balance and subsurface flow processes is major challenge in scientific hydrology. This dissertation summarizes the findings of a manipulative climate warming experiment, an observational field study that utilized stable-isotope tracers, and associated modeling...
Many factors should be considered before selecting a graduate program to attend. Graduate education can be expensive, so financial and health care benefits offered by a department or college should be considered when selecting a graduate program. A majority of fisheries graduate students recently surveyed believed that financial aspects should...
The potential impact of projected climate warming on the terrestrial hydrologic cycle is
uncertain. This problem has evaded experimentalists due to the overwhelming challenge of measuring the
entire water budget and introducing experimental warming treatments in open environmental systems. We
present new data from a mesocosm experiment that examined the...
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columns in the table below list the dates at which a value of total soil-water storage is needed to
The potential impact of projected climate warming on the terrestrial hydrologic cycle is
uncertain. This problem has evaded experimentalists due to the overwhelming challenge of measuring the
entire water budget and introducing experimental warming treatments in open environmental systems. We
present new data from a mesocosm experiment that examined the...
The potential impact of projected climate warming on the terrestrial hydrologic cycle is
uncertain. This problem has evaded experimentalists due to the overwhelming challenge of measuring the
entire water budget and introducing experimental warming treatments in open environmental systems. We
present new data from a mesocosm experiment that examined the...
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evapotranspiration and
groundwater recharge
Pangle, L. A., J. W. Gregg, and J. J. McDonnell (2014), Rainfall
The potential impact of projected climate warming on the terrestrial hydrologic cycle is
uncertain. This problem has evaded experimentalists due to the overwhelming challenge of measuring the
entire water budget and introducing experimental warming treatments in open environmental systems. We
present new data from a mesocosm experiment that examined the...
Measurements of δ²H and δ¹⁸O in isotope-based field studies have fundamentally
improved our understanding of water flow and transport time scales in soils and headwater
catchments. Until recently, however, technical constraints have limited the temporal
resolution at which water samples could be collected and analyzed. We introduce a new
sample...
Objective. To determine the utility of the capacity ratio to measure and compare solvency in experiential
education in 6 colleges and schools of pharmacy in the Northwestern United States.
Methods. The 6 colleges and schools of pharmacy combined data on student placements needed, site
availability, and changes made to placements...
Lake water quality is affected by local and regional drivers, including lake physical characteristics, hydrology, landscape position, land cover, land use, geology, and climate. Here, we demonstrate the utility of hypothesis testing within the landscape limnology framework using a random forest algorithm on a national-scale, spatially explicit data set, the...