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Winter 2011 Seminar Series Schedule
Seminars are usually held on Tuesdays from noon to 1 pm.
The seminars are informal and are open to the public. Bring your lunch.
The USGS Oregon Water Science Center office is located in Portland at
2130 SW 5th Ave. Directions to the USGS office are posted
here.
The USGS Portland Seminar Series has an
online mailing list. If you would like to
be notified of upcoming seminars via email, then you should sign up!
The list also will be used to notify its members of seminar cancellations
or other schedule changes.
Note: The following schedule is subject to change. Please
check this page or call 503-251-3200 prior to attending a seminar. If you
wish to post a copy of this schedule in your office, a PDF of the schedule
can be downloaded from
http://or.water.usgs.gov/seminars/winter2011_schedule.pdf.
| WINTER 2011 SEMINAR SCHEDULE |
Tuesday
January 11
Noon to 1 pm |
Our Vanishing Glaciers: 100 Years of Glacier Retreat in the Three Sisters Area,
Central Oregon Cascade Range
Jim O'Connor
Research Hydrologist
USGS Oregon Water Science Center
[professional page]
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Tuesday
January 18
Noon to 1 pm |
Climate Change Impacts on Snow, Glaciers and Water Resources in the Pacific Northwest
Anne Nolin
Associate Professor
Dept. of Geosciences
Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
[professional page]
[abstract]
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Tuesday
January 25
Noon to 1 pm |
Using Turbidity Monitoring and LiDAR-Derived Imagery to Investigate Sources
of Suspended Sediment in the Little North Santiam River Basin, Oregon, Winter 2009-2010
Steve Sobieszczyk
Hydrologist
USGS Oregon Water Science Center
Portland, OR
[professional page]
[abstract]
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Tuesday
February 1
Noon to 1 pm |
Estimates of Coastal Freshwater Runoff: How to Get Them and What To Do With Them
David Hill
Associate Professor
School of Civil and Construction Engineering
Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
[professional page]
[abstract]
[project page]
[research paper]
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Tuesday
February 8
Noon to 1 pm |
Using Models to Assess and Revise 2010 Detroit Dam Operations to Meet
Downstream Water-Temperature Goals
Kathryn Tackley1 & Norman Buccola2
1U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District, Portland, OR
2U.S. Geological Survey, Oregon Water Science Center, Portland, OR
[abstract]
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Tuesday
February 15
Noon to 1 pm |
Computer-Based Model Calibration R&D at the U.S. Army Engineer Research
and Development Center
Brian Skahill
Research Hydraulic Engineer
Watershed Systems Group, Hydrologic Systems Branch
US Army Engineer Research and Development Center
[abstract]
[MICUT -
Model Independent Calibration and Uncertainty Analysis Toolbox]
[Skahill & Doherty, 2006]
[Doherty & Skahill, 2006]
[Skahill & others, 2009]
[Baggett & Skahill, 2010]
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Tuesday
February 22
Noon to 1 pm |
Reconnaissance Investigation of Emerging Contaminants in
Wastewater-Treatment-Plant Effluent and Stormwater Runoff in the Columbia River Basin
Jennifer Morace
Hydrologist
USGS Oregon Water Science Center
Portland, OR
[professional page]
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Friday
March 4
Noon to 1 pm |
The Pursuit of Uncertainty in Hydrologic Climate Change Impact Assessment:
Improved Characterization, Quantification and Communication
Hamid Moradkhani
Assistant Professor
Department of Civil & Environmental
Engineering
Portland State University
[professional page]
[climate change / floodplain
mapping / hydrologic ecotones paper]
[uncertainty
in urban flooding analysis paper]
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Tuesday
March 8
Noon to 1 pm |
Geologic, Hydrogeochemical, and Water-Level Evidence for Hydrologic Compartmentalization
in the Columbia River Basalt Aquifer System in the Columbia Basin GWMA
Kevin Lindsey
Senior Hydrogeologist
GSI Water Solutions, Inc., Kennewick, WA
[professional page]
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Tuesday
March 15
Noon to 1 pm |
Preferential Flow and Contaminant Transport to Public Water Supply Wells:
Lessons from NAWQA TANC
Rick Johnson
Professor
Oregon Health & Science University, Beaverton, OR
[professional page]
[TANC project page]
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Tuesday
March 22
Noon to 1 pm |
Dynamics of Physical Habitats, Charismatic Biota, and Management
Alternatives in the Lower Missouri River
Brandon McElroy
Research Physical Scientist
USGS - Columbia Environmental Research Center
Columbia, MO
[professional page]
[side-channel chute dynamics project]
[river habitat dynamics project]
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