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Watershed Sciences at Montana State

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     Brian L. McGlynn, Assistant Professor of Watershed Hydrology

 

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Study of watershed hydrology (streamwater sources, flowpaths, and age), watershed land-atmosphere CO2  fluxes, and watershed biogeochemistry using combinations of approaches that include source water tracing, physical hydrology, eddy-covariance,  and landscape analysis techniques.   Our field-based research is focused on the spatial and temporal scaling of hydrological and biogeochemical processes.

 

Post-Doc Position Available Now

The Watershed Hydrology lab at Montana State University, Bozeman seeks an energetic, communicative, quantitatively minded post-doc to aid in synthesis within and across multiple hydrology/biogeochemistry projects.  The nature of the position is flexible and will maximize candidate strengths and interests.  However, we seek a quantitative hydrologist/ecologist with interests  and abilities in programming and model development related to in-stream network nutrient transport in both pristine and human altered landscapes.  Additional possibilities include synthesis of carbon flux research across complex terrain.  Funding is available for up to 1-2 years depending upon interest and abilities.  Contact Brian McGlynn bmcglynn@montana.edu and see our lab web site:  http://watershed.montana.edu/hydrology/ for additional information. 

 

Data Manager Position Available Soon

The Watershed Hydrology lab at Montana State University, Bozeman will soon seek an energetic, communicative, highly organized technician/research associate to aid in data management / web serving across multiple field sites and multiple hydrology/biogeochemistry projects.  The nature of the position is flexible, however we seek a person with experience, abilities, or potential in programming , GIS, web serving, and data management.   Additional research possibilities could evolve depending on interests and abilities.  Contact Brian McGlynn bmcglynn@montana.edu and see our lab web site:  http://watershed.montana.edu/hydrology/ for additional information. 

 

 

NEWS
AWARDS Diego Riveros-Iregui Receives a 2008 NSF DDIG Award!  This National Science Foundation, Division of Environmental Biology, Ecosystem Science Cluster, Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant is a competitive award intended to provide partial support of doctoral dissertations and to improve the overall quality of research.  Diego's research is focused on hydrologic-carbon cycle linkages in the Tenderfoot Creek Experimental Forest, Montana.

 

Kelsey Jencso Receives an AGU (American Geophysical Union) Outstanding Student Paper Award!  Kelsey’s December 2007 presentation was recognized as among the best of a strong group of student presenters, which sets an example for his fellow students and the entire AGU membership.  His paper was titled:  Topographic controls on hillslope–riparian water table continuity in a set of nested catchments, northern Rocky Mountains, Montana.

 

Diego Riveros-Iregui Receives the 2007-2008 AGU Horton Research Award! 

This award is granted annually to ~2 graduate students based on their PhD research. This is the most prestigious award available for graduate students in the hydrological and related sciences. This award is granted by the American Geophysical Union Hydrology Section and draws from graduate students worldwide. Diego's NSF sponsored research is focused on watershed hydrologic-carbon cycle linkages.   MSU graduate School Newsletter article.
AGU journal highlight The AGU editors have selected our recent Geophysical Research Letters paper, titled "Flow velocity and the hydrologic behavior of streams during baseflow" as an "AGU Journal Highlight."  See article in EOS, March 2008
Recent news article by United Press International Our recent paper "Flow velocity and the hydrologic behavior of streams during baseflow" reported by United Press International:  "Fluctuations in stream flow are discovered"
 

Recent papers

 

 

Wondzell, S.M., M. Gooseff, and B.L. McGlynn. 2007.  Flow Velocity and the hydrologic behavior of streams during baseflow. Geophysical Research Letters. VOL. 34, L24404, doi:10.1029/2007GL031256.

Covino, T.P., and B.L. McGlynn.  2007. Stream gains and losses across a mountain-to-valley transition: Impacts on watershed hydrology and stream water chemistry, Water Resources Research, 43, W10431, doi:10.1029/2006WR005544.

Riveros-Iregui, D. A., R. E. Emanuel, D. J. Muth, B. L. McGlynn, H. E. Epstein, D. L. Welsch, V. J. Pacific, and J. M. Wraith 2007, Diurnal hysteresis between soil CO2 and soil temperature is controlled by soil water content, Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L17404, doi:10.1029/2007GL030938.

Wagener, T., M. Weiler, B.L. McGlynn, M. Gooseff, T. Meixner, L. Marshall, K. McGuire, M. McHale.  2007.  Taking the pulse of hydrology education.  Hydrological Processes. 21, 1789–1792.  DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6766.

Seibert J. and B.L. McGlynn. 2007. A new triangular multiple flow-direction algorithm for computing upslope areas from gridded digital elevation models. Water Resources Research. 43, W04501, doi:10.1029/2006WR005128.

 

  
Kelley Conde, an undergraduate scholar (USP student) working with the Watershed Hydrology Lab recently presented results of her carbon cycle research on Capitol Hill, Washington D.C.