Schedule

16th Annual Hydrologic Sciences Symposium

April 7-8, 2022

and Zoom

All times are Mountain Daylight Time (MDT).

Please contact HydroSymposium@colorado.edu for schedule corrections or questions.

ThursdayÌýApril 7,Ìý2022

Time

Presenter

Title

8:15-8:45 Ìý

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breakfast of coffee, bagels and fruit

8:45-9:00

Student Organizers:ÌýDylan Blaskey,ÌýDevon Dunmire,ÌýNatasha Harvey,ÌýTaylor Johaneman,Anna Wright

Welcome and Introduction

9:00-10:00

Keynote Speaker Danica Schaffer-Smith

Enhancing watershed resilience through nature-based solutions and adaptive infrastructure management

10:00-10:30

Invited Speaker Nicole Rowan

Protecting and restoring water quality in Colorado through the extremes

10:30-10:45ÌýÌý

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break

10:45-11:00

Student PresentationÌýTessa Gorte

Modeling satellite-based Antarctic melt leads to higher Southern Ocean sea ice extent by 2100

11:00-11:30

InvitedÌýSpeakerÌýVicki ScharnhorstÌý

Resilient Infrastructure in a VUCA World

11:30-12:00

InvitedÌýSpeaker SaraÌýSanchez

High resolution paleoclimate archives andÌýhistorical changes in the tropical hydrological cycle

12:00-12:30

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lunch with Illegal Pete's burritos

12:30-1:30

Invited SpeakersÌý KatherineÌýLininger,ÌýNicole Rowan,ÌýJoel SholtesÌý&ÌýSteve Wondzell

FacilitatedÌýbyÌýStudent OrganizerÌýAnna Wright

Career PanelÌý

1:30-1:45Ìýbreak

1:45-2:00

Student PresentationÌýTim Higgins

Using Deep Learning for a High-Precision Analysis of Atmospheric Rivers in a High-Resolution Large Ensemble Climate Dataset

2:00-2:15Student PresentationÌýNoah CampbellFirst Users Areas and Climate-Water Coupling in Western US Basins

2:15-2:45

Invited Speaker Joel Sholtes

How does stream corridor restoration influence local water and thermal energy fluxes?

2:45-3:00

Student PresentationÌýVanessa Gabel

Rivers and Rocks: A New Model for River Profile Evolution with Heterogeneous Substrate and Bedload Transport

3:00-3:30

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break

3:30-4:00

Invited Speaker Steve Wondzell

(remote from Oregon)

Riparian restoration strategies to mitigate future changes in climate – or – How long does it take to grow a tree?Ìý

4:00-4:15Student PresenterÌýLauren Magliozzi and Lane AllenMonitoring the Recovery of the Coal Creek Ecosystem Following the Marshall Fire
4:15-4:30Student PresentationÌýMargaret DiGiornoResolving Flow-Dependent Geochemical Indicators of Groundwater Exchange in the Columbia River, WA

4:30-5:00

Invited Speaker WillemÌýVervoortÌý

(remote from Sydney, Australia)

Catchment modelling and data science for sustainable catchment management

Friday April 8, 2022

8:30-9:00Ìýbreakfast of coffee, bagels and fruit
9:00-9:30Invited Speaker Melissa Foster

Developing a semi-automated method to estimate reservoir sedimentation at ~30,000 reservoirs across the United States

9:30-9:45

Student Presentation Parth Modi

Winner: Best Presentation Award!

ÌýInvestigating the role of snow water equivalent on streamflow predictability during drought

9:45-10:00Student PresentationÌýEric KennedyReevaluation of snowmelt and phenological controls of carbon sequestration at Niwot Ridge, CO
10:00-10:30Invited SpeakerÌýKatherine LininrgerÌý
10:30-10:45Ìýbreak
10:45-11:00

Student Presentation Kate Boden

(virtual)

Water in the Age of the Megafire
11:00-11:15Student PresentationÌýEthan BurnsQuantifying Dynamic Rock Moisture and its Role in Supporting Transpiration in a Montane Catchment of the Colorado Front Range.
11:15 - 11:30Student Presentation Huck Rees

Assessing managed flood retreat and community relocation as a flood mitigation and climate adaptation measure in small communities

11:30 - 12:00ÌýInvited Speaker Ben LivnehLiving in the Extreme: Snow Drought Impacts and the Future of Water Supply Predictability in the Western US
12:00 - 1:00

See list of student presenters below

Lightning Talks
1:00 - 1:15

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lunch break with Cosmos Pizza

1:15-1:45Led by Student OrganizerÌýNatasha HarveyWater Trivia
1:45-2:00Student PresentationÌýChrista Torrens

N:P Ratios and Uptake Dynamics in Intermittent Antarctic Streams

2:00-2:30Invited SpeakerÌýAdrianne KroepschThe Puzzle of Cloud Seeding in the American West: Understanding How Weather Modification Became a Response to AridityÌý
2:30-3:00

Invited SpeakerÌý Michelle Walvoord

Observing and Modeling the Expansion of Lateral Talik Development in Permafrost Landscapes
3:00 - 3:15Ìý

break

3:15 - 3:30ÌýHydrologic Sciences Program Co-directors Holly Barnard & Mike GooseffStudent Awards
3:30 - 4:30Keynote SpeakerÌýMelisa DiazThe dynamic nature of glacial meltwater in polar regions and itsÌýinfluence on resource limited systems

Student Lightning TalksÌý

12:00-1:00 Friday April 8

#start timePresenterTitle
Ìý12:00Student Organizer Dylan BlaskeyIntroduction
112:05David WoodsonLong Lead Forecasting of Spring Flows in the Colorado River Using Random Forest
212:10T.R. HeydmanStreamflow Resulting from Forest Disturbance
312:15Mykael PinedaPonderosa Pine Regeneration for the Future of Local Hydrology
412:20Reece Gregory

Examining Spatial Differences in Soil Solute Chemistry in a Semi-arid Montane Catchment, Manitou Experimental Forest, Colorado

512:25

Jessica Rush

Winner: Best Lightning Talk Award!

Understanding the Role of Microbial Organic Matter Reduction to Carbon Biogeochemistry in Northern Peatlands
612:30Joshua MaussArctic Ocean planktonic foraminifera during MIS 5: Understanding Arctic Amplification of climate change from the palaeoclimatological record
712:35Kiersten MaxwellDiatom Populations in Cryoconite Holes in McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica
812:40Josie ArcuriExploring ice’s role in river bank migration through permafrost
912:45Elan Rochell-Share, Hogan Warlock, Robert Jonsson-Castellanos, James Hoover, Eric KennedyEvaluating the impact of wind on snow accumulation at Niwot Ridge, CO

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