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Water Operations Decision Support

Develop solutions and tools that help Reclamation water managers make effective reservoir and river system operational and planning decisions through better integration, evaluation, understanding, and presentation of critical data and information.

Researcher Title ID Start Year End Year
Baker, Michael Using Geographic Information System (GIS) and Multivariate Regression to Model Salt and Selenium Loads in Regions of the Upper Colorado River Basin 1182 2004 2006
Bandrowski, David DJ J Large Wood Design Guidelines - National Manual 2754 2013 2013
Bearup, Lindsay Evaluating Big Thompson water supply modeling capability improvements from new model forcing and recalibration 21082 2021 2023
Bearup, Lindsay Improving distributed hydrologic models using multiscale thermal infrared, near infrared, and visible imagery from sUAS and satellite-based sensors 19249 2019 2020
Bearup, Lindsay Merging high-resolution airborne snowpack data with existing long-term hydrometeorological observations to improve water supply forecasting 8116 2018 2019
Beaty, Michael Western U.S. T&E Species Locator Web Service 843 2004 2004
Blatchford, Douglas B. A Web-Based Data Assimilation Framework for Improving Operational Decision Making 4628 2014 2014
Blatchford, Douglas B. Evaluation of approaches to determine mixing and assimilation of reuse effluent. 1397 2016 2016
Bowser, Steven Real-time Open-water/Wetted-sands Evaporation Quantification for Water Operations 3014 2005 2006
Brekke, Levi Assessing the Risks of Shifting Climate on Water and Power Operations in Reclamation Regions 6253 2006 2007
Brekke, Levi Climate Change: Assessing Preference Among Surface Water Hydrologic Models for Studies Involving Climate Change 2404 2009 2010
Brekke, Levi Climate Change: Erosion of Water Supply Predictability Under Climate Change? 2726 2009 2010
Brekke, Levi Climate Change: Methodology to Evaluate the Influence of Joint Changes in Climate and Land Cover on Water Availability 2768 2009 2010
Brekke, Levi Climatic Teleconnections for Forecasting Seasonal Water Supply in Reclamation Regions 925 2004 2005
Brekke, Levi Combining Groundwater and Teleconnection Information to Enhance Wet-Season Runoff Forecasting in Central-Southern Oregon Basins 6912 2006 2006
Brekke, Levi Development and Comparison of Long-Term Planning Hydrologies using Alternate Climate Information Sets 6395 2008 2008
Broman, Daniel Can better representation of low-elevation snowpack improve operational forecasts? 19178 2019 2020
Broman, Daniel Hydrologic model comparison in support of water resources planning and operations studies 1894 2018 2019
Caldwell, Raymond Ingredients-based Climatology and Future Projections of Extreme Precipitation Events Using a Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) Framework 6917 2012 2013
Carlson, John Three-Dimensional Visual Reservoir Sediment Modeling and Animation 6769 2011 2011
Carlson, John Three-dimensional (3D) Visual Reservoir Sediment Modeling and Animation 6770 2010 2010
Clark, Douglas Data Management and Data Stewardship in Reclamation 3789 2011 2012
Clark, Douglas Developing and Maintaining a Community of Interest Dedicated to the Potential Uses of Near Remote Sensing and Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Technologies within the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) to Reduce Costs and Add Technical Capacity 3823 2015 2017
Clark, Douglas Examining the Utility of Unmanned Vehicle Technology to Map Topography 4926 2012 2013
Clark, Douglas Exploring Potential Uses of Near Remote Sensing and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Technologies in Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) Science, Engineering, and Operations to Reduce Costs and Add Capabilities 3734 2012 2014
Clark, Douglas Fostering Data Stewardship Best Practices in Reclamation 3840 2015 2017
Clark, Douglas Improving Reclamation's Capacity to Disseminate Information and Receive Feedback 2055 2015 2015
Clark, Douglas Pilot Testing Data Stewardship Processes on River Restoration and Hydrologic Data Sets 3760 2013 2014
Clark, Douglas Reclamation Biological Resources Data Management: Developing an Enterprise Approach 1713 2008 2010
Clark, Douglas Scoping Tools for Water Conflict Management 1380 2014 2014
Clark, Douglas Tools for Managing of Disputes over Science in the Bureau of Reclamation 6641 2013 2013
Clark, Douglas Western Water Information Network (WWIN) 1201 2004 2007
Cuhaciyan, Jennifer Animated Tea-Cup Diagram Tool for Visualization of System-wide Conditions Over Time 631 2016 2016
Dandron, Jeremy Geo-Library Reference Database Area Office Library Materials Accessible through an ArcIMS Interface 7751 2006 2008
Danner, Allison Developing a Sustainable Framework to Support Open Data for Reclamations Colorado River Basin Decision Support Systems 5541 2016 2018
Danner, Allison Expanding to New Data Domains in the Reclamation Information Sharing Environment (RISE) 7127 2017 2018
Davis, Rob Assessing Economic Impacts to Irrigated Agriculture from Changes in Water Supply: An Assessment Using a Yield-Response Optimization Model 2718 2005 2005
Davis, Rob River Basin Level Economic Impacts (Agricultural Phase) 1292 2004 2004
Dawson, Theresa Adaptation of the Existing Fryingpan-Arkansas Project RiverWare Planning Model to Support Operational Modeling, Forecasting, and Probabilistic Decision-Making 20044 2020 2020
DeHaan, Jim Power System Safety 1800 2018 2020
Deeds, Daniel Favorably Stabilizing the Flow, Supply and Quality of Water from Public Lands During Forest Management 22090 2022 2024
Dill, Ginger Water Rights Information Management System (WRIM) 20088 2020 2020
Dodgen, Laurel Leverage Existing Environmental Data for Improved Usability by Standardization and Migration to RISE-Compatible Database 19210 2019 2021
Dombroski, Daniel Development of Software Tools for Efficient Processing of Bathymetry and Discharge Data 3937 2013 2013
Dombroski, Daniel Improving predictions of scour in the vicinity of vegetation in habitat rehabilitation areas 19290 2019 2020
Eckhardt, David Improving Evapotranspiration Maps Obtained from the Remote Sensing of Evapotranspiration (ReSET) Model 2686 2009 2009
Ekstrand, Earl Applying GIS Methods to Economic Value of Recreation as it Relates to Water Delivery 1291 2004 2004
England, John Methodology and Data for Quantifying Extreme Precipitation Events in a Changing Climate 1385 2012 2013
England, John New US National Flood Frequency Guidelines 1295 2008 2008
England, John Testing and Improving Distributed Runoff Models for Flood Forecasting as part of the National Weather Service (NWS) Distributed Hydrologic Modeling Intercomparison Project Phase 2 (DMIP 2) 9376 2006 2008
England, John Using Radar Rainfall and a Distributed Runoff Model to Determine Potential Reservoir Water Storage Gains 7845 2005 2006
Fahy, Juli Evaluation of Selenium Loading Associated with Phytoremediation & Mancos Shale Projects in the Uncompahgre Valley 1042 2004 2006
Fenolio, Joel Improving volume forecasting tools for snow dominated basins 19256 2019 2021
Ferguson, Ian Michael Continued Field Measurement of Riparian ET, Lower Colorado River Basin 3484 2013 2013
Ferguson, Ian Michael Continued Field Measurement of Riparian ET, Lower Colorado River Basin 6224 2014 2015
Ferguson, Ian Michael Development of Forecast and Decision Calendars to Facilitate Improved Forecast Applications by Reclamation Decisionmakers 1381 2012 2012
Ferguson, Ian Michael Dynamic Simulation of Reclamation's Surface-Water Operations in MODFLOW-Based Hydrologic Models 6672 2016 2017
Ferguson, Ian Michael Evaluating the Relevance, Credibility, and Applicability of CMIP5 Climate Projections for Water Resources and Environmental Planning 1005 2012 2016
Ferguson, Ian Michael Field Measurement of Riparian ET, Lower Colorado River Basin -- Decommissioning and Final Data Report 3854 2016 2016
Ferguson, Ian Michael Quantifying the Benefits of Integrated Surface Water-Ground Water Modeling for Climate Impact Analyses 9048 2012 2012
Field, Randi Evaluating Water Temperature Modeling and Prediction in the Sacramento River Basin 22050 2022 2024
Fisher, Lynne Evaluation of Municipal and Industrial (M&I) Water Conservation Measures Through Actual Water Savings and Cost/Benefit Analysis 750 2004 2005
FitzHugh, Thomas Investigation of Software Tools for Visualization of Results from Water Resources Planning Models 3265 2015 2015
Fitzmaurice, Michael Near-Real-Time Visualization of Water Quality in Rivers and Estuaries in the western United States. 7172 2013 2013
Frevert, Don Develop, Test and Implement Enhancements to the Hydrologic Database (HDB) to Enable its Use as a Database of Record for Several Reclamation Offices 681 2004 2005
Frevert, Don Enhanced Water Accounting Information System for Watershed and River Systems Management Program - DSS modeling and database tools. 1294 2004 2004
Frevert, Don Evaluation of Reclamation-wide Needs for Risk and Uncertainty Capabilities in Water Resources Decisionmaking Tools 6620 2005 2005
Frevert, Don Evaluation of capabilities and Needs for a Joint Surface Water--Ground Water Decision Support System on the Lower Platte River Basin 5378 2005 2005
Frevert, Don Watershed and River Systems Management Program--Columbia Basins Project Decision Support System (DSS) 621 2004 2005
Frevert, Don Watershed and River Systems Management Program--Truckee River Basin Decision Support System (DSS) 664 2004 2005
Gangopadhyay, Subhrendu A Collaborative Stochastic Weather Generator for Climate Impacts Assessment 21039 2021 2021
Gangopadhyay, Subhrendu Analysis of infrequent large groundwater recharge events: Their importance for long-term groundwater availability, use, and management 5424 2014 2015
Gangopadhyay, Subhrendu Exploring the possibilities of improving flood frequency analysis in the West by incorporating paleohydrologic reconstructions 20056 2020 2022
Gangopadhyay, Subhrendu Flood Frequency Variability on Seasonal to Multidecadal Time Scales in the Western US and Implications for Infrastructure Planning 1916 2013 2015
Gangopadhyay, Subhrendu Forecasting Crop Irrigation Water Requirements 1472 2014 2014
Gangopadhyay, Subhrendu Importance of Temporal and Spatial Scale on Basin-Scale Groundwater Recharge Estimates in Historical and Projected Climate Change Conditions 9037 2016 2016
Gangopadhyay, Subhrendu Soil-Water-Balance Recharge Estimates for the Upper Colorado River Basin under Climate Change 2005 2015 2016
Gangopadhyay, Subhrendu Stochastic Streamflow Generation: A Complementary Approach for Hydroclimate Projections in Hydrologically Complex Basins 23035 2023 2025
Gangopadhyay, Subhrendu Understanding how Different Versions of Distributed Historical Weather Data Affect Hydrologic Model Calibration and Climate Projection Downscaling 675 2011 2012
Gangopadhyay, Subhrendu West-Wide Drought Assessment Using Paleoclimate and Bias-Correction Spatial Disaggregation (BCSD) ... Climate Projections 99 2012 2012
Gault, Greg Design and Development of a Prototype Tool for Integrated Climate Downscaling and Streamflow Prediction using Open Source GIS Software 9449 2013 2014
Gault, Greg Linking Documents and Information Stored in Sharepoint Libraries to Geospatial Representations of Reclamation Features 2998 2010 2010
Gill, Tom Development of technologies for water budgeting and analyzing effects of water management practices on downstream water supplies and water quality in the South Platte and Arkansas Basins 803 2004 2004
Gjerde, James Enhancing Project Performance: Integrating Risk, Uncertainty and Risk-Cost-Benefit (RUCB) Procedures into Project Operation and Planning Analyses 9616 2008 2008
Gjerde, James Estimating Municipal, Rural and Industrial Water Requirements 601 2004 2004
Godaire, Jeanne Drought and Flood Magnitude and Frequency with Uncertainty 7325 2008 2010
Godaire, Jeanne Linking Extreme Precipitation and Floods: Implications for Climate Change Scenarios 879 2012 2012
Godaire, Jeanne Paleoflood Hydrology of the Colorado River System: Implication for Climate Changes 1736 2017 2018
Godaire, Jeanne Paleoflood Hydrology of the Colorado River System: Implications for Climate Change 5874 2016 2017
Guenthner, Scott Modeling and Field Experimentation to Determine the Effects of Terracing and Small Reservoirs on Water Supplies in the Republican River Basin above Hardy, Nebraska 9517 2006 2009
Gundlach, David Fusion of in-situ soil moisture and remotely sensed data. 19136 2019 2019
Halper, Eve A comparison of precipitation downscaling procedures to guide flooding and water resources studies 9039 2016 2017
Halper, Eve Estimating Unmetered Ground Water Irrigation Demand with High-Resolution Remote Sensing Data 1545 2012 2012
Hannon, John Using Data on Threatened Steelhead to Effectively Manage Water Operations and Minimize Impacts 1741 2010 2011
Hansen, Roger Evaluation of Potential and Development of a Real Time River Basin Operations Tool 7200 2008 2008
Hansen, Roger Robust Long-term Streamflow Forecasting 7294 2012 2012
Haws, Mitchell Ground Water Modeling Decision Support System 4296 2008 2008
Haws, Mitchell Hydroclimatic Index in Drought Forecasting and Climate Scenario Building for the Colorado River Basin (CRB) 8836 2007 2008
Haws, Mitchell Moisture Balance Drought Index (MBDI) Scenario Building for the Colorado River Basin (CRB) 5546 2010 2010
Herbst, George Environmental Resources Data Mapping Pilot to support Reservoir Operations Planning 1758 2017 2018
Hilldale, Robert C. Continued Development of Signal Processing Methods for Surrogate Bedload Measurement on the Elwha River 9562 2010 2010
Holman, Kathleen Application Potential in Flood Hydrology and Meteorology Group Work Processes 390 2013 2016
Holman, Kathleen Characterizing Historical and Future Snowfall Events across the Western US to Inform Water Resources Management 22071 2022 2024
Holman, Kathleen Development of Web-based Stochastic Storm Transposition Toolkit for Physically-based Rainfall and Flood Hazard Analysis 1735 2017 2019
Holroyd, Ed Multiple Satellite Views of a Melting Snow Pack 861 2004 2004
Holroyd, Ed Remotely Sensed Quantitative Precipitation Estimates in Real-Time for Water Management Applications 862 2004 2005
Horn, Mike Aging Reservoirs, Climate, Operations, and Potential Cumulative Impacts to Water Quality, Clarity and Fisheries and Recreation 19080 2019 2020
Hunter, Steven Application of Coupled Snowpack/Hydrologic Modeling to Water Supply and Flood Forecasting in Colorado 4563 2005 2006
Hunter, Steven Improve Streamflow Forecasts 847 2004 2004
Hunter, Steven Use of NASA Land Data Assimilated Products to Improve Flood and Drought Risk Analysis and Forecasting for Water Resources Management in the Columbia River Basin 9343 2005 2006
Jansen-Lute, Chris Direct and Indirect Economic Benefits of Ecologically Based Flows on the South Fork Snake River 684 2004 2004
Johnson, Jennifer A Method for Developing Daily Flow Data from Monthly Model Output that can be Used for Risk Assessment 2582 2011 2012
Johnson, Jennifer Assessing the relative contributions of hydrologic models to bias corrected future projected climate flows. 1797 2017 2018
Johnson, Jennifer Developing a holistic framework for evaluating system-wide groundwater surface water interaction and interconnected projects using system dynamics modeling methods 20025 2020 2022
Johnson, Jennifer Hydro-Economic Model Completion and Technology Transfer 8937 2013 2014
Johnson, Jennifer Investigating the Impact of River Regulation on Groundwater Supplies in the Western US 2892 2013 2014
Johnson, Jennifer MODSIM versus RiverWare: A comparative analysis of two surface water modeling tools. 3669 2014 2014
Johnson, Jennifer Model analysis of integrated surface- and ground-water hydrologic response to climate change 2885 2009 2009
Kang, Jong B Snow depth estimation using InSAR (Interferometric Synthetic-Aperture Radar) Technique 21108 2021 2021
Kelly, Emma Assessing Satellite Remote Sensing Products to Improve Spatial and Temporal Resolution of Snow Water Equivalence (SWE) Measurements in the San Juan - Chama Project’s Source Watersheds 23061 2023 2025
King, David Development of a Generalized Water Supply Index for use in Hydrologic Models. 541 2004 2004
King, David Graphical Policy Analysis Tool 981 2004 2005
King, Vanessa Reclamation Interactive Visualization and Exploration Resource (RIVER): A model scenario visualization tool for RWIS/RISE 19221 2019 2021
Klein, Matthew Photogrammetry Users Group 4549 2016 2016
Kubitschek, Joseph Performance Assessment and Improvement of Hydrodynamic Mathematical Models via Field Observations and Controlled Laboratory Experiments 1598 2005 2007
Lanini, Jordan Risk-based decision making in reservoir operations 1881 2018 2020
Larsen, Deena Conveying Climate Change and Variability 3533 2015 2015
Larson, Roger Combined Application of Dynamic Programming and Network Flows Optimization for River Operation Simulation 924 2004 2004
Liljegren, Fred Back to the Future: Innovative Tree Ring Analysis to Reconstruct Paleoclimate and Streamflows for Improved Urban Water Planning Under Climate Change 7855 2011 2012
Llewellyn, Dagmar Characterizing the Predictability and Sensitivity of Streamflow to Monsoon Season Precipitation 20032 2020 2022
Llewellyn, Dagmar Detecting, Interpreting, and Modeling Hydrologic Extremes to Support Flexible Water Management and Planning 1782 2017 2018
Llewellyn, Dagmar Improving the robustness of southwestern US water supply forecasting 8117 2018 2021
Llewellyn, Dagmar Modeling Extreme Precipitation Events and Impacts in a Changing Climate to Support Western Water Management 5597 2016 2016
Llewellyn, Dagmar Runoff Efficiency and Seasonal Streamflow Predictability in the U.S. Southwest 8730 2015 2017
Llewellyn, Dagmar Using Remote Sensing and Ground Measurements to Improve Evaporation Estimation and Reservoir Management 19132 2019 2021
Loney, Drew Development of an integrated hydrologic model with high-resolution snow processes for water supply forecasting and forecast-based operations 22055 2022 2024
Loney, Drew Evaluation of file formats for storage and transfer of large datasets in the RISE platform 22041 2022 2022
Loney, Drew Post-wildfire forecasting improvements using non-Newtonian flow processes with a high-resolution, integrated hydrologic model 22056 2022 2023
Lounsbury, Bob Evaluating the integration of water operations models with groundwater models 3895 2016 2017
Makar, Paula Investigation of Climate Change Impact on Reservoir Capacity and Water Supply Reliability 8990 2010 2011
Martin, Paul Developing a Collaborative Environment for Sharing Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Data Between Reclamation and Irrigation Districts. 19042 2019 2020
Matanga, George Adaptive Water Operations and Planning Decision Support Using Reliability-Based Global Optimization and HydroGeoSphere Integrated Hydrologic Model 1010 2011 2012
Matanga, George Climate Change: Application of HydroGeoSphere (HGS) Thermal (Temperature) Modules for Evaluation of The Impacts of Climate Change on Water Resources and Fish Ecosystems 3821 2010 2010
Mcguire, Marketa Assessing the impact of physically realized hydro-climate extremes on water supply 20082 2020 2020
Mcguire, Marketa Developing process-based and spatially consistent approaches for correcting streamflow biases in watershed hydrology simulations 1895 2018 2020
Mcguire, Marketa Exploring frameworks for simulating historical and future hydrology in the Upper Deschutes River basin 23037 2023 2023
Meuleman, Allyn Evaluation of the Enhanced Snowmelt Runoff Model to Assist in Water Management Operations and Decision Support 2321 2011 2011
Mikkelson, Kristin The development of a temperature and dissolved oxygen water quality model to inform water management options to benefit Yakima River salmon migration. 22045 2022 2024
Miller, Ronald Developing and Evaluating Remote Sensing Based Direct Evapo-Transpiration (ET) Models to Improve Water Accounting Efficiency 282 2008 2010
Miller, Ronald Improving the Cost Effectiveness of High Definition Aerial Video to Survey/Quantify Invasive Species Infestations and Endangered Species Habitat to Assist in Adaptive Management of Rivers and Reservoirs 4800 2006 2007
Miller, Ronald Investigating Alternate Methods to Automate Irrigated and Natural Vegetation Classifications for Water Accounting 6676 2005 2008
Mortensen, Josh Comparison of physical observations and simulations of air entrainment 9509 2014 2015
Mortensen, Josh Evaluation of Hydro-Kinetic Impacts to Existing Water Delivery and Power Infrastructure 7317 2014 2015
Mortensen, Josh Improved Prediction of Seismically Induced Hydrodynamic Loads on Dams and Spillway Gates 19206 2019 2020
Munger, Dawn Modeling Economic Effects on Recreation from Dam Re-operation 202 2004 2005
Murray, Christopher Generalized Stream Flow Depletions Model for Historic and Projected Future Climate Scenarios 8013 2014 2014
Murray, Joel Glenn Use of a Continuous Simulation, Process-based Model to Predict Sediment Inflow in Unsurveyed Reservoirs 8653 2015 2015
Nagode, James Opening Reclamation Water Data Through a Multi Region Web Portal 1627 2016 2017
Nelson, Kirk Dynamic Representations of Hydrologic-Irrigator Interactions in Planning Models 20093 2020 2022
Nelson, Kirk Evaluation of Land Subsidence Impacts Due to Groundwater Pumping 3117 2015 2017
NgoziBullock, Khadija Reclamation-Wide Site Investigation Data on Tessel 9895 2016 2016
Nguyen-DeCorse, Hong Development of short-range forecasts of weather-driven channel losses and gains to support Reclamation water management 1845 2018 2020
Nickel, Arlan Building Capacity for Incorporating Uncertainties and Communicating Results in Reclamation’s Long Term Planning and Decision-Making Processes 6262 2014 2014
Nowak, Kenneth Building capacity for addressing future uncertainty in Reclamation's long-term planning and decisionmaking process 1771 2017 2018
Nowak, Kenneth Climate Science and Water Resources Distance Learning Efforts and Customized Courses 1506 2015 2017
Nowak, Kenneth Development of an Ensemble National-Domain Dataset of Gridded Meteorological Fields (UCAR NCAR, Clark) 1620 2016 2017
Nowak, Kenneth Improve parameter estimates in national-domain hydrologic models (UCAR NCAR, Clark) 1614 2016 2017
Nowak, Kenneth LOCA 7131 2017 2018
Nowak, Kenneth Machine Learning for Improving Sub-Seasonal Forecasting 20204 2020 2020
Nowak, Kenneth NCAR Agreement PWP4: Over-the-Loop Streamflow Forecasting 10 2016 2017
Nowak, Kenneth National Water Model Assessment for Reclamation's Water Management Needs 1774 2017 2019
Nowak, Kenneth Optimal selection of climate projections from large ensembles (UCAR NCAR, Clark) 1615 2016 2017
Nowak, Kenneth Seasonal and extended-range predictability of atmospheric rivers and their associated precipitation 1501 2015 2017
Nowak, Kenneth Subseasonal Heatwave Prediction 19003 2019 2021
Paquin, Lanie Selective Filtering of Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) Data for Enhanced Surface Representation of River Geomorphology 657 2012 2012
Parker, Nancy HYDROSS Functionality Enhancements 1044 2004 2004
Parker, Nancy Hierarchical Networks for Water Resources Modeling 9078 2006 2007
Parker, Nancy Integration of Project-Scale and Basin Wide Water Management: an Application in the Klamath Project 9800 2006 2007
Parkinson, Sharon Scoping proposal focused on quantifying temperature change to a water body influenced by subsurface return flow 6826 2010 2010
Peltz-Lewis, Lorri Geospatial Integration and Visualization Supporting HydoGeoSphere (HGS) Implementation Research and Integration Utilizing Geospatial Tools 5832 2007 2007
Perry, Thomas Scoping Investigation of the Causes for Significant Snow Cover Losses in Interior Watersheds of the Western United States 7350 2008 2008
Peterson, Eric Integrated Information Management System (IIMS)--an Information and Data Management System for Science Based River Management 165 2006 2009
Peterson, Eric Integrated Information Management System, Development of Web Interface 3625 2010 2011
Peterson, Eric Structure from Motion Photogrammetry: Constructing 3 Dimensional Structure from Ordinary Photography 3835 2015 2015
Piper, Steven Development of Techniques that are Acceptable for Measuring Municipal Water Values, Nonuse Values, Ecosystem Benefits, and Broad Public Benefits as Part of Alternative Evaluation In Feasibility Studies 7305 2009 2009
Piper, Steven Use of the California Urban Water Conservation Council BMP datbase to evaluate water conservation method effectiveness 1408 2014 2014
Posner, Ari J Software Tool Development to Generate Stochastic Hydraulic Simulations using HEC-RAS 19180 2019 2021
Poulos, Michael Assessing the impact of land use and land cover changes on river diversions in semi-arid river basins 21048 2021 2023
Prairie, James Enhancing SAMS : Incorporating Nonparametric Data Analysis tools and evaluating its performance 1223 2004 2004
Prairie, James Establishing a Framework for Sharing Risk and Uncertainty Quantification and Communication Strategies in Reclamation Operations 1077 2009 2009
Pruitt, Tom Sensitivity of Hydrologic Impacts Assessment to Downscaling Methodology and Spatial Resolution 1646 2011 2013
Quinn, Nigel Geographic Information System-based Decision Support for Wetland Drainage Salinity Management 2846 2010 2013
Raff, David Climate Based Forecasts for Rule Curve Analysis 9912 2006 2007
Raff, David Climate Change: Multiple Teleconnection Index Based Prediction of Natural Flow 709 2010 2010
Raff, David GeoTools for Rapid Dynamic Channel Analysis and Biological Assessment 6387 2005 2007
Raff, David Non-Linear Operational Volumetric Forecasting 3303 2005 2006
Raff, David Probablistic Operational Inflow Trace Development 2601 2005 2007
Rainger, Lisa HydroGeoSphere (HGS) and Ground Water Modeling System-- Phase I 3279 2008 2010
Redhorse, Becky Scoping water demand for the 17 Western states and identifying types and quantities of Reclamation water deliveries 4240 2012 2012
Ricks, Adam WaterSMART Data Visualization 97 2016 2018
Rinehart, Robert Electronic Geologic Logging 19117 2019 2021
Rocha, Jonathan PyForecast continued development – expanding PyForecast’s reach and capabilities 22072 2022 2024
Rohwer, William Development of WARMF Model Capability to Support San Joaquin River Restoration Planning and Real-Time Water Quality Management 7341 2007 2008
Rothwell, Eric Application of a Physically-Based Distributed Snowmelt Model in Support of Reservoir Operations and Water Management 2264 2013 2015
Rothwell, Eric Application of a Physically-Based Distributed Snowmelt Model in Support of Reservoir Operations and Water Management - Phase 2 2157 2016 2016
Rothwell, Eric Enhancing Predictions of Climate Change Impacts on Snow Distribution and Melt Patterns in the Mountain West 8106 2014 2016
Rothwell, Eric Intermediate-range Climate Forecasting to Support Water Supply and Flood Control with a Regionally Focused Mesoscale Model 9682 2015 2017
Salazar, Claudia Leon Combining Physically Based Snow Modeling and Remote Sensing at High Spatial Resolution to Improve Snowmelt Runoff Forecasts in the Big Thompson and Willow Creek Basins 21041 2021 2022
Salazar, Claudia Leon Web-Based Decision Support System for the Upper Colorado River Basins 20047 2020 2021
Smith, Rebecca Exploring the use of temperature to understand recent drought and project future conditions in the Colorado River Basin 19264 2019 2020
Soddell, Jade Potential Reclamation Applications of the Gasoline Microair Vehicle (gMAV) 5063 2012 2012
Spears, Mark Improved Estimation of Reservoir Evaporation 7662 2013 2015
Stillwater, Leslie Enhanced Simulation, Decision Support, and Presentation Capabilities for Modsim, a River Systems Management Model 802 2004 2006
Stillwater, Leslie Past Climate Change and GW Pumping Influences on Historic Streamflow Traces and the Consequences of Using Historic Streamflow Traces in Operations Planning 8404 2008 2008
Stodt, Richard Hydrometeorological Analysis and Prediction of Water Supply and Demand for Water Operations and Planning 1142 2004 2004
Stodt, Richard Use of Land Data Assimilation System Products to Improve Evapo-transpiration (ET) Estimates in the Middle Rio Grande Basin 9996 2005 2006
Stone, Amanda Identifying Sources of Uncertainy in Flood Frequency Analysis 1794 2017 2019
Swain, Robert GIS-Based Stochastic Event Flood Model 1041 2004 2004
Swoboda, Kristin Inform Reclamation Programs about Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and Identity Opportunities for Future Applied Research 8168 2013 2013
Swoboda, Kristin UAS Research for Optimal Lightweight Camera/Sensor Options for Low Cost Sensed Data and Imagery 9179 2014 2014
Tansey, Michael A Comparison of Methods for Simulating Agricultural Evapo-transpiration and Crop Yields under Changing Climate Conditions 5431 2012 2012
Tansey, Michael A Comparison of Methods for Simulating Watershed Evapotranspiration and Runoff under Changing Climatic Conditions 2024 2013 2013
Tansey, Michael Assessment of the Effects of Plant Physiological Responses to Atmospheric Forcings Affecting Crop Water Use and Yields: Literature Review and Model Comparisons 1858 2018 2018
Tansey, Michael Bio-physical Integrated Land Atmosphere Water Simulator (BI-LAWS) 19246 2019 2021
Tansey, Michael Development and Testing of Land Atmosphere Water Simulator (LAWS) to for Reservoir and Water Conservation Management via Remote Sensing, GIS, and Atmospheric, Hydrologic and Vegetation Physical Process Models for Planning and Operational Decision-Making 1246 2004 2004
Tansey, Michael Land Atmosphere Water Simulator (LAWS) 2550 2005 2005
Tansey, Michael Land Atmosphere Water Simulator (LAWS) Version 2.0 5983 2006 2006
Tansey, Michael West-wide Evapotranspiration Forecast Network 1763 2017 2019
Tansey, Michael West-wide Resource Assessment and Management Planning User’s Platform 1783 2017 2017
Tarbet, Karl Time Series Web Service -- water.usbr.gov 969 2015 2015
Thielen, Kevin Developing a Robust Planning Framework for Climate Change in California. 23027 2023 2025
Thiemann, Meghan Measurement and modeling of effects of differential wind stress due to topography and wind sheltering elements on hydrodynamics of augmented lakes and reservoirs 21023 2021 2023
Thiemann, Meghan Optimization of Water Management within the Colorado River Indian Reservation in Arizona 22108 2022 2024
Tighi, Shana Enhancement of Risk and Uncertainty Capabilities in Decisionmaking Tools 7938 2006 2006
Tosline, Deborah Impacts of Grade Control Structure Installations on Hydrology and Sediment Transport as an Adaptive Management Strategy 1751 2017 2019
Tosline, Deborah Mapping the Indirect Economic Impacts of Climate Change and Water Supply Shortages: Supplementing the Colorado River Basin Study with Innovative Information 5222 2016 2016
Wang, Jun Basin-scale real-time flow and salt load visualization for TMDL compliance 3942 2014 2014
Whitesell, Bruce Improving the Spatial Accuracy of Reclamation's Land Records Geographic Information System (GIS) Database 6958 2006 2007
Wille, Kurt Data Fusion of Remote Sensing and Real Time Field Data in Support of Enhanced River Basin Operations 5307 2008 2008
Wille, Kurt Optimizing surface model techniques for digital representation of river channels 2834 2012 2013
Wille, Kurt Visualization of climate risk and surface water projection data. 1622 2016 2016
Wille, Kurt West-wide Climate Risk Assessments Agricultural Demands data visualization 7123 2017 2017
Wright, Michael Assessing potential future changes in atmospheric rivers over the western coast of the U.S. 1816 2018 2019
Wright, Michael Simulating California's water supply system under future climate stresses 20075 2020 2022

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