Research and Development Office

Mark Spears

Reclamation Office: Technical Service Center, Water Resources Planning and Operations Support
Contact Information: (303) 445-2514, jspears@usbr.gov

Research Funded by the Science and Technology Program

Mark Spears began doing research for the Science and Technology Program in the 2006 fiscal year, with funding provided by the program as recently as the 2015 fiscal year. Projects were funded under the Science and Technology Program research topics Water Operation Models and Decision Support Systems and Water Marketing.

The following research projects were funded in whole or in part by the Science and Technology Program. Mark Spears is listed as the principal investigator, or primary researcher. Click the project's title to view more information.

Improved Estimation of Reservoir Evaporation

Project ID: 7662
Fiscal Years of Funding: 2013 - 2015
Research Results: Improved Estimation of Reservoir Evaporation (final, PDF, 2.4MB)

Development of Improved Evapo-transpiration (ET) Estimates for Predominant Marsh Plant Communities and Open-Water Evaporation Estimates in the Upper Klamath River Basin

Project ID: 6485
Fiscal Years of Funding: 2008 - 2010
Research Results: Improving Evapotranspiration Estimates for Better Water Management (final, PDF, 254KB)

Development of Improved Evapotranspiration Estimates for Predominant Marsh Plant Communities in the Upper Klamath River Basin

Project ID: 1504
Fiscal Year of Funding: 2006
Research Results: Please contact research@usbr.gov about research products related to this project.

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