Colorado Water Science Center

Recent papers from Colorado Water Science Center

1. A Comparison of Non-Contact Methods for Measuring Turbidity in the Colorado RiverRemote Sensing · 2026
2. Characterization and modeling approach for planning restoration strategies in a complex basin affected by acid mine drainageJournal of Environmental Management · 2025
3. Multi‐scale geophysical mapping of the brine and bedrock surfaces along the Dolores River, Paradox Valley, Colorado, December 2023Near Surface Geophysics · 2025
4. Public Supply Water Delivery Analysis and Estimation for the Conterminous United StatesWater Resources Research · 2025
5. Fine-Resolution Satellite Remote Sensing Improves Spatially Distributed Snow Modeling to Near Real TimeRemote Sensing · 2025
6. James Buttle Review: The Characteristics of Baseflow Resilience Across Diverse Ecohydrological TerrainsHydrological Processes · 2025
7. Concentration-discharge relations and transient metal loads reveal spatiotemporal variability in solute-generation mechanisms in a mine-affected watershedJournal of Contaminant Hydrology · 2025
8. Hysteretic response of suspended‐sediment in wildfire affected watersheds of the Pacific Northwest and Southern Rocky MountainsEarth Surface Processes and Landforms · 2025
9. An Intercomparison of DOC Estimated From fDOM Sensors in Wildfire Affected Streams of the Western United StatesHydrological Processes · 2024
10. Testing tree-ring cellulose δ ¹⁸ O with water isotopes for Holocene lake δ ¹⁸ O interpretations in the central Rocky Mountains USAThe Holocene · 2024
11. Comparing greenhouse and field biocrust cultivation methods in the Sonoran DesertEcological Solutions and Evidence · 2024
12. Streamflow timing and magnitude during snow drought depend on snow drought type and regional hydroclimateHydrological Sciences Journal · 2024
13. High resolution identification and quantification of diffuse deep groundwater discharge in mountain rivers using continuous boat-mounted helium measurementsJournal of Hydrology · 2024
14. Next Generation Public Supply Water Withdrawal Estimation for the Conterminous United States Using Machine Learning and Operational FrameworksWater Resources Research · 2024
15. Evaluating Distributed Snow Model Resolution and Meteorology Parameterizations Against Streamflow Observations: Finer Is Not Always BetterWater Resources Research · 2024
16. Use of Doppler velocity radars to monitor and predict debris and flood wave velocities and travel times in post-wildfire basinsJournal of Hydrology X · 2024
17. Modeling Forest Snow Using Relative Canopy Structure MetricsWater · 2024
18. Potential Climate and Human Water-Use Effects on Water-Quality Trends in a Semiarid, Western U.S. Watershed: Fountain Creek, Colorado, USAWater · 2024
19. Opportunities and challenges for precipitation forcing data in post‐wildfire hydrologic modeling applicationsWiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water · 2024
20. Spatial and temporal variability in in-stream microplastic loads can impact downstream plastic export2024