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mountain hydrology

Scope: hydrology
Papers: 28 | Mentions: 44

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Definition

The study of water cycling processes in mountainous terrain, including complex interactions between snowpack dynamics, topography, vegetation, and subsurface water storage

Related Terms (14)

montane hydrologyalpine hydrologysnowmelt-driven hydrologymountain hydrologysnowmelt-drivenspring floodssnowmelt-dominatedspring snowmeltheadwater processessnowmelt hydrology
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Publications (34)

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Matrix diffusion controls mountain hillslope groundwater ages and inferred storage dynamics

2025Groundwatercontext
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Observations of surface energy fluxes and meteorology in the seasonally snow-covered high-elevation East River watershed during SPLASH, 2021–2023

2025Earth System Science Datacontext
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Controls from above and below: Snow, soil, and steepness drive diverging trends of subsurface water and streamflow dynamics

2025Hydrological Processestested
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Recent Upper Colorado River Streamflow Declines Driven by Loss of Spring Precipitation

2024Geophysical Research Lettersmeasured variable
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Stream water sourcing from high-elevation snowpack inferred from stable isotopes of water: a novel application of d-excess values

2024Hydrology and Earth System Sciencescentral
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Model and remote-sensing-guided experimental design and hypothesis generation for monitoring snow-soil–plant interactions

2024Frontiers in Watermeasured
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Declining groundwater storage expected to amplify mountain streamflow reductions in a warmer world

2024Nature Waterframework
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Declining groundwater storage expected to amplify mountain streamflow reductions in a warmer world

2024Nature Waterprimary focus
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The Surface Atmosphere Integrated Field Laboratory (SAIL) Campaign

2023Bulletin of the American Meteorological Societyprimary focus
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Supporting advancement in weather and water prediction in the upper Colorado River Basin: The SPLASH campaign

2023Bulletin of the American Meteorological Societyprimary focus
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The Surface Atmosphere Integrated Field Laboratory (SAIL) Campaign

2023Bulletin of the American Meteorological Societycentral
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Watershed zonation through hillslope clustering for tractably quantifying above-and below-ground watershed heterogeneity and functions

2022Hydrology and Earth System Sciencesprimary focus
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Quantifying Subsurface Flow and Solute Transport in a Snowmelt-Recharged Hillslope With Multiyear Water Balance

2022Water Resources Researchprimary focus
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The Colorado East River Community Observatory Data Collection

2021Hydrologic Processesmeasured
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The Colorado East River Community Observatory Data Collection

2021Hydrologic Processesmeasured variable
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Direct Observation of the Depth of Active Groundwater Circulation in an Alpine Watershed

2021Water Resources Researchprimary focus
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Modeling the Impact of Riparian Hollows on River Corridor Nitrogen Exports

2021Frontiers in Watercontext
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High-discharge disturbance does not alter the seasonal trajectory of nutrient uptake in a montane stream

2021Hydrobiologiaframework
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The Colorado East River Community Observatory Data Collection

2021Hydrologic Processescentral
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Resolution matters when modeling climate change in headwaters of the Colorado River

2020Environmental Research Letterscentral
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The East River Community Observatory Data Collection: Diverse, multiscale data from a mountainous watershed in the East River, Colorado

2020Authoreameasured
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The East River Community Observatory Data Collection: Diverse, multiscale data from a mountainous watershed in the East River, Colorado

2020Authoreameasured variable
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Accelerated snowmelt protocol to simulate climate change induced impacts on snowpack dependent ecosystems

2020Bio-protocolcentral
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Baseflow Age Distributions and Depth of Active Groundwater Flow in a Snow Dominated Mountain Headwater Basin

2020Water Resource Research doi 10.1029/2020WR028161framework
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Seasonal Manganese Transport in the Hyporheic Zone of a Snowmelt-Dominated River (East River, Colorado)

2020Hydrogeology Journalcentral
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Streamflow partitioning and transit time distribution in snow-dominated basins as a function of climate

2019Journal of Hydrologycentral
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Microbial communities across a hillslope-riparian transect shaped by proximity to the stream, groundwater table, and weathered bedrock

2019Ecology and Evolutioncontext
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Depth- and time-resolved distributions of snowmelt-driven hillslope subsurface flow and transport and their contributions to surface waters.

2019Water Resources Researchframework
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Seasonal Progression of Algal Development and Quality in Streams that Vary in Timing of Springtime Peak Flow

2019central
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Seasonal manganese transport in the hyporheic zone of a snowmelt-dominated river (East River, Colorado)

2019context
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The importance of interflow to groundwater recharge in a snowmelt-dominated headwater basin

2019Geophysical Researchframework
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Streamflow partitioning and transit time distribution in snow-dominated basins as a function of climate

2019Journal of Hydrologycontext
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Snowmelt controls on concentration-discharge relationships and the balance of oxidative and acid-base weathering fluxes in an alpine catchment, East River, Colorado

2017Water Resources Researchframework
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Skill Assessment of Water Supply Outlooks in the Colorado River Basin

2015Hydrologycentral