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Upper Colorado River Basin

Part of: Colorado River
Also known as: upper Colorado River Basin, Upper Colorado River basin, upper Colorado River basin, upper colorado river basin
Papers: 27 | Mentions: 68

Publications (27)

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The short life of upvalley wind in a high-altitude valley in the Colorado Rocky Mountains

2025Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheresstudy site
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Measurement report: An investigation of the spatiotemporal variability in aerosols in the mountainous terrain of the upper Colorado River basin using SAIL-Net

2025Atmospheric Chemistry and Physicsstudy site
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Matrix diffusion controls mountain hillslope groundwater ages and inferred storage dynamics

2025Groundwaterstudy site
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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 Datastudy site
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Cold-season precipitation sensitivity to microphysical parameterizations: hydrologic evaluations leveraging snow lidar datasets

2024Journal of Hydrometeorologystudy site
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Hydrological control of rock carbon fluxes from shale weathering

2024Nature Waterstudy site
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X-ray chemical imaging for assessing redox microsites within soils and sediments

2024Frontiers in Environmental Chemistrystudy site
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Mineral and metabolic constraints on carbon cycling within and export from mountainous floodplain soils

2023reference site
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Agricultural Water Footprints and Productivity in the Colorado River Basin

2023Hydrologystudy site
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Mineralogical, magnetic and geochemical data constrain the pathways and extent of weathering of mineralized sedimentary rocks

2023Geochimica et Cosmochimica Actastudy site
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Surface parameters and bedrock properties covary across a mountainous watershed: Insights from machine learning and geophysics

2022Science Advancesstudy site
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BASIN-3D: A brokering framework to integrate diverse environmental data

2022Computers & Geosciencesstudy site
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Future Colorado River Basin Drought and Surplus

2022Hydrologystudy site
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Variability in observed stable water isotopes in snowpack across a mountainous watershed in Colorado

2022Hydrological Processesstudy site
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From legacy contamination to watershed systems science: a review of scientific insights and technologies developed through DOE-supported research in water and energy security

2022Environmental Research Lettersreference site
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A deep learning hybrid predictive modeling (HPM) approach for estimating evapotranspiration and ecosystem respiration

2021Hydrology and Earth Systems Sciencestudy site
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Green Light for Adaptive Policies on the Colorado River

2021Waterstudy site
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Modeling geogenic and atmospheric nitrogen through the East River Watershed, Colorado Rocky Mountains

2021PloS onestudy site
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Seasonal Manganese Transport in the Hyporheic Zone of a Snowmelt-Dominated River (East River, Colorado)

2020Hydrogeology Journalreference site
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Baseflow Age Distributions and Depth of Active Groundwater Flow in a Snow Dominated Mountain Headwater Basin

2020Water Resource Research doi 10.1029/2020WR028161reference site
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Differential C-Q Analysis: A New Approach to Inferring Lateral Transport and Hydrologic Transients Within Multiple Reaches of a Mountainous Headwater Catchment

2020Frontiers in Waterstudy site
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Distinct Source Water Chemistry Shapes Contrasting Concentration-Discharge Patterns

2019Water Resources Researchreference site
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Sensitivity analysis of hydraulic conductivity and Manning’s n parameters lead to new method to scale effective hydraulic conductivity across model resolutions.

2019Hydrological Processesreference site
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Streamflow partitioning and transit time distribution in snow-dominated basins as a function of climate

2019Journal of Hydrologyreference site
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Geochemical exports to river from the intra-meander hyporheic zone under transient hydrologic conditions: East River Mountainous Watershed, Colorado

2018Water Resources Researchreference site
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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 Researchstudy site
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Propagating climate and vegetation change through the hydrologic cycle in a mountain headwaters catchment.

2015reference site

Documents (41)

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The Colorado Water Workshop

2009subject area
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Aspinall Unit Operation Coordination Meeting

2002jurisdiction
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Water Rights 2001- Part 2

2001subject area
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Colorado River Water Users Association 2001 Resolutions

2001subject area
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Colorado Water Conservation Board Meeting, July 25, 2000

2000reference area
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Call Protections

2000subject area
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Policy Statement Regarding Trans-mountain Water Diversions

2000subject area
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“Owens Backs Water for Agriculture”

2000subject area
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POWER Meeting

1999subject area
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Final Environmental Assessment: Providing Fish Passage at the Grand Valley Irrigation Company Diversion Dam on the Colorado River

1997subject area
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Finding of No Significant Impact Fish Passage at the Grand Valley Irrigation Company Diversion Dam on the Colorado River

1997subject area
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National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program Bibliography

1997subject area
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Wise Water Stewardship Through Partnership

1997reference area
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Endangered Fish Recovery Program & Instream Flows

1996subject area
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The Role of Science in Colorado River Management

1996jurisdiction
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Appendix 2 List of Designated Colorado Natural Areas, List of Registered Colorado Natural Areas, List of Identified Colorado Natural Areas

1996subject area
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Charting the Future of the Colorado River’s Undeveloped Waters

1995subject area
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Upper Gunnison Water Conservancy District (Volume 2)- Part 5

1994jurisdiction
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Upper Gunnison Water Conservancy District (Volume 2)- Part 2

1994subject area
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Upper Gunnison Water Conservancy District (Volume 2)- Part 3

1994subject area
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Reasons to Continue Historic Operations of the Aspinall Unit

1994reference area
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Environmental Assessment Taylor Loop Recreation Project

1994affected area
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Upper Gunnison Water Conservancy District (Volume 3)- Part 6

1994reference area
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Upper Gunnison Water Conservancy District (Volume 3)- Part 1

1994subject area
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Recovery Implementation Program for Endangered Fish Species in the Upper Colorado River Basin

1993subject area
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Environmental Assessment of the Division of a Water Supply System Gunnison, Colorado

1991reference area
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Union Park Background Documents- Part 1

1991affected area
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Draft Proposal for the Resolution of Selected Long-Term Issues on the Colorado River

1991subject area
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Water and Arid Lands of the Western United States

1988subject area
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Colorado River Storage Project [Under Construction]

1961subject area
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Colorado River Storage Project

1956subject area
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A Bill to Authorize the Secretary of the Interior to Contruct, Operate, and Maintain the Colorado River Storage Project and Participating Projects, and for Other Purposes

1955subject area
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Policy and Review Committee Meeting-Gunnison Storage

1951subject area
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Resolution of the Gunnsion Watershed Conservation Committee Relative to the Curencanti Dam

1951context
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Subordination + Power BoR Protection Part 5

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Subordination + Power BoR Protection Part 2

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Proofs

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POWER Subordination #2

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Upper Gunnison River Water Conservancy District- Reasonable Diligence

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Power Subordination

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Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment – Water Quality Control Commission

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