HYDROLOGIC SCIENCES GRADUATE GROUP
CURRENT RESEARCH
Research in the Hydrologic Sciences Graduate Group at the University of California, Davis is incredibly interdisciplinary and diverse, spanning nine departments, multiple research units and facilities, and over 30 full-time faculty.
Below are a few of the research projects that faculty are currently engaged in, organized by the five specializations offered by the Hydrologic Sciences Graduate group. Most research topics fall into more than one specialty.
EARTH SURFACE PROCESSES
Fate of surface runoff in coastal waters
Climate Change & Aquatic Ecosystems
Intrusion of seawater into estuaries
Agricultural Sediment Runoff Model
Soil-plant-atmosphere-snow hydrology numerical modeling
Flood-risk management and mitigation
Modeling of lakes and reservoirs
Hydrology of intermittently closing estuaries with sea level rise
Water Information and Accounting Systems
Climate Change Adaptation for Improved Water Resources Management
Watershed Science for Improved Floodplain and Riparian Management
Geospatial Analysis and Modeling for Improved Freshwater Ecosystem Conservation and Restoration
Biomicrometeorology, Trace Gas Exchange and Evapotranspiration
Turbulence, fluid mechanics and micrometeorology
Whole-watershed management to maximize combined storage in surface water and groundwater
Closed hydrologic basins and the case for subsurface storage of water
Use of DNA nanotechnology in hydrology
HYDROBIOLOGY
Salinity effects on plants at the plant to field scale
Fate of surface runoff in coastal waters
Reuse and management of agricultural and municipal waste waters
Effect of fluid-porespace interactions on transport through porous media
Climate Change & Aquatic Ecosystems
Intrusion of seawater into estuaries
Zeolite-Anammox wastewater treatment processes
Modeling of lakes and reservoirs
Hydrology of intermittently closing estuaries with sea level rise
Climate Change Adaptation for Improved Water Resources Management
Remediation of lingering petroleum hydrocarbon contamination
Watershed Science for Improved Floodplain and Riparian Management
Geospatial Analysis and Modeling for Improved Freshwater Ecosystem Conservation and Restoration
HYDROCHEMISTRY
Fate and transport of colloids and nanomaterials in soils and groundwater
Fate of surface runoff in coastal waters
Aqueous geochemistry; solution chemistry
Closed Basin Hydrogeology and Groundwater Salinization
Use of DNA-labelled particle tracer to map the fate and transport of water, colloids and pathogens
Climate Change & Aquatic Ecosystems
Intrusion of seawater into estuaries
Reverse engineering of biochar for soil deficiency and contaminant mitigation
Modeling of lakes and reservoirs
Transport of Agricultural Pollutants in Heterogeneous Porous Media
Hydrology of intermittently closing estuaries with sea level rise
Remediation of lingering petroleum hydrocarbon contamination
Closed hydrologic basins and the case for subsurface storage of water
Flow and transport in porous media
PHYSICAL HYDROLOGY
Geometric Modeling of Hydrologic Processes
Turbulent exchange of mass, momentum, and energy between plant canopies and the atmosphere
Salinity effects on plants at the plant to field scale
Watershed soils restoration and stream water quality in the Lake Tahoe Basin
Feasibility of managed aquifer recharge on agricultural land
Fate and transport of colloids and nanomaterials in soils and groundwater
Monitoring, Assessing, and Managing the Groundwater-Surface Water Interface
Fate of surface runoff in coastal waters
Precipitation in a changing climate
Closed Basin Hydrogeology and Groundwater Salinization
Shallow groundwater resources and riparian forests of Putah Creek
Use of DNA-labelled particle tracer to map the fate and transport of water, colloids and pathogens
Effect of fluid-porespace interactions on transport through porous media
Climate Change & Aquatic Ecosystems
Intrusion of seawater into estuaries
Agricultural Sediment Runoff Model
Soil-plant-atmosphere-snow hydrology numerical modeling
Reverse engineering of biochar for soil deficiency and contaminant mitigation
Modeling of lakes and reservoirs
Transport of Agricultural Pollutants in Heterogeneous Porous Media
Hydrology of intermittently closing estuaries with sea level rise
Groundwater Institutions, Resources, and Technology
Climate Change Adaptation for Improved Water Resources Management
Watershed Science for Improved Floodplain and Riparian Management
Geospatial Analysis and Modeling for Improved Freshwater Ecosystem Conservation and Restoration
Biomicrometeorology, Trace Gas Exchange and Evapotranspiration
Turbulence, fluid mechanics and micrometeorology
Whole-watershed management to maximize combined storage in surface water and groundwater
Closed hydrologic basins and the case for subsurface storage of water
Use of DNA nanotechnology in hydrology
WATER POLICY & MANAGEMENT
Feasibility of managed aquifer recharge on agricultural land
Monitoring, Assessing, and Managing the Groundwater-Surface Water Interface
Fate of surface runoff in coastal waters
Precision Irrigation Management
Integrated Water resources Management
Closed Basin Hydrogeology and Groundwater Salinization
Flood policy and floodplain management
Climate Change & Aquatic Ecosystems
Intrusion of seawater into estuaries
Crop yield response to water and Water Productivity
Agricultural Sediment Runoff Model
Flood-risk management and mitigation
Transport of Agricultural Pollutants in Heterogeneous Porous Media
Hydrology of intermittently closing estuaries with sea level rise
Optimization of water demand and supply at various spatial and temporal scales
Water Information and Accounting Systems
Climate Change Adaptation for Improved Water Resources Management
Watershed Science for Improved Floodplain and Riparian Management
Geospatial Analysis and Modeling for Improved Freshwater Ecosystem Conservation and Restoration
Biomicrometeorology, Trace Gas Exchange and Evapotranspiration
Whole-watershed management to maximize combined storage in surface water and groundwater
Closed hydrologic basins and the case for subsurface storage of water