HYDROLOGY AT DIFFERENT SCALES: FROM COLLEGE BROOK TO THE GLOBE

My experience with hydrology began in Larry Dingman's “Principles of Hydrology” class, for which my term project was dilution gaging in College Brook. Since then, my work as a hydrologist has ranged from aquifer characterization and modeling in New Hampshire to regional assessment of trends in stream flow across the U.S. to evaluating non-sustainable water use around the globe. I will share some of my early experiences as Larry's student and advisee as well some of the work that I have done since then. Quantification of human impacts on the hydrologic cycle is essential before better stewardship can be applied. Towards that end, I will present my research on how agricultural irrigation has affected the hydrologic cycle at regional to global scales.