Research - Category I: Hydrology, Climatology & Hydraulics
Projects are listed by year of funding (projects renewed for a second year are listed under the first year of funding only).

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Funded 2007-2008
Joint inversion of groundwater flow and environmental tracer data for aquifer characterization (pdf)
Timothy Ginn, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, UC Davis

Simulating and understanding variability in runoff from the Sierra Nevada (pdf)
Alex Hall, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, UC Los Angeles

High-Resolution Modeling of Flood Inundation (pdf)
Brett F. Sanders, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UC Irvine

Funded 2006-2007
Investigation of Groundwater Flow in Foothill and Mountain Regions using Heat Flow Measurements (pdf)
Graham E. Fogg, Department of Land, Air, and Water Resources, UC Davis
-->Annual Report 2006-2007 (pdf)

Predicting the Impacts of Urbanization on Basin-scale Runoff and Infiltration in Semi-arid Regions (pdf)
Terri S. Hogue, Civil & Environmental Engineering, UC Los Angeles
-->Annual Report 2006-2007 (pdf)

Investigating the Role of Large Woody Materials to Aid River Rehabilitation in a Regulated California River (pdf)
Gregory B. Pasternack, Department of Land, Air, and Water Resources, UC Davis
-->Annual Report 2006-2007 (pdf)

Funded 2005-2006
Monitoring California Water Resources from Space (pdf)
James Famiglietti, Department of Earth System Science, UC Irvine
-->Annual Report 2005-2006 (pdf)
-->Annual Report 2006-2007 (pdf)

Ecohydrologic Effects of Stream Restoration (pdf)
Jeffrey Mount, Department of Geology, UC Davis
-->Annual Report 2005-2006 (pdf)
-->Annual Report 2006-2007 (pdf)

Plant Water Use in Owens Valley, CA: Understanding the Influence of Climate and Depth to Groundwater (pdf)
Diane E. Pataki, Department of Earth System Science, UC Irvine
-->Annual Report 2005-2006 (pdf)
-->Annual Report 2006-2007 (pdf)

Funded 2004-2005
Estuarine Landscape Modeling of Suisun Bay (pdf)
David H. Schoellhamer, Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering, UC Davis
Bassam Younis, Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering, UC Davis
-->Annual Report 2004-2005 (pdf)
-->Annual Report 2005-2006 (pdf)

California-2100: Assessing Future Water Resources Over California (pdf)
Bryan C. Weare, Department of Land, Air, and Water Resources, UC Davis
-->Annual Report 2004-2005 (pdf)
-->Annual Report 2005-2006 (pdf)
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Funded 2003-2004
Feasibility of Snowpack Characterization Using Remote Sensing and Advanced Data Assimilation Techniques (pdf)
Steven A. Margulis, Civil & Environmental Engineering, UC Los Angeles
-->Annual Report 2004-2005 (pdf)
-->Annual Report 2005-2006 (pdf)

Future Regional Climate Change in the Ten Hydrologic Regions of California: A Climate Modeling Investigation (pdf)
Lisa Sloan, Department of Earth Sciences, UC Santa Cruz
-->Annual Report 2004-2005 (pdf)

Funded 2002-2003
Predicting Flow and Sediment Transport in Steep Channels: Field Study and Flume Experiments to Develop and Test Models
William E. Dietrich, Department of Earth & Planetary Science, UC Berkeley
-->Annual Report 2004-2005 (pdf)

Sediment Storage and Routing in the Matilija Creek Basin, Ventura County (pdf)
G. Mathias Kondolf, Dept.of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning, UC Berkeley

Mount Shasta's Glaciers: An Endangered Resource?
Slawek Tulaczyk, Department of Earth Sciences, UC Santa Cruz
-->Annual Report 2004-2005 (pdf)
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Funded 2001-2002
Application of a New Model for Groundwater Age Distributions: Modeling and Isotopic Analysis of Artificial Recharge in the Rialto-Colton Basin, California (pdf)
Timothy Ginn, Civil & Environmental Engineering, UC Davis

Emplacement and Release of Brines from the Subsurface (pdf)
James Hunt, Civil & Environmental Engineering, UC Berkeley

The Effect of Soil Water Content on Organic Chemical Sorption During Transport through Unsaturated Soil (pdf)
William Jury, Department of Environmental Sciences, UC Riverside

Funded 2000-2001
Assessment of the Structure and Function of Natural Hydraulic Jumps
Gregory B. Pasternack, Dept. of Land, Air, and Water Resources, UC Davis

Hydrodynamic Design in Coastal Wetland Restoration: Topography Optimization and Stability Assessment by Adjoint Sensitivity Method
Brett F. Sanders, Civil & Environmental Engineering, UC Irvine

Hydrodynamics of Shallow Water Habitats in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
Mark Stacey, Civil & Environmental Engineering, UC Berkeley
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Funded 1999-2000
Study of Ground Water Dynamics in the Kern Alluvial Fan, California
Jordan F. Clark, Department of Geology, UC Santa Barbara
Hugo A. Loaiciga, Department of Geography, UC Santa Barbara

A Stochiastic Sediment Supply Model for a Mountainous, Semi-Arid Landscape
Thomas Dunne, Environmental Science & Management, UC Santa Barbara

Understanding and Predicting Seasonal-to-Interannual Fluctuations in California Precipitation Using an Atmospheric General Circulation Model
John D. Farrara, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, UC Los Angeles
Jin-Yi Yu, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, UC Los Angeles

Evaluation of the Effects of Surface Water and Ground Water Interactions on Regional Climate and local Water Resources
Xu Liang, Civil & Environmental Engineering, UC Berkeley

Soil Water Monitoring Using Geophysical Techniques: Development and Applications in Agriculture and Water Resources Management
Yoram Rubin, Civil and Environmental Engineering, UC Berkeley

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WRC Research

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