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News
Congratulations
to Katie van Werkhoven and Keith Sawicz for winning American Geophysical Union
Outstanding Student Paper Awards for their presentations during the
2007 Fall Meeting!
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Katie van Werkhoven
- Characterization of watershed model behavior and sensitivity-guided parameter
estimation across a hydroclimatic gradient.
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Keith Sawicz
- Is spatial proximity of watersheds a sufficient guide to hydrologic
similarity?
New
Paper Published
Van
Werkhoven, K., Wagener, T., Reed, P. and Tang, Y. 2008. Characterization of
watershed model behavior across a hydroclimatic gradient. Water Resources
Research, 44, doi:10.1029/2007WR006271. [pdf]
Our Research
Hydrology
deals with the movement and storage of water in complex environmental systems
in which humans are important actors. A systems approach is needed to properly
advance the science of hydrology and to achieve water security for people and
for nature. Our group uses systems methods to advance hydrologic theory and to
build and evaluate predictive models for sustainable water management.
Particular current interests are predictions in ungauged basins, uncertainty in
hydrologic modeling, catchment classification, and scenario analysis.
A
basic assumption in all our efforts is that education and research are
inherently related and cannot be treated separately. Current educational interests
include the development of case studies for water resource engineering and the
use of new technology like tablet PCs and student response systems in the
classroom.
We
are always looking for highly motivated graduate students and postdocs to join our
group. If any of the above topics (both research and education) interest you,
then please contact us.
Thorsten
Wagener
(thorsten at engr.psu.edu), Pennsylvania State University, Department of Civil
and Environmental Engineering, 226b Sackett Building, University Park, PA16802,
tel. +1.814.865.5673, fax. +1.814.863.7304.