Analysis of the U.S. water budget using CONUS404
This project addresses the research priority on the national-scale evaluation of the water budget with emphasis on CONUS404. The proposed research involves comparing CONUS404 water- budget components against in-situ and
Rusty Crayfish Invasion Status and Potential Impacts
The invasive Rusty Crayfish has caused tremendous ecological and economic damage in glacial lakes in the Upper Midwest. Its range has recently expanded south to shallow-eutrophic lakes of the Upper
Stream Nitrate Load Monitoring for Watershed Scale Assessment of Edge-of-Field Practices
Water quality in Alleman Creek, a small watershed in Iowa, will be monitored through stream nitrate sampling and streamflow monitoring. Nearly all subsurface drainage tile outlets in this watershed were
FloodRSS: Flood Resilience Support System for Participatory Community Action
Floods impact 2.2 billion people globally, and their occurrence displays an alarming increase compared to other natural disasters. The State of Iowa follows this ascending trend, with flood- presidential disaster
Using Optical Brighteners as Proxies for Probing Waste in Surface Water
Optical brighteners—or fluorescent whitening compounds (FWCs)—absorb light in the ultraviolet and violet region of the electromagnetic spectrum, and reemit light by a process known as fluorescence in a lower-energy region