Boise State Watershed Hydrology and Geomorphology
James P. McNamara
Professor - Watershed Hydrology
Department of Geosciences, Boise State University
Email: jmcnamar@boisestate.edu
Phone: (208) 426-1354 / Fax: (208) 426-4061
Office: MG 225
Graduate Hydrologic Sciences Program
Dry Creek Experimental Watershed
Education
B.S., Western Michigan University, Geology, 1987
M.S., Syracuse University, Hydrogeology, 1991
Ph.D., University of Alaska Fairbanks, Hydrology, May, 1997
Research Interests
Watershed hydrology
Fluvial geomorphology
Arctic hydrology
Graduate Students
2009 Publications (Full Publication List)
Kelleners, T.J., Chandler, D.G., McNamara, J.P., Gribb, M.M., and Seyfried, M.S., in review. Modeling runoff generation in a small snow-dominated mountainous catchment. Submitted to Vadose Zone Journal.
Williams, C.J., McNamara, J.P., and Chandler, D.G., in review. Controls on the spatial and temporal variation of soil moisture in a mountainous landscape: the signatures of snow and complex terrain. Submitted to Hydrology and Earth System Science.
Stratton, B.T., Sridhar, V., Gribb, M.M., McNamara, J.P., and Narasimhan, B., in review. Modeling the spatially varying water balance processes in a semi-arid mountainous watershed of Idaho. Submitted to the Journal of the American Water Resources Association.
Kelleners, T.J., Chandler, D.G., McNamara, J.P., Gribb, M.M., and Seyfried, M.S., in review. Modeling the water and energy balance of vegetated areas with snow accumulation. Submitted to Vadose Zone Journal.
Tesfa, T.K., Tarboton, D.G., Chandler, D.G., and McNamara, J.P. in review. Modeling soil depth based upon topographic and land cover attributes. Submitted to water Resources Research.
Kormos, P., Whyte, D., McNamara, J.P., Moore, R.D., and Chandler, D.G., in revision. Variability of oxygen-18 concentrations during snowmelt in mountain catchments: Implications for isotopic hydrograph separations. Submitted to Journal of Hydrology.
Brosten, T.R., Bradford, J.H., McNamara, J.P., Zarnetske, J., Bowden, W.B., and Johnston, M.E., in press. Estimating 3D variation in active-layer thickness beneath arctic streams using ground-penetrating radar. Journal of Hydrology.
Brosten, T.R., Bradford, J.H., McNamara, J.P., Gooseff, M.N., Zarnetske, J.P., Bowden, B.W., and Johnston, M.E., in press. Multi-offset GPR methods for hyporheic zone investigations. Submitted to Near Surface Geophysics.
Gribb, M., Forkutsa, I., Hansen, A., Chandler, D., and McNamara, J., 2009. The effect of various soil hydraulic property estimates on soil moisture simulations. Vadose Zone Journal, 8(2): 321-331. doi:10.2136/vzj2008.0088.
Seyfried, M.S., Grant, L.E., Marks, D., Winstral, A., and McNamara, J., 2009. Simulated soil water storage effects on streamflow generation in a mountainous snowmelt environment, Idaho, USA. Hydrological Processes 23, 858-873.
McNamara, J.P., and Kane, D.L., 2009. The impact of a shrinking cryosphere on the form of arctic alluvial channels. Hydrological Processes 23, 159-186.
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