Skip to main content

R M B LData Hub›Knowledge Commonsv0.2

Publications Datasets Documents Stories

Frontiers Neighborhoods Authors Species Concepts Protocols Places Projects

Waiting for the snow to melt…

science.OUTSIDE.

Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory · Gothic, Colorado · founded 1928. A non-profit field station for long-term ecological research.

Tools

Data Hub Spatial Data Platform Browser Weather and Climate Dashboard Gothic webcam billy barr’s snow records pySDP rSDP RMBL Compute Hub Bloom Forecast

Connect

GitHub · rmbl-sdp RMBL main site ikb@rmbl.org

P.O. Box 519 Crested Butte, CO 81224 · (970) 349-7231 · RMBL is a Colorado non-profit organization with IRS 501(c)(3) status. RMBL is an equal opportunity service provider and employer and operates under permit from the USDA Forest Service, Gunnison National Forest. Support for the Knowledge Commons provided by the Clark Family Foundation.

© 2026 Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory.rmblknowledgecommons.org

counterflow — RMBL Knowledge Commons

← Back to Conceptsprocess

counterflow

Scope: climate

Papers: 18 | Mentions: 30

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 76 entities)

View in full graph →

Loading graph...

Knowledge graph centered on counterflow with 76 nodes and 274 connections. Top connected: Spruce, Atriplex canescens, United States Bureau of Reclamation, United States Geological Survey, Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory.

Publications (19)

Snow microphysical processes in orographic turbulence revealed by cloud radar and in situ snowfall camera observations

2026Atmospheric Chemistry and Physicscontext

Hidden features: How subsurface and landscape heterogeneity govern hydrologic connectivity and stream chemistry in a montane watershed

2025Hydrological Processesmeasured variable

Matrix diffusion controls mountain hillslope groundwater ages and inferred storage dynamics

2025Groundwaterprimary focus

The short life of upvalley wind in a high-altitude valley in the Colorado Rocky Mountains

2025Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospherescontext

Contrasting depth dependencies of plant root presence and mass across biomes underscore prolific root-regolith interactions

2025AGU Advancescontext

Controls from above and below: Snow, soil, and steepness drive diverging trends of subsurface water and streamflow dynamics

2025Hydrological Processesmeasured variable

Controls from above and below: Snow, soil, and steepness drive diverging trends of subsurface water and streamflow dynamics

2025Hydrological Processesprimary focus

Documents (11)

technical report

A Classification of the Riparian Vegetation of the Gunnison River Basin, Colorado

Phase 2, FT. Lyon Canal Company Water Transfer Alternatives Study

technical report

Some Factors Historically Affecting The Distribution and Abundance of Fishes In The Gunnison River

technical report

Some Factors Historically Affecting The Distribution and Abundance of Fishes In The Gunnison River

The Greenline

technical report

The Nature of Flow and Sediment Movement in Little Granite Creek

Upper Gunnison River Water Conservancy District Management Plan- 1999-2005 part 1

Upper Gunnison River Water Conservancy District Management Plan- 1999-2005 part 2

Upper Gunnison Water Conservancy District (Volume 3)- Part 1

Water Workshop 1999

Show 1 more documents

technical report

Wise Water Stewardship Through Partnership

Related Concepts (10)

groundwater storage dynamics

process39 shared papers

streamflow

process32 shared papers

snowpack persistence

process21 shared papers

water resources

phenomenon18 shared papers

water quality standards

framework17 shared papers

hydraulic gradient

measurement16 shared papers

groundwater

measurement15 shared papers

irrigation

process14 shared papers

weathering

process13 shared papers

water allocation

process13 shared papers

Frequently Associated Species

Atriplex canescens

not mentioned11 papers

endangered fishes of the Upper Colorado River Basin

endangered Fish species

endangered species

Spruce

fish species

endangered fish

endangered fishes

fish and wildlife

white sucker

Hydrological control of rock carbon fluxes from shale weathering

2024Nature Watermeasured variable

Declining groundwater storage expected to amplify mountain streamflow reductions in a warmer world

2024Nature Watermeasured variable

Constraining Bedrock Groundwater Residence Times in a Mountain System With Environmental Tracer Observations and Bayesian Uncertainty Quantification

2023Water Resources Researchmeasured variable

Show 9 more publications

From legacy contamination to watershed systems science: a review of scientific insights and technologies developed through DOE-supported research in water and energy security

2022Environmental Research Lettersprimary focus

Quantifying Subsurface Flow and Solute Transport in a Snowmelt-Recharged Hillslope With Multiyear Water Balance

2022Water Resources Researchmeasured variable

Future Colorado River Basin Drought and Surplus

2022Hydrologymeasured variable

Variability in observed stable water isotopes in snowpack across a mountainous watershed in Colorado

2022Hydrological Processesmeasured variable

The Colorado East River Community Observatory Data Collection

2021Hydrologic Processesprimary focus

Expanding in-stream flow rights as a mechanism for water conservation and aquatic ecosystem preservation

2021measured variable

Baseflow Age Distributions and Depth of Active Groundwater Flow in a Snow Dominated Mountain Headwater Basin

2020Water Resource Research doi 10.1029/2020WR028161measured variable

Seasonal manganese transport in the hyporheic zone of a snowmelt-dominated river (East River, Colorado)

Intercomparison, interpretation, and assessment of spring phenology in North America estimated from remote sensing for 1982 to 2006

2009Global Change Biologymeasured variable