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Colorado River

Also known as: Colorado river, Colorado River Basin, Colorado River basin, Upper Colorado River, upper Colorado River, Colorado River system, Colorado River System, Little Colorado River, Lower Colorado River, lower Colorado River, Colorado River Delta, Colorado River delta, Colorado River valley, Colorado River Valley, Colorado River Basins, Colorado Rivers

Papers: 41 | Mentions: 275

Publications (46)

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Model-based interpretation of solute exports and carbon partitioning during shale weathering in a mountainous hillslope

2026Water Resources Researchstudy site

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

2025Hydrological Processesstudy site

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Seasonality and albedo dependence of cloud radiative forcing in the Upper Colorado River Basin

2025Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheresstudy site

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Measurement report: An investigation of the spatiotemporal variability in aerosols in the mountainous terrain of the upper Colorado River basin using SAIL-Net

2025Atmospheric Chemistry and Physicsstudy site

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

2025Hydrological Processesreference site

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Seasonality and albedo dependence of cloud radiative forcing in the Upper Colorado River Basin

2025Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheresreference site

Colorado River

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lower Colorado River system

Publications (46)

Model-based interpretation of solute exports and carbon partitioning during shale weathering in a mountainous hillslope

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

Seasonality and albedo dependence of cloud radiative forcing in the Upper Colorado River Basin

Measurement report: An investigation of the spatiotemporal variability in aerosols in the mountainous terrain of the upper Colorado River basin using SAIL-Net

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

Seasonality and albedo dependence of cloud radiative forcing in the Upper Colorado River Basin

Latest Pleistocene glacial chronology and paleoclimate reconstruction for the East River watershed, Colorado, USA

Documents (229)

The Conduct and Evaluation of a Cloud Seeding Program For The Upper Gunnison River Basin, Colorado During The 2011-2012 Winter Season

The Colorado Water Workshop

Study: Oil shale could require lots of water

Subject: Central Colorado Project (CCP), Western Renewable Energy & Water Productivity Multiplier

Subject: Central Colorado Project (CCP), Western Renewable Energy & Water Productivity Multiplier

Re: Comments on Newsletter 3, Fall 2003

Re: Sept. '03 Water Report

Re: Sept. '03 Water Report

EIS For the Gunnison Gorge NCA and Wilderness

Species Studied Here

Atriplex canescens

endangered species

fish and wildlife

Spruce

endangered Fish species

endangered fish

endangered fishes

endangered fishes of the Upper Colorado River Basin

fish species

Steers

Cold-season precipitation sensitivity to microphysical parameterizations: hydrologic evaluations leveraging snow lidar datasets

Hydrological control of rock carbon fluxes from shale weathering

Forest composition and structural controls on canopy snow interception in a Colorado watershed

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

Recent Upper Colorado River Streamflow Declines Driven by Loss of Spring Precipitation

Agricultural Water Footprints and Productivity in the Colorado River Basin

Mineralogical, magnetic and geochemical data constrain the pathways and extent of weathering of mineralized sedimentary rocks

The Surface Atmosphere Integrated Field Laboratory (SAIL) Campaign

Downscaled hyper-resolution (400 m) gridded datasets of daily precipitation and temperature (2008-2019) for East Taylor subbasin (western United States)

Modeling Spatial Distribution of Snow Water Equivalent by Combining Meteorological and Satellite Data with Lidar Maps

Modeling Spatial Distribution of Snow Water Equivalent by Combining Meteorological and Satellite Data with Lidar Maps

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

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

Watershed zonation through hillslope clustering for tractably quantifying above-and below-ground watershed heterogeneity and functions

Understanding the Hydrogeochemical Response of a Mountainous Watershed Using Integrated Surface-Subsurface Flow and Reactive Transport Modeling

Perturbations in plant-pollinator networks: Integrating theoretical and empirical approaches to understand responses to global change

BASIN-3D: A brokering framework to integrate diverse environmental data

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