Gunnison Basin

Part of: Colorado

Also known as: Gunnison basin, Upper Gunnison Basin, Upper Gunnison basin, upper Gunnison basin, upper Gunnison Basin, Lower Gunnison Basin, Gunnison basins

Gunnison Basin

Child Places (24)

Aspinall water storage unit

Banana Ranch

Bostwick Park

Cebolla Watershed

Cochetopa Dome

Curecanti Creek

Currecanti

Flying M Ranch

Gunnison Basin Resource Area

Huntsmen Mesa

Jack's Cabin

Lower East River

Lower Tomichi

Mt. Bellview

North Fork

North Gunnison

North Italian

Sapinero creek

South Sawtooth

Taylor River drainage basin

Tilton

Tomichi Allotment

Upper Cochetopa

Upper Tomichi

Publications (48)

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

Long-term measurements of ice nucleating particles at Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) sites worldwide

Observations of surface energy fluxes and meteorology in the seasonally snow-covered high-elevation East River watershed during SPLASH, 2021–2023

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

Investigating KDP signatures inside and below the dendritic growth layer with W-band Doppler radar and in situ snowfall camera

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

Changes in insect population dynamics due to climate change

Documents (144)

Comments on Gunnison County Portion of Corridor 87-277

Re: Application for Funding for 2016 and 2017

The Institute for Applied Sustainability Business Plan

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

CONSIDERATIONS FOR DESIGN OF A POSSIBLE UPPER LOST CANYON LOW INCOME HOUSING COMMUNITY

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

Re: Opportunity for Solar District Hearing in Design and Annexation Commitment made to "Gunnison Rising" Development

Species Studied Here

Atriplex canescens

Spruce

fish and wildlife

endangered species

endangered Fish species

endangered fish

endangered fishes

endangered fishes of the Upper Colorado River Basin

Steers

fish species

Hydrological control of rock carbon fluxes from shale weathering

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

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

Evaluating 3 decades of precipitation in the Upper Colorado River basin from a high-resolution regional climate model

Sage-Grouse

Aerobic respiration controls on shale weathering

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

Revealing the direct and indirect effects of climate change on soil nutrient dynamics and forage resources in mountain ecosystems

Future Colorado River Basin Drought and Surplus

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

The effects of spatial and temporal resolution of gridded meteorological forcing on watershed hydrological responses

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

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

Earlier snow melt and reduced summer precipitation alter floral traits important to pollination

Integrating natural gradients, experiments, and statistical modeling in a distributed network experiment: An example from the WaRM Network

Surface parameters and bedrock properties covary across a mountainous watershed: Insights from machine learning and geophysics

Bedrock weathering contributes to subsurface reactive nitrogen and nitrous oxide emissions

Modeling the Impact of Riparian Hollows on River Corridor Nitrogen Exports

Using Fission-Track Radiography Coupled with Scanning Electron Microscopy for Efficient Identification of Solid-Phase Uranium Mineralogy at a Former Uranium Pilot Mill (Grand Junction, Colorado)

Concentration-Discharge Relationships of Dissolved Rhenium in Alpine Catchments Reveal Its Use as a Tracer of Oxidative Weathering

Geochemical Controls on Release and Speciation of Fe(II) and Mn(II) From Hyporheic Sediments of East River, Colorado

Differential C-Q Analysis: A New Approach to Inferring Lateral Transport and Hydrologic Transients Within Multiple Reaches of a Mountainous Headwater Catchment

Shale as a Source of Organic Carbon in Floodplain Sediments of a Mountainous Watershed

Streamflow partitioning and transit time distribution in snow-dominated basins as a function of climate

Carbon Dioxide Concentrations and Efflux from Permanent, Semi-Permanent, and Temporary Subalpine Ponds

Sensitivity analysis of hydraulic conductivity and Manning’s n parameters lead to new method to scale effective hydraulic conductivity across model resolutions.

Depth- and time-resolved distributions of snowmelt-driven hillslope subsurface flow and transport and their contributions to surface waters.