Contact Information
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Email: david.tarboton<at symbol>usu.edu |
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Expertise
My research and teaching is in the area of surface water hydrology. I focus on advancing the capability for hydrologic prediction by developing models that take advantage of new information and process understanding enabled by new technology. This includes the use of hydrologic and geographic information systems and digital elevation models that take advantage of spatially distributed information for hydrologic prediction. I have contributed to advances in terrain analysis for hydrology, terrain stability mapping and stream sediment inputs, geomorphology, stochastic and nonparametric statistical methods in hydrology, and snow hydrology. Software developed includes a terrain stability mapping ArcView extension, geographic information system software for terrain analysis and channel network extraction, and a snowmelt model.
Degree
Sc.D. in Civil Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1990
Opportunities to work with me
Prospective students with an interest in the quantitative aspects of hydrology are encouraged to contact me to discuss graduate research opportunities. Research assistantship funding is available for motivated students with good quantitative and computer skills (programming and modeling). My research involves data intensive science that crosses the disciplinary boundaries between hydrology as an earth science, engineering and computer and information science so students who work with me should be interested in the application of evolving computational capabilities to the analysis and modeling of hydrologic data and processes to address water resources problems.
