Fletcher, Lena
Degree in Progress:
PhD in Forest Resources
Advisor:
Paul Barten
Project:
Headwater stream hydrology under land and climate changes
Contact:
lfletchelfletche(at)eco.umass.edu
Office:
Holdsworth 208
Position:
Research and teaching assistant
Abstract:
Headwater stream subcatchments comprise a significant portion of all watersheds. These are critical ecosystems that significantly influence downstream water quality, yet are particularly at risk to the impacts of climate and land changes. At the Harvard Forest in central Massachusetts there are two proximate, yet characteristically different, headwater catchments that have been instrumented for flow and temperature since 2008. These recent data, coupled with hydrometeorological data from Harvard Forests LTER stations (eg. the snow pillow and eddy flux towers), as well as local USGS and NOAA stations, provide a unique opportunity to quantitatively model the water balance under current conditions and then to forecast future climate and land changes under various future scenarios.
Last updated March 13, 2013 by Roxann Cormier
