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Measuring actual evapotranspiration with weighing lysimeters

Posted on March 12, 2020 by Anne Jefferson

Weighing lysimeters are one of the very best ways of measuring the actual evapotranspiration from a small area of land, because they use mass balance (i.e., changing weight) to give us the combined total of plant transpiration, soil evaporation, and interception losses over time. Continue reading →

Categories: by Anne, hydrology, teaching

The case of the disappearing lake

Posted on November 19, 2015 by Anne Jefferson

High in the Oregon Cascades, there is a lake attracting quite a bit of attention this summer. That’s because it is disappearing. The disappearing lake, appropriately called Lost Lake, isn’t just disappearing because of the drought that Oregon has been … Continue reading →

Categories: by Anne, fieldwork, geopuzzling, hydrology, volcanoes

Bedload Sediment Transport videos FTW

Posted on October 22, 2013 by Anne Jefferson

Today in Fluvial Processes, I’ll be talking about sediment transport. It’s one of those subjects that can easily get bogged down in lots and lots of math, but I prefer to start out with getting students to watch and describe … Continue reading →

Categories: by Anne, geology, geomorphology, teaching