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Watershed Hydrology – Complete Compendium of my Online Teaching Resources

In Spring 2020, my Watershed Hydrology class transitioned to online in mid-March. This spurred me to create more blog posts and YouTube videos to provide content for the remaining units of the course. This substantial effort added to work I … Continue reading

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How I taught Soil Moisture and Infiltration online in spring 2020

This post is part of a series of posts in which I provide the details of each unit I taught post-transitioning to online in Spring 2020 in the Watershed Hydrology class at Kent State University. For more context about the … Continue reading

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Measuring infiltration capacity in the field

Infiltration capacity is measured by devices that let water soak into the ground until a steady rate is reached and then some math. This post focuses on the field work and skips the math. Continue reading

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How easily water moves in soil depends on how big the soil pores are, how well they are connected, and how wet they are

Discussion of the controls on saturated and unsaturated hydraulic conductivity Continue reading

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How wet is the unsaturated zone?

How does moisture content and water potential vary as you go down in the unsaturated zone? And what is the vadose zone, anyway? Continue reading

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