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Lucas Zukiewicz sampling snowfor the Niwot Ridge LTER project,Niwot Ridge, Colorado, Spring2006. The Niwot Ridge LTERproject is the single largest environmentalscience project at CUBoulder. Research at the site isfocused on ecosystem responsesto climate change in alpine tundra.Photo: Mark Williams(INSTAAR).White, James: University Corporation for AtmosphericResearch. High-Precision 12 CO 2 / 13 CO 2 Ratio MeasurementsUsing an Optical Fiber Based Difference FrequencyGeneration Laser Source. 2002–2005. $95,664.White, James; Flückiger, Jaqueline: NSF. Modeling Seasonal andRegional Patterns of Abrupt Climate Change. 2005–2008.$206,221.White, James: NSF. SGER: An Exploratory Look at StableIsotopes in an Ice Core from Flade Isblink. 2006–2007.$13,599.White, James; Townsend, Alan: NSF. IGERT: Carbon, Climate,and Society. 2000–2006. $776,375.Williams, Mark: Department of the Interior. Analysis ofPrimenet Data and Contributions to Final Report.2004–2006. $50,000.Williams, Mark: Idaho State University. Complexity acrossBoundaries: Coupled Human and Natural Systems in theYellowstone Northern Elk Winter Range. 2002–2005.$18,884.Williams, Mark: Mountain Studies Institute. New Tools forEvaluating Alpine Sensitivity and Water Quality in theUpper Animas Watershed. 2004–2005. $12,000.Williams, Mark: NSF. Long Term Ecological Research: TheLandscape Continuum Model—A Biogeochemical Paradigmfor High Elevation Ecosystems. 2005–2006. $102,000.Williams, Mark: State of Colorado. Isotope Tracing Analysis forLeadville Mine Drainage Tunnel, California Gulch SuperfundSite and Affected Areas. 2003–2006. $65,000.Williams, Mark; Ackerman, Andrew: NSF. Long Term EcologicalResearch: The Landscape Continuum Model—ABiogeochemical Paradigm for High Elevation Ecosystems.2004–2005. $12,600.Williams, Mark; Blanken, Peter: NSF. Long Term EcologicalResearch: The Landscape Continuum Model—ABiogeochemical Paradigm for High Elevation Ecosystems.2004–2006. $17,929.Williams, Mark; Bowman, William; Townsend, Alan; Seastedt,Timothy; McKnight, Diane: NSF. Long Term EcologicalResearch: The Landscape Continuum Model—ABiogeochemical Paradigm for High Elevation Ecosystems.2004–2006. $635,323.Williams, Mark; Caine, T. Nelson: NSF. Long Term EcologicalResearch: The Landscape Continuum Model—ABiogeochemical Paradigm for High Elevation Ecosystems.2004–2006. $39,103.Williams, Mark; Neff, Jason: NSF. Long Term EcologicalResearch: The Landscape Continuum Model—ABiogeochemical Paradigm for High Elevation Ecosystems.2004–2006. $11,840.Williams, Mark; Townsend, Alan; Seastedt, Timothy; Mcknight,Diane; Bowman, Christopher: NSF. Long Term EcologicalResearch: The Landscape Continuum Model—ABiogeochemical Paradigm for High Elevation Ecosystems.2004–2005. $862,000.Woodhouse, Connie: Denver Water Department. Contract withDenver Water Updates and Improvements of Tree-RingReconstructions of South Platte River Streamflow.2004–2005. $19,935.Woodhouse, Connie: Department of Commerce.Dendrochronical Research for Fire History and Drought.2006–2007. $48,528.Woodhouse, Connie: Department of Commerce. QualityControl Project for the International Tree-Ring Data Bank.2005. $18,876.Woodhouse, Connie: Pennsylvania State University. Climateand Woodland Expansion in the Western Great Plains, USA.2005–2006. $6,655.Woodhouse, Connie; Lukas, Jeff: Department of the Interior.Riparian Forest Age Structure and Past HydroclimaticVariability: Sand Creek Massacre NHS. 2005–2007. $11,000.24 | RESEARCH MISSION
Theses Completed2005Breiter, Nehalem Clare: How selective are biological controls?Evaluating the potential for nontarget herbivory byMecinus janthinus Germar [Coleoptera: Curculionidae], abiological control agent for Dalmatian (Linaria dalmaticaL. P. Mill.) and yellow toadflax (Linaria vulgaris P. Mill.)[Scrophulariaceae]. Boulder: Thesis (MA) University ofColorado.Cory, Rose Merin: Redox and photochemical reactivity ofdissolved organic matter in surface waters. Boulder:Thesis (PhD) University of Colorado.Dunhill, Gita: Iceland and Greenland margins: A comparisonof depositional processes under different glaciologic andoceanographic settings. Boulder: Thesis (PhD) Universityof Colorado.Joslin, Justin Cale: Determining the role of chemical weatheringreactions and hyporheic exchange on silicate concentrationsin dry valley streams, Antarctica. Boulder:Thesis (MS) University of Colorado.Kristjánsdóttir, Greta Bjork: Holocene changes in climate,environment, and ocean reservoir age on the IcelandShelf: magnesium/calcium, 18 O, and tephrochronologyof core MD99-2269. Boulder: Thesis (PhD) University ofColorado.Marshall, Hans-Peter: FMCW radar and finite element modelingas tools for studying spatial variability in alpinesnowpacks. Boulder: Thesis (PhD) University ofColorado.Olafsdottir, Saedis: Currents and climate on the northwestshelf of Iceland during the deglaciation: high-resolutionforaminiferal research. Reykjavik: Thesis (MS) Universityof Iceland.Raby, Kim Scarlet: Use of water quality data for land managementdecisions: A case study in San Juan County,Colorado. Boulder: Thesis (MS) University of Colorado.Reed, Heather Elizabeth: Effects of fire and plant invasionon aspects of aboveground and belowground interactionsin an eastern tallgrass prairie. Boulder: Thesis (PhD)University of Colorado.Tanner, David: Non-methane hydrocarbon measurementsfor long-range transport studies at Pico Mountain,Azores, Portugal. Boulder: Thesis (MS) University ofColorado.Todd, Andrew Stuart: Mining legacies in the Snake Riverwatershed: The interaction of biogeochemistry, streamecology, and human use. Boulder: Thesis (PhD)University of Colorado.2006Cohen, Lana D.: Boundary layer characteristics and ozonefluxes at Summit, Greenland. Boulder: Thesis (MS)University of Colorado.Flanagan, Colleen: Understanding alpine watersheds in theColorado Front Range: Phytoplankton community analysisand watershed education. Boulder: Thesis (MS)University of Colorado.Hobson, Anne Carrie Hickey: Using remotely-sensednearshore suspended sediment as an indicator of environmentalchange on the Alaskan North Slope. Boulder:Thesis (PhD) University of Colorado.O’Neel, Shad: Understanding the mechanics of tidewaterglacier retreat. Boulder: Thesis (PhD) University ofColorado.Ortega, John: Landscape fluxes of reactive biogenic volatileorganic compounds from United States forests. Boulder:Thesis (PhD) University of Colorado.Tomaszewski, Timothy Edward: Atmospheric nitrogen depositionat a conifer forest: Canopy nitrogen uptake andphotosynthesis. Boulder: Thesis (PhD) University ofColorado.Turnbull, Jocelyn Christine: Development of a high precision14 CO2 measurement capability and application to carboncycle dynamics. Boulder: Thesis (PhD) University ofColorado.Yang, Chi: Effects of Acid Mine Drainage on Nesting TreeSwallows. Boulder: Thesis (MS) University of Colorado.David Tanner (INSTAAR) on hisway to the Pico Mountain AtmosphericObservatory, Azores,Spring 2006. Photo: M. Dziobak(Michigan TechnologicalUniversity).Jocelyn Turnbull (INSTAAR) discusses dating of bone with a visitingstudent from Southern Hills Middle School, INSTAAR OpenHouse, May 2005. Photo: David Lubinski (INSTAAR).TEACHING MISSION | 25
Page 1 and 2: INSTAARInstitute of Arctic and Alpi
Page 3 and 4: BiennialReport2005-2006Institute of
Page 5 and 6: INSTAAR: An Earth andEnvironmental
Page 7 and 8: CU-Denver campus where she helped t
Page 9 and 10: Where in the world is INSTAAR? Acti
Page 11 and 12: The instrument was deployed on NOAA
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Page 17 and 18: Arctic WorkshopThe annual Arctic Wo
Page 19 and 20: Wendy Roth (INSTAAR) explains the p
Page 21 and 22: camera equipment. These laboratorie
Page 23 and 24: Research Grants: Fiscal Years2004-2
Page 25: Ogilvie, Astrid: NSF. HSD: Human an
Page 29 and 30: Gifford MillerGEOL 1060, Global Cha
Page 31 and 32: Lana Cohen, MS, Atmospheric and Oce
Page 33 and 34: Trevor Popp, PhD, Geological Scienc
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Page 39 and 40: Outreach SpotlightsUNDERGRADUATE ME
Page 41 and 42: Spotlights: Honors, Awards,and Reco
Page 43 and 44: TIM SEASTEDT WINS THE 2005PACESETTE
Page 45 and 46: Structure of hierarchically organiz
Page 47 and 48: William F. ManleyFellow of INSTAAR.
Page 49 and 50: Alan R. TownsendFellow and Associat
Page 51 and 52: GeophysicsEdmund AndrewsChief River
Page 53 and 54: INSTAAR Visiting Scientists,2005-20
Page 55 and 56: Chris JarosSupervisor: Diane McKnig
Page 57 and 58: INSTAAR Noon SeminarsSpring 2005Tad
Page 59 and 60: Graduate Student TalksSpring 2005Ry
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and Pierre Y. Julien. Journal of Hy
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Tributaries to the ColoradoRiver th
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Rocchi, S., LeMasurier, W. E., and
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