Dr. James McNamara is a Professor in the Department of Geosciences. His research interests include hydrology and geomorphology. Teaching interests include hydrology, hydrogeology, hydrologic modeling, and geomorphology. Dr. McNamara's work with students have allowed them to conduct field and modeling experiments to investigate the mechanisms by which water moves through the various components of a watershed, and the consequences that those processes have on the landscape and stream environments. He recently published articles in the Vadose Zone Journal and the Hydrology and Earth System Science journal.
Articles
An Evaluation of the Hydrologic Relevance of Lateral Flow in Snow at Hillslope and Catchment Scales (with David Eiriksson, Michael Whitson, Charles H. Luce, Hans Peter Marshall, John Bradford, Shawn G. Benner, Thomas Black, and Hank Hetrick), Hydrological Processes (2013)
Lateral downslope flow in snow during snowmelt and rain-on-snow (ROS) events is a well-known phenomenon,...
Regional Groundwater Flow in an Area Mapped as Continuous Permafrost, NE Alaska (USA) (with Douglas L. Kane and Kenji Yoshikawa), Hydrogeology Journal (2013)
Fundamental knowledge of groundwater systems in areas of permafrost is often lacking. The likelihood of...
Aspect Influences on Soil Water Retention and Storage (with I. J. Geroy, M. M. Gribb, Hans-Peter Marshall, D. G. Chandler, and Shawn G. Benner), Hydrological Processes (2011)
Many catchment hydrologic and ecologic processes are impacted by the storage capacity of soil water,...
Small Soil Storage Capacity Limits Benefit of Winter Snowpack to Upland Vegetation (with T. J. Smith, Alejandro N. Flores, Molly M. Gribb, Pam Aishlin, and Shawn G. Benner), Hydrological Processes (2011)
In the western United States, the mountain snowpack is an important natural reservoir that extends...
Arctic Freshwater Ice and Its Climatic Role, AMBIO - A Journal of the Human Environment (2011)
Freshwater ice dominates the Arctic terrestrial environment and significantly impacts bio-physical and socio-economic systems. Unlike...