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
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...
A Simplified Approach for Estimating Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Stocks in Semi-Arid Complex Terrain (with Melvin L. Kunkel, Alejandro N. Flores, Toni J. Smith, and Shawn G. Benner), Geoderma (2011)
We investigated soil carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) distribution and developed a model, using readily...
Storage as a Metric of Catchment Comparison (with Doerthe Tetzlaff, Kevin Bishop, Chris Soulsby, Mark Seyfried, Norman E. Peters, Brent T. Aulenbach, and Richard Hooper), Hydrological Processes (2011)
The volume of water stored within a catchment, and its partitioning among groundwater, soil moisture,...
Seasonal Recharge Components in an Urban/Agricultural Mountain Front Aquifer System Using Noble Gas Thermometry (with Michael J. Thoma, Molly M. Gribb, and Shawn G. Benner), Journal of Hydrology (2011)
Thirteen noble gas samples were collected from eleven wells and two mountain springs in the...