After earning his Ph.D. in Geology in 1986 from the University of Idaho, Dr. Warren Barrash worked as a hydrogeologist. In 1993 he joined the faculty at Boise State University as a Research Professor with the Center for Geophysical Investigation of the Shallow Subsurface (CGISS), and the Department of Geosciences. Dr. Barrash has brought more than $10 million to the University in research grants. His research interests include measuring and modeling heterogeneity in natural aquifers, investigation and modeling of flow and transport in groundwater systems, and Late-Cenozoic tectonics in the Pacific Northwest.
Articles
Recognizing and Modeling Variable Drawdown Due to Evapotranspiration in a Semiarid Riparian Zone Considering Local Differences in Vegetation and Distance from a River Source (with Brady Johnson, Bwalya Malama, and Alejandro N. Flores), Water Resources Research (2013)
Riparian zones in semiarid regions often exhibit high rates of evapotranspiration (ET) in spite of...
Three-Dimensional Stochastic Estimation of Porosity Distribution: Benefits of Using Ground-Penetrating Radar Velocity Tomograms in Simulated-Annealing-Based or Bayesian Sequential Simulation Approaches (with Baptiste Dafflon), Water Resources Research (2012)
Estimation of the three-dimensional (3-D) distribution of hydrologic properties and related uncertainty is a key...
A Field Proof-of-Concept of Aquifer Imaging Using 3-D Transient Hydraulic Tomography with Modular, Temporarily-Emplaced Equipment (with Michael Cardiff and Peter K. Kitanidis), Water Resources Research (2012)
Hydraulic tomography is a field scale aquifer characterization method capable of estimating 3-D heterogeneous parameter...
3-D Transient Hydraulic Tomography in Unconfined Aquifers with Fast Drainage Response (with Michael Cardiff), Water Resources Research (2011)
We investigate, through numerical experiments, the viability of three-dimensional transient hydraulic tomography (3DTHT) for identifying...
Hydrological Parameter Estimations from a Conservative Tracer Test with Variable-Density Effects at the Boise Hydrogeophysical Research Site (with B. Dafflon, Michael Cardiff, and T. C. Johnson), Water Resources Research (2011)
Reliable predictions of groundwater flow and solute transport require an estimation of the detailed distribution...