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Title | Comparison of Predicted and Observed Flood Flows in Pajarito Canyon Following the 2000 Cerro Grande Fire |
Creator | Meadows, Jake |
Subject | Cerro Grande fire Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) stormwater runoff Pajarito Canyon Twomile Canyon watershed recovery |
Description | A Professional Project Report submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Water Resources, Water Resources Program, University of New Mexico. In May 2000, the Cerro Grande fire devastated lands in and around Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) in northern New Mexico and dramatically increased stormwater runoff from the impacted areas. The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the recovery of burned lands and the corresponding decrease in flood flows and floodplains over a 7-year period in Pajarito Canyon near Los Alamos. A secondary purpose was to evaluate the applicability of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers hydrologic... |
Date | 2008-12-12T01:36:33Z 2008-12-12T01:36:33Z 2008-12-12T01:36:33Z |
Type | Presentation Technical Report Thesis Other |
Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/1928/7535 |
Language | en_US |