Louisiana Department of Natural Resources

Groundwater hysteresis increasingly decouples flowing network length from streamflow as snow shifts to rain

Abstract. Flowing stream networks expand and contract in response to dynamic groundwater levels. Field studies generally associate greater flowing network length (L) with higher streamflow (Q), but this neglects potential hysteresis caused by nonequilibrium groundwater flow after...

Numerical-Based Feasibility Study of Road Culvert Deicing Using Geothermal Energy in Montana

Abstract This study presents a numerical evaluation of a geothermal culvert deicing system to mitigate ice buildup and thermal degradation of frost-susceptible soils in cold regions such as Montana. A three-dimensional numerical model was developed in COMSOL Multiphysics (version...