{"id":75,"date":"2024-03-21T14:13:51","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T20:13:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.engr.colostate.edu\/faculty\/pnelson\/?page_id=75"},"modified":"2025-07-30T13:25:48","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T19:25:48","slug":"publications","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.engr.colostate.edu\/faculty\/pnelson\/publications\/","title":{"rendered":"Publications"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"75\" class=\"elementor elementor-75\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4b1b7bb elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4b1b7bb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1ac4f9ea\" data-id=\"1ac4f9ea\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d357e07 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"6d357e07\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7fff1778 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7fff1778\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Journal articles<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2db3a478\" data-id=\"2db3a478\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-784ba46 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"784ba46\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>*<i> Denotes student author<\/i><\/p><p>*White, DC, RR Morrison, and <strong>PA Nelson<\/strong>, 2025, Floodplain Vegetation Density Influences Meandering Channel Flow Patterns and Channel-Floodplain Hydraulic Exchange, <em>Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface<\/em>.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2024JF008038\" aria-label=\"Digital Object Identifier for enFloodplain Vegetation Density Effects on Meandering Channel Flow Patterns and Channel-Floodplain Hydraulic Exchange link\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2024JF008038<\/a><\/p><p>*Murphy, BM, <strong>PA Nelson<\/strong>, J Gilbert, and J Sholtes, 2025, What is an urban riverscape? Typological naming of urban riverscapes to support planning and management, <em>PLOS Water, <\/em>4 (4), e000345. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pwat.0000345\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pwat.0000345\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0<\/p><p>*White, P and <strong>PA Nelson<\/strong>, 2024, Evaluation of sub-hourly MRMS quantitative precipitation estimates in mountainous terrain using machine learning, <em>Water Resources Research, <\/em>60, e2024WR037437. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2024WR037437\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2024WR037437<\/a>.<\/p><p>*Cho, J and <strong>PA Nelson<\/strong>, 2024, Patterns of Alluviation in Mixed Bedrock-Alluvial Channels: 2. Controls on the Formation of Alluvial Patches, <em>Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, <\/em>129(1), e2023JF007293, <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2023JF007293\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2023JF007293<\/a><\/p><ul><li><em>Received Editor\u2019s Highlight in EOS: <a href=\"https:\/\/eos.org\/editor-highlights\/having-a-rough-time-modeling-sediment-grains-moving-in-rivers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/eos.org\/editor-highlights\/having-a-rough-time-modeling-sediment-grains-moving-in-rivers<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><p>*Cho, J and <strong>PA Nelson<\/strong>, 2024, Patterns of Alluviation in Mixed Bedrock-Alluvial Channels: 1. Numerical Model, <em>Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface<\/em>, 129(1), e2023JF007292, <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2023JF007292\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2023JF007292<\/a><\/p><ul><li><em>Received Editor\u2019s Highlight in EOS: <a href=\"https:\/\/eos.org\/editor-highlights\/having-a-rough-time-modeling-sediment-grains-moving-in-rivers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/eos.org\/editor-highlights\/having-a-rough-time-modeling-sediment-grains-moving-in-rivers<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><p>*White, DC, RR Morrison, and <strong>PA Nelson<\/strong>, 2023, Experimental observations of floodplain vegetation, bedforms, and sediment transport interactions in a meandering channel, <em>Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface<\/em> 128, e2023JF007136. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2023JF007136\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2023JF007136<\/a><\/p><p>*Gieschen, M and <strong>PA Nelson<\/strong>, 2023, Untangling the Effects of Seasonality and Post-Fire Stream Channel Erosion on the Hydrologic Response of a Burned Mountain Catchment, <em>Hydrological Processes<\/em> 37:e14968, doi: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/hyp.14968\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/hyp.14968<\/a><\/p><p>*White, DC and <strong>PA Nelson<\/strong>, 2023, Flume investigation into mechanisms responsible for particle sorting in gravel-bed meandering channels, <em>Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface<\/em>, e2022JF006821, doi: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2022JF006821\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2022JF006821<\/a><\/p><ul><li><em>One of the top-downloaded articles among work published in an issue of Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface between 1st January 2022-31st December 2022, up to 12 months after publication.<\/em><\/li><\/ul><p>*Scamardo, J, <strong>PA Nelson<\/strong>, M Nichols, and E Wohl, 2022, Modeling the relative morphodynamic influence of vegetation and large wood in a dryland ephemeral stream, Arizona, USA, <em>Geomorphology<\/em>, 417, 108444, doi: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.geomorph.2022.108444\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.geomorph.2022.108444<\/a>.<\/p><p>*Murphy, BM, KL Russell, S Mould, G Vietz, and <strong>PA Nelson<\/strong>, 2022, Managing urban riverscapes: An assessment framework to integrate social-ecological values and physical processes, <em>Journal of Environmental Management<\/em>, 322, 115862, doi: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jenvman.2022.115862\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jenvman.2022.115862<\/a>.<\/p><p>*Li, T, JG Venditti, CD Rennie, and <strong>PA Nelson<\/strong>, 2022, Bed and bank stress partitioning in bedrock rivers, <em>Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface<\/em>, doi: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2021JF006360\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2021JF006360<\/a>.<\/p><p>*Morgan, JA and <strong>PA Nelson<\/strong>, 2021, Experimental investigation of flow and sediment supply effects on riffle-pool sequences, <em>Earth Surface Processes and Landforms<\/em>, 46(4), 869-886, doi: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/esp.5072\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/esp.5072<\/a>.<\/p><p>Tullos, D, RH Hotchkiss, <strong>PA Nelson<\/strong>, and D Wegner, 2021, Sediment mismanagement puts reservoirs and ecosystems at risk, <em>Eos<\/em>, 14 April 2021, <a href=\"https:\/\/eos.org\/opinions\/sediment-mismanagement-puts-reservoirs-and-ecosystems-at-risk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/eos.org\/opinions\/sediment-mismanagement-puts-reservoirs-and-ecosystems-at-risk<\/a><\/p><p>*Timilsina, S, JD Niemann, SL Rathburn, FK Rengers, and <strong>PA Nelson<\/strong>, 2021, Modeling hydrologic processes and debris flow initiation during the September 2013 storm, Colorado Front Range, <em>Landslides<\/em>, doi: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s10346-020-04582-5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s10346-020-04582-5<\/a>.<\/p><p>Kampf, SK, BM Gannon, *C Wilson, *F Saavedra, ME Miller, A Heldmyer, B Livneh, <strong>P Nelson<\/strong>, and L MacDonald, 2020, PEMIP: Post-fire erosion model inter-comparison project, <em>Journal of Environmental Management<\/em>, 268, doi: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2019WR025407\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jenvman.2020.110704<\/a>.<\/p><p>*Morgan, JA and <strong>PA Nelson<\/strong>, Morphodynamic modeling of sediment pulse dynamics, 2019, <em>Water Resources Research<\/em>, 55, 8691-8707, doi: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2019WR025407\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2019WR025407<\/a><\/p><p>*Brogan, DJ, <strong>PA Nelson<\/strong>, and LH MacDonald, 2019, Spatial and temporal patterns of sediment storage and erosion following a wildfire and extreme flood, <em>Earth Surface Dynamics<\/em> 7, 563-590, doi: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5194\/esurf-7-563-2019\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5194\/esurf-7-563-2019<\/a>.<\/p><p>*Brogan, DJ, LH MacDonald, <strong>PA Nelson<\/strong>, and JA Morgan, 2019, Geomorphic complexity and sensitivity in channels to fire and floods in mountain catchments, <em>Geomorphology<\/em> 337, 53-68, doi: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.geomorph.2019.03.031\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.geomorph.2019.03.031<\/a>.<\/p><p>Annandale, GW, TJ Randle, EJ Langendoen, RH Hotchkiss, and the <strong>United States National Reservoir Sedimentation and Sustainability Team (NRSST), <\/strong>2018, Reservoir sedimentation management: A sustainable development challenge, <em>Hydrolink<\/em>, Number 3, 72-75.<\/p><p><strong>Nelson, PA<\/strong> and *JA Morgan, 2018, Flume experiments on flow and sediment supply controls on gravel bedform dynamics, <em>Geomorphology<\/em>, 323, 98-105, doi: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.geomorph.2018.09.011\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.geomorph.2018.09.011<\/a>.<\/p><p>*Bankert, A and <strong>PA Nelson<\/strong>, 2017, Alternate bar dynamics in response to increases and decreases of sediment supply, <em>Sedimentology<\/em>, doi: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/sed.12399\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/sed.12399<\/a>.<\/p><p>*Brogan DJ, <strong>PA Nelson<\/strong>, and LH MacDonald, 2017, Reconstructing extreme post-wildfire floods: a comparison of convective and mesoscale events, <em>Earth Surface Processes and Landforms<\/em>, doi: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/esp.4194\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/esp.4194<\/a>.<\/p><p>*Stroth, TR, BP Bledsoe, and <strong>PA Nelson<\/strong>, 2017, Full spectrum analytical channel design with the Capacity\/Supply Ratio (CSR), <em>Water<\/em>, 9(4), 271, doi: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/w9040271\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/w9040271<\/a>.<\/p><p>*Rosburg TT, <strong>PA Nelson<\/strong>, and BP Bledsoe, 2017, Effects of urbanization on flow-duration and stream flashiness: A case study of Puget Sound streams, Western Washington, USA, <em>JAWRA: Journal of the American Water Resources Association (JAWRA)<\/em>, 53(2), 493-507, doi: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/1752-1688.12511\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/1752-1688.12511<\/a>.<\/p><p>*Morgan JA, *DJ Brogan, and <strong>PA Nelson<\/strong>, 2017, Application of structure-from-motion in laboratory flumes, <em>Geomorphology<\/em>, 276, 125-143, doi: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.geomorph.2016.10.021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.geomorph.2016.10.021<\/a>.<\/p><p>Cotrufo, MF, CM Boot, S Kampf, <strong>PA Nelson<\/strong>, *DJ Brogan, T Covino, ML Haddix, LH MacDonald, S Rathburn, S Ryan-Burkett, *S Schmeer, and E Hall, 2016, Redistribution of pyrogenic carbon from hillslopes to stream corridors following a large montane wildfire, <em>Global Biogeochemical Cycles<\/em>, 30, 1348-1355, doi: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/2016GB005467\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/2016GB005467<\/a>.<\/p><p>Kampf, SK, *DJ Brogan, *S Schmeer, LH MacDonald, and <strong>PA Nelson<\/strong>, 2016, How do geomorphic effects of rainfall vary with storm type and spatial scale in a post-fire landscape? <em>Geomorphology<\/em>, 273, 39-51, doi: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.geomorph.2016.08.001\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.geomorph.2016.08.001<\/a>.<\/p><p>*Rosburg, TT, <strong>PA Nelson<\/strong>, *JS Sholtes, and BP Bledsoe, 2016, The effect of flow data resolution on sediment yield and channel design, <em>Journal of Hydrology<\/em>, 538, 429-439, doi: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jhydrol.2016.04.040\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jhydrol.2016.04.040<\/a>.<\/p><p>Fuller, TK, JG Venditti, <strong>PA Nelson<\/strong>, and WJ Palen, 2016, Modeling grain size adjustments in the downstream reach following run-of-river development, <em>Water Resources Research<\/em>, 52, 2770-2788, doi: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/2015WR017992\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/2015WR017992<\/a>.<\/p><p><strong>Nelson, PA<\/strong>, RR McDonald, JM Nelson, and WE Dietrich, 2015, Coevolution of bed surface patchiness and channel morphology: 2. Numerical experiments. <em>Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface<\/em>, doi: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/2014JF003429\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/2014JF003429<\/a>.<\/p><p><strong>Nelson, PA<\/strong>, RR McDonald, JM Nelson, and WE Dietrich, 2015, Coevolution of bed surface patchiness and channel morphology: 1. Mechanisms of forced patch formation. <em>Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface,<\/em> doi: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/2014JF003428\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/2014JF003428<\/a>.<\/p><p><strong>Nelson, PA<\/strong>, *AK Brew, and *JA Morgan, 2015, Morphodynamic response of a variable-width channel to changes in sediment supply, <em>Water Resources Research<\/em>, doi: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/2014WR016806\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/2014WR016806<\/a>.<\/p><p><strong>Nelson, PA<\/strong>, M Bolla Pittaluga, and G Seminara, 2014, Finite amplitude bars in mixed bedrock-alluvial channels, <em>Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface<\/em>, doi: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/2013JF002957\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/2013JF002957<\/a>.<\/p><p><strong> Nelson, PA<\/strong>, D Bellugi, and WE Dietrich, 2014, Delineation of river bed-surface patches by clustering high-resolution spatial grain size data, <em>Geomorphology<\/em>, doi: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.geomorph.2012.06.008\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.geomorph.2012.06.008<\/a>.<\/p><p>Venditti, JG,<strong> PA Nelson<\/strong>, JT Minear, J Wooster, and WE Dietrich, 2012, Alternate bar response to sediment supply termination, <em>Journal of Geophysical Research<\/em>, 117, F02039, doi: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2011JF002254\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2011JF002254<\/a>.<\/p><p><strong> Nelson, PA<\/strong> and G Seminara, 2012, A theoretical framework for the morphodynamics of bedrock channels, <em>Geophysical Research Letters<\/em>, L06408, doi: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2011GL050806\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2011GL050806<\/a>.<\/p><p><strong> Nelson, PA<\/strong> and G Seminara, 2011, Modeling the evolution of bedrock channel shape with erosion from saltating bed load, <em>Geophysical Research Letters<\/em>, L17406, doi: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2011GL048628\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2011GL048628<\/a>.<\/p><p><strong> Nelson, PA<\/strong>, WE Dietrich, and JG Venditti, 2010, Bed topography and the development of forced bed surface patches, <em>Journal of Geophysical Research<\/em>, F04024, doi: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2010JF001747\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2010JF001747<\/a>.<\/p><p>Venditti, JG, WE Dietrich, <strong>PA Nelson<\/strong>, MA Wydzga, J Fadde, and L Sklar, 2010, Effect of sediment pulse grain size on sediment transport rates and bed mobility in gravel bed rivers, <em>Journal of Geophysical Research,<\/em> F03039, doi: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2009JF001418\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2009JF001418<\/a>.<\/p><p>Venditti, JG, WE Dietrich, <strong>PA Nelson<\/strong>, MA Wydzga, J Fadde, and L Sklar, 2010, Mobilization of coarse surface layers in gravel-bedded rivers by finer gravel bedload, <em>Water Resources Research<\/em>, W07506, doi: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2009WR008329\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2009WR008329<\/a>.<\/p><p>Sklar, LS, J Fadde, JG Venditti, <strong>P Nelson<\/strong>, MA Wydzga, Y Cui, and WE Dietrich, 2009, Translation and dispersion of sediment pulses in flume experiments simulating gravel augmentation below dams,<em> Water Resources Research<\/em>, W08439, doi: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2008WR007346\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2008WR007346<\/a>.<\/p><p><strong> Nelson, PA<\/strong>, JG Venditti, WE Dietrich, JW Kirchner, H Ikeda, F Iseya, and LS Sklar, 2009, Response of bed surface patchiness to reductions in sediment supply, <em>Journal of Geophysical Research<\/em>, F02005, doi: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2008JF001144\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2008JF001144<\/a>.<\/p><p><strong> Nelson, PA<\/strong>, JA Smith, and AJ Miller, 2006, Evolution of channel morphology and hydrologic response in an urbanizing drainage basin, <em>Earth Surface Processes and Landforms<\/em> 31: 1063-1079, doi: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/esp.1308\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/esp.1308<\/a>.<\/p><p>Smith, JA, ML Baeck, KL Meierdiercks, <strong>PA Nelson<\/strong>, AJ Miller, and EJ Holland, 2005, Field studies of the storm event hydrologic response in an urbanizing watershed, <em>Water Resources Research<\/em> 41, W10413, doi: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2004WR003712\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2004WR003712<\/a>.<\/p><p>Smith, JA, AJ Miller, ML Baeck, <strong>PA Nelson<\/strong>, GT Fisher, and KL Meierdiercks, 2005, Extraordinary flood response of a small urban watershed to short-duration convective rainfall, <em>Journal of Hydrometeorology<\/em> 6: 599-617, doi: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1175\/JHM426.1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1175\/JHM426.1<\/a>.<\/p><p>Hicks, NS, JA Smith, AJ Miller, and <strong>PA Nelson<\/strong>, 2005, Catastrophic flooding from an orographic thunderstorm in the central Appalachians, <em>Water Resources Research<\/em> 41, W12428, <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2005WR004129\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">doi: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2005WR004129<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7e711730 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7e711730\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2421fbff\" data-id=\"2421fbff\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7983a213 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"7983a213\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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(Forthcoming 2024). Data produced and used in the paper: \u201cMulti-scalar Response of an Experimental Fixed-wall Meandering Channel to a Sediment Supply Increase\u201d [Dataset]. Dryad. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5061\/dryad.2280gb5wc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5061\/dryad.2280gb5wc<\/a><\/p><p>Cho, Jongseok, &amp; Nelson, Peter. (2023). Patterns of Alluviation in Mixed Bedrock-Alluvial Channels [Data set]. Zenodo. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5281\/zenodo.8357267\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5281\/zenodo.8357267<\/a><\/p><p>Gieschen, M. (2022). Skin Gulch Hydrograph Separation, HydroShare, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hydroshare.org\/resource\/b4a918d0417043bf9b317da48a266499\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.hydroshare.org\/resource\/b4a918d0417043bf9b317da48a266499<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2eb4f53a elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2eb4f53a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6c8fb8b0\" data-id=\"6c8fb8b0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64e10148 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"64e10148\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4667f3f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4667f3f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Book Chapters, Reports, Etc.<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-546b6588\" data-id=\"546b6588\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e85e686 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7e85e686\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>*Murphy, BM and <strong>PA Nelson<\/strong>, 2020, Urban stream assessment procedure: An integrative framework for assessing stream condition and the urban environment, River Flow 2020, Uijttewaal, W, MJ Franca, D Valero, V Chavarrias, CY Arbos, R Schielen, and A Crosato (eds), CRC Press, Boca Raton, pp. 2119-2127<\/p><p>LH MacDonald, *D Brogan, <strong>PA Nelson<\/strong>, and S Kampf, 2019, Fires and Floods: A Case Study of the Relative Magnitude and Persistence of Geomorphic Effects at the Watershed Scale, SEDHYD 2019, Reno, NV, 24-28 June.<\/p><p><strong>Nelson, PA<\/strong> and N Tambroni, 2017, Indagini numeriche sulla morfodinamica delle barre alternate in canali in marea, in <em>Atti dell\u2019Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere, ed Arti<\/em>, D\u2019Alpaos, L (ed), Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere, ed Arti, Venice, pp. 3-28. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engr.colostate.edu\/faculty\/pnelson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2024\/03\/nelson_tambroni.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PDF<\/a><\/p><p>Venditti, JG, <strong>PA Nelson<\/strong>, RW Bradley, D Haught, and AB Gitto, 2017, Bedforms, structures, patches, and sediment supply in gravel-bed rivers, <em>Gravel-Bed Rivers: Processes and Disasters<\/em>, Tsutsumi, D and JB Laronne (Eds), John Wiley &amp; Sons, Chichester, 439-466. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engr.colostate.edu\/faculty\/pnelson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2024\/03\/Venditti-et-al_2017_Bedforms-Structures-Patches-and-Sediment-Supply-in-Gravel-Bed-Rivers.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PDF<\/a><\/p><p>McDonald RR, JM Nelson, R Fosness, and <strong>PA Nelson<\/strong>, 2016, Field scale test of multi-dimensional flow and morphodynamic simulations used for restoration design analysis, <em>River Flow 2016<\/em>, Constantinescu, Garcia, and Hanes (Eds), Taylor and Francis Group, London, 1390-1398.<\/p><p>*Morgan JA and <strong>PA Nelson<\/strong>, 2016, Hydro- and morphodynamics of riffle-pool sequences in the middle Elwha River, Washington, USA, <em>River Flow 2016<\/em>, Constantinescu, Garcia, and Hanes (Eds), Taylor and Francis Group, London, 1212-1217. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engr.colostate.edu\/faculty\/pnelson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2024\/03\/Morgan_Nelson_2016_Hydro-and-morphodynamics-of-riffle-pool-sequences-in-the-middle-Elwha-River.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PDF<\/a><\/p><p>Bledsoe, BP, DW Baker, <strong>PA Nelson<\/strong>, *JS Sholtes, *TT Rosburg, and *T Stroth, 2016, Design hydrology for stream restoration and channel stability at stream crossings, Final Report for NCHRP Project 24-40. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engr.colostate.edu\/faculty\/pnelson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2024\/03\/NCHRP_24-40.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PDF<\/a><\/p><p>*Brew, AK, *JA Morgan, and <strong>PA Nelson<\/strong>, 2015, Bankfull width controls on riffle-pool morphology under conditions of increased sediment supply: field observations during the Elwha River Dam Removal Project, SEDHYD 2015, Reno, Nevada, 19-23 April. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engr.colostate.edu\/faculty\/pnelson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2024\/03\/Brew-SEDHYD-2015.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PDF<\/a><\/p><p>Venditti, JG, <strong>PA Nelson<\/strong>, and WE Dietrich, 2008, The domain of bedload sheets. In Parsons, D, T Garlan, and J Best (eds), <em>Proceedings of Marine and River Dune Dynamics III, International Workshop<\/em>, April 1-3 2008, University of Leeds, UK, 315-321. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engr.colostate.edu\/faculty\/pnelson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2024\/03\/venditti-marid2008.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PDF<\/a><\/p><p>Clarke, J, M Bourke, <strong>P Nelson<\/strong>, M Manga, and J Fonseca, 2007, The Dalhousie mound spring complex as a guide to Martian landforms, processes, and exploration. In Mann, G (ed), <em>Proceedings of the 7<sup>th<\/sup> Australian Mars Exploration Conference<\/em>, Mars Society Australia, Clifton Hill, Victoria. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engr.colostate.edu\/faculty\/pnelson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2024\/03\/AMEC2007_Clarke_etal.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PDF<\/a><\/p><p>Dietrich, WE, <strong>PA Nelson<\/strong>, E Yager, JG Venditti, MP Lamb, and L Collins, 2005, Sediment patches, sediment supply, and channel morphology. 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