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Adam Atchley

  • Department of Geology and Geological Engineering
  • Colorado School of Mines
    Golden, CO 80401
    USA

Education

  • B.Sc. Oregon State University. Natural Resources, Plant and Soil Ecology
  • M.Sc. Colorado School of Mines. Hydrology.

Research

  • Hydrological controls of reactive transport processes.
  • Using ensemble based methods to capture uncertainty in coupled hydrological and geochemical reactive transport.
  • Streamline based methods of solute transport in heterogeneous porous media.
  • Groundwater-surface-water-land-surface interactions
  • The role of vegetation and plant succession in hydrological hillslope processes and subsurface atmospheric energy interactions.
  • Surface water quality.
  • Urban run-off and surface water microbial contaminant transport at the catchment and sub-catchment scale.

Interests

  • Kayaking, Multi-day rafting trips, Climbing, Skiing, Gardening, and Spending time with my Wife and son.

Publications

  • Atchley, A.L. and Maxwell, R.M. Influences of subsurface heterogeneity and vegetation cover on soil moisture, surface temperature, and evapotranspiration at hillslope scales. Hydrogeology Journal 91(2), 289-305 doi:10.1007/s10040-010-0690-1, 2011.