Dr. Liljedahl and her graduate student Tiffany Gatesman are working to better understand how changes to Alaska’s glaciers will affect water runoff which affects many rivers and streams. Resource managers are always looking to better predict river discharge and river water quality and Dr. Liljedahl and Tiffany’s work will help develop more accurate models which will allow for better prediction of how much water rivers will discharge and the nutrients and suspended solids that will be transported downstream. Their work builds on previous NIWR funded work on the Jarvas Creek watershed and is highly complimentary to a recently funded National Science Foundation research project.
