tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-610503 2012-05-28T10:17:37-07:00 All things fresh water: news, analysis, humor, and commentary from Michael E. 'Aquadoc' Campana, hydrogeologist, hydrophilanthropist, Professor of Hydrogeology and Water Resources in the College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences (CEOAS) at Oregon State University, Emeritus Professor of Hydrogeology at the University of New Mexico and Immediate Past President of the American Water Resources Association. He is founder and president of the nonprofit Ann Campana Judge Foundation, an organization involved with WaSH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene) in Central America. CYA statement: the opinions expressed herein are solely those of Michael E. Campana and not those of CEOAS, Oregon State University, ACJF, AWRA, or any other organization. TypePad tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf80a53ef016305ec0416970d 2012-05-28T10:17:37-07:00 2012-05-28T10:17:37-07:00

On this celebration of Memorial Day in the USA WaterWired takes a break from water today to say 'Thanks!' to all those who have given all or part of their lives in the service of our country. Perhaps all this will end one of these days. "War hath no fury...

Aquadoc tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf80a53ef0168ebd98ba1970c 2012-05-27T18:01:29-07:00 2012-05-27T20:35:46-07:00

Mark Boslough, one of the smartest guys in the room when it comes to atmospheric (or any kind of) physics and the like, recently posted over at Climate Progress and Skeptical Science regarding misuse of SST data, apparently dating back to a paper by Dr. Arthur B. Robinson et al....

Aquadoc tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf80a53ef0168ebcaf944970c 2012-05-26T00:10:00-07:00 2012-05-25T13:22:16-07:00

Dr. Soroosh Sorooshian, one of the world's foremost hydrologists and director of UCI's Center for Hydrometeorology and Remote Sensing (CHRS), gave this lecture at CITRIS last November. "A theory has only the alternative of being right or wrong. A model has a third possibility: it may be right, but irrelevant."...

Aquadoc tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf80a53ef016305c69a3b970d 2012-05-25T07:48:16-07:00 2012-05-25T15:30:17-07:00

Always apprehensive when someone sends me an email or letter that begins, "I was cleaning out my desk drawer when I found these pictures..." Uh-oh... Former student Stephen Carlton did that recently (although I think spouse Laurie Oberholtzer found the pictures) and included four pictures from 1989 when Steve, Laurie,...

Aquadoc tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf80a53ef016305cfe56f970d 2012-05-24T22:16:00-07:00 2012-05-25T07:33:48-07:00

Okay, so I'm almost 3,000 miles from Florida and did not stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night. However, I am an ex-New Yorker who grew up watching and listening to commercials extolling the virtues of life in Florida, a place where many of my former classmates now reside....

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