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Member Since 1987
James W. Kirchner
Professor, ETH Zurich Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
Professional Experience
University of California Berkeley
PhD, Prof, Earth and Planetary Sciences
1990 - Present
ETH Zurich Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
Professor
Honors & Awards
Walter Langbein Lecture
Received December 2016
Union Fellow
Received January 2008
Horton Research Grant
Received January 1989
Publications
Global Analysis of Topographic and Climatic Controls on Drainage Basin Shapes
Drainage basins are fundamental units of Earth's surface, describing how flows accumulate across landscapes. They are direct expressions of how tec...
April 20, 2024
Groundwater's Fingerprint in Stream Network Branching Angles
October 06, 2023
AGU Abstracts
Explaining the Drought Paradox in the European Alps using Remote sensing, Flux measurements and Stable Water Isotopes
STABLE ISOTOPES IN THE CRITICAL ZONE: METHODS, APPLICATIONS, AND PROCESS INTERPRETATIONS II POSTER
hydrology | 15 december 2023
Harsh Beria, James W. Kirchner
In a warming climate, snow water resources in the European Alps are undergoing significant changes such as shrinkage in seasonal snowpacks, earlier sn...
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Seasonality and water origins across the forest water cycle
STABLE ISOTOPES IN THE CRITICAL ZONE: METHODS, APPLICATIONS, AND PROCESS INTERPRETATIONS I ORAL
hydrology | 15 december 2023
Marius Floriancic, Scott T. Allen, James W. Kirchn...
Water cycling in forests is controlled by vegetation-mediated processes, such as interception, infiltration, and transpiration, that greatly impact th...
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Impact of Antecedent Wetness and Precipitation Intensity on Catchment Response and Travel Times
ADVANCES IN TRACER METHODS AND MODELING OF HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES, CHEMICAL WEATHERING, AND HYDROCHRONOLOGY II ORAL
hydrology | 14 december 2023
Julia L. Knapp, Wouter Berghuijs, James W. Kirchne...
The time a molecule of rain takes to reach the stream is normally substantially longer than the time for discharge to respond to rainfall. This differ...
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Volunteer Experience
2019 - 2019
Chair
Hydrology Langbein Lecture Committee
2017 - 2018
Member
Hydrology Langbein Lecture Committee
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