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Member Since 1976
Bob M. Hirsch
Professional Experience
USGS Reston
Research Hydrologist Emeritus
2018 - Present
Education
Doctorate
1976
Doctorate
1976
Johns Hopkins University
Doctorate
1975
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Honors & Awards
Walter Langbein Lecture
Received December 2017
Outstanding Reviewer Award - Geophysical Research Letters
Received December 2011
Publications
The Occurrence of Large Floods in the United States in the Modern Hydroclimate Regime: Seasonality, ...
Many studies investigate river floods by analyzing annual maximum series that record the largest flow of each year, including many within‐ban...
February 15, 2022
River Water-Quality Concentration and Flux Estimation Can be...
November 25, 2019
Fragmented patterns of flood change across the United States
October 09, 2016
On Critiques of"Stationarity is Dead: Whither Water Manageme...
September 12, 2015
AGU Abstracts
Evaluating water-quality monitoring protocols for obtaining accurate model estimates of the frequency, magnitude, and duration of river water-quality exceedances
ADVANCES IN WATER QUALITY PREDICTION II ORAL
hydrology | 12 december 2022
Jory S. Hecht, Mikaela Cherry, Jeffrey G. Chanat, ...
Environmental managers and stakeholders are interested in the frequency, magnitude, and duration of exceedances of river water-quality constituent con...
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Investigating changes to the occurrence of large floods in the United States
ADVANCING FLOOD CHARACTERIZATION, MODELING, AND COMMUNICATION I ORAL
hydrology | 15 december 2021
Stacey A. Archfield, Robert M. Hirsch, Glenn A. Ho...
A number of recent studies have analyzed historical trends in annual peak flood series; however, the annual peak flood series records largest flow of ...
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Substantial Declines in Salinity Observed Across the Upper Colorado River Basin During the 20th Century, 1929 to 2019
FRONTIERS IN WATER QUALITY SCIENCE I
hydrology | 10 december 2020
Christine Rumsey, Olivia Miller, Robert M. Hirsch,...
Salinity has a major effect on water users in the Colorado River Basin, causing an estimated $300 to $400 million per year in economic damages. In res...
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Volunteer Experience
2012 - 2013
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