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U.S. Geological Survey: Golden, CO, US

Hydrologist (National Research Program)
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Richard McDonald

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University of California Santa Cruz: Santa Cruz, CA, US

1990-09-01 to 1993-04-01 | MS (Earth Sciences)
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Richard McDonald

Works (28)

The influence of channel morphology and hydraulic complexity on larval pallid sturgeon ( Scaphirhynchus albus ) drift and dispersal dynamics in the Fort Peck Segment, Upper Missouri River: insights from particle tracking simulations

Journal of Ecohydraulics
2024-07-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Bruce C. Call; Richard R. McDonald; Susannah O. Erwin; Robert B. Jacobson
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The MODFLOW Application Programming Interface for simulation control and software interoperability

Environmental Modelling & Software
2022-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Joseph D. Hughes; Martijn J. Russcher; Christian D. Langevin; Eric D. Morway; Richard R. McDonald
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Kootenai River white sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) fine-scale habitat selection and preference, Kootenai River near Bonners Ferry, Idaho, 2017

2021 | Report
Contributors: Ryan L. Fosness; Taylor J. Dudunake; Richard R. McDonald; Ryan S. Hardy; Shawn Young; Susan Ireland; Gregory C. Hoffman
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A Lagrangian particle-tracking approach to modelling larval drift in rivers

Journal of Ecohydraulics
2021-01-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Richard R. McDonald; Jonathan M. Nelson
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Incipient bed-movement and flood-frequency analysis using hydrophones to estimate flushing flows on the upper Colorado River, Colorado, 2019

2020 | Report
Contributors: Michael S. Kohn; Mathieu D. Marineau; Laura A. Hempel; Richard R. McDonald
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Remote sensing of tracer dye concentrations to support dispersion studies in river channels

Journal of Ecohydraulics
2019-07-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Carl J. Legleiter; Richard R. McDonald; Jonathan M. Nelson; Paul J. Kinzel; Ryan L. Perroy; Donghae Baek; Il Won Seo
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Fine-scale habitat selection of green sturgeon (Acipenser medirostris) within three spawning locations in the Sacramento River, California

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
2018 | Journal article
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Richard McDonald

Streamflow, Sediment Transport, and Geomorphic Change during the 2011 Flood on the Missouri River Near Bismarck–Mandan, ND

2018-08-27 | Journal article
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Richard McDonald

Estimating Floodwater Depths from Flood Inundation Maps and Topography

JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association
2017-11-27 | Journal article
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Richard McDonald
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Modelling flow, sediment transport and morphodynamics in rivers

Tools in Fluvial Geomorphology
2016 | Book chapter
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Richard McDonald

Field scale test of multi-dimensional flow and morphodynamic simulations used for restoration design analysis

RiverFlow 2016
2016-06 | Conference paper
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Coevolution of bed surface patchiness and channel morphology: 1. Mechanisms of forced patch formation

Journal of Geophysical Research F: Earth Surface
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84945459301

Contributors: Nelson, P.A.; McDonald, R.R.; Nelson, J.M.; Dietrich, W.E.
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Richard McDonald via Scopus - Elsevier

Coevolution of bed surface patchiness and channel morphology: 2. Numerical experiments

Journal of Geophysical Research F: Earth Surface
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84945443042

Contributors: Nelson, P.A.; McDonald, R.R.; Nelson, J.M.; Dietrich, W.E.
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Richard McDonald via Scopus - Elsevier

The international river interface cooperative: Public domain flow and morphodynamics software for education and applications

Advances in Water Resources
2014 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84949988017

Contributors: Nelson, J.M.; Shimizu, Y.; Abe, T.; Asahi, K.; Gamou, M.; Inoue, T.; Iwasaki, T.; Kakinuma, T.; Kawamura, S.; Kimura, I. et al.
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Richard McDonald via Scopus - Elsevier

Prediction of suspended-sediment concentrations at selected sites in the Fountain Creek watershed, Colorado, 2008-09

2013 | Report
Contributors: Robert W. Stogner, Sr.; Jonathan M. Nelson; Richard R. McDonald; Paul J. Kinzel; David P. Mau
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Using computational modeling of river flow with remotely sensed data to infer channel bathymetry

River Flow 2012 - Proceedings of the International Conference on Fluvial Hydraulics
2012 | Conference paper
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2-s2.0-84867946770

Contributors: Nelson, J.M.; McDonald, R.R.; Kinzel, P.J.; Shimizu, Y.
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Richard McDonald via Scopus - Elsevier

Effects of uncertain topographic input data on two-dimensional flow modeling in a gravel-bed river

Water Resources Research
2011 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-79851471736

Contributors: Legleiter, C.J.; Kyriakidis, P.C.; McDonald, R.R.; Nelson, J.M.
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Richard McDonald via Scopus - Elsevier

Modeling the effect of flow and sediment transport on white sturgeon spawning habitat in the Kootenai River, Idaho

Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
2010 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-78349254165

Contributors: McDonald, R.; Nelson, J.; Paragamian, V.; Barton, G.
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Richard McDonald via Scopus - Elsevier

Sediment-transport during three controlled-flood experiments on the Colorado River downstream from Glen Canyon Dam, with implications for eddy-sandbar deposition in Grand Canyon National Park

2010 | Report
Contributors: David J. Topping; David M. Rubin; Paul E. Grams; Ronald E. Griffiths; Thomas A. Sabol; Nicholas Voichick; Robert B. Tusso; Karen M. Vanaman; Richard R. McDonald
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Kootenai river velocities, depth, and white sturgeon spawning site selection - A mystery unraveled?

Journal of Applied Ichthyology
2009 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-71749100456

Contributors: Paragamian, V.L.; McDonald, R.; Nelson, G.J.; Barton, G.
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Richard McDonald via Scopus - Elsevier

Simulation of streamflow using a multidimensional flow model for white sturgeon habitat, Kootenai River near Bonners Ferry, Idaho – Supplement to Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5230

2009 | Report
Contributors: Gary J. Barton; Richard R. McDonald; Jonathan M. Nelson
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Surface-exposure ages of Front Range moraines that may have formed during the Younger Dryas, 8.2 cal ka, and Little Ice Age events

Quaternary Science Reviews
2007 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-34250176182

Contributors: Benson, L.; Madole, R.; Kubik, P.; McDonald, R.
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Richard McDonald via Scopus - Elsevier

Simulation of flow and sediment mobility using a multidimensional flow model for the White Sturgeon critical-habitat reach, Kootenai River near Bonners Ferry, Idaho

2005 | Report
Contributors: Gary J. Barton; Richard R. McDonald; Jonathan M. Nelson; Randal L. Dinehart
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Constraints on eolian grain flow dynamics through laboratory experiments on sand slopes

Journal of Sedimentary Research
1996 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-0029772052

Contributors: Mcdonald, R.R.; Anderson, R.S.
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Richard McDonald via Scopus - Elsevier

Experimental verification of aeolian saltation and lee side deposition models

Sedimentology
1995 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-0028888792

Contributors: McDonald, R.R.; Anderson, R.S.
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Richard McDonald via Scopus - Elsevier

Nonperiodic eddy pulsations

Water Resources Research
1995 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-0029474946

Contributors: Rubin, D.M.; McDonald, R.R.
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Richard McDonald via Scopus - Elsevier

Morphology and dynamics of natural and laboratory grain flows

Proceedings of Engineering Mechanics
1992 | Conference paper
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2-s2.0-0026771639

Contributors: McDonald, Richard R.; Anderson, Robert S.
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Richard McDonald via Scopus - Elsevier

The morphology and dynamics of natural and laboratory grain flows

Engineering Mechanics(1992)
1992 | Journal article
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Richard McDonald

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