Research Teams

Thomas Black, Hydrologist
e-mail: tblack [at] fs.fed.us
phone: 208.373.4363

 

Education:

B.A. Geography, University of California, Berkeley
M.A. Geography. University of Colorado, Boulder

Interests:

Effects of disturbance on natural systems, erosion, slope stability, hillslope and watershed hydrology, forest road sediment and water issues, soil genesis, climatic and environmental change

Briefing Papers:

GRAIP - Quantifying and Prioritizing Road Impacts

Publications:

Eiriksson, David; Whitson, Michael; Luce, Charles H.; Marshall, Hans Peter; Bradford, John; Benner, Shawn G.; Black, Thomas; Hetrick, Hank; McNamara, James P. 2013. An evaluation of the hydrologic relevance of lateral flow in snow at hillslope and catchment scales. Hydrological Process. doi: 10.1002/hyp.9666.

Black, Thomas A.; Cissel, Richard M.; Luce, Charles H. 2012. The Geomorphic Road Analysis and Inventory Package (GRAIP) Volume 1: Data Collection Method. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR- 280WWW. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 110 p.

Cissel, Richard M.; Black, Thomas A.; Schreuders, Kimberly A. T.; Prasad, Ajay; Luce, Charles H.; Tarboton, David G.; Nelson, Nathan A. 2012. The Geomorphic Road Analysis and Inventory Package (GRAIP) Volume 2: Office Procedures. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-281WWW. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 160 p.

Prasad, Ajay; Tarboton, David G.; Luce, Charles H.; Black, Thomas A.  2005.  A GIS tool to analyze forest road sediment production and stream impacts.  2005. ESRI International User Conference Proceedings [electronic resource]: July 25-29, 2005, San Diego, Calif. Redlands, CA: ESRI. 10 p.

Luce, Charles H.; Black, Thomas A. 2001. Effects of traffic and ditch maintenance on forest road sediment production. Proceedings of the Seventh Federal Interagency Sedimentation Conference; 2001 March 25-29, Reno, NV. Washington, DC: Federal Interagency Sedimentation Committee: V-67-74.

Luce, C. H. and Black, T. A. 2001. Spatial and Temporal Patterns in Erosion from Forest Roads.  Land Use and Watersheds: Human Influence on Hydrology and Geomorphology in Urban and Forest Areas. Water Science and Application 2:165-178.

Luce, C. H. and Black, T. A. 1999. Sediment Production from Forest Roads in Western Oregon. Water Resources Research. 35(8):2561-2570.

Black, T. A. and Luce, C. H. 1999. Sediment Production from Forest Roads in Western Oregon. Invited oral presentation and Conference proceeding.  Forest Plan Sediment Conference.  Western Forestry and Conservation Association. April 14, 1999.  Beaverton, OR.

Black, T. A. and Luce, C. H. 1999. Changes in Erosion from Gravel Surfaced Roads with Time. Sessions, J. and Chung, W.,eds. Proceedings of the International Mountain Logging and 10^th Pacific Skyline Symposium, Corvallis, OR. March 31, 1999: 204-218.

Luce, C. H. and Black, T. A. 1998. Trends in Sediment Production from Gravel Surfaced Forest Roads in Western Oregon. American Geophysical Union Conference Proceedings.  December 7, 1998, San Francisco, CA.

Luce, C.H. and Black, T. A. 1998. Changes in Sediment Production from Forest Roads through Time.  Proceedings of the Seventh Biennial Watershed Management Conference October 21, 1998.

Black, T. A. and Harden, J. W. 1995. Effects of Timber Harvest on Soil Carbon Storage at Blodgett Experimental Forest, California.  Canadian Journal of Forest Research 25:1385-1396. 

Black, T. A. and Harden, J. W. 1993. Changes in Soil Carbon Storage with Time. October 26, 1993.  American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting San Francisco, CA. EOS  74 (43):103.

Black, T. A. and Harden, J. W. Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dataset for Soil Sequence Disturbed by Timber Harvest, Blodgett Experimental Forest, Georgetown, CA. Open File Report 94-188. United States Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA.

Black, T. A. and Montgomery, D. R. 1991. Sediment Production by Burrowing Mammals, Marin Co., CA. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 16:163-172.