USDA Forest Service Boise Aquatic Sciences Lab - Rocky Mountain Research Station

 

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Boise Aquatic Sciences Lab
322 East Front Street
Suite 401
Boise, ID  83702

(208) 373-4340
(208) 373-4391 (FAX)

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Research Teams

Charles Luce, Research Hydrologist, Team Leader
e-mail: cluce[at]fs.fed.us
phone: 208.373.4382
 


 

Education:


B.S., Forest Management, University of Washington
M.S., Forest Hydrology, University of Washington
Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Utah State University

 

Research Interests:


Scaling hydrologic and geomorphic processes; snow hydrology; watershed hydrology; slope stability; erosion; forest road effects on hydrology, slope stability, and erosion; stochastic climate simulation.

 

Selected Publications:


 

2005
 

 

Luce, C. H., D. G. Tarboton, E. Istanbulluoglu, and R. T. Pack. 2005. Reply to comment by Jonathan J. Rhodes on ‘‘Modeling of the interactions between forest vegetation, disturbances, and sediment yields,’’ J. Geophys. Res., 110, F01013, doi:10.1029/2004JF000279. (63 kb)


 

2004

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tanbulluoglu, E., D. G. Tarboton, R. T. Pack, and C. H. Luce. 2004. Modeling of the interactions between forest vegetation, disturbances, and sediment yields. Journal of Geophysical Research, 109, F01009, doi:10.1029/2003JF000041. (3000 kb)

Luce, C. H. and D. G. Tarboton. 2004. The application of depletion curves for parameterization of subgrid variability of snow. Hydrological Processes 18: 1409-1422.  (364 kb)

 

Switalski, T. A., J. A. Bissonette, T. H. DeLuca, C. H. Luce, and M. A. Madej. 2004. Benefits and impacts of road removal.  Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 2(1): 21-28. (1939 kb)

 


2003

Bisson, P. A., B. E. Rieman, C. H. Luce, P. F. Hessburg, D. C. Lee, J. L. Kershner, G. H. Reeves, and R. Gresswell.
2003. Fire and aquatic ecosystems of the western USA: Current knowledge and key questions. Forest Ecology and Management. 178(1-2): 213-229. (324 kb)

Istanbulluoglu, E., D. G. Tarboton, R. T. Pack, and C. H. Luce. 2003. A sediment transport model for incision of gullies on steep topography. Water Resources Research. 39(4): 1103-1117. (775 kb)


Miller, D., C. H. Luce, and L. E. Benda. 2003. Time, space, and episodicity of physical disturbance in streams. Forest Ecology and Management. 178(1-2): 121-140. (2.75 mb)


Rieman, B. E., R. E. Gresswell, M. K. Young, and C. H. Luce. 2003. Introduction to the workshop: The effects of wildland fire on aquatic ecosystems in the western USA. Forest Ecology and Management. 178(1-2): 1-3. (115 kb)
 

Switalski, T. A., J. A. Bissonette, T. H. DeLuca, C. H. Luce, and M. A. Madej. 2003. Wildland road removal: research needs. In 2003 Proceedings of the International Conference on Ecology and Transportation, edited by C. Leroy Irwin, Paul Garrett, and K. P. McDermott. Raleigh, NC: Center for Transportation and the Environment, North Carolina State University. pp 642-646. (298 kb)

 

2002

 

Istanbulluoglu, E., D. G. Tarboton, R. T. Pack, and C. H. Luce. 2002. A probabilistic approach for channel initiation. Water Resources Research. 38(12): 1325-1338. (482 kb)

Luce, C. H. 2002. Hydrological processes and pathways affected by forest roads: what do we still need to learn? Hydrological Processes. 16: 2901-2904.  (75 kb)

2001

 

Luce, C. H. and T. A. Black. 2001. Effects of traffic and ditch maintenance on forest road sediment production. In Proceedings of the Seventh Federal Interagency Sedimentation Conference, March 25-29, 2001, Reno, NV. pp. V67-V74. (180 kb)
 

Luce, C. H. and T. A. Black. 2001. Spatial and temporal patterns in erosion from forest roads. Influence of Urban and Forest Land Uses on the Hydrologic-Geomorphic Responses of Watersheds. M.S. Wigmosta and S.J. Burges, Editors. American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C.:165-178. (661 kb)
 

Luce, C. H., B. E. Reiman, J. B. Dunham, J. L. Clayton, J. G. King, and T. A. Black. 2001. Incorporating aquatic ecology into decisions on prioritization of road decommissioning. Water Resources Impact 3(3): 8-14.  (225 kb)
 

Luce, C. H. and D. G. Tarboton. 2001. A modified force-restore approach to modeling snow-surface heat fluxes. In Proceedings of the 69th Annual Meeting of the Western Snow Conference, Sun Valley, ID, April 13-17, 2001. pp. 103-114. (570 kb)

 

Luce, C. H. and D. G. Tarboton. 2001. Modeling snowmelt over an area: Modeling subgrid scale heterogeneity in distributed model elements. Proceedings of MODSIM 2001, International Congress on Modeling and Simulation, Canberra, Australia, December 10-13:341-346. (365 kb)

Luce, C. H. and B. Wemple. 2001. Introduction to the Special Issue on Hydrologic and Geomorphic Effects of Forest Roads. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 26(2): 111-113.  (99 kb)

 

Prasad, R., D. G. Tarboton, G. E. Liston, C. H. Luce, and M. S. Seyfried. 2001. Testing a blowing snow model against distributed snow measurements at Upper Sheep Creek, Idaho, United States of America. Water Resources Research 37(5):1341-1350. (6062 kb)

1999

Black, T. A. and C. H. Luce. 1999. Changes in erosion from gravel surfaced forest roads through time. Sessions, J. and W. Chung, eds. Proceedings of the International Mountain Logging and 10th Pacific Northwest Skyline Symposium; 1999 March 28- April 1, Corvallis, OR; Corvallis, Oregon. Oregon State University and International Union of Forestry Research Organizations: 204-218.

Elliot, W. J., R. B. Foltz, and C. H. Luce. 1999. Modeling low-volume road erosion. Transportation Research Record: 1652:244-249.

Luce, C. H.
and T. A. Black. 1999. Sediment production from forest roads in western Oregon. Water Resources Research 35(8): 2561-2570.  (1.00 mb)

 

Luce, C. H., D. G. Tarboton, and K. R. Cooley. 1999. Subgrid parameterization of snow distribution for an energy balance snow cover model. Hydrological Processes 13:1921-1933.  (349 kb)

 

Tysdal, L. M., W. J. Elliot, C. H. Luce, and T. A. Black. 1999. Modeling erosion from insloping low-volume roads with WEPP Watershed Model. Transportation Research Record 1652:250-256.

1998

Luce, C. H.
, D. G. Tarboton, and K. R. Cooley. 1998. The influence of the spatial distribution of snow on basin-averaged snowmelt. Hydrological Processes 12(10-11):1671-1683.  (414 kb)

1997

 

Luce, C. H. 1997. Effectiveness of road ripping in restoring infiltration capacity of forest roads. Restoration Ecology 5(3):265-270. (267 kb)

1996

 

Tarboton, D. G. and C. H. Luce. 1996. Utah energy balance snow accumulation and melt model (UEB), computer model technical description and users guide, Utah Water Research Laboratory and USDA Forest Service Intermountain Research Station. (3.30 mb)

For more information on the above paper, please visit David Tarboton's web page.

1995

Luce, C. H.
1995. Forests and wetlands. Chapter 8 in Environmental Hydrology. A. D. Ward and W. J. Elliot, editors. CRC Press. Boca Raton, Florida.

 

Luce, C. H., E. Kluzek, and G. E. Bingham. 1995. Development of a high resolution data set for the Northern Rockies. Proceedings of the Interior West Global Change Workshop, R. W. Tinus, editor. USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, General Technical Report RM-GTR-262. Fort Collins, Colorado. pp. 106-111.

 

1994

Luce, C. H.
and T. W. Cundy. 1994. Parameter identification for a runoff model for forest roads. Water Resources Research 30(4):1057-1069. (1274 kb)

1993

Luce, C. H.
and G. A. Bradley. 1993. An evaluation of the Washington State Environmental Policy Act. Environmental Impact Assessment Review. 13:1-8. (322 kb)

1992

Burroughs, E. R. Jr., C. H. Luce, and F. Phillips. 1992. Estimating interrill erodibility for forest soils. Transactions ASAE 35(5):1489-1495.

Luce, C. H. and T. W. Cundy. 1992. Modification of the kinematic wave - Philip infiltration overland flow model. Water Resources Research 28(4):1179-1186.  (446 kb)

 

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