RINA SCHUMER

EDUCATION:

Ph.D., Hydrogeology, University of Nevada, Reno, 2002.
M.S., Applied Mathematics, University of Nevada, Reno, 2000.
M.S., Hydrogeology, University of Nevada, Reno, 1997.
B.S., Earth and Environmental Sciences, Wesleyan University, 1992.

ACADEMIC AFFILIATIONS:

Graduate Program of Hydrologic Sciences – University of Nevada Reno

PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS:

Dr. Schumer’s research interests involve stochastic representation of surface and subsurface environmental processes. She is specifically interested in mathematical modeling of processes requiring use of power-law or “heavy-tailed” probability distributions and has developed models for anomalous transport in porous and fractured media, recurrence of extreme events with power-law interarrivals, and estimation of deposition rates from incomplete stratigraphic records.

RESEARCH AREAS: Hydrogeology; Stochastic Processes; Extreme Value Theory; Transport Processes; Sediment Deposition; Statistical Hydrology

JOURNAL ARTICLES

Schumer, R.; Knust, A.; Boyle, D., 2009 (submitted).

Flash flood volume of ephemeral streams in the southwestern United States. Journal of Hydrology.

Schumer,R.; Meerschaert, M.; Baeumer, B., 2009.

Fractional advection-dispersion equations for modeling transport at the Earth surface. Journal of Geophysical Research. v.114. n.F00A07. doi:10.1029/2008JF001246.

Schumer, R.; Jerolmack, D., 2009.

Real and apparent changes in sediment deposition rates through time. Journal of Geophysical Research - Earth Surface. v.114. pp.F00A06. doi:10.1029/2009JF001266.

Benson, D.; Schumer, R.; Meerschaert, M.M., 2007.

Recurrence of extreme events with power law interarrival times. Geophysical Research Letters. v.34. n.L16404. 10.1029/2007GL030767.

Schumer, R.; Benson, D.A.; Meerschaert, M.M.; Baeumer, B., 2003.

Multiscaling fractional advection-dispersion equations and their solutions. Water Resources Research. v.39. n.1. pp.1022. 10.1029/2001WR001229.

Schumer, R.; Benson, D.A.; Meerschaert, M.M.; Baeumer, B., 2003.

Fractal mobile/immobile solute transport. Water Resources Research. v.39. n.10. pp.1296. 10.1029/2003WR002141.

Benson, D.A.; Schumer, R.; Wheatcraft, S.W.; Meerschaert, M.M., 2001.

Fractional dispersion, Levy motion, and the MADE tracer tests. Transport in Porous Media. v.42. n.1/2. pp.211-240.

Schumer, R.; Benson, D.A.; Meerschaert, M.M.; Wheatcraft, S.W., 2001.

Eulerian derivation of the fractional advection-dispersion equation. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology. v.48. pp.69-88.

CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS

Schumer,R.; Jerolmack, D.; Antinao-Rojas, J.-L., 2009.

Biasing of geologic rates from the stratigraphic filter. AGU Fall Meeting. San Francisco.

Schumer, Rina; Jerolmack, Douglas, 2009.

Real and apparent changes in sediment accumulation rates through time. European Geophysical Union Meeting. Vienna, Austria.

Boyle, Douglas; Schumer, Rina; Knust, Anna; Bassett, Scott, 2008.

Short duration volume-frequency relationships in arid/semi-arid watersheds. 2008 Annual Conference. Floodplain Management Association. San Diego, CA.

Schumer, Rina; Knust, Anna; Boyle, Douglas; Bassett, Scott, 2008.

Comparison of Statistical and Physically Based Modelling of Flash Floods in the Southwestern U.S. American Geophysical Union. 2008 Fall Meeting.

Barth C; Boyle D; Bastidas L; Schumer R, 2008.

Toward Improved Calibration of Hydrologic Models: Multioobjective Analysis of Streamflow and SWE Modeling Errors in Mountainous Regions. AGU Fall 2008 meeting. AGU. San Fransisco, CA.

Schumer, Rina; Knust, Anna; Boyle, Douglas, 2008.

Short duration volume-frequency relationships in arid/semi-arid watersheds. 2008 Annual Conference. Association of State Floodplain Managers. Reno, NV.

Schumer, R.,; Benson, D.; Meerschaert, M.M.; Boyle, D.P., 2007.

Recurrence of Extreme Events with Heavy Tailed Interarrivals. Spring American Geophysical Union Meeting. AGU. Mexico.

Makowski, Anna; Schumer, Rina; Boyle, Doug P., 2007.

Volume and frequency characteristics of ephemeral streams in the semi-arid U.S. 2007 Fall Meeting. American Geophysical Union. San Francisco, CA.

Meerschert, M. M.; Benson, D. A.; Zhang, Y.; Baeumer, B.; Schumer, R., 2007.

Stochastic model for mobile-immobile flow and transport. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs.