ROSEMARY W.H. CARROLL

EDUCATION:

M.S., 1999, Hydrology, University of Nevada, Reno
B.S., 1989, Physics, Bates College, Lewiston, Maine

PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS:

Ms. Carroll's research focuses primarily on numeric simulation of hydrologic systems. Her thesis work provided an opportunity to model mercury transport and fate along the Carson River. To appropriately model this system, extensive modification was made to the codes describing hydraulics (RIVMOD) and water quality (WASP5, MERC4). Monte Carlo simulations were then conducted to examine uncertainty in parameter values as well as uncertainty in the model's ability to predict future system behavior. Subsequent research at DRI has focused on developing a coupled surface-subsurface model (EPIC-MODFLOW) to describe hydrologic response in semi-permanent and temporary wetlands to changing climatic conditions. She has since translated this model to STELLA© and continues to look at climatic effects and prairie pothole wetlands. Ms. Carroll has also helped developed a three-dimensional groundwater flow model for the Shoal Nuclear Test Site and then performed a Monte Carlo simulation to incorporate system heterogeneity and allow for model uncertainty in fracture position, fracture orientation, fracture hydraulic conductivity and applied recharge. Likewise, she has helped to link MT3DMS and a three-dimensional MODFLOW-96 hydrologic model of the Fernley region and later helped with logistics of setting up and running this model in Monte Carlo. Ms. Carroll was integral in developing the Walker River TDS model and worked extensively on the Walker River EIS. Most recently she has refined the USGS Death Valley regional groundwater flow model to look at impacts of potential groundwater withdrawals as well as helped with sub-basin water budgets to help redefine recharge estimates.

RESEARCH AREAS: Integrated Watershed System

JOURNAL ARTICLES

Carroll, Rosemary W.H.; Pohll, Greg M.; McGraw, David; Garner, Chris; Knust, Anna; Boyle, Doug; Minor, Tim; Bassett, Scott; Pohlmann, Karl, 2009 (submitted).

Mason Valley Groundwater Model: Linking Surface and Groundwater Processes in the Walker River Basin, Nevada. Journal of American Water Resources Association.

Johnson, Careter; Werner, Brett; Guntenspergen, Glenn R.; Voldseth, Richard A.; Millett, Bruce; Naugle, David E.; Tulbure, Mirela; Carroll, Rosemary W.H.; Tracy, John; Olawsky, Craig, 2009 (submitted).

Prairie Wetland Complexes as Landscape Functional Units in a Changing Climate. Bioscience.

Epstein, Brian; Pohll, Greg M.; Huntington, Justin; Carroll, Rosemary W.H., 2009 (submitted).

Development and Uncertainty Analysis of an Empirical Recharge Prediction Model for Nevada's Desert Basins. Nevada Water Resources Association.

Lundmark, K; Pohll, G; Carroll, R; Thomas, J, 2009 (submitted).

Regional Water Budget Uncertainty Analysis Using a Mass Balance Mixing-Cell Model: Eastern Nevada and Western Utah, USA. Journal of Hydrology.

Carroll, Rosemary W.H.; Pohll, Greg; Hershey, Ronald L., 2009 (in press).

An unconfined groundwater model of the Death Valley Regional flow system and a comparison to its confined predecessor. Journal of Hydrology.

Zhu, Julian; Pohlmann, Karl; Chapman, Jenny; Russell, Charles; Carroll, Rosemary; Shafer, David; , 2008 (submitted).

Advective Contaminant Travel Time Uncertainty: Significance of Porosity. Ground Water.

Carroll, R. W. H.; Pohll, G.; Earman, S.; Hershey, R. L., 2008.

A comparison of groundwater fluxes computed with MODFLOW and a mixing model using deuterium: application to the eastern Nevada Test Site and vicinity. Journal of Hydrology. v.361. n.3-4. pp.371-385. 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2008.08.005.

Warwick, John J.; Carroll, Rosemary W.H., 2008.

Evaluating the impacts of uncertainty in geomorphic channel changes on predicting mercury transport and fate in the Carson River system, Nevada. International Journal of Soil, Sediment and Water. v.1. n.1. pp.1-15.

Carroll, R.W.; Pohll, G.M.; Earman, S.; Hershey, R.L., 2007.

Global optimization of a deuterium calibrated, discrete-state compartment model (DSCM): Application to the eastern Nevada Test Site. Journal of Hydrology. v.345. n.3-4. pp.237-253.

Carroll, R.W.; Pohll, G.M.; Tracy, J.; Winter, T.; Smith, R., 2005.

Simulation of a semi-permanent wetland basin in the Cottonwood Lake study area, east-central North Dakota. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering. v.1. s.10. pp.70-84.

Carroll, R.W.; James, A.; Warwick, J.J.; Miller, J., 2004.

Modeling erosion and overbank deposition during extreme flood conditions on the Carson River, Nevada. Journal of Hydrology. s.297. pp.1-21.

CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS

Pohlmann, K. F.; Zhu, J.; Chapman, J. B.; Russell, C. E.; Carroll, R. W. H.; Shafer, D. S., 2008.

Contaminant Travel Times from the Nevada Test Site to Yucca Mountain: Sensitivity to Porosity. AGU 2008 Fall Meeting. San Francisco, California, U.S.A.

Zhu, J.; Pohlmann, K. F.; Chapman, J. B.; Russell, C. E.; Carroll, R. W. H.; Shafer, D. S., 2008.

Uncertainty and Sensitivity of Contaminant Travel Times from Nevada the Test Site to Yucca Mountain. 2008 Devils Hole Workshop. Death Valley, CA.

Carroll, Rosemary W.H.; Pohll, Greg; Pohlmann, Karl; Boyle, Doug; Garner, Chris; Knust, Anna; ; , 2008.

Preliminary Model of a Coupled Groundwater-Surface Water System, Mason Valley, Nevada. MODFLOW and More: Ground Water and Public Policy. International Ground Water Modeling Center. Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO USA.

Carroll, R W H; Pohll, G M; Earman, S; Hershey, R L, 2007.

A comparison of groundwater fluxes computed with MODFLOW and a stable isotope mixing model: Application to the eastern Nevada Test Site and vicinity. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. San Francisco.

Carroll, Rosemary W.H.; Thomas, James; Sharpe, Saxon, 2007.

Water rights purchases using the current Walker Lake Total Dissolved Solid (TDS) model. Truckee River Symposium Headwaters to Terminus and Western U.S. Terminal Lakes: Research Needs for Policy Decisions. NWRA. Reno, NV.

Sawyer, F.E.; Thomas, J.M.; Earman, S.; Carroll, R., 2007.

Coupled mixing-cell and mass balance flowpath models of the Whiter River Flow System, Nevada. National Ground Water Association 2007 Ground Water Summit. Albuquerque.

Warwick, John J.; Carroll, Rosemary W.H., 2007.

Evaluating the impacts of uncertainty in geomorphic channel changes on predicting mercury transport and fate in the Carson River system, Nevada. 23rd Annual International Conference on Soil, Sediment and Water. University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA.

Zhu, J.; Pohlmann, K.F.; Ye, M.; Shafer, D.S.; Carroll, R.W., 2006.

Groundwater pathways from regions upgradient of potential Yucca Mountain repository. American Nuclear Society. Las Vegas, Nevada.

Pohlmann, K.F.; Zhu, J.; Ye, M.; Carroll, R.W.; Chapman, J.B.; Russell, C.E.; Shafer, D.S., 2006.

Evaluation of Groundwater Pathways and Travel Times From the Nevada Test Site to the Potential Yucca Mountain Repository. AGU. San Francisco, CA.

Pohlmann, K.F.; Zhu, J.; Ye, M.; Chapman, J.B.; Russell, C.E.; Shafer, D.S.; Carroll, R.W., 2006.

Evaluation of Groundwater Pathways and Travel Times from the Nevada Test Site to the Potential Yucca Mountain Repository. American Geophysical Union. San Francisco, California.

Sawyer, F.E.; Thomas, J.M.; Earman, S.; Carroll, R.W., 2006.

Coupled mixing-cell and mass balance flow path models of the White River flow system, Nevada. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. San Francisco.

Lundmark, K.W.; Pohll, G.M.; Carroll, R.W.; Thomas, J.M., 2006.

Regional Water Budget Accounting and Uncertainty Analysis Using a Deuterium-Calibrated Discrete State Compartment Model: White Pine County, Nevada, and Adjacent Areas in Nevada and Utah. American Geophysical Union. San Francisco, CA.

Warwick, J.J.; Carroll, R.W., 2005.

Characterizing Uncertainty Associated with Mercury Transport and Fate in the Carson River System, Nevada. AWRA. Seattle, Washington.

Carroll, R.W.; Warwick, J.J.; James, A.I.; Miller, J.R., 2004.

Erosion and Overbank Deposition: Effects on Mercury Transport in the Carson River, Nevada. ASCE. Salt Lake City, Utah.

Fitzgibbon, T.; Green, A.C.; Lyons, W.B.; Warwick, J.J.; Hines, M.E.; Carroll, R.W.; James, A., 2004.

Influence of hyporheic zone dynamics on mercury geochemistry of the Carson River, Nevada. Geological Society of America. Denver, CO, USA.

Carroll, R.W.; Dana, G.L., 2003.

Temporal and spatial SWE predictions for hydrologic model input. Scottsdale, AZ.

Stockwell, W.R.; Dana, G.L.; Goliff, W.S.; Carroll, R.W.; Kim, D.; Freeman, D.L.; Shumyatsky, I., 2003.

Modeling the effect of mountainous terrain on stratospheric/tropospheric exchange, atmospheric chemistry, deposition, and water quality. Arlington, VA.

Carroll, R.W.; Dana, G.L., 2003.

Temporal and spatial SWE predictions for hydrologic model input. American Geophysical Union. San Francisco, CA.