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_____ JOHN C. TRACY

Executive Director, Watershed Environmental Sustainability Center

EDUCATION:

Ph.D., Engineering, University of California at Davis
M.S., Civil Engineering, University of California at Davis
B.S., Civil Engineering, Colorado State University

PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS:

Dr. Tracy's research and experience are focused on stochastic and deterministic simulation of environmental systems; optimal design and control of water quality and use; and, development of environmental decision support systems.

RESEARCH AREAS:

Hydrology of the Unsaturated Zone; Contaminant Transport; Hydrogeological Controls on Availability and Quality of Ground Water; Global Environmental Hydrology; Integrated Watershed System

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

Tracy, J.C. and M.A. Mario, 1989.
Movement of solutes in a root-soil environment, J. Irrig. and Drain. Eng., ASCE, 115(4):608-625.
Tracy, J.C. and M.A. Mario, 1991.
Identification of an Aquifer's Well Pumpage Histories, J. Water Resources Planning and Management Div., ASCE,117(4):432-447.
Shimp, J.F., J.C. Tracy, L.C. Davis, E. Lee, W. Huang, L.E. Erickson and J.L. Schnoor, 1993.
Beneficial effects of plants in the remediation of contaminated soil and ground water, CRC, Critical Reviews in Environmental Control, 23(1):41-77.
Mario, M.A., J.C. Tracy and A. Taghavi, 1993.
Forecasting of reference crop evapotranspiration,Agricultural Water Management, 24:163-187.
Havenner, A.M. and J.C. Tracy, 1993.
Flooding on the Eel River: System theoretic time series, transfer function time series, and structural model forecasts, Natural Resource Modeling, 6(2):171-190.
 

Hydrologic Sciences Division
Desert Research Institute
2215 Raggio Parkway
Reno, NV 89512
(775) 673-7385
Email: John.Tracy@dri.edu

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