Dr. Gayle Dana

Title: Associate Research Professor
Affiliation: Division of Hydrologic Sciences
Location: DRI Reno
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Phone: 775.674.7538

Professional Interests

Dr. Dana’s expertise is in surface water hydrology and energy balance of desert, seasonally snow-covered, and polar regions. Present research projects include 1) nutrient and sediment source assessment for TMDL development in the Lake Tahoe and Truckee River Watersheds; (2) hydrochemical modeling in a Lake Tahoe watershed (3) effects of fire on nutrient dynamics in forested watersheds, (4) evaporation from lakes and reservoirs in support of the Truckee River Operating Agreement, and (5) spatially distributed energy balance modeling for climate change detection in Antarctica. Dr. Dana is the Science Advisor to the Truckee River TMDL and Watershed Council, and is a collaborator with the McMurdo Dry Valleys Long Term Ecological Research project.

Research Areas

• Climate Change Effects on Hydrological Systems
• Ecosystem Energy Flux Modeling
• Limnology
• Remote Sensing
• Snow and Glacier Hydrology