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Susan Rybarski
Associate Research Scientist, Hydrology

Publications
2023
Carroll, R. W., Rybarski, S. C., Hershey, R. L., Russell, C. E. (2023). Groundwater residence time within the Nevada Environmental Response Trust (NERT) site, Henderson, Nevada., Desert Research Institute Report, 41294, 1-148

Page, D. J., Rybarski, S. C., Hartshorn, E. J., Harsha, G. L., Feldman, A. D., Nikolich, G., Langston, A., Sion, B. (2023). Letter Report: YTC Degraded Visual Environments Prototype Hardware and Integration, 2. Report prepared for U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground under contract W9115121D0004

Rybarski, S. C. (2023). Revised Modeling Assessment of Pahrump Valley, Nevada: Final Report, Desert Research Institute Report, 41298

Nadler, C. A., Rybarski, S. C., Pham, H. (2023). Evaluation of stream capture related to groundwater pumping, Lower Humboldt River Basin, Nevada, U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2023-5110, 77 p. 10.3133/sir20235110

Langston, A., Rybarski, S. C., Page, D. J., Sion, B. (2023). Letter Report: YTC Degraded Visual Environment Modeling Software Development, 3. Report prepared for U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground under contract W9115121D0004

Rybarski, S. C., Sabol, D. E., Page, D. J., Minor, T. B., Lyles, B. F., Crews, J. B., McDonald, E. V., Sion, B. (2023). Object Detection Algorithms, Multispectral Imaging, and Environmental Characterization for Surface Target Acquisition, 38. Report prepared for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory under contract W913E520C0015

Page, D. J., Minor, T. B., Rybarski, S. C., Jasoni, R. L., Sabol, D. E., Sion, B. (2023). Environmental Conditions Controlling Spatial and Temporal Thermal Contrast of Buried and Above Ground Targets: Base Year Summary of Findings Report, 21. Report prepared for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory under contract W913E520C0015

Hershey, R. L., Lutz, A. D., Rybarski, S. C., Heyvaert, A. C., Cooper, C. A. (2023). Leviathan Mine Remedial Investigation Report, Suggested Re-Analysis Ideas for Groundwater Data, August 2023

2022
Rybarski, S. C., Hausner, M. B., Bergsohn, I. (2022). Alternative Plan for Tahoe Valley South Subbasin (6-005.01). First Five-Year Update, Volume I – Report, 536 pages

Rybarski, S. C., Hausner, M. B., Bergsohn, I. (2022). Alternative Plan for Tahoe Valley South Subbasin (6-005.01). First Five-Year Update, Volume II – Appendices, 319 pages

2021
Rybarski, S. C., Pham, H. V. (2021). Subsidence Assessment of Pahrump Valley, Nevada, 65 pp., Desert Research Institute Maki Project.

Hausner, M. B., Rybarski, S. C., Lyles, B. F., McDonald, E. V. (2021). Numerical modeling of heat and mass transfer around buried munitions, Contract W913E5-19-C-0007. Final Report to US Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Lab: [not for public release]

2020
Rybarski, S. C., Pham, H. V., Pohlmann, K. F. (2020). Revised Groundwater Modeling Assessment of Pahrump Valley, Nevada – Interim Report, 84 pp., Report prepared for the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management.

2019
Crews, J. B., Page, D. J., Rybarski, S. C., Hartshorn, E. J., Weir, W. B., Sabol, D. E., Lyles, B. F., Healey, J. M., Hausner, M. B., McDonald, E. V. (2019). Enhanced Soil Electromagnetic Parameter Acquisition Using the Open Hull Dual Aperture Measurement Network (OHDAMN), 58 pp., Report prepared for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory.

Crews, J. B., Page, D. J., Rybarski, S. C., McDonald, E. V. (2019). Soil Electromagnetic Parameter Acquisition Using the Open Hull Dual Aperture Measurement Network (OHDAMN), 9 pp., Report prepared for the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground.

Hausner, M. B., McDonald, E. V., Crews, J. B., Hartshorn, E. J., Minatre, K. L., Page, D. J., Rybarski, S. C., Sabol, D. E., Sion, B., Weir, W. B. (2019). Intra‐Site Soil Variability on the Yuma Proving Ground Countermine Site, 43 pp., Report prepared for the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground.

Rybarski, S. C., Carroll, R. W., Pohll, G. M., Hausner, M. B. (2019). Fate and Transport Modeling of the South Y PCE Groundwater Contamination Plume, Presented to South Tahoe Public Utility District: South Lake Tahoe, CA, June 28, 2019

2017
Thomas, J. M., Pohll, G. M., Chapman, J. B., Pohlmann, K. F., Parashar, R., Rybarski, S. C., Hershey, R. L., Fereday, W. H. (2017). Hydraulic fracturing in the upper Humboldt River basin, Nevada, USA. 15th Water-Rock Interaction International Symposium, WRI-15, Procedia Earth and Planetary Science, 17, 189-192, 10.1016/j.proeps.2016.12.065

2015
Pohll, G. M., Chapman, J. B., Pohlmann, K. F., Plume, R. W., Parashar, R., Rybarski, S. C., Hershey, R. L., Fereday, W. H., Reeves, D. M., Thomas, J. M., Albright, W. H. (2015). Interim Final Report, Hydraulic Fracturing in the Upper Humboldt River Basin, Aquifer Quality Assessment Program, Desert Research Institute Publication No. 41263

2014
Hershey, R. L., Rybarski, S. C., Thomas, J. M., Pohll, G. M. (2014). Water-Quality Data, Hydraulic Fracturing in the Upper Humboldt River Basin, Aquifer Quality Assessment Program, Report 2, Desert Research Institute Publication No. 41259

Conference Proceedings
2019
Pham, H. V., Rybarski, S. C., Pohlmann, K. F. (2019). Automatic Calibration and Sensitivity Analysis of Complex Groundwater Models: A Case Study for Pahrump Valley, Nevada. MODFLOW and More 2019: Groundwater Modeling and Beyond: Colorado School of Mines, Golden Colorado, June 2, 2019-June 5, 2019

Rybarski, S. C., Klenke, J., Pohlmann, K. F., Smith, D., Pham, H. V. (2019). Updated Modeling Assessment of Pahrump Valley, NV. Devils Hole Workshop: Furnace Vreek, California, May 1, 1999-May 3, 1999

2017
Rybarski, S. C., Pohll, G. M., Rajagopal, S., Pohlmann, K. F. (2017). Modeling Assessment of Pahrump Valley, NV. 2017 Devils Hole Workshop: May 3-5 2017, Beatty, Nevada

2016
Pohll, G. M., Schumer, R., Rybarski, S. C., Crews, J. B., Pearson, C. (2016). Assessment of Drought Resiliency in Rural Northern Nevada. Presented to Nevada Division of Emergency Management: Carson City, NV, April 25, 2016

Pohll, G. M., Chapman, J. B., Pohlmann, K. F., Plume, R., Parashar, R., Rybarski, S. C., Hershey, R. L., Fereday, W. H., Reeves, M., Thomas, J. M. (2016). Assessment of the Migration Potential of Hydraulic Fracturing Fluids in Northeastern Nevada. American Water Resources Association: Anchorage, AK, April 25, 2016-April 27, 2016