Contact Information
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Email: david.tarboton<at symbol>usu.edu Meet me: Outlook Calendar Video |
David Tarboton |
Research
Surface Water Hydrology, Hydrologic Modeling, Hydrologic Information Systems, Terrain Analysis in Hydrology, Stochastic Hydrology, and Snowmelt. My research crosses the disciplinary interface between hydrology and information technology. I focus on advancing the capability for hydrologic prediction by developing models that take advantage of new information and process understanding enabled by new technology. I strive to synthesize modeling and numerical analysis with field observations and hydrologic information systems and tailor software and computing systems to the needs of hydrologists. I lead the development of HydroShare (www.hydroshare.org), a hydrologic information system for sharing hydrologic data and models operated by the Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc. My group has developed and supports open source software packages implementing many of the research capabilities developed. This includes the Terrain Analysis using Digital Elevation Models (TauDEM) package for derivation of hydrologic information from digital elevation models, and the Utah Energy Balance snowmelt model. More information ...
Teaching
Physical Hydrology, Applying Geographic Information Systems for Terrain and Watershed Analysis in Hydrology, Engineering Hydrology, Stochastic Hydrology, Probability and Statistics for Engineers, and Hydrologic Modeling. My teaching and research connect in the development of online content in support of active learning in hydrology. More information ...
Publications
A listing of my papers with links to text where available.
Presentations
Slides from recent presentations.
Software
Web page with links to software that I have developed.
Qualifications
Sc.D., Civil Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1990, Advisor Rafael Bras.
M.S., Civil Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, May 1987, Advisor Rafael Bras.
Diploma in Datametrics, (Computer Science), University of South Africa, December 1984.
B.Sc Eng, Civil Engineering, University of Natal, Durban, South Africa, December 1981.
Registered Professional Engineer, State of Utah,
185065-2202, 1992 to present.
Fellow of the American Geophysical Union, Elected 2018
