Browsing Auburn University Graduate School by Author "O'Donnell, Frances"

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Advancing Water Cycle Prediction and Projections: An Investigation of the Effects of Model Resolution, Meteorological Forcing Uncertainty, and Land-Use Change Feedback

Maruf, Montasir (2025-05-07) ETD File Embargoed

Accurate predictions of water cycle components, including evapotranspiration, runoff, and soil moisture, are vital for sustainable water resource management, risk mitigation, and ecological preservation, particularly in ...

Air-Water Interface Flows in Pipe Emptying

Dlamini, Malusi (2020-07-15)

Pipe emptying is an important component of water supply operations. Pipes can be drained as a scheduled operation preceding maintenance, flushed for health reasons or they may empty as a result of an accidental break causing ...

Assessing the Impacts of Upland Land Cover on the Hydrology of Geographically Isolated Wetlands in the Southeastern Coastal Plain

Perkins, Kathryn (2025-12-09) ETD File Embargoed

The southeastern coastal plain has experienced increasing water scarcity due to drought, climate and land-use change, and increasing populations. Geographically isolated wetlands (GIWs), a frequent component of coastal ...

Combining Deep Learning with Physics-based Modeling for Improved Remote Sensing-based Evapotranspiration and Land Surface Temperature Estimates

Rashid, Taufiq (2025-12-11) ETD File Embargoed

Evapotranspiration (ET) and land surface temperature (LST) are critical variables for understanding land-atmosphere interactions and are widely used for climate monitoring, agriculture, disaster response, and urban planning. ...

Comparison of Vegetation Types for Prevention of Erosion and Shallow Slope Failure Along Roadways

Asima, Homayra (2022-08-03)

Shallow slope failures due to erosion are common occurrences along roadways in Alabama due to the prevalence of high intensity rainfall in the region. The use of vegetative covers is a reasonable solution to stabilize newly ...

Conceptual and Modeling Approaches to Investigate Coastal Road Vulnerability to High Water Tables and Flooding

de Oliveira Sousa, Bruno Jose (2025-08-08)

Low-lying coastal areas face increasing risks from elevated groundwater levels and surface flooding due to sea-level rise (SLR), extreme precipitation, and storm surges. The objective of this research is to develop and ...

Developing a Practical Tool for Integrating Green Infrastructure into Cost-Effective Stormwater Management Plans

Ellis, Jackson (2020-07-14)

Urban stormwater management today aims to manage both the quantity and quality of stormwater runoff. Best management practices (BMPs) such as detention basins have long been used to address runoff quantity objectives, and ...

Experimental Investigations on pressure pulses through different porous media

Nicolaico, Gianlucca (2023-08-16)

Fluid mechanics traditionally and significantly investigate transient flows, which find applications ranging from flows in pipelines to porous media flows linked to water extraction and hydrocarbons. However, the nature ...

Modeling hydrology and water quality in Moore's Mill Creek using the Storm Water Management Model (SWMM)

Bragg, Michael (2025-04-22)

Urban development has long been known to be disruptive of the hydrological cycle and surface water quality. The change from natural vegetation to impervious materials tends to result in larger quantities of stormwater ...

Modeling in Complex Large-Scale Topologies Applied to Urban Water Systems

Geller, Vitor (2025-08-05)

The increasing frequency of extreme rainfall events and the growing reliance on underground conveyance infrastructure have heightened the need for reliable simulation tools that can capture rapid pressurization and mixed‐flow ...

Numerical modeling of rapidly varying flow conditions in collection systems

Pachaly, Robson (2021-11-29)

The design, operation and maintenance of urban water infrastructure depends on the urban runoff flow characteristics. Many modeling tools are being applied for predicting the flow characteristics and their accuracy are ...

The role of intra-watershed processes in improving the understanding of physical processes, hydrologic trends, and restoration measures across the Mobile Bay watershed-AL

Haas, Henrique (2024-04-30)

The southeast United States (SE-US) stands out as a global hotspot of aquatic biodiversity, with the Alabama being a beacon within this rich ecosystem. The Mobile Bay-AL, an expansive estuarine system along the Gulf of ...

Streamflow Signature Analysis of Long-Term Effects of Urbanization on Hydrologic Alteration in the Southeastern United States

McDaniel, Reid (2018-12-19)

Urbanization in the southeastern United States has risen exponentially over the past few decades. This increase causes runoff to have a greater surface flow, a smaller interflow, and sometimes a reduced baseflow by changing ...

Understanding of Road-Bioretention Strip Design and Improvement from Hydraulic Perspective

Li, Xiaoning (2019-06-17)

This study is to understand and quantify the hydraulic and hydrological performance of road bioretention facilities as well as the basic problems in urban drainage and road bioretention design. An open-source two-dimensional ...

Wetland Accretion Rate Model for Ecosystem Resilience and its Application to Coastal Transportation Infrastructure Along Alabama State Route 180

Anderson, John Jr. (2024-04-24)

Fort Morgan Road (SR-180) on Alabama’s Gulf Coast is a vital coastal roadway impacted by severe storms, high groundwater table, and future sea-level rise (SLR). The area surrounding SR-180 supports a variety of ecological ...