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Brian L. McGlynn

Brian L. McGlynn

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Earth Science

D-Index
55
Citations
11598
World Ranking
2551
National Ranking
1065

Overview

Brian L. McGlynn is affiliated with Duke University in the United States and conducts research primarily within the field of Environmental Science. Their work spans various subfields including Water Science and Technology, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Civil and Structural Engineering, and Environmental Engineering.

Their research topics emphasize Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Soil and Unsaturated Flow, Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing, Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation, Mining and Resource Management, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, and Flood Risk Assessment and Management.

Brian L. McGlynn has contributed to multiple peer-reviewed papers, notably:

  • Soil Moisture Responses to Rainfall: Implications for Runoff Generation (2021, Water Resources Research)
  • Mountaintop mining legacies constrain ecological, hydrological and biogeochemical recovery trajectories (2021, Environmental Research Letters)
  • The Maimai M8 experimental catchment database: Forty years of process-based research on steep, wet hillslopes (2021, Hydrological Processes)
  • Breaking the Window of Detection: Using Multi-Scale Solute Tracer Studies to Assess Mass Recovery at the Detection Limit (2023, Water Resources Research)
  • Landscape Position Influences Microbial Composition and Function via Redistribution of Soil Water across a Watershed (2020, UNC Libraries)

Coauthor collaborations include researchers frequently working with Brian L. McGlynn such as:

  • R. E. Emanuel
  • Nitin K. Singh
  • Chelcy Ford Miniat
  • Matthew Ross
  • F. Nippgen

Their publications are commonly found in respected venues including:

  • Water Resources Research
  • Environmental Research Letters
  • Hydrological Processes
  • UNC Libraries

Best Publications

  • The role of topography on catchment-scale water residence time

    K.J. McGuire;K.J. McGuire;Jeffery J. McDonnell;M. Weiler;C. Kendall

  • The future of hydrology: an evolving science for a changing world.

    Thorsten Wagener;Murugesu Sivapalan;Murugesu Sivapalan;Peter A. Troch;Brian L. McGlynn

  • Hydrologic connectivity between landscapes and streams: Transferring reach- and plot-scale understanding to the catchment scale

    Kelsey G. Jencso;Brian L. McGlynn;Michael N. Gooseff;Steven M. Wondzell

  • A new triangular multiple flow direction algorithm for computing upslope areas from gridded digital elevation models

    Jan Seibert;Brian L. McGlynn

  • Quantifying the relative contributions of riparian and hillslope zones to catchment runoff

    Brian L. McGlynn;Jeffrey J. McDonnell

  • The river as a chemostat: fresh perspectives on dissolved organic matter flowing down the river continuum

    Irena F. Creed;Diane M. McKnight;Brian A. Pellerin;Mark B. Green

  • Hierarchical controls on runoff generation: Topographically driven hydrologic connectivity, geology, and vegetation

    Kelsey G. Jencso;Brian L. McGlynn

  • Role of discrete landscape units in controlling catchment dissolved organic carbon dynamics

    Brian L. McGlynn;Jeffrey J. McDonnell

  • A review of the evolving perceptual model of hillslope flowpaths at the Maimai catchments, New Zealand

    Brian L McGlynn;Brian L McGlynn;Jeffrey J McDonnel;Dean D Brammer

  • Scale effects on headwater catchment runoff timing, flow sources, and groundwater‐streamflow relations

    Brian L. McGlynn;Jeffrey J. McDonnell;Jan Seibert;Carol Kendall

  • How does rainfall become runoff? A combined tracer and runoff transfer function approach

    Markus Weiler;Markus Weiler;Brian L. McGlynn;Kevin J. McGuire;Jeffrey J. McDonnell

  • Channel water balance and exchange with subsurface flow along a mountain headwater stream in Montana, United States

    R. A. Payn;R. A. Payn;M. N. Gooseff;B. L. McGlynn;K. E. Bencala

  • Hillslope hydrologic connectivity controls riparian groundwater turnover: Implications of catchment structure for riparian buffering and stream water sources

    Kelsey G. Jencso;Brian L. McGlynn;Michael N. Gooseff;Kenneth E. Bencala

  • Distributed assessment of contributing area and riparian buffering along stream networks

    Brian L. McGlynn;Jan Seibert

  • On the relationships between catchment scale and streamwater mean residence time

    Brian McGlynn;Jeff McDonnell;Mike Stewart;Jan Seibert

  • Investigating controls on the thermal sensitivity of Pennsylvania streams

    C. Kelleher;T. Wagener;M. Gooseff;B. McGlynn

  • Diurnal hysteresis between soil CO2 and soil temperature is controlled by soil water content

    Diego A. Riveros-Iregui;Ryan E. Emanuel;Ryan E. Emanuel;Daniel J. Muth;Brian L. McGlynn

  • Riparian zone flowpath dynamics during snowmelt in a small headwater catchment

    B.L. McGlynn;Jeffery J. McDonnell;J.B. Shanley;C. Kendall

  • Tracer Additions for Spiraling Curve Characterization (TASCC): Quantifying stream nutrient uptake kinetics from ambient to saturation

    Timothy P. Covino;Brian L. McGlynn;Rebecca A. McNamara

  • Stream gains and losses across a mountain-to-valley transition: Impacts on watershed hydrology and stream water chemistry

    Timothy P. Covino;Brian L. McGlynn

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael N. Gooseff
Michael N. Gooseff University of Colorado Boulder
Thorsten Wagener
Thorsten Wagener University of Potsdam
Steven M. Wondzell
Steven M. Wondzell US Forest Service
Kevin J. McGuire
Kevin J. McGuire Virginia Tech
Kenneth E. Bencala
Kenneth E. Bencala United States Geological Survey
Jeffrey J. McDonnell
Jeffrey J. McDonnell University of Saskatchewan
Howard E. Epstein
Howard E. Epstein University of Virginia
Emily S. Bernhardt
Emily S. Bernhardt Duke University
Markus Weiler
Markus Weiler University of Freiburg
Jan Seibert
Jan Seibert University of Zurich

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