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Citations
4885
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7582
National Ranking
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Research.com Recognitions

  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Frederick D. Day-Lewis is affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their research spans several fields related to environmental science, earth sciences, and engineering, with a focus on groundwater, geophysical methods, and hydrology.

The main fields of study in which they have published include Environmental Science (38 publications), Earth and Planetary Sciences (29 publications), and Engineering (21 publications). Their work also extends into subfields such as Environmental Engineering (22 publications), Geophysics (18 publications), Ocean Engineering (14 publications), Water Science and Technology (8 publications), and Geochemistry and Petrology (7 publications).

Research topics commonly addressed in their work cover Groundwater flow and contamination studies (30 publications), Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods (26 publications), Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (16 publications), Geophysical Methods and Applications (14 publications), Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry (10 publications), Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis (8 publications), and Seismic Waves and Analysis (8 publications).

Frederick D. Day-Lewis has published extensively in various venues. Frequent publication outlets include Ground Water (12 publications), Water Resources Research (4 publications), Environmental Processes (3 publications), Frontiers in Water (2 publications), and the Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental Problems 2021 (2 publications).

Their recent papers include: Formation Criteria for Hyporheic Anoxic Microzones: Assessing Interactions of Hydraulics, Nutrients, and Biofilms (2020, Water Resources Research), Experimental shifts of hydrologic residence time in a sandy urban stream sediment-water interface alter nitrate removal and nitrous oxide fluxes (2020, Biogeochemistry), Application of Recursive Estimation to Heat Tracing for Groundwater/Surface-Water Exchange (2022, Water Resources Research), Reframing groundwater hydrology as a data-driven science (2022, Ground Water), and Post-remediation geophysical assessment: Investigating long-term electrical geophysical signatures resulting from bioremediation at a chlorinated solvent contaminated site (2021, Journal of Environmental Management).

Collaborative efforts feature frequent co-authors such as Martin A. Briggs, John W. Lane, Kamini Singha, Allen M. Shapiro, and Lee Slater, each contributing significantly through multiple joint publications.

The scientist has also contributed to book publications, notably with Electrical Imaging for Hydrogeology released in 2023 under The Groundwater Project eBooks, which has been cited 11 times.

Frederick D. Day-Lewis has been recognized as a Fellow of the Geological Society of America. This honor reflects their standing within the scientific community in geological and environmental research.

Best Publications

  • Advancing process‐based watershed hydrological research using near‐surface geophysics: A vision for, and review of, electrical and magnetic geophysical methods

    D. A. Robinson;A. Binley;N. Crook;F. D. Day-Lewis

  • Applying petrophysical models to radar travel time and electrical resistivity tomograms: Resolution‐dependent limitations

    Frederick D. Day-Lewis;Frederick D. Day-Lewis;Kamini Singha;Kamini Singha;Andrew M. Binley

  • Time-lapse imaging of saline-tracer transport in fractured rock using difference-attenuation radar tomography

    Frederick D. Day-Lewis;Frederick D. Day-Lewis;John W. Lane;Jerry M. Harris;Steven M. Gorelick

  • Improved hydrogeophysical characterization and monitoring through parallel modeling and inversion of time-domain resistivity andinduced-polarization data

    Timothy C. Johnson;Roelof J. Versteeg;Andy Ward;Frederick D. Day-Lewis

  • Advances in interpretation of subsurface processes with time-lapse electrical imaging

    Kamini Singha;Frederick D. Day-Lewis;Timothy C. Johnson;Lee D. Slater

  • A physical explanation for the development of redox microzones in hyporheic flow

    Martin A. Briggs;Frederick D. Day‐Lewis;Jay P. Zarnetske;Judson W. Harvey

  • Use of electrical imaging and distributed temperature sensing methods to characterize surface water-groundwater exchange regulating uranium transport at the Hanford 300 Area, Washington

    Lee D. Slater;Dimitrios Ntarlagiannis;Frederick D. Day-Lewis;Kisa Edson Mwakanyamale

  • Continuous resistivity profiling to delineate submarine groundwater discharge - Examples and limitations

    F. D. Day-Lewis;E. A. White;C. D. Johnson;J. W. Lane

  • Origin and Extent of Fresh Paleowaters on the Atlantic Continental Shelf, USA

    Denis Cohen;Mark Person;Peng Wang;Carl W. Gable

  • Investigation of aquifer-estuary interaction using wavelet analysis of fiber-optic temperature data

    R.D. Henderson;R.D. Henderson;Frederick D. Day-Lewis;Charles F. Harvey

  • Time‐lapse inversion of crosswell radar data

    Frederick D. Day-Lewis;Jerry M. Harris;Steven M. Gorelick

  • Monitoring groundwater‐surface water interaction using time‐series and time‐frequency analysis of transient three‐dimensional electrical resistivity changes

    Timothy C. Johnson;Lee D. Slater;Dimitris Ntarlagiannis;Frederick D. Day-Lewis

  • Assessing the resolution-dependent utility of tomograms for geostatistics

    F. D. Day-Lewis;F. D. Day-Lewis;J. W. Lane

  • Marine electrical resistivity imaging of submarine groundwater discharge: sensitivity analysis and application in Waquoit Bay, Massachusetts, USA

    Rory D. Henderson;Rory D. Henderson;Frederick D. Day-Lewis;Elena Abarca;Charles F. Harvey

  • Identifying fracture‐zone geometry using simulated annealing and hydraulic‐connection data

    Frederick D. Day-Lewis;Paul A. Hsieh;Steven M. Gorelick

  • An overview of geophysical technologies appropriate for characterization and monitoring at fractured-rock sites

    Frederick D. Day-Lewis;Lee D. Slater;Judy Robinson;Carole D. Johnson

  • Combined interpretation of radar, hydraulic, and tracer data from a fractured-rock aquifer near Mirror Lake, New Hampshire, USA

    Frederick D. Day-Lewis;John W. Lane;Steven M. Gorelick

  • Geoelectrical evidence of bicontinuum transport in groundwater

    K. Singha;Frederick D. Day-Lewis;John W. Lane

  • New permafrost is forming around shrinking Arctic lakes, but will it last?

    Martin A. Briggs;Michelle Ann Walvoord;Jeffrey M. McKenzie;Clifford I. Voss

  • Understanding water column and streambed thermal refugia for endangered mussels in the Delaware River.

    Martin A. Briggs;Emily B. Voytek;Frederick D. Day-Lewis;Donald O. Rosenberry

Frequent Co-Authors

Kamini Singha
Kamini Singha Colorado School of Mines
Martin A. Briggs
Martin A. Briggs United States Geological Survey
Lee Slater
Lee Slater Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Andrew Binley
Andrew Binley Lancaster University
Roy Haggerty
Roy Haggerty Oregon State University
Judson W. Harvey
Judson W. Harvey United States Geological Survey
Allen M. Shapiro
Allen M. Shapiro United States Geological Survey
Beth L. Parker
Beth L. Parker University of Guelph
Michelle Ann Walvoord
Michelle Ann Walvoord United States Geological Survey

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