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George M. Hornberger

George M. Hornberger

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Earth Science

D-Index
75
Citations
23758
World Ranking
699
National Ranking
337

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1996 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For the development of subsurface hydrogeochemical models and their application to environmental remediation.
  • 1994 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

George M. Hornberger is affiliated with Vanderbilt University in the United States and specializes in Environmental Science and Engineering. They have a significant body of work in water resources and related interdisciplinary topics, contributing to academic understanding and application in these fields.

Hornberger's principal research areas include Water Resources Management and Optimization, Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies, Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Hydrology and Drought Analysis, Flood Risk Assessment and Management, Water Systems and Optimization, and Energy and Environment Impacts.

Their recent publications demonstrate a focus on urban water systems, hydropower, and resource management. Notable papers include:

  • "Assessing food-energy-water resources management strategies at city scale: An agent-based modeling approach for Cape Town, South Africa," 2021, Resources Conservation and Recycling
  • "Assessing sustainability through the Institutional Grammar of urban water systems," 2021, Policy Studies Journal
  • "Deriving Reservoir Cascade Operation Rules for Variable Streamflows by Optimizing Hydropower Generation and Irrigation Water Delivery," 2021, Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management
  • "Institutional Dynamics Impact the Response of Urban Socio-Hydrologic Systems to Supply Challenges," 2024, Water Resources Research
  • "The importance of climate and anthropogenic influence in precipitation partitioning in the contiguous United States," 2024, Journal of Hydrology

Frequent collaborators in Hornberger's work include Margaret Garcia, Sara Alonso Vicario, John M. Anderies, Maurizio Mazzoleni, and Ke Jack Ding. This network indicates a collaborative approach spanning multiple aspects of environmental and water systems research.

Hornberger has published multiple times in journals such as HydroShare Resources, Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, and Journal of Hydrology. Their contributions in these venues highlight a consistent engagement with research on water science and technology as well as environmental engineering.

  • HydroShare Resources
  • Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management
  • Journal of Hydrology
  • Resources Conservation and Recycling
  • Water Resources Research

Their specialized subfields include Water Science and Technology, Ocean Engineering, Global and Planetary Change, Civil and Structural Engineering, and Pollution, reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of their scientific inquiries.

Recognitions awarded to George M. Hornberger include Fellowships from the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2020), the American Geophysical Union (1994), and the Geological Society of America. Hornberger is also a Member of the National Academy of Engineering since 1996, noted for contributions towards subsurface hydrogeochemical models and their application to environmental remediation.

Best Publications

  • Empirical equations for some soil hydraulic properties

    Roger B. Clapp;George M. Hornberger

  • A Statistical Exploration of the Relationships of Soil Moisture Characteristics to the Physical Properties of Soils

    B. J. Cosby;G. M. Hornberger;R. B. Clapp;T. R. Ginn

  • How much complexity is warranted in a rainfall-runoff model?

    A. J. Jakeman;G. M. Hornberger

  • Modeling the Effects of Acid Deposition: Assessment of a Lumped Parameter Model of Soil Water and Streamwater Chemistry

    B. J. Cosby;G. M. Hornberger;J. N. Galloway;R. F. Wright

  • AN APPROACH TO THE PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS

    G.M. Hornberger;R.C. Spear

  • Hydrological controls on dissolved organic carbon during snowmelt in the Snake River near Montezuma, Colorado

    G. M. Hornberger;K. E. Bencala;D. M. McKnight

  • Aggregating Fine-Scale Ecological Knowledge to Model Coarser-Scale Attributes of Ecosystems

    Edward B. Rastetter;Anthony W. King;Bernard J. Cosby;George M. Hornberger

  • Response characteristics of DOC flushing in an alpine catchment

    Elizabeth W. Boyer;Elizabeth W. Boyer;George M. Hornberger;Kenneth E. Bencala;Diane M. McKnight

  • Physical and chemical factors influencing transport of microorganisms through porous media.

    D E Fontes;A L Mills;G M Hornberger;J S Herman

  • Modeling the Effects of Acid Deposition: Estimation of Long‐Term Water Quality Responses in a Small Forested Catchment

    B. J. Cosby;R. F. Wright;G. M. Hornberger;J. N. Galloway

  • Elements of physical hydrology

    George M. Hornberger;Patricia L Wiberg;Jeffrey Peter Raffensperger;Paolo D'Odorico

  • On the Use of Linearized Langmuir Equations

    Carl H. Bolster;George M. Hornberger

  • Numerical methods in subsurface hydrology

    Irwin. Remson;George M. Hornberger;Fred J. Molz

  • Effects of Climate Change on Freshwater Ecosystems of the South-Eastern United States and the Gulf Coast of Mexico

    Patrick J. Mulholland;G. Ronnie Best;Charles C. Coutant;George M. Hornberger

  • Effect of solution ionic strength and iron coatings on mineral grains on the sorption of bacterial cells to quartz sand.

    Aaron L. Mills;Janet S. Herman;George M. Hornberger;Todd H. DeJesús

  • Bacterial transport in porous media: Evaluation of a model using laboratory observations

    George M. Hornberger;Aaron L. Mills;Janet S. Herman

  • Comparison of hydrochemical tracers to estimate source contributions to peak flow in a small, forested, headwater catchment

    Karen C. Rice;George M. Hornberger

  • Shenandoah Watershed Study: Calibration of a Topography-Based, Variable Contributing Area Hydrological Model to a Small Forested Catchment

    G. M. Hornberger;K. J. Beven;B. J. Cosby;D. E. Sappington

  • The influence of mineralogy and solution chemistry on the attachment of bacteria to representative aquifer materials

    Martha A. Scholl;Aaron L. Mills;Janet S. Herman;George M. Hornberger

  • Eutrophication in peel inlet—I. The problem-defining behavior and a mathematical model for the phosphorus scenario

    G.M. Hornberger

  • A mixing layer theory for flow resistance in shallow streams

    Gabriel Katul;Patricia Wiberg;John Albertson;John Albertson;George Hornberger

  • The Role of Colloidal Kaolinite in the Transport of Cesium through Laboratory Sand Columns

    James E. Saiers;George M. Hornberger

  • Time scales of catchment acidification. A quantitative model for estimating freshwater acidification

    Bernard J. Cosby;George M. Hornberger;James N. Galloway;Richard E. Wright

  • Isotope Tracers in Catchment Hydrology

    George M. Hornberger

Frequent Co-Authors

Aaron L. Mills
Aaron L. Mills University of Virginia
Bernard J. Cosby
Bernard J. Cosby University of Virginia
Janet S. Herman
Janet S. Herman University of Virginia
Patricia L. Wiberg
Patricia L. Wiberg University of Virginia
Richard F. Wright
Richard F. Wright Norwegian Institute for Water Research
James N. Galloway
James N. Galloway University of Virginia
James E. Saiers
James E. Saiers Yale University
Elizabeth W. Boyer
Elizabeth W. Boyer Pennsylvania State University
Keith Beven
Keith Beven Lancaster University
Diane M. McKnight
Diane M. McKnight University of Colorado Boulder

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