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Jan Boll is affiliated with Washington State University in the United States and conducts research primarily within the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work focuses significantly on subfields such as Water Science and Technology, Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Geochemistry and Petrology, and Ocean Engineering.

The main research topics covered by Jan Boll include hydrology and watershed management studies, groundwater and isotope geochemistry, water resources management and optimization, water-energy-food nexus studies, soil erosion and sediment transport, plant water relations and carbon dynamics, and land use and ecosystem services.

Jan Boll has contributed extensively to scientific literature, with recent publications spanning several journals and years. Notable papers include:

  • "Adaptation of water resources management under climate change," 2022, Frontiers in Water
  • "Quantifying heterogeneity in ecohydrological partitioning in urban green spaces through the integration of empirical and modelling approaches," 2023, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
  • "Identification of Priority Areas for Integrated Management of Semiarid Watersheds in the Ecuadorian Andes," 2020, JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association
  • "Evaluating the effects of timber harvest on hydrologically sensitive areas and hydrologic response," 2020, Journal of Hydrology
  • "Tracer-aided ecohydrological modelling across climate, land cover, and topographical gradients in the tropics," 2023, Hydrological Processes

Frequent publication venues for Jan Boll include:

  • Hydrological Processes
  • Journal of Hydrology
  • Water
  • Frontiers in Water
  • Ecology and Society

Jan Boll commonly collaborates with several co-authors, reflecting interdisciplinary and collaborative work. These frequent collaborators include:

  • Christian Birkel
  • Doerthe Tetzlaff
  • Chris Soulsby
  • Ricardo Sánchez-Murillo
  • Marco Maneta

Best Publications

  • Hydrologically sensitive areas: Variable source area hydrology implications for water quality risk assessment

    M. T. Walter;M. F. Walter;E. S. Brooks;T. S. Steenhuis

  • Process-based snowmelt modeling: does it require more input data than temperature-index modeling?

    M. Todd Walter;Erin S. Brooks;Donald K. McCool;Larry G. King

  • Fiberglass wicks for sampling of water and solutes in the vadose zone

    J. Boll;T. S. Steenhuis;J. S. Selker

  • Application of two hydrologic models with different runoff mechanisms to a hillslope dominated watershed in the northeastern US: a comparison of HSPF and SMR

    Mark S Johnson;William F Coon;Vishal K Mehta;Tammo S Steenhuis

  • Spatially and temporally distributed modeling of landslide susceptibility

    Pece V. Gorsevski;Paul E. Gessler;Jan Boll;William J. Elliot

  • A Simple Equation for Predicting Preferential Flow Solute Concentrations

    Tammo S. Steenhuis;Jan Boll;Gil Shalit;John S. Selker

  • Spatial Estimation of Soil Erosion Risk by Land‐cover Change in the Andes OF Southern Ecuador

    Pablo Ochoa-Cueva;Andreas Fries;Andreas Fries;Pilar Montesinos;Juan A. Rodríguez-Díaz

  • A hillslope‐scale experiment to measure lateral saturated hydraulic conductivity

    Erin S. Brooks;Jan Boll;Paul A. McDaniel

  • Comparison of Ground Penetrating Radar and Time-Domain Reflectometry as Soil Water Sensors

    Kirk W. Weiler;Tammo S. Steenhuis;Jan Boll;K.-J. Samuel Kung

  • Key drivers controlling stable isotope variations in daily precipitation of Costa Rica: Caribbean Sea versus Eastern Pacific Ocean moisture sources

    Ricardo Sánchez-Murillo;C. Birkel;C. Birkel;Kristen Welsh;Kristen Welsh;G. Esquivel-Hernández

  • Funneled flow mechanisms in a sloping layered soil : Laboratory investigation

    M. T. Walter;J.-S. Kim;T. S. Steenhuis;J.-Y. Parlange

  • Linking fragipans, perched water tables, and catchment-scale hydrological processes

    P.A. McDaniel;M.P. Regan;E. Brooks;J. Boll

  • Sustainable Water Resource Management and Participatory System Dynamics. Case Study: Developing the Palouse Basin Participatory Model

    Allyson Beall;Fritz Fiedler;Jan Boll;Barbara Cosens

  • Evaluation of attachment of Cryptosporidium parvum and Giardia lamblia to soil particles.

    Xin Dai;Jan Boll

  • Development and testing of a physically based, three-dimensional model of surface and subsurface hydrology

    Marco Bittelli;Fausto Tomei;Alberto Pistocchi;Markus Flury

  • Simple Estimation of Prevalence of Hortonian Flow in New York City Watersheds

    M. Todd Walter;Vishal K. Mehta;Alexis M. Marrone;Jan Boll

  • Concentrated flow erodibility for physically based erosion models: Temporal variability in disturbed and undisturbed rangelands

    Osama Z. Al-Hamdan;Osama Z. Al-Hamdan;Frederick B. Pierson;Mark A. Nearing;C. Jason Williams

  • Determinants of the adoption of conservation practices by farmers in the Northwest Wheat and Range Region

    N.S.P. Tosakana;L.W. Van Tassell;J.D. Wulfhorst;J. Boll

  • Deciphering key processes controlling rainfall isotopic variability during extreme tropical cyclones

    Ricardo Sánchez-Murillo;Ana M. Durán-Quesada;Germain Esquivel-Hernández;Daniela Rojas-Cantillano

  • USING GROUND-PENETRATING RADAR TO DETECT LAYERS IN A SANDY FIELD SOIL

    J. Boll;R.P.G. van Rijn;K.W. Weiler;J.A. Ewen

  • Evaluation of soluble phosphorus loading from manure-applied fields under various spreading strategies

    M.T. Walter;E.S. Brooks;M.F. Walter;T.S. Steenhuis

Frequent Co-Authors

Tammo S. Steenhuis
Tammo S. Steenhuis Cornell University
Christian Birkel
Christian Birkel University of Costa Rica
Frederick B. Pierson
Frederick B. Pierson Agricultural Research Service
Mark A. Nearing
Mark A. Nearing Agricultural Research Service
Mark A. Weltz
Mark A. Weltz US Department of Agriculture
Peter R. Robichaud
Peter R. Robichaud United States Department of Agriculture
John S. Selker
John S. Selker Oregon State University
William J. Elliot
William J. Elliot US Forest Service
Zachary M. Easton
Zachary M. Easton Virginia Tech
Olivier Roupsard
Olivier Roupsard Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement

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