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Overview

Randall J. Hunt is affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with notable contributions in environmental engineering, water science and technology, geochemistry and petrology, global and planetary change, and ocean engineering.

The scientist has a significant body of work centered around groundwater flow and contamination studies, hydrology and watershed management, groundwater and isotope geochemistry, reservoir engineering and simulation methods, NMR spectroscopy and applications, flood risk assessment and management, and fecal contamination and water quality.

Frequent collaborators in their publications include Daniel T. Feinstein, Michael N. Fienen, Jeremy T. White, Andrew T. Leaf, and Leslie L. Duncan.

Their notable recent papers include:

  • Approaches to highly parameterized inversion: PEST++ Version 5, a software suite for parameter estimation, uncertainty analysis, management optimization and sensitivity analysis, 2020, Techniques and methods
  • Modeling Water Quality in Watersheds: From Here to the Next Generation, 2020, Water Resources Research
  • Can Hydrological Models Benefit From Using Global Soil Moisture, Evapotranspiration, and Runoff Products as Calibration Targets?, 2023, Water Resources Research
  • Sources and Risk Factors for Nitrate and Microbial Contamination of Private Household Wells in the Fractured Dolomite Aquifer of Northeastern Wisconsin, 2021, Environmental Health Perspectives
  • Risk-Based Wellhead Protection Decision Support: A Repeatable Workflow Approach, 2021, Ground Water

The scientist's publication outlets reflect their research focus areas and include Ground Water, Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America, Scientific Investigations Report, Water Resources Research, and Environmental Modelling & Software.

Best Publications

  • Approaches to highly parameterized inversion-A guide to using PEST for groundwater-model calibration

    John E. Doherty;Randall J. Hunt

  • Integrated Groundwater Management

    Anthony J. Jakeman;Olivier Barreteau;Randall J. Hunt;Jean-Daniel Rinaudo

  • Identifying spatial variability of groundwater discharge in a wetland stream using a distributed temperature sensor

    Christopher S. Lowry;John F. Walker;Randall J. Hunt;Mary P. Anderson

  • Are Models Too Simple? Arguments for Increased Parameterization

    Randall J. Hunt;John Doherty;Matthew J. Tonkin

  • Vulnerability of Drinking-Water Wells in La Crosse, Wisconsin, to Enteric-Virus Contamination from Surface Water Contributions

    Mark A. Borchardt;Nathaniel L. Haas;Nathaniel L. Haas;Randall J. Hunt

  • Two statistics for evaluating parameter identifiability and error reduction

    John Doherty;Randall J. Hunt

  • Using groundwater temperature data to constrain parameter estimation in a groundwater flow model of a wetland system

    Hector R. Bravo;Feng Jiang;Randall J. Hunt

  • Australian groundwater modelling guidelines

    Brian Barnett;Lloyd Townley;Vincent Post;Ray Evans

  • SWB-A modified Thornthwaite-Mather Soil-Water-Balance code for estimating groundwater recharge

    S.M. Westenbroek;V.A. Kelson;W.R. Dripps;R.J. Hunt

  • Effects of climate and land management change on streamflow in the driftless area of Wisconsin

    Paul F. Juckem;Randall J. Hunt;Mary P. Anderson;Dale M. Robertson

  • Approaches to highly parameterized inversion: PEST++ Version 5, a software suite for parameter estimation, uncertainty analysis, management optimization and sensitivity analysis

    Jeremy T. White;Randall J. Hunt;Michael N. Fienen;John E. Doherty

  • Characterizing hydrology and the importance of ground-water discharge in natural and constructed wetlands.

    Randall J. Hunt;John F. Walker;David P. Krabbenhoft

  • Improving a Complex Finite-Difference Ground Water Flow Model Through the Use of an Analytic Element Screening Model

    Randall J. Hunt;Mary P. Anderson;Victor A. Kelson

  • Comparison of total mercury and methylmercury cycling at five sites using the small watershed approach

    James B. Shanley;M. Alisa Mast;Donald H. Campbell;George R. Aiken

  • Investigating surface water well interaction using stable isotope ratios of water

    Randall J. Hunt;Tyler B. Coplen;Nathaniel L. Haas;Nathaniel L. Haas;David A. Saad

  • Effective modeling for integrated water resource management: a guide to contextual practices by phases and steps and future opportunities

    Jennifer Badham;Sondoss Elsawah;Sondoss Elsawah;Joseph H.A. Guillaume;Joseph H.A. Guillaume;Serena H. Hamilton;Serena H. Hamilton

  • Approaches to Highly Parameterized Inversion: A Guide to Using PEST for Model-Parameter and Predictive-Uncertainty Analysis

    John E. Doherty;Randall J. Hunt;Matthew J. Tonkin

  • ESTIMATING EVAPOTRANSPIRATION IN NATURAL AND CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS

    R. Brandon Lott;Randall J. Hunt

  • Approaches to Highly Parameterized Inversion: Pilot-Point Theory, Guidelines, and Research Directions

    John E. Doherty;Michael N. Fienen;Randall J. Hunt

  • Simulating Ground Water‐Lake Interactions: Approaches and Insights

    Randall J. Hunt;Henk M. Haitjema;James T. Krohelski;Daniel T. Feinstein

  • Source and transport of human enteric viruses in deep municipal water supply wells.

    Kenneth R. Bradbury;Mark A. Borchardt;Madeline Gotkowitz;Susan K. Spencer

Frequent Co-Authors

Mary P. Anderson
Mary P. Anderson University of Wisconsin–Madison
Anthony J. Jakeman
Anthony J. Jakeman Australian National University
Thomas D. Bullen
Thomas D. Bullen United States Geological Survey
David Saad
David Saad Aston University
Lauren E. Hay
Lauren E. Hay United States Geological Survey
Norman E. Peters
Norman E. Peters United States Geological Survey
David W. Clow
David W. Clow United States Geological Survey
David P. Krabbenhoft
David P. Krabbenhoft United States Geological Survey
James B. Shanley
James B. Shanley United States Geological Survey
Chunmiao Zheng
Chunmiao Zheng Southern University of Science and Technology

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