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Vitaly A. Zlotnik is affiliated with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with a particular emphasis on water science and technology, environmental engineering, and atmospheric science. The scope of their work extends into geochemistry, petrology, global and planetary change, and cryospheric studies.

Zlotnik's scientific contributions revolve around several main topics, including hydrology and watershed management studies, groundwater flow and contamination studies, groundwater and isotope geochemistry, flood risk assessment and management, climate change and permafrost, and Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics.

The scientist has published extensively in a variety of journals, with frequent publications in the following venues:

  • Water Resources Research
  • Water
  • Journal of Hydrology
  • HydroShare Resources
  • Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies

Among their recent papers are these selected works:

  • "An Automated Seepage Meter for Streams and Lakes," 2020, Water Resources Research
  • "Effects of drought on groundwater-fed lake areas in the Nebraska Sand Hills," 2021, Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies
  • "Diagnostic Analysis of Bank Storage Effects on Sloping Floodplains," 2020, Water Resources Research
  • "A Model of Ice Wedge Polygon Drainage in Changing Arctic Terrain," 2020, Water
  • "Using Automated Seepage Meters to Quantify the Spatial Variability and Net Flux of Groundwater to a Stream," 2022, Water Resources Research

Zlotnik has collaborated frequently with a group of coauthors, reflecting ongoing research partnerships. These include:

  • Troy E. Gilmore
  • David P. Genereux
  • Aaron R. Mittelstet
  • C. Eric Humphrey
  • D. Kip Solomon

The body of work produced by Vitaly A. Zlotnik contributes to understanding critical environmental and hydrological processes, emphasizing the measurement and modeling of groundwater and surface water interactions, as well as studying the impacts of climatic and geological factors on water resources and Arctic terrain. Their publications often explore quantification methods and diagnostic analyses relevant to hydrological science and environmental engineering.

Best Publications

  • Impact of Heterogeneity, Bed Forms, and Stream Curvature on Subchannel Hyporheic Exchange

    M. Bayani Cardenas;J. L. Wilson;Vitaly A. Zlotnik

  • Drawdown and stream depletion produced by pumping in the vicinity of a partially penetrating stream.

    James J. Butler;Vitaly A. Zlotnik;Ming-Shu Tsou

  • Three-dimensional model of modern channel bend deposits

    M. Bayani Cardenas;M. Bayani Cardenas;Vitaly A. Zlotnik

  • Groundwater flow to a horizontal or slanted well in an unconfined aquifer

    Hongbin Zhan;Vitaly A. Zlotnik

  • Stream depletion predictions using pumping test data from a heterogeneous stream–aquifer system (a case study from the Great Plains, USA)

    Stefan J. Kollet;Vitaly A. Zlotnik

  • Effect of Shallow Penetration and Streambed Sediments on Aquifer Response to Stream Stage Fluctuations (Analytical Model)

    Vitaly A. Zlotnik;Huihua Huang

  • Theory of Dipole Flow in Uniform Anisotropic Aquifers

    Vitaly A. Zlotnik;Glenn Ledder

  • Mapping mean annual groundwater recharge in the Nebraska Sand Hills, USA

    Jozsef Szilagyi;Jozsef Szilagyi;Vitaly A. Zlotnik;John B. Gates;Janos Jozsa

  • Using pedotransfer functions in vadose zone models for estimating groundwater recharge in semiarid regions

    Tiejun Wang;Vitaly A. Zlotnik;Jirka Šimunek;Marcel G. Schaap

  • Interpretation of Slug and Packer Tests in Anisotropic Aquifers

    Vitaly Zlotnik

  • Pumping-induced drawdown and stream depletion in a leaky aquifer system.

    James J. Butler;Xiaoyong Zhan;Vitaly A. Zlotnik

  • A concept of maximum stream depletion rate for leaky aquifers in alluvial valleys

    Vitaly A. Zlotnik

  • Stream Depletion by Groundwater Pumping in Leaky Aquifers

    Vitaly A. Zlotnik;Vitaly A. Zlotnik;Daniel M. Tartakovsky;Daniel M. Tartakovsky

  • Dynamic interpretation of slug tests in highly permeable aquifers

    Brian R. Zurbuchen;Vitaly A. Zlotnik;James J. Butler

  • A simple constant-head injection test for streambed hydraulic conductivity estimation.

    M. Bayani Cardenas;M. Bayani Cardenas;Vitaly A. Zlotnik

  • Multi-level slug tests in highly permeable formations : 1. Modification of the Springer-Gelhar (SG) model

    Vitaly A. Zlotnik;Virginia L. McGuire

  • Effects of Multiscale Anisotropy on Basin and Hyporheic Groundwater Flow

    Vitaly A. Zlotnik;M. Bayani Cardenas;Daniel Toundykov

  • Verification of numerical solutions of the Richards equation using a traveling wave solution

    Vitaly A. Zlotnik;Tiejun Wang;John L. Nieber;Jirka Šimunek

  • Dipole Probe: Design and Field Applications of a Single‐Borehole Device for Measurements of Vertical Variations of Hydraulic Conductivity

    Vitaly A. Zlotnik;Brian R. Zurbuchen

  • Spatial trends in saturated hydraulic conductivity of vegetated dunes in the Nebraska Sand Hills: Effects of depth and topography

    Tiejun Wang;Vitaly A. Zlotnik;David Wedin;Kathryn D. Wally

Frequent Co-Authors

Stefan Kollet
Stefan Kollet Forschungszentrum Jülich
Jozsef Szilagyi
Jozsef Szilagyi Budapest University of Technology and Economics
M. Bayani Cardenas
M. Bayani Cardenas The University of Texas at Austin
John D. Lenters
John D. Lenters University of Wisconsin–Madison
James J. Butler
James J. Butler University of Kansas
Sherilyn C. Fritz
Sherilyn C. Fritz University of Nebraska–Lincoln
David A. Wedin
David A. Wedin University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Trenton E. Franz
Trenton E. Franz University of Nebraska–Lincoln
David B. Loope
David B. Loope University of Nebraska–Lincoln
D. Kip Solomon
D. Kip Solomon University of Utah

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