James Lynch

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Professor
Department of Forest Hydrology
School of Forest Resources
The Pennsylvania State University
311 Forest Resources Laboratory
University Park, Pennsylvania 16802
(814) 865-8830
Email: jal@psuvm.psu.edu

Vitae
Education

The Pennsylvania State University BS 1966 Forestry
The Pennsylvania State University MS 1969 Forestry
The Pennsylvania State University PhD 1976 Forestry

Professional Experience

1966-67 Graduate Assistant, School of Forest Resources
1967-68 Research Assistant, Waste Water Renovation and Conservation Project
1968-76 Research Assistant, Experimental Watershed Project
1977-82 Assistant Professor, Department of Forest Hydrology, School of Forest Resources, The Pennsylvania State University
1982-90 Associate Professor, Department of Forest Hydrology, School of Forest Resources, The Pennsylvania State University
1990-present Professor, Department of Forest Hydrology, School of Forest Resources, The Pennsylvania State University
Chairman of the National Atmospheric Deposition Program (NADP) and a member of the Executive Committee, Data Management and Analysis Subcommittee, and the Quality Assurance Steering Committee
Member of the Science and Technical Advisory Committee, Chesapeake Bay Program.
Invited participant at a Workshop on Modeling the Effects of Atmospheric Deposition on Aquatic Ecosystems, sponsored by EPA, Raleigh, NC (1983); EPA’s National Stream Survey Workshop, Harpers Ferry, VA (1986); NAPAP’s Watershed Research Coordination Workshop, Atlanta, GA (1986); EPA’s Episodic Response Project Design Workshop, Timberline Lodge, OR (1987).

Research Focus

Forest Hydrology, water quality, watershed management, atmospheric deposition.
Responsible for the development of a graduate research program in forest hydrology.
Project Coordinator of the University’s Experimental Watershed Research Unit and Pennsylvania’s Atmospheric Deposition Monitoring Program.

Selected Publications
Lynch, J.A., G.B. Rishel, and E.S. Corbett. 1984. Thermal alteration of streams draining clearcut watersheds: Quantification and biological implications. Hydrobiologia 111:161-169.
Hornbeck, J., Lynch, J.A., E.S. Corbett, and P.D. Duffy. 1984. Chapter 14, Forest hydrology and watershed management. Forestry Handbook, Washington, DC; Society of American Foresters. John Wiley and Sons, New York, NY. Pp. 637-679.
Lynch, J.A., E.S. Corbett, and K. Mussallem. 1985. Best management practices for controlling nonpoint-source pollution on forested watersheds. Jour. Of Soil and Water Conservation 40(1):164-168.
Lynch, J.A., C.M. Hanna, and E.S. Corbett. 1986. Predicting pH, alkalinity, and total acidity in stream water during episodic events. Water Resources Research 22(6):905-912.
Potter, F.I., J. A. Lynch, and E.S. Corbett. 1988. Source areas contributing to the episodic acidification of a forested headwater stream. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology 3:293-305.
Lynch, J.A. and E.S. Corbett. 1990. Development of best management practices for controlling nonpoint pollution from silvicultural operations. Water Resources Bulletin 26 (1):41-52.
Hornbeck, J.W., M.B. Adams, E.S. Corbett, E.S. Veryy, and J.A. Lynch. 1994. Long-term impacts of forest treatments on water yield: A summary for Northeastern United States. J. Hydrol.
Lynch, J.A., J. W. Grimm, and V. C. Bowersox. (In Press). Trends in precipitation in the United States: A national perspective. 1980-1992. Atmospheric Environment.
Lynch, J.A. and E.S. Corbett. (In Press). Nitrate export from managed and unmanaged forested watersheds in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. In: Proc. 1994 Chesapeake Research Conf. "Towards a sustainable coastal watershed: The Chesapeake Experiment." June 1-3, 1994. Norfolk, VA, The Chesapeake Bay Consortium.

Collaborators

Crane, R.
Dann, M.S.
Fisher, A.
Grimm, J.W.
Kostelnik, K.M.
Yarnell, B.

Current and Pending Support

Maryland Department of Natural Resources; Quantifying Wet Deposition Using a 3-Dimensional Precipitation Model; $53,580; March 1995 through November 1996
USEPA; Regional Hydrologic Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate: An Integrated Assessment of the Susquehanna River Basin; $460,000; November 1995 through October 1998.

 

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