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usgs_staff_profile:

 meta:
   status_code: 200
   timestamp: '2023-09-30T16:38:20.320694'
   url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/david-bjerklie
 profile:
   abstracts: []
   affiliations:
   - American Geophysical Union (AGU), 2022
   education:
   - "Ph.D. Earth Science, University of New Hampshire, Durham, 2004. Thesis: \u201C\
     Development of Hydraulic Relationships for Estimating In-Bank River Discharge\
     \ Using Remotely Sensed Data.\u201D"
   - 'M.S. Civil Engineering, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, 1987. Thesis: The
     Effect of Glacial Runoff and Stream Flow Hydrograph Characteristics.'
   - 'M.S. Hydrology, University of New Hampshire, Durham, 1980. Thesis: The Use
     of Dissolved Organic Carbon (DOC) as an Indicator of Ground Water Contamination.'
   - B.S. Marine Biology, University of Maine, Orono, 1977
   email: dmbjerkl@usgs.gov
   expertise_terms:
   - Hydrology
   - Streamflow
   - Hydrologic Modeling
   - Remote Sensing
   honors: []
   intro_statements:
   - Dave Bjerklie is a Physical Scientist (Rehired Annuitant) in the New England
     Water Science Center.
   name: David Bjerklie, Ph.D.
   name_qualifier: null
   orcid: 0000-0002-9890-4125
   organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/new-england-water-science-center
   organization_name: New England Water Science Center
   personal_statement: 'Dave Bjerklie retired from the USGS in 2018 after 18 years
     of service and returned as a part time employee on a short-term appointment
     to assist with an on-going USGS program developing satellite remote sensing
     measures of river discharge. He has over 40 years of experience in water resource
     investigations as a consulting engineer and scientist. His educational background
     includes a bachelors degree in Marine Biology, a masters degree in Civil
     Engineering, and a Doctorate in Earth Sciences. He has worked professionally
     in Maine, Alaska, the pacific northwest, and across New England as well as on
     national scale projects.Daves Adjunct Professor experience includes following
     courses taught: Natural Resource Measurements, Environmental Hydrology, Introduction
     to Environmental Science, Water and Wastewater Treatment Systems, and Environmental
     Seminar.When working with the USGS, Dave has developed proposals and worked
     as a principal investigator for many studies:New Hampshire wide watershed modeling
     project for a statewide future water resource assessment for the New Hampshire
     Department of Health and Human Services.Study of the potential effects of sea-level
     rise on coastal groundwater in the New Haven area and specifically beneath the
     campus of Yale University.Development of a one-dimensional model to estimate
     maximum tide heights in estuaries along the coast of Connecticut.Community-based
     watershed modeling to estimate potential changes to groundwater recharge and
     streamflow due to changes in land-use and climate change in a medium sized river
     basin in Connecticut.River hydraulic modeling and floodplain delineation for
     numerous rivers in Connecticut, and use of remote sensing to map extreme flooding
     conditions around Lake Champlain in May 2011 for the Federal Emergency Management
     Agency (FEMA).He was also a co-investigator and science team member on several
     NASA grants to evaluate the use of satellite imagery, radar and lidar altimetry
     to estimate in-bank river geometry and discharge from space.Dave is currently
     a part of the USGS team developing remote sensing discharge ratings for Alaska
     including development and documentation of methods, uncertainties, data quality,
     and gaging network design.'
   professional_experience:
   - 2022 - present, U.S. Geological Survey - Physical Scientist, part time appointment
   - "2019 - 2019, University of Connecticut \u2013 Adjunct Professor"
   - 2004 - 2018, and 2016, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT - Adjunct professor
   - 2000 - 2018, U.S. Geological Survey - Hydrologist
   - 1987 - 1998, Dames & Moore, Seattle WA, and Rocky Hill, CT - Consulting Hydrologist
     and Hydrologic Engineer
   - 1983 - 1986, University of Alaska - Research Assistant
   - 1983 - 1986, Alaska Arctic Hydrologic Consultants, R and M Engineers - Hydrologic
     Consultant
   - 1981 - 1981, Androscoggin Valley Regional Planning Commission, ME - Hydrologist/Planner
   title: Physical Scientist