Stephen J. Burges, PE
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Professor University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195-2700 ph 206-543-7135 fx 206-685-3836 sburges@u.washington.edu |
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EDUCATION
Ph.D. Civil Engineering, Stanford University, 1970
M.S. Civil Engineering, Stanford University, 1968
B.E. (Hons. I) Civil Engineering, Newcastle, Australia, 1967
B.Sc. Physics & Mathematics, Newcastle, Australia, 1967
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Surface water hydrology, urban hydrology, hydrologic mitigation, hydrologic design, rainfall measurement, water resources management, stream and river channel dynamics.
CLASSES TAUGHT
CEE 342 Fluid Mechanics
CEE 444 Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering Design
CEE 475 Analysis Techniques for Groundwater Flow
CEE 476 Physical Hydrology
CEE 477 Open-Channel Engineering
CEE 574 Advanced Hydrology
PUBLICATIONS
Journal Publications
S.J. Burges and D.P. Lettenmaier, "Probabilistic Methods in Stream Quality management," Water Resources Bulletin, Vol. 11, No. 1, 115-130, 1975.
R. Maknoon and S.J. Burges, "Conjunctive Use of Ground and Surface Water," Journal, American Water Works Association, Vol. 70, 419-424, 1978.
D.P. Lettenmaier and S.J. Burges, "Climate Change: Detection and Its Impact on Hydrologic Design," Water Resources Research, Vol. 14, No. 4, 679-687, 1978.
K. Hoshi, S.J. Burges and I. Yamaoka, "Reservoir Design Capacities for Various Seasonal Operational Hydrology Models," Proceedings, Japan Society of Civil Engineers, No. 273, 121-134, 1978.
S.J. Burges, "Analysis of Uncertainty in Flood Plain Mapping," Water Resources Bulletin, Vol. 15, No. 1, 227-243, 1979.
S.J. Burges, "Water Resource Systems Planning in U.S.A.: 1776-1976," Journal of the Water Resources Planning and Management Division, ASCE, Vol. 105, No. WR1, 91-111, 1979.
D.C. Garen and S.J. Burges, "Approximate Error Bounds for Simulated Hydrographs," Journal of the Hydraulics Division, ASCE, Vol. 107, No. HY11, 1519-1534, 1981.
D.P. Lettenmaier and S.J. Burges, "Cyclic Storage: A Preliminary Assessment," Groundwater, Vol. 20, No. 3, 278-288, 1982.
S.J. Burges, "Trends and Directions in Hydrology", Water Resources Research, Vol. 22, No. 9, 1s-5s, 1986.
D. Pei, S.J. Burges, and J.R. Stedinger, "Runoff Volume Forecasts Conditioned on a Total Seasonal Runoff Forecast", Water Resources Research, Vol. 23, No. 1, 9-14, 1987.
T.Y. Gan and S.J. Burges, "An Assessment of a Conceptual Rainfall-Runoff Model's Ability to Represent the Dynamics of Small Hypothetical Catchments", 2: Hydrologic Responses for Normal and Extreme Rainfall, Water Resources Research, Vol. 26, No. 7, 1605-1619, 1990.
C.G. Wolff and S.J. Burges, "An Analysis of the Influence of River Channel Properties on Flood Frequency", Journal of Hydrology, Vol. 153, 317-337, 1994.
M.C. Costa-Cabral and S.J. Burges, "DEMON (Digital Elevation Model Networks): A Model of Flow Over Hillslopes for Computation of Contributing and Dispersal Areas", Water Resources Research, Vol 30, No 6, 1681-1692, 1994.
J.B. Balocki and S.J. Burges, "Relationships Between n-Day Flood Volumes for Infrequent Large Floods", Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, ASCE, Vol 120, No 6, 794-818, 1994.
M. C. Costa-Cabral, and S.J. Burges “Sensitivity of Channel Network Planform Laws and the Question of Topologic Randomness”, Water Resources Research, Vol 33, No 9, 2179-2197, 1997.
S.J. Burges, M.S.Wigmosta and J.M. Meena, "Hydrologic Effects of Land-Use Change in a Zero-Order Catchment", Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, Vol. 3, No. 2, 86-97, 1998.
M. Steiner, J. A. Smith, S. J. Burges, C. V. Alonso, and R. W. Darden, Effect of bias adjustment and rain gauge data quality control on radar rainfall estimation. Water Resources Research, 35(8), 2487-2503, 1999.
C. P. Konrad, and S. J. Burges, Hydrologic Mitigation Using On-Site Residential Stormwater Detention, J. Water Resources Planning and Management, ASCE, Vol. 127., No., 2, 99-107, 2001.
P. DeVries, S. J, Burges, J. Daigneau, and D. Stearns, Measurement of the Temporal Progression of Scour in a Pool-Riffle Sequence in a Gravel Bed Stream Using an Electronic Scour Monitor, Water Resources Research, 37(11), 2805-2816, 2001.
C. P. Konrad, D. B. Booth, S. J. Burges, and D. R. Montgomery, Partial Entrainment of Gravel Bars During Floods, Water Resources Research,38(7), 1104, doi:10.1029/2001 WR000828, 2002.
K. A. Cherkauer, S. J. Burges, R. N. Handcock, J. E. Kay, S. K. Kampf, and A. R. Gillespie, Assessing Satellite-based Thermal Remote Sensing for Monitoring Pacific Northwest Rivers, in press, Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 41(5), 1149-1159, 2005.
C.P. Konrad, D.B. Booth, and S.J. Burges, The effects of urban development in the Puget Lowland, Washington on inter-annual streamflow patterns: consequences for channel form and streambed disturbance, Water Resources Research, 41 (7), W07009 10.1029/2005WR004097, 2005
R.N. Handcock, A. Gillespie, K.A. Cherkauer, J.E. Kay, S.J. Burges, and S.K. Kampf, Accuracy and uncertainty of thermal-infrared remote sensing of stream temperatures at multiple spatial scales, Remote Sensing of Environment, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2005.07.007, 100 427-440, 2006.
T. Y. Gan and S. J. Burges, Assessment of Soil-Based and Calibrated Parameters of the Sacramento Model and Parameter Transferability, Journal of Hydrology, 320, 117-131, doi:10.1016/j.hydrol.2005.07.008, 2006.
Papers in Archival Publications
S.J. Burges, "Unny Symposium: Why Are You Here?", in: Stochastic and Statistical Methods in Hydrology and Environmental Engineering, Volume 2., Stochastic and Statistical Modelling With groundwater and Surface water Applications, K. W. Hipel. Ed, Kluwer Academic Publishers, London, 3-20, 1994.
S.J. Burges, “Streamflow Prediction -- Capabilities, Opportunities, and Challenges”, 101-134, in Hydrologic Sciences – Taking Stock and Looking Ahead, Water Science and Technology Board, National Academy Press, 138p, 1998.
S.J. Burges, Process Representation, Measurements, Data Quality, and Criteria for Parameter Estimation of Watershed Models, pp 283-299, in Q. Duan, H. Gupta, S. Sorooshian, A. N. Rousseau, and R. Turcotte Eds. Calibration of Watershed Models, American Geophysical Union Monograph, Water Science and Application 6, 2003.
Books
B1 M.S. Wigmosta, and S.J. Burges, Eds., Land Use and Watersheds : Human Influence on Hydrology and Geomorphology in Urban and Forested Areas, American Geophysical Union p227, 2001.
Video History of Hydrology Interviews -- American Geophysical Union
Video taped interviews conducted by S.J. Burges -- available from the American Geophysical Union
Video History of Civil and Environmental Engineering -- UW
(Video taped interviews conducted by S.J. Burges -- available from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington)
1. Colin B. Brown, Hon M. ASCE, Professor Emeritus, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington -- July 2001 (University of Washington TV) (2 hours 14 minutes).
Video Taped Invited Lecture
"Hydrologic Variability and its Societal Importance", Langbein Lecture, American Geophysical Union, Spring Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, May 30, 2001. (Video taped and webcast - available from The American Geophysical Union http://www.agu.org/webcast/archive.html).