James R Dine, Hydrologist

Education and Experience

Education

B.S.

University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point, WI.

M.S.

Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL.

Experience

US Geological Survey, Water Resources Division, from March 1979 to present. Conducts research in hydrology engineering aspects of water-resource studies which are incorporated in government reports, and provide technical assistance in hydrology related areas to other government agencies and individuals. Studies which I have participated include: Streamflow monitoring in Baltimore, Baltimore and Harford Counties, 1979-82; water-quality investigation of Appalachian watersheds affected by coal mining, 1980-82; water-resource assssments of Frederick (1982-85), Washington (1985-89), and Howard (1989-94) Counties in Maryland; ground-water transport contamination study from a military munitions landfill at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Maryland, 1985-88; monitoring and mapping ground-water depletion in Southern Maryland, 1992-95; water generated scour assessments at bridge sites in Maryland, 1994-96; and in Pennsylvania, 1997; monitoring streamflow, operating streamflow gages, and computing streamflow records in Maryland, 1998 to present; and a water-resource assessment at Thomas Stone National Historic Site in Southern Maryland, 1999-2000.

Research or professional focus / current projects

I currently monitor streamflow in Maryland, including opperation of streamflow gages, fitted with computerized equipment and various telemetry methods providing real-time streamflow data. I am also starting a new study to estimate low-flow characteristics at sites on small ungaged watrsheds. This study will employ a new method to compute the streamflow characteristics applying multiple baseflow measurements during the same recession period.

Selected Bibliography

Dine, J.R., 2000, Level One Water-Quality Inventory and Monitoring at Thomas Stone National Historic Site, Charles County, Maryland: U.S. Gelolgical Survey Administrative Report, 12 p. with 3 appendixes.

Curtin, S.E. and Dine, J.R., 1995, Ground-water level data in Southern Maryland, 1946-93: Maryland Geological Survey Basic Data Report No. 21, 365 p.

Dine, J.R., Adamski, J.C., and Duigon, M.T., 1995, Water resources of Howard County, Maryland: Maryland Geological Survey Bulletin No. 36, 109 p.

Dine, J.R., Adamski, J.C., and Tompkins, M.D., 1992, Hydrologic data for Howard County, Maryland: Maryland Geological Survey Basic Data Report No. 19, 240 p.

Dine, J.R., 1990, Use of stream base-flow data to infer geohydrologic characteristics of drainage basins and regional ground-water recharge and quality, Frederick and Washingtion Counties, Maryland: Focus Conference on Eastern Regional Ground Water Issues, Springfield, Mass., 1990, Proceedings, p. 14