{"id":6,"date":"2012-09-21T11:43:12","date_gmt":"2012-09-21T15:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/bwemple\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2026-04-05T16:21:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T20:21:03","slug":"research-group","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/bwemple\/research-group\/","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our\u00a0research focuses on the dynamics of runoff and sediment production in steep, mountain landscapes. \u00a0We\u00a0combine empirical field studies with simulation modeling to understand the roles of climate forcings and human-induced landuse\/landcover change in controlling and altering watershed processes.<\/p>\n<p>We are particularly interested in how land management, including transportation networks, recreational development, hydropower projects, and forest harvesting, effects runoff and water quality in mountain\u00a0settings.<\/p>\n<p>Our research sites include watersheds in the NSF-supported Long-term Ecological Research Network, a paired watershed site on the eastern slopes of Mt. Mansfield, Vermont, and a newly established site in the tropical Andes of southern Ecuador.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Research Group Members<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/bwemple\/research-group\/beverley-wemple\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Beverley Wemple<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/bwemple\/research-group\/students-and-post-docs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Students and Post-docs<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our\u00a0research focuses on the dynamics of runoff and sediment production in steep, mountain landscapes. \u00a0We\u00a0combine empirical field studies with simulation modeling to understand the roles of climate forcings and human-induced landuse\/landcover change in controlling and altering watershed processes. We are &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/bwemple\/research-group\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1072,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/bwemple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/bwemple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/bwemple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/bwemple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1072"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/bwemple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/bwemple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":578,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/bwemple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions\/578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/bwemple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}