Belize Lane
Water
Associate Professor
Contact Information
Office Location: UWRL 207Phone: 435-797-4145
Email: belize.lane@usu.edu
Additional Information:
Educational Background
PhD, Hydrologic Sciences, University of California at Davis, 2017 Dissertation
Integrating flow, form, and function for improved environmental water management
MS, Water Resources Management, University of California at Davis, 2015 Thesis
Environmental Flows in a Human-Dominated System: Integrated Water Management Strategies for the Rio Grande/Bravo Basin
Awards
Reproducible Results Award, 2022
American Society for Civil Engineers
Early Career Award for Applied Research, 2022
University Council on Water Resources
Outstanding Graduate Mentor, 2021
Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Publications | Book Chapters
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.
Publications | Journal Articles
Academic Journal
- Rengers, F.K, Lane, B., Ridgway, P., Murphy, B.P, (2024). Evaluating post-wildfire debris-flow rainfall thresholds and volume models at the 2020 Grizzly Creek Fire in Glenwood Canyon, Colorado, USA. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 24:6, 2093--2114. *
- Guillon, H., Lane, B., Byrne, C.F, Sandoval-Solis, S., Pasternack, G.B, (2024). Mind the information gap: How sampling and clustering impact the predictability of reach-scale channel types in California (USA). Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, n/a:n/a
- Ridgway, P., Lane, B., Canham, H., Murphy, B.P, Belmont, P., Rengers, F.K, (2024). Wildfire, extreme precipitation and debris flows, oh my! Channel response to compounding disturbances in a mountain stream in the Upper Colorado Basin, USA. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 49:12, 3855-3872.
- Thurber, D., Lane, B., Xu, T., Neilson, B.T, (2024). Dissolving the mystery of subsurface controls on snowmelt–discharge dynamics in karst mountain watersheds using hydrologic timeseries. Hydrological Processes, 38:5, doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.15170
- Nogueira, X.R, Pasternack, G.B, Lane, B., Sandoval-Solis, S., (2024). Width undulation drives flow convergence routing in five flashy ephemeral river types across a dry summer subtropical region. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 49:6, 1890-1913. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.5805
- Lee, A., Lane, B., Pasternack, G., (2023). Identifying key channel variability functions controlling ecohydraulic conditions using synthetic channel archetypes. Ecohydrology
- Sandoval, S., Paladino, S., Garza-Diaz, L., Nava, L., Friedman, J., Ortiz-Partida, J., Plassin, S., Gomez-Quiroga, G., Koch, J., Lane, B., Mirchi, A., Saiz-Rodriguez, R., Neeson, T., (2022). Environmental Flows in the Rio Grande - Rio Bravo Basin. Ecology & Society, 27:1, doi: https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-12944-270120
- Patterson, N., Lane, B., Persad, G., Ortiz, J., Sandoval Solis, S., (2022). Projected effects of temperature and precipitation variability change on streamflow patterns using a functional flows approach. Earth's Future
- Gallagher, M., Habib, E., Williams, D., Lane, B., Byrd, J., Tarboton, D.G, (2022). Sharing Experiences in Designing Professional Learning to Support Hydrology and Water Resources Instructors to Create High-Quality Curricular Materials. Frontiers in Education: STEM Education, doi: 10.3389/feduc.2022.890379
- Grantham, T., Carlisle, D., Lane, B., Stein, E., Zimmerman, J., Yarnell, S., Stanford, B., Lusardi, R., Sandoval, S., (2022). Modeling Functional Flows in California’s Rivers. Fronteirs in Environmental Science: Freshwater Science, doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2022.787473
- Morgan, E., Lane, B., (2022). Quantifying uncertainty in regional flow – ecology relationships. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, doi: https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0001533
- Wineland, S., Basagaoglu, H., Fleming, J., Friedman, J., Garza-Diaz, L., Lane, B., Sandoval, S., (2021). The environmental flows implementation challenge: Insights and recommendations across water-limited systems. WIRES: Water, doi: https://wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wat2.1565
- Byrne, C., Pasternack, G., Guillon, H., Lane, B., Sandoval, S., (2021). Channel constriction predicts pool-riffle velocity reversals across landscapes. Geophysical Research Letters, doi: 10.1029/2021GL094378
- Stein, E., Zimmerman, J., Yarnell, S., Stanford, B., Lane, B., Grantham, T., Lusardi, R., Sandoval, S., (2021). The California Environmental Flows Framework: Meeting the challenges of developing a large-scale environmental flows program. Fronteirs in Environmental Science: Freshwater Science, doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2021.769943
- Lane, B., Guillon, H., Byrne, C., Pasternack, G., Kasprak, A., Sandoval, S., (2021). Channel reach morphology and landscape properties are linked across a large heterogeneous region. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.5246
- Lane, B., Garousi-Nejad, I., Gallagher, M., Tarboton, D.G, Habib, E., (2021). An open web-based module developed to advance data-driven hydrologic process learning. Hydrological Processes, 35:7, e14273. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.14273
- Alger, S.M, Lane, B., Neilson, B.T, (2021). Combined influences of irrigation diversions and associated subsurface return flows on river temperature in a semi-arid region. Hydrologic Processes, 35:8, e14283. doi: DOI: 10.1002/hyp.14283
- Merritt, A., Lane, B., Hawkins, C.P, (2021). Classification and Prediction of Natural Streamflow Regimes in Arid Regions of the USA. Water, 13:3, doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/w13030380
- Beck, M., O'Hara, C., Lowndes, J., Mazor, R., Theroux, S., Gillett, D., Lane, B., Gearheart, G., (2020). The importance of open science for biological assessment. Peer J, doi: https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9539
- Byrne, C., Pasternack, G., Guillon, H., Lane, B., Sandoval, S., (2020). Reach-scale bankfull channel types can exist independently of catchment hydrology. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, doi: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/esp.4874
- Patterson, N., Lane, B., Sandoval, S., Pasternack, G., Yarnell, S., Qui, Y., (2020). A hydrologic feature detection algorithm to quantify seasonal components of flow regimes. Journal of Hydrology, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.124787
- Lane, B., Ortiz Partida, J., Sandoval, S., (2020). Extending water resources performance metrics to river ecosystems. Ecological Indicators, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.106336
- Guillon, H., Byrne, C., Lane, B., Sandoval, S., Pasternack, G., (2020). Machine learning predicts reach-scale channel types from coarse-scale geospatial data in a large river basin. Water Resources Research, doi: https://doi.org/10.1029/2019WR026691
- Lane, B., Rosenberg, D.E, (2020). Promoting instream flows in the changing western U.S.. J. Water Resources Planning and Management, doi: https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE) WR.1943-5452.0001145
- Yarnell, S., Stein, E., Webb, J., Grantham, T., Lusardi, R., Zimmerman, J., Peek, R., Lane, B., Howard, J., Sandoval, S., (2020). An ecologically based approach for selecting flow metrics for environmental flow applications. River Research and Applications, doi: 10.1002/rra.3575
- Ortiz, J., Kahil, T., Ermolieva, T., Ermoliev, Y., Lane, B., Sandoval-Solis, S., Wada, Y., (2019). A two-stage stochastic optimization for robust operation of multipurpose reservoirs. Water Resources Management, doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11269-019-02337-1
- Lane, B., Sandoval-Solis, S., Stein, E.D, Yarnell, S.H, Pasternack, G.B, Dahlke, H.E, (2018). Beyond metrics? The role of hydrologic baseline archetypes in environmental water management. Environmental Management, doi: 10.1007/s00267-018-1077-7
- Lane, B., Pasternack, G.B, Sandoval-Solis, S., (2018). Integrated analysis of flow, form, and function for river management and design testing. Ecohydrology, doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/eco.1969
- Lane, B., Pasternack, G.B, Dahlke, H.E, Sandoval-Solis, S., (2017). The role of topographic variability in river channel classification. Physical Progress in Geography, 41:5, 570-600. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/0309133317718133
- Lane, B., Dahlke, H.E, Pasternack, G.B, Sandoval-Solis, S., (2017). Revealing the Diversity of Natural Hydrologic Regimes in California with Relevance for Environmental Flows Applications. JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 411-430. doi: 10.1111/1752-1688.12504
- Ortiz-Partida, J.P, Lane, B., Sandoval-Solis, S., (2016). Economic effects of a reservoir re-operation policy in the Rio Grande/Bravo for integrated human and environmental water management. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 8, 130-144. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2016.08.004
- Porse, E., Sandoval-Solis, S., Lane, B., (2015). Integrating environmental flows into multi-objective reservoir management for a transboundary, water-scarce river basin: Rio Grande/Bravo. Water Resources Management, 29:8, 2471-2484. doi: 10.1007/s11269-015-0952-8
- Lane, B., Sandoval-Solis, S., Porse, E.C, (2014). Environmental Flows in a Human-Dominated System: Integrated Water Management Strategies for the Rio Grande/Bravo Basin. River Research and Applications, 31:9, 1053-1065. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/rra.2804
- Ai, X.S, Sandoval-Solis, S., Dahlke, H.E, Lane, B., (2013). Reconciling Hydropower and Environmental Water Uses in the Leishui River Basin. River Research and Applications, 31:2, 181-192. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/rra.2728
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.
Publications | Other
Bulletins
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Teaching
CEE 5930, 6400 - Independent Study, Fall 2023
CEE 3430 - Engineering Hydrology, Spring 2023
CEE 6400, 5930 - Independent Study, Fall 2022
CEE 3430 - Engineering Hydrology, Spring 2022
CEE 6800 - CEE Seminar, Fall 2021
CEE 5930, 6400 - Independent Study, Fall 2021
CEE 3430 - Engineering Hydrology, Spring 2021
CEE 6400 - Physical Hydrology, Fall 2020
CEE 6400 - Physical Hydrology, Fall 2019
CEE 6930 - Special Problems, Fall 2019
CEE 6400 - Physical Hydrology, Spring 2019
CEE 6400 - Physical Hydrology, Fall 2017
Graduate Students Mentored
Haley Canham, Civil & Environmental Engr, June 2022
Paxton Ridgeway, Civil & Environmental Engr, June 2022
Steven White, Civil & Environmental Engr, May 2022
Megan Conley, Civil & Environmental Engr, January 2022
Yesica Leon, Civil & Environmental Engr, October 2018
Daniel Cremin-Thurber, Civil & Environmental Engr, August 2020 - December 2022
Haley Canham, Civil & Environmental Engr, August 2020 - June 2022
Jesse Rowles, Civil & Environmental Engr, July 2019 - May 2021
Elizabeth Morgan, Civil & Environmental Engr, August 2018 - March 2021
Madison Alger, Civil & Environmental Engr, June 2018 - January 2021
Karl Christensen, Civil & Environmental Engr, August 2017 - August 2019