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email: pjkinzel@usgs.gov
| Hydrologist, National Research Program |
Water Resources Discipline
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| USGS Geomorphology and Sediment Transport Laboratory |
| 4620 Technology Drive, Suite 400 |
| Golden, Colorado 80403 |
| 303-278-7941 |
Research Interests:
- The
integration of computational flow and sediment transport models with remote sensing data for the purpose of habitat assessment in managed riverine systems.
- Monitoring and modeling the geomorphologic response of river reaches to natural and artificial changes in flow and sediment supply.
- River rehabilitation / restoration practices
Education:
- M.S. Civil Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder
- B.S. Environmental Sciences, State University of New York at Plattsburgh
Publications:
- Kinzel, P.J., Nelson, J.M., Parker, R.S., and Davis, L.R., In Press, Spring census of mid-continent sandhill cranes using aerial infrared videography, Journal of Wildlife Management.
- Topping, D.J., Rubin, D.M., Nelson, J.M. Kinzel, P.J. and Corson, I.C., 2000, Colorado River sediment transport 2. Systematic bed-elevation and grain–size effects of sand supply limitation., Water Resources Research., 36 , 543-570, 2000.
- Topping, D.J., Rubin, D.M., Nelson, J.M. Kinzel, P.J. and Bennett, J.P.,1999, Linkage between grain-size evolution and sediment depletion during Colorado River floods., in The 1996 Controlled Flood in Grand Canyon, Geophys. Monogr. Ser., vol. 110 edited by R.H. Webb et al., pp. 71-98, AGU, Washington , D.C., 1999.
USGS Publications:
- Kinzel, P.J., Nelson, J.M., and Parker, R.S., 2005, Assessing sandhill crane roosting habitat along the Platte River, Nebraska: U.S. Geological Survey Factsheet 05-3029, 2p.
- Kinzel,
P., Nelson, J., and
Heckman, A., 2005.
Channel Morphology and Bed Sediment Characteristics Before and After Riparian Vegetation Clearing in the Cottonwood Ranch, Platte River, Nebraska: U.S.
Geological Survey
Scientific Investigations Report
05-5285, 67 p.
- McDonald, R.R., Nelson, J.M., Kinzel, P.J., and Conaway, J.S., 2005,
Modeling surface-water flow and sediment mobility with the multi-dimensional
surface water modeling system: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 05-3078, 4p.
- Kinzel,
P., Parker, R.,
Nelson, J., Gyetvai,
S., Burman, A, and
Heckman, A., 2005.
Geomorphic data
collected within
Nebraska
Public Power
District’s
Cottonwood Ranch
Property, Platte
River, Nebraska, Water
Year 2004: U.S.
Geological Survey
Open-File Report
05-1090, 23 p.
- Kinzel,
P., Parker, R.,
Nelson, J., Gyetvai,
S., Burman, A, and
Heckman, A., 2004.
Geomorphic data
collected within and
adjacent to Nebraska
Public Power
District’s
Cottonwood Ranch
Property, Platte
River, Nebraska, Water
Year 2003: U.S.
Geological Survey
Open-File Report
04-1292, 25 p.
- Kinzel,
P., Parker, R.,
Nelson, J., Gyetvai,
S., Burman, A, and
Heckman, A., 2003.
Geomorphic data
collected within and
adjacent to Nebraska
Public Power
District’s
Cottonwood Ranch
Property, Platte
River, Nebraska, Water
Year 2002: U.S.
Geological Survey
Open-File Report
03-171, 19 p.
- Kinzel,
P., Parker, R.,
Nelson, J., Gyetvai,
S., Burman, R., and
Heckman, A., 2003.
Geomorphic data
collected within and
adjacent to Nebraska
Public Power
District’s
Cottonwood Ranch
Property, Platte
River, Nebraska, Water
Year 2001: U.S.
Geological Survey
Open-File Report
03-170, 19 p.
Abstracts and Proceedings:
- Kinzel, P.J., Nelson, J.M. and Heckman, A.K., 2004, A field investigation to assess the effects of riparian
vegetation management on alluvial channel morphology, EOS Transactions American Geophysical Union, Volume 85, Number 47.
- Nelson, J.M., Kinzel, P.J. and McDonald, R.R., 2004, Response of river bars to discharge variations, EOS Transactions American Geophysical Union, Volume 85, Number 47.
- Kinzel,
P.J., and Wright C.W., 2002, Evaluation of EAARL, an experimental bathymetric and terrestrial LIDAR, for collecting river channel topography along the Platte River, Nebraska,
Abstracts with
Programs - Geological
Society of America, in
Geological Society of
America, 2002 annual
meeting. v. 34, no. 6,
October 2002. p. 232.
- Kinzel, P.J., Nelson, J.M. and Parker, R.S., 2001, Assessing the influence of stream flow on avian roosting habitat in the Platte River using infrared imaging and a computational flow model, EOS Transactions American Geophysical Union.
- Kinzel, P.J., Parker, R.S., Nelson, J.M., Starbuck, M. and Davis, L.R., 2001, Mapping sandhill crane roost sites along the Central Platte River using aerial infrared videography, Proceedings of the 11th Platte River Basin Ecosystem Symposium, February 27, 2001, Kearney, Nebraska.
- Kinzel, P.J., Nelson, J.M. and Parker, R.S., 2001, Application of aerial infrared videography and a 2-dimensional flow model to investigate sandhill crane roosting habitat along a reach of the Platte River, Nebraska, Seventh Federal Interagency Sedimentation Conference, March 25 to 29, 2001, Reno, Nevada, v.1 p.I-77-I-84.
- Kinzel, P.J.,Parker, R.S., and Nelson, J.M., 2000, A methodology for monitoring geomorphologic change along a reach of the Platte River downstream of an area cleared of vegetation, American Geophysical Union Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting, June 27-30, 2000, Tokyo, Japan.
- Kinzel, P.J., Nelson, J.M., Parker, R.S., Bennett, J.P., and Topping, D.J., 1999, Grain-size evolution of the Platte River, 1931-1998, Proceedings of the 10th Platte River Basin Ecosystem Symposium, February 23-24, 1999, Kearney, Nebraska. p. 9-14.
- Kinzel, P.J., J.M. Nelson, R.S. Parker, J.P. Bennett, and Topping, D.J., 1998, Morphological Effects of Sediment Supply Limitation in the Platte River, EOS Transactions American Geophysical Union, Volume 79, Number 45, p.1086.
- Nelson, J.M., Bennett, J.P., Topping, D.J., Parker, R.S. and Kinzel, P.J., 1998, Modeling Flow and Sediment Transport to Assess Channel Stability and Evolution, Proceedings of the 9th Platte River Basin Ecosystem Symposium, February 24, 1998, Kearney, Nebraska. p. 74-75.
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