Research Areas:

• Evaluate the role of land management (agricultural drainage, forest management, etc.) on water quality and quantity.
• Characterize the effects of landcover/land-use change (in particular urbanization) on the hydrology of extreme events.
• Predict the hydrologic response of cold regions to global climate change and identify climate feedback mechanisms.

Recent Publications: 

Naz, B. and L.C. Bowling, 2008, A decision analysis system for mapping of subsurface drainage systems.  Trans. of ASABE, 51(6): 1937-1950.

Ale, S., L.C. Bowling, S.M. Brouder, J.R. Frankenberger and M. Youssef, 2009, Simulated operation strategy for drainage water management. Ag. Water Mngmnt, 96(4), 653-665.

Naz, B., S. Ale and L.C. Bowling, 2009, Estimating Subsurface Drainage in Agricultural Landscapes, Ag. Water Mngmnt, 96(4), 627-637.

Bowling, L.C. and D.P. Lettenmaier, 2009, A predictive model of the effects of lakes and wetlands on the water balance of Arctic environments. Journal of Hydrometeorology, In-press.

Ale, S., L. Bowling, J. Frankenberger, S. Brouder and E. Kladivko, 2009, The influence of climate variability on drainage water management operation for Drummer soil in Indiana, U.S.A., Vadose Zone,  In-press.

Yang, G., L.C. Bowling, K.A. Cherkauer, B. Pijanowski and D. Niyogi, 2009, Hydroclimatic Response of Watersheds to Urban Intensity- An Observational and Modeling Based Analysis for the White River Basin, Indiana. Journal of Hydrometeorology, In-press.

Mishra, V., K.A. Cherkauer, D. Niyogi, M. Lei, B.C. Pijanowski, D.K. Ray and L.C. Bowling, 2009, A Regional Scale Assessment of Land use/land cover and Climatic Changes on Surface Hydrologic Processes, International Journal of Climate, In Press.

MacDonald, A.M., B.M. Fekete, L.C. Bowling, R.B. Lammers and R. Lawford, 2009: River Discharge [in “State of the Climate in 2008”].  Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 90 (8), S30-S31.

MacDonald, A.M, L.C. Bowling, B.M. Fekete, R.B. Lammers and R. Lawford, 2009: U.S. River Discharge for 2008 [in “State of the Climate in 2008”].  Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 90 (8), S129.

Teaching:
AGRY 598/FNR 598 Ecological Footprints (Syllabus)
AGRY 337 Environmental Hydrology (Syllabus)
AGRY 598W Advanced Topics in Hydrology (Syllabus)

Professional Experience:
2004-present Assistant Professor of Agronomy, Purdue University
2002-2003 Research Scientist, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington
1995-2002 Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington

Awards and Honors:
1997-2000 NASA Earth System Science Fellowship
2003 Honorable Mention, 7th Annual ARCUS Award for Arctic Research Excellence

Education:
B.S.E., Civil Engineering and Operations Research, Princeton University
M.S.C.E., Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington
Ph.D., Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington

Date joined staff:  2004