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Currently in my fourth year I feel ready to write about Penn State football. Ranking of the team is my point of entry. Head Coach Joe Paterno summed it up in 1994 when he said the all-important national rankings of the Nittany Lion team can be a bit of a distrac-tion. Penn State had defeated Michigan and jumped from No. 3 to No. 1 in the polls. I told them lets not lose sight of what still must be done, Paterno said about his play-ers. If were smart, it shouldnt affect us at all. While it would be unwise to draw close parallels, there is some commonality with the geography department in the currency of ranking.
The just-released 2010 NRC rankings put the Penn State Geography department among the top programs in U.S. colleges and universities. We are advantageously situ-ated along with a handful of the other premier departments across the country. No doubt there will be serious sifting through the NRC information. For example, explanation of the methodology alone covers a couple hundred pages. Who knows, important postgame responses will probably continue to unfold for a while, perhaps even as long as the several years that the NRC rankings were in the works (having collected their information back in 2006). Still, per JoePa, the ranking is only part of the story.
Now is the chance to draw attention to a couple of the strong sides and illustrate facts of everyday life that give our department such dynamism and distinctiveness in addition to the distinction of the NRC ranking of gradu-ate programs.
Surely one special success and a source of department pride is the typical funding of the full suite of graduate students enter-ing the program. One hundred percent. This means that for several years running every new graduate student is provided funding through a RAship or a TAship and, also, that same funding is provided for a number of years (based on the usual criteria of satisfac-tory progress, etc). As a result, our gradu-ate students are supported to integrate their research and teaching activities fully in the department, ensuring a classic win-win in
the closely entwined pursuits of inquiry and learning. Moreover, Penn State geogra-phy has enjoyed a distinguished reputa-tion for excellence that is decades-long, thus giving graduate students entre into top jobs in academia,
government, and industry.Mention of this particular strength is timely
since we are presently in the midst of pro-spective students applying to the depart-ments graduate program for next year. As usual they will be fortunate to face favorable funding support and top career opportunities in the Penn State department.
Our sense of pride in our ranking is based also on knowing that the Penn State depart-ment that brings together the principal sub-fields of geography in graduate study in a comprehensive way. You need only to look at the header of this newsletters cover page to see the departments vision of geography as physical, nature-society, GISiences, human. Each sub-field adheres to specific traditions and trajectories. Yet, at the same time, our intellectual culture is not confining but rather supports the kind of fertile cross-over that can occur among geographic sub-fields.
The exceptional success of the geography graduate program at Penn State is stamped with the signature of this full vision and practice of geography. It means the contribu-tions and activities of faculty and students, indeed our modes of thought and doing, are widely varied. Such is the circumstance in this countrys other leading programs as well. All members of our community are benefi-ciaries of this variety and regard it as a sort of special epistemological diversity that can be cherished. Its a collective value that we actively hold and are eager to share, both lo-cally within the department and beyond.
Pride resonates in halls of Penn State Geography
This newsletter is a publication of the Department of Geography in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences at Penn State.
Contact us at:Department of Geography302 Walker BuildingPenn State UniversityUniversity Park, PA 16802Phone: 814-865-3433Fax: 814-863-7943URL: www.geog.psu.eduE-mail: [email protected]
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This publication is available in alterna-tive media. Penn State is committed to affirmative action, equal opportunity, and the diversity of its work force.From the Department Head 2
Undergraduate student news 3Graduate student news 4Faculty and staff news 5Anthony Williams obituary 5Alumni news 6-7Cover story 8-9Department news 10-11Donors Back cover
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DePArtment HIGHlIGHtS
2010
november 15New website launches
December 18Fall 2010 undergraduate commencement
2011
April 12-16AAG Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington.
April 14Annual Penn State Geography reception at the AAG meeting. 8:00 to 10:00 p.m. at Vons Roasthouse, 619 Pine Street, Seattle, WA 98101
April 29Miller Lecture: Pat Hayes, of the Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition may 13Spring 2011 undergraduate commencement
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Jinlong Yang, shown in the blue kayak, was in Portland, Ore., and mount Hood over the summer to attend the 2010 International Conference on Spatial Cognition. He presented the poster Assessing the cognitive adequacy of topological calculi in scaling movements with assistant professor Alex Klippel. In addition to the conference, Yang, Klippel and two graduate students, Sen Xu (kayak on the left) and rui li (kayak on the right), took in some sightseeing and kayaking, as evidenced in the photo on the left with a gorgeous view of mount Hood.
mike Iovacchini spent the spring 2010 se-mester in the Netherlands and traveled exten-sively throughout Europe (France, Italy, Germa-ny, Romania, Turkey, Spain). He also went to Guatemala City, Guatemela, over the summer and helped build houses and schools.
matthieu murdock received a prestigious Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation, or SMART, scholarship from the Department of Defense for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Charles Ferrer was a summer 2010 intern in the Capitol Hill office of U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, of Montana. During Charles time there, he researched energy and agriculture issues for policy advisors. In addition, daily tasks includ-ed giving U.S. Capitol tours, performing ad-ministrative support and attending committee hearings and briefings. This experience helped shed light on how policy affects everyday life in Montana economically and socially. He says he hopes to visit Big Sky Country next summer to experience the states national parks and cultural landscape.
emily Connor is studying abroad in Am-man, Jordan, studying Arabic and looking into researching water policy rights and issues as a potential thesis topic perhaps in regards to the Palestinian -Israeli peace process. She is double majoring in geography and international politics.
Seven undergraduates did biogeography internships over the summer of 2010 with pro-fessor Alan Taylor in northern California. Joe Bowser and taylor Feinstein were in Lassen Volcanic National Park. evan Griffin and Kyle martin were in Cub Creek, and melissa Har-kavy, Warren reed and Ben Wharton were at Lake Tahoe.
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Tom Payne Gulch
WaldoGulch
Caada deCochiti TetillaCanyon
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Madrid
Rosario
Cerrillos
CochitiLake
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Domingo
La Cienega
Waldo(historical)
CochitiPueblo
La BajadaPeaBlanca
SantoDomingoPueblo
Sile
Cochiti
Gallina Arroyo
Galisteo CreekSan Marc
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Rio Grande
Rio ChiquitoSante Fe
River
Cienega Cree
k
Alamo Creek
CochitiLake
Galisteo Creek
Sante Fe River
PortalesPondTankThirtyTankEighteen
TankNineteen
UpperCato Lake
CowartLake
DejarnettsPondGrossPond
McArthurLake
Lumber CityOxidationPond
StewartPond
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HughesPondRose DewLake
WrightNumberTwo Pond
AchenbachLake
CatoLake
GraysLandingLake
LowerCato Lake
VidaliaChurch
AltamahaChurch
CorbettsChapel(historical)Spring HillBaptistChurchSpring HillMethodistChurch
Calvary MissionaryBaptist Church
EurekaChurch
HardensChapel
Saint JamesChristian MethodistEpiscopal Church
South ThompsonChurch
AllenChapel
Big BethelChurch
Church ofGod and Christ
CollinsChurch
EnglishEddy Church
Free Run Church
HopeChurch
HorneMissionChurchIsle ofHopeChurch
JordonStreamChurch
LandsburgChurch
MeltonsChapel UnitedMethodist ChurchMizpah Baptist Church
MountCalvary Church
Mount Mariah Church
NewCorinth Church
New HopeChurch
New HopeChurch
OaklandChurch OakviewChurch
PearsonGrove Church
PhiladelphiaChurch
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PoplarSpringsChurch
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SaintPaulChurch
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WilliamsonChapel
TaylorChapel
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LongPondChurch
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CedarCrossingChurchCedarCrossing Church
CenterChurch
Church ofGodCobb Creek Church
FaithChurch
RockSpringsChurch
Ailey Center
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MountVernon
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Long Pond
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RockSprings ToombsCentral
Petross
McNattFalls
McGregor
Jordan
Higgston
FallingRocks
Charlotteville
Cedar Crossing
Alston
Spring Hill
SouthThompson
LumberCity
Ochwalkee Creek Oconee Creek
Sugar Creek
Alligator Creek
Bullards CreekGully Creek
Altamaha River
Ocmulger R
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Rocky Creek
Cobb Creek
Milligan Creek
Lotts Creek
Flat Creek
Larry CreekPeterson Creek
Ocmulger River
Buckhorn Creek
Greenland LakeMine
LakeRoland
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Firesteel
Frost
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Ontonagon
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Victoria
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Winona
Wasas
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Gerald, LakeRoland, LakeBobHallLakeWinonaLake
ButterfieldLakeSixmileLake StormsLakeCourtneyLake SuddenLakeVerySuddenPond
Bob Lake
VictoriaReservoir
Ontonagon River
East Branch Ontonagon River
Middle Branch Ontonagon River
Baltimore Rive
r
South Branch Ontonagon River
West Branch Onto
nagon River
Deer Creek
Paddys Creek
Bear CreekCane Creek
Flintsteel River
McGuire Creek
Newholm Creek
Adventure Creek
Firesteel River
West Branch Firesteel River
Dishinaw Creek
East Sleeping River
West Branch Otter River
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LongHollow
MaysCanyon
MudHollowMud Springs Canyon Neece Canyon
OakCanyon
PetersonCanyon
Pine Tree Canyon
DryCanyon
SayrsCanyon
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StandardHollowStubbHollow
WindmillCanyon
WingateCanyon
NegroHollow
De MossCanyonGordon Hollow
Frank FultonCanyon
AllenCanyon
BarnumCanyon
Blue SandsCanyon
BullRun Canyon
Burn Canyon
CompanyHollow
DouglasHollow
Drill Box Canyon
Stecker Canyon
EastonCanyon
FallCanyon
FerrySprings Canyon
FultonCanyon
Harris Canyon
HayCanyonKingCanyon
Wishram
StackerButteBiggsJunction
Moro
BiggsJunction
Boyd
Dufur
GrassValley
Wasco
CeliloVillage
Emerson
Endersby
FairbanksPetersburg
Erskine
Rufus
TheDalles
De Moss Springs
Maryhill
WishramWishramHeights
Dallesport
Deschutes R
iver
Deschutes River
Dry CreekFifteenm
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Fifteenmile Creek
Thirteenmile Creek
Eightmile Creek
Fivemile Creek
China Hollow CreekColumbia RiverColumbia River
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RedCross
ReservoirHeights
Reward
Richfield
SevenStarsSwales
ThompsontownThompsontownStation
Troxelville
Wardville
BeaverSprings
Kantz
Liverpool
Port Ann
Acker
Aline
HalfFalls
KneassOtto
PallasShadle
Verdilla
StonyRun
Beavertown
Middleburg
Berrysburg
Bunkertown
Cartin
Centerville
Chapman
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CoonHunter
Dalmatia
Dimmsville
DonnallyMills
Dornsife
Dundore
EastSalemEnders
Evendale
FishersFerry
Fisherville
Freeburg
Goodville
Halifax
Herndon
HickoryCornersHofferIndependence
Waynesville
KellervilleKillinger
Kissimmee
Knousetown
Kreamer
Lenkerville
LocustGrove
LocustRun
Loschs
Malta
Mandata
Matterstown
Maze
McKeesHalf FallsMeiserville
Millersburg
Millerstown MontgomeryFerry
MountPatrick
Mount Pleasant Mills
Nekoda
Oriental
Patricksburg
Paxton
Paxtonville
Pillow
PleasantHills
BucksValley
DunnValley
FlintValley
HiesterValley
HuntersValley
LeisterValley
Little Pfoutz Valley
NeitzValley
PageValley
Perry Valley
PleasantValley
PotashHollow
PotatoValley
Quaker ValleySlimValleySwartz Valley
ToadHollowPfoutzValley
TroutValley
North Branch M
iddle Creek
Susquehann
a River
Delaware Creek
Cocolamus Creek
Stony Run
Juniata River
Bargers Run
West Branch Mahantago Creek
Armstrong C
reek
Wiconisco Cre
ek
Little Wicon
isco Creek
Mahantago Cre
ek
Mahanoy Creek
Penns Creek
Middle Creek
Juniata River
Susquehanna River
Middle Creek
Wildcat Run
LN Equal Inter
vals
with 5 Classes
Wet LN Value
17.45
25.96
34.47
42.98
51.49
ClassDry
Wet
16
0.5
260
5
3240
20
41100
90
54800
400
621000
1800
< 0.5
0.5 - 5
5 - 20
20 - 90
90 - 400
400 - 1800
> 1800
< 6
6 - 60
60 - 240
240 - 1100
1100 - 4800
4800 - 21000
> 21000
20 - 90
90 - 400
400 - 1800
> 1800
240 - 1100
1100 - 4800
4800 - 21000
> 21000
Introduction
The objective
of the projec
t is to
create data b
reaks for assi
gning line
weights to pr
oduce stream
tapering effe
cts
for hydrologic
layers for th
e USGS The
National
Map. Subgo
als for the pr
oject include
having
the breaks re
flect a mean
ingful measu
re for flowline
s
and producin
g a cartograp
hically appea
ling set of sy
mbols. A pro
blem
encountered w
as that using
a common se
t of line weig
hts for the w
hole
country left d
ry places look
ing inappropr
iately humid
and humid p
laces
looking inap
propriately d
ry. This prob
lem was addr
essed using su
bbasins
(HUC 08) to
classify the n
ation into we
t and dry area
s using annua
l
flow and prec
ipitation dat
a. The projec
t was comple
ted with NH
DPlus
medium-reso
lution flowlin
es using cum
ulative upstre
am drainage a
rea to
derive a base
set of seven
symbols for
wet and dry r
egions.
Tapering Sym
bols for NHD
Flowlines
Andrew Stau
ffer
Cynthia Bre
wer
Pennsylvania
State Univer
sity
Step 1:
Classify wet a
nd dry region
s
30-year avera
ges were used
to calculate
annual flow t
hrough each H
UC 02 which
was
unsatisfactor
y because som
e contain ver
y
heterogeneou
s climate tren
ds. HUC 08 su
bbasins
were used ins
tead.This m
ap shows
HUC 02 Regi
ons
(black lines)
and
HUC 08 Subb
asins
(gray lines).
Areas
represented
as wet
are colored b
lue
(>310 cfs), an
d dry
regions are c
olored
red (