Ph.D. in Civil
and Environmental Engineering, U of Washington, 1997
Thesis
title:Effects of spatial constraints on channel network topology:
Implications for geomorphological inference
[Abstract]
Faculty advisor:
Prof. Stephen J. Burges.
This thesis was awarded the
international Straub Award of 1997 for a meritorious PhD thesis in
Hydrology.
M.Sc. in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory, 1990
Thesis title:A
distributed, physically-based, rainfall-runoff model incorporating
topography for real-time flood forecasting
Faculty advisor:
Prof. Rafael L. Bras.
M.A. from Boston University, Center for Energy and Environmental
Studies, 1998. Non-thesis internship project (see professional
appointments).
"Licenciatura" in Environmental Science and Engineering, Universidade
Nova de Lisboa (UNL/FCT), Lisbon, Portugal, 1986.
Refereed
Publications
Costa-Cabral, M.C., Jeffrey E. Richey, Gopi Goteti, Dennis P. Lettenmaier,
and Anond Snidvongs, Synergies between changes in climate, land cover/use
and streamflow regulation in the Mekong River basin. To submit ASAP.
Costa-Cabral, M.C., Jeffrey E. Richey, Gopi Goteti, Dennis P. Lettenmaier,
Christoph Feldkoetter, and Anond Snidvongs, Landscape structure and use,
climate, and water movement in the Mekong River basin. Hydrological Processes, In Press, 2007.
Schulte-Rentrop, A., M.C. Costa-Cabral, and R. Vink, Modelling the overland
transport of lead deposited from the atmosphere in the Elbe catchment over four
decades (1958-1995). Water, Air, and Soil Pollution 160, 271-291, 2005.
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von Storch, H., M.C. Costa-Cabral, C. Hagner, F. Feser, J. Pacyna, E.
Pacyna, and S. Kolb, Four decades of gasoline lead emissions and control
policies in Europe: A retrospective assessment, The Science of the Total
Environment 311, 151-176, 2003.
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Costa-Cabral, M.C., and S.J. Burges, Sensitivity of channel network
planform laws and the question of topologic randomness, Water Resources
Research, 33(9), 2179-2197, 1997.
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Costa-Cabral, M.C., and S.J. Burges, Digital Elevation Model Networks
(DEMON): A model of flow over hillslopes for computation of contributing
and dispersal areas, Water Resources Research, 30(6), 1681-1692,
1994.
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paper].
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clearer picture of Fig. 14].
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clearer picture of Fig. 16].
Costa-Cabral, M.C., L. Garrote, R.L. Bras and D. Entekhabi, A Kinematic
model of infiltration and runoff generation in layered and sloped woils,
Advances in Water Resources, 15, 311-324, 1992.
Professional
Appointments
January 2003-present: Department of Civil
and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle,
Washington. (Research scientist as of 2005)
January 1998-December 2002: GKSS Research Centre, Institute of
Hydrophysics, D-21502 Geesthacht, Germany. Tenured position (Staff
Scientist) starting January 2001.
January 1991-August 1991: Researcher at the Hydraulics Department of
the National Laboratory of Civil Engineering, Lisbon, Portugal.
February 1987-June 1988: Student intern at the Massachusetts State
Department of Environmental Management, Office of Hazardous Waste
Management, Boston.
Professional Societies
and Service
Associate Editor of the journal "Geomorphology", Elsevier Sci. Publ.
Co., since 1999.
American Geophysical Union member since 1988.
Portuguese Water Resources Association member since 1991.
Portuguese Association of Environmental Engineers member since 1986.
Referee for the journals "Water Resources Research",
"Computers & Geoscience", "Geomorphology", "Climate Research", and
"Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres".
Recipient of the 2002 End 2005 Editors Citation for Excellence in Refereeing for
"Water Resources Research", American Geophysical Union.