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Education and/or Training

Diploma for Graduates	2002	University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand	Geography
B.S.	1991	Washington State University, Pullman, Washington	Environmental Science

Areas of Specialization and/or Research Interests

Relation of streamflow to changing climate patterns. Discharge and water quality of streams in southeast Alaska. Ground water/surface water interaction.

Professional Experience

1992-present

Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey. Juneau, AK

Significant Recent Publications

Neal, E. G., E. Hood, and K. Smikrud (2010), Contribution of glacier runoff to freshwater discharge into the Gulf of Alaska, Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L06404, doi:10.1029/2010GL042385.

Neal, Edward G., 2009, Channel incision and water-table decline along a recently formed proglacial stream, Mendenhall Valley, southeastern Alaska, in Haeussler, P.J., and Galloway, J.P., Studies by the U.S. Geological Survey in Alaska, 2007: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1760-E, 15 p.

Neal, E.G., 2007, Hydrology and glacier-lake-outburst floods (1987–2004) and water quality (1998–2003) of the Taku River near Juneau, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2007–5027, 28 p.

Host, R.H., Neal, E.G., 2005, Hydrology, geomorphology, and flood profiles of Lemon Creek, Juneau, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5186, 21 p.

Host, R.H., Neal, E.G., 2004, Baseline characteristics of Jordan Creek, Juneau, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 2004-1220, 45p.

Neal, E.G, Brabets, T.P, and Frenzel, S.A., 2004, Water Quality and Streamflow of the Indian River, Sitka, Alaska, 2001-2002: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigation Report 04-5023.

Neal, E.G., 2004, Simulated Peak Inflows for Glacier Dammed Russell Fiord, near Yakutat, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5234.

Neal, E.G., Walter, M.T., and C. Coffeen, 2002, Linking the pacific decadal oscillation to seasonal stream discharge patterns in Southeast Alaska. Journal of Hydrology 263, 188-197.

Neal, E.G., Host, R.H., 1999, Hydrology, Geomorphology, and flood profiles of the Mendenhall River, Juneau, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4150, 35p.

Neal, E.G., 1998, Hydrologic Investigation of the Ophir Creek watershed near Yakutat, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File report 98-199, 33 p.