{"podcast":{"title":"The Aspiring STEM Geek","slug":"the-aspiring-stem-geek-7042899","podcast_index_feed_id":7042899,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/f81a1bb8/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/adrian-doli","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/41524606/41524606-1722864193967-fc0e2c986105c.jpg","author":"Adrian Dolinay","episode_count":25,"summary":"Hi everyone, welcome to The Aspiring STEM Geek! The podcast is a casual conversation with a guest about science, technology and other related topics.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-aspiring-stem-geek-7042899"},"episode":{"title":"Hydrology with Eric Larson - #24","slug":"hydrology-with-eric-larson-24","published_at":"2026-05-01T15:24:26+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-aspiring-stem-geek-7042899/hydrology-with-eric-larson-24","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-aspiring-stem-geek-7042899","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/adrian-doli/episodes/Hydrology-with-Eric-Larson---24-e3inrut","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/f81a1bb8/podcast/play/119319965/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-1%2F423246711-44100-2-7e3fe5b5264bf.mp3","summary":"In this episode I am joined by Eric Larson, a hydrologist who works for the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service. The focus of this episode is hydrology, which is a field in science that studies the movement, distribution, and management of water on Earth. In the episode we discuss Eric’s love of the outdoors, studying civil engineering for his undergraduate, his current work as a hydrologist in Montana, methods for collecting hydrology data, his experience with SNOwpackTELemetryNetwork, how hydrology data is utilized by farmers and local governments and much more. I hope you enjoy! VIDEO: MontanaNRCS YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@MontanaNRCS/videos PAPERS: The History of Snow Survey & Water Supply forecasting: https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/sites/default/files/2022-09/History-Of-Snow-Survey.pdf Water Supply Outlook Reports – Montana: https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/state-offices/montana/montana-snow-survey/water-supply-outlook-reports-montana ARTICLES: The Man Behind the Snowpack: https://mountainjournal.org/eric-larson-the-man-behind-the-snowpack/ Understanding Snow: https://watereducationcolorado.org/publications-and-radio/headwaters-magazine/spring-2024-the-snow-issue/understanding-snow/ Snow: The real water supply for the Rio Grande basin: https://jornada.nmsu.edu/files/bibliography/06-035.pdf These Four States Are in Denial Over a Looming Water Crisis: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/opinion/water-shortage-colorado-river.html Spring Outlook: Drought forecasted to expand in U.S. West, parts of Plains: https://www.noaa.gov/news-release/spring-outlook-drought-forecasted-to-expand-in-us-west-parts-of-plains June 2022 Floods in the Upper Yellowstone River Basin: https://pubs.usgs.gov/publication/fs20243035/full Requirements to become a Hydrologist in…","meta_description":"In this episode I am joined by Eric Larson, a hydrologist who works for the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service. The focus of this episode is hy…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4888,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-aspiring-stem-geek-7042899/episodes/hydrology-with-eric-larson-24/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-aspiring-stem-geek-7042899/hydrology-with-eric-larson-24.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}