
Tague Team Lab
Ecohydrology Research Lab based at the University of California Santa Barbara’s Bren School of Environmental Science and Management.

About Us
Our Research
The research in our lab uses advanced data science techniques to understand how water, plants, geology and climate interact in a tightly coupled system – and how humans are changing this system.

Keep up with us
Recent Publications
- New publication: interactions between biophysical & climatic parameters and fuel treatmentsThis new publication from Burke et al. uses RHESSys to model effects across a range of variables.
- New publication on urban energy balanceThe authors examine urban energy flux variability across landcover and climate gradients of urbanized Los Angeles County.
- Visualization and Ecohydrologic Models: Opening the BoxNaomi Tague and James Frew outline a framework for increasing the usefulness of ecohydrologic models through better visualization.
- Hanan’s commentary on MegafiresDr. Erin Hanan wrote a timely commentary addresses the debate on fires in the West.
- New Publication! Snow, runoff, and counteracting influencesThis research highlights how runoff losses/gains due to changes in snow dynamics as a result of climate change are mediated by site specific conditions.
- New Book: Mountains in the GreenhouseLongtime Tague Team Lab collaborator Don McKenzie just published a new book – a great, accessible, science book for the public introduction to the mountains we study and enjoy soContinue reading “New Book: Mountains in the Greenhouse”

What we are up to
Recent Events and Presentations
- Tenure for KennedyCongratulations to TagueTeamLab collaborator and friend Dr. Maureen Kennedy – Assistant Professor, University of Washington Tacoma, School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, Division of Sciences and Mathematics – on herContinue reading “Tenure for Kennedy”
- Tague Presents at Drylands, Deserts, and Desertification ConferenceLast week, Naomi Tague presented “Understanding forests in a warming world through model-data integration” at Feeding the Drylands Conference.
- Tague goes back to her roots!Professor Naomi Tague is back where it all began – where she got her undergraduate engineering degree at the University of Waterloo – today to present “Animating green stuff inContinue reading “Tague goes back to her roots!”
- Naomi Tague gives Moore LectureEarlier this month, Naomi Tague presented “Animating green stuff in Hydrologic models: Where we are and what is next” as part of the University of Virginia’s Environmental Sciences Department MooreContinue reading “Naomi Tague gives Moore Lecture”
- AGU 2019 RepresentationAt the Dec. 9-13, 2019 AGU conference – Tague Team Lab members along with extended lab friends/collaborators/colleagues, as well as the RHESSys user community were well represented through numerous presentationsContinue reading “AGU 2019 Representation”
- Coupling fire spread with ecohydrology to simulate future fire regimesLast week, Tague Team Lab friend and collaborator Maureen Kennedy (Assistant Professor, University of Washington, Tacoma) presented “Projecting future fire regimes and watershed dynamics requires coupling fire spread with ecohydrology” atContinue reading “Coupling fire spread with ecohydrology to simulate future fire regimes”