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.
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Recent Publications
- Highlighted: Managing Water Resources in a Low-to-No-Snow FutureRecent paper “A low-to-no snow future and its impacts on water resources in the western United States” in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment was highlighted in the Science & TechnologyContinue reading “Highlighted: Managing Water Resources in a Low-to-No-Snow Future”
- New Publication: Impacts on water resources in a low-to-no snow futureIn this review paper “A low-to-no snow future and its impacts on water resources in the western United States” in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, author analysis of scientific studiesContinue reading “New Publication: Impacts on water resources in a low-to-no snow future”
- Carbon/Water tradeoffs & management objectivesNew publication in Environmental Research used the RHESSys model to quantify the tradeoffs between carbon sequestration and water fluxes under different climate and land management scenarios in abandoned cropland areasContinue reading “Carbon/Water tradeoffs & management objectives”
- New publication characterises spatial variation in shallow soil moistureThe goal of this study was to characterise spatial variation in shallow soil moisture at the plot scale by relating the mean of measurements collected in a plot to theContinue reading “New publication characterises spatial variation in shallow soil moisture”
- Which mechanisms control the change in water yield following a beetle outbreak?In this new publication, RHESSys is used to explore the mechanisms that control the change in water yield following a beetle outbreak. Results indicate that the response to beetle-caused treeContinue reading “Which mechanisms control the change in water yield following a beetle outbreak?”
- Niche-partitioning of soil water resources & higher forest productivityIn this new publication, research revealed fundamental differences in water-use patterns and niche-partitioning of soil water resources among the phylogenetic groups of trees co-occurring in widespread forests around the Mediterranean.Continue reading “Niche-partitioning of soil water resources & higher forest productivity”
What we are up to
Recent Events and Presentations
- Naomi interviewed on ‘Who’s your Data?’ podcastNaomi Tague was recently interviewed by Gilad Barash on his ‘Who’s your Data?‘ podcast about her research predicting and forecasting forest fire frequency and severity, data used in models, machineContinue reading “Naomi interviewed on ‘Who’s your Data?’ podcast”
- Tague presentation at AI4ESP workshopLast week Naomi Tague presented “How Big Data and Machine Learning Can Complement Process-based Ecohydrology Models” at the Artificial Intelligence for Earth System Predictability (AI4ESP) workshop. The AI4ESP initiative isContinue reading “Tague presentation at AI4ESP workshop”
- Naomi covered in Los Angeles MagazineNaomi Tague’s work in the field of wildfire and climate change was covered in the Los Angeles Magazine article “Why Everything We Know About Wildfires May Be Wrong“.
- Tague presentationLast week Naomi Tague presented ‘The Tight Coupling Between Forests and Water – And Why This Matters’ as part of the Oregon State University/Portland State University/USGS hydrology seminar series forContinue reading “Tague presentation”
- Walk into Wildfire Exhibit“Walk into Wildfire” — an immersive multimedia exhibit – will be presented at the Buellton Recreation Center from April 24 to May 1. Ethan Turpin, SERI-Fire Team member and TheContinue reading “Walk into Wildfire Exhibit”
- SNARL Spring Seminar SeriesNaomi Tague will be one of the speakers in the Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Laboratory Spring Seminar Series. The virtual series is free, registration opens April 20th, and the firstContinue reading “SNARL Spring Seminar Series”
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