Author Archives: ecohydrolab

Open Science Codefest

The Open Science Codefest is a participant driven, free conference that intersects environmental science and computer programming. Earth & environmental science researchers will collaborate with computer scientists to explore problems and solutions where these disciplines intersect. Sessions include: Techniques & Technologies for Visualizing Scientific Data, Techniques for adding semantics to your metadata, Create a nativeContinue reading “Open Science Codefest”

Conference Presentation

Dr. Tague recently presented “Modelling interactions among vegetation structure, function and sensitivity to climate variability and change in mountain watersheds” at the Computational Methods in Water Resources International Conference, held at the University of Stuttgart, Germany. Naomi’s presentation was part of the computational ecohydrology session, which focused on issues related to enhancing our knowledge ofContinue reading “Conference Presentation”

Lab member featured in Bren news

PhD student Aubrey Dugger’s work is featured in the Spring 2014 edition of Bren News (a publication of the Bren School of Environmental Science & Management). Aubrey has worked with Dr. Tague for the past five years, adding new functionality to the RHESSys model for the complex modeling work she is conducting in the SantaContinue reading “Lab member featured in Bren news”

RHESSys used in a new publication

RHESSys was one of the models used in this new paper to estimate hydrologic and biogeochemical responses to meteorological data sets generated both with and without bias correction. The impact models include a macroscale hydrologic model (VIC), a coupled cropping system model (VIC-CropSyst), an ecohydrological model (RHESSys), a biogenic emissions model (MEGAN), and a nutrientContinue reading “RHESSys used in a new publication”

Field Data Collection

Geography postdoc Sara Baguskas and Ecohydrology Lab manager Janet Choate visited the Sierra field site to collect data for Sara’s work. Using the LI-COR LI-6400 Portable Photosynthesis System, they measured maximum gas exchange rates from five sets of White fir, Incense cedar, Ceanothus, and Manzanita, as well as measuring pre-dawn leaf water potential of eachContinue reading “Field Data Collection”

Sierra site and sampling design

In last weeks Wednesday lab meeting, geography postdoc Sara Baguskas discussed site and sampling design with our lab group. Sara is working on a project with Max Moritz and Naomi Tague to understand the effects of vegetation type conversion on ecohydrology in the southern Sierra mid-elevation forested ecosystem. The project will compare the physiological responsesContinue reading “Sierra site and sampling design”

New Publication!

“BioEarth: Envisioning and developing a new regional earth system model to inform natural and agricultural resource management”. This paper describes the BioEarth initiative and highlights opportunities and challenges associated with coupling multiple stand-alone models (including RHESSys) to generate usable information for agricultural and natural resource decision-making Access the paper

Lab meeting presentation

In last week’s Wednesday lab meeting, Katalyn Voss, a Ph.D student in the Geography Department at UCSB, presented her work on “Successful Community-Based Water Adaptation: Finding Solutions Through Coupled Human-Environment Research in Nepal”. Katalyn’s research interests include: water resource management, climate change adaptation, and science-policy communication. Her dissertation investigates community-based watershed management in high mountainContinue reading “Lab meeting presentation”

Lab meeting presentation

In our Wednesday lab meeting, Julian Glenday presented her PhD research to the group. Julia is researching the implications of hillslope vegetation, alluvial fan, and floodplain channel degradation and restoration on streamflow and groundwater. Her case-study site is a semi-arid water supply catchment in the Eastern Cape of South Africa (the Baviaanskloof). Through field monitoringContinue reading “Lab meeting presentation”