Category Archives: Presentations

EcoHydro Lab in the field

Members of the Tague EcoHydrology lab visited the Rattlesnake Canyon Wilderness Area, just outside of downtown Santa Barbara, to see oaks, sycamore, chaparral, and Mission Creek. Geography post-doc Sara Baguskas gave a demonstration of a pressure chamber instrument and how measurements of plant moisture stress (or plant water potential) are taken. Environmental studies PhD studentContinue reading “EcoHydro Lab in the field”

Elizabeth Garcia final PhD defense seminar

All are welcome and encouraged to come here Elizabeth Garcia defend on Friday, Dec. 5th, in Ellison Hall room 4824. TITLE: Ecohydrologic Modeling in Three Western U.S. Mountain Watersheds: Implications of Climate, Soil, and Carbon Cycling Interactions for Streamflow. ABSTRACT: This dissertation explores ecohydrologic interactions in western U.S. catchments using a process-based model. My researchContinue reading “Elizabeth Garcia final PhD defense seminar”

Dr. Tague lecture at the Global Institute for water Security, U. of Saskatchewan

Naomi Tague was invited to present “Forest eco-hydrology and drought: Why geology matters!” at the University of Saskatchewan’s Global Institute for Water Security as part of their “Breakthroughs in Water Security Research: The Global Institute for Water Security Distinguished Lecture Series”. This is a weekly seminar series that brings top water researches from around theContinue reading “Dr. Tague lecture at the Global Institute for water Security, U. of Saskatchewan”

CA Naturalist Program Presentation

Naomi Tague presented “Climate, Drought, and Forests” to the CA Naturalist group at the Santa Barbara Botanical Garden. The mission of the California Naturalist Program is to foster a diverse community of naturalists and promote stewardship of California’s natural resources through education and service. The California Naturalist training is an innovative new program developed byContinue reading “CA Naturalist Program Presentation”

ESA Presentation

Dr. Tague presented “Translating physiological drought into tree stress and forest response” this week at the 2014 ESA Annual Meeting in Sacramento, CA., in the session: Ecological Drought in California Forests: Linking Climate Science and Resource Management. ESA While at ESA she also participated in the MRI Mountain Research group’s promotion of both mountain researchContinue reading “ESA Presentation”

CUAHSI Conference Presentations

Dr. Naomi Tague and PhD students Kyongho Son and Xiaoli Chen attended the CUAHSI Fourth Biennial Colloquium on Hydrologic Science and Engineering – “Water Across the Critical Zone: Scaling from Local to Global Hydrology” – July 28-30, 2014, at the National Conservation Training Center in Shepherdstown, WV. Kyongho Son presented “Effect of soil parameter uncertaintyContinue reading “CUAHSI Conference Presentations”

Conference Presentation

PhD student Kyongho Son presented “Strategic soil moisture and sapflux sampling design for improving ecohydrologic predictions in Sierra Critical Zone Observatory watersheds” at the Global Fair and Workshop on Long-Term Observing Systems of Mountain Social-Ecological Systems, held at the University of Nevada, Reno, USA the week of July 16-19, 2014. Mountain Observatories: A Global FairContinue reading “Conference Presentation”

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”