In this publication, RHESSys was used to analyze long‐term changes and annual and seasonal trends in streamflow & transpiration following management strategies of abandoned cropland areas in the Mediterranean basin. Khorchani, M., Nadal‐Romero, E., Lasanta, T., Tague, C. (2021) Natural revegetation and afforestation in abandoned cropland areas: Hydrological trends and changes in Mediterranean mountains, HydrologicalContinue reading “Modeling effects of long term management practices on water supplies after cropland abandonment”
Category Archives: Publications
What happens to ecosystem services after cropland abandonment?
The study in this new publication used the RHESSys model to explore different treatment options after cropland abandonment – illustrating the need to take plant succession and hydrological dynamics into account when designing land management strategies to preserve water resources in Mediterranean mountain areas. Khorchani, M., Nadal-Romero, E., Lasanta, T., Tague, C. (2021) Effects ofContinue reading “What happens to ecosystem services after cropland abandonment?”
New approach to vegetation-change water-balance
This new publication highlights the importance of evaluating the combined effects of biomass-reduction on transpiration of the remaining vegetation along with streamflow, as the hydrologic responses of both are intricately linked. By accounting for changes in vegetation, the vegetation-change water balance developed in this study provided an improved assessment of watershed-scale forest health benefits associatedContinue reading “New approach to vegetation-change water-balance”
Research gains attention
Recent publication “How climate change and fire exclusion drive wildfire regimes at actionable scales” in Environmental Research Letters has gained attention and press coverage. Naomi Tague was interviewed by KCLU-NPR for the California Coast and for UCSB’s The Current, and Erin Hanan, Crystal Kolden and Naomi Tague were quoted in articles running in the WSUContinue reading “Research gains attention”
New Publication: climate vs. fuel-limitations in watershed fire regimes
In this new publication “How climate change and fire exclusion drive wildfire regimes at actionable scales” , the authors modeled the drivers that dominate fire regimes at management-relevant scales, finding that spatial estimates of soil aridity can provide a relatively simple, first-order indicator of where in a watershed fire regime is climate vs. fuel-limited andContinue reading “New Publication: climate vs. fuel-limitations in watershed fire regimes”
New publication: interactions between biophysical & climatic parameters and fuel treatments
This new publication from Burke et al. uses RHESSys to model effects across a range of variables.
New publication on urban energy balance
The authors examine urban energy flux variability across landcover and climate gradients of urbanized Los Angeles County.
Visualization and Ecohydrologic Models: Opening the Box
Naomi Tague and James Frew outline a framework for increasing the usefulness of ecohydrologic models through better visualization.
Hanan’s commentary on Megafires
Dr. Erin Hanan wrote a timely commentary addresses the debate on fires in the West.
New Publication! Snow, runoff, and counteracting influences
This research highlights how runoff losses/gains due to changes in snow dynamics as a result of climate change are mediated by site specific conditions.
