Category Archives: Publications

New publication – carbon allocation representation in models

New publication just out in JAMES where RHESSys was used to compare carbon allocation strategies in different grassland sites: “Assessing the Impact of Parameter Uncertainty on Modeling Grass Biomass Using a Hybrid Carbon Allocation Strategy“. Reyes, J. J., Tague, C. L., Evans, R. D., & Adam, J. C. (2017). Assessing the impact of parameter uncertainty onContinue reading “New publication – carbon allocation representation in models”

Lab members talk about water issues

Naomi Tague took part as a faculty panel member at the “Lets Talk About Water” event last week, organized by Tague Team Lab members Ty Brandt and Kate Voss, who also gave flash talks of their research, along with lab member Chris Heckman. This campus and community wide water event, co-funded by CUASHI, ERI, andContinue reading “Lab members talk about water issues”

Fire Spread model linked with RHESSys

New publication on the incorporation of a fire spread model into RHESSys that uses RHESSys outputs to predict fire spread probability. Kennedy, M.C., McKenzie, D., Tague, C., Dugger, A.L. (2017). Balancing uncertainty and complexity to incorporate fire spread in an eco-hydrological model, International Journal of Wildland Fire 26: 706-718. 10.1071/WF16169.

Hanan Awarded Outstanding Paper Award

Congratulations to Tague Team lab member Erin Hanan on being awarded the Elizabeth Sulzman Award for research conducted while a graduate student, and published within two years of graduation. She received the award for her paper entitled, “Nitrogen cycling and export in California chaparral: the role of climate in shaping ecosystem responses to fire“. HananContinue reading “Hanan Awarded Outstanding Paper Award”

RHESSys used to analyze catchment response to forest thinning – new publication

In this new publication, RHESSys was used to assess the effects of forest thinning on water balance in the central-Sierra American River headwaters. Saksa, P. C., M. H. Conklin, J. J. Battles, C. L. Tague, and R. C. Bales (2017), Forest thinning impacts on the water balance of Sierra Nevada mixed‐conifer headwater basins, Water Resour.Continue reading “RHESSys used to analyze catchment response to forest thinning – new publication”

Urban water conservation in response to drought – new publication

New publication about the ability of water districts to meet mandatory urban water conservation targets. Palazzo, J., O. R. Liu, T. Stillinger, R. Song, Y. Wang, E. H. T. Hiroyasu, J. Zenteno, S. Anderson, and C. Tague (2017), Urban responses to restrictive conservation policy during drought, Water Resour. Res., 53, 4459–4475, doi:10.1002/2016WR020136.

Read all about it: grassland phenology model in RHESSys

A grassland phenology model was embedded in RHESSys to model the phenology of moisture-driven annual grasslands in Mediterranean-type ecosystems in a new publication from Ryan Bart and Naomi Tague (UCSB) with Philip Dennison (U of Utah). Bart, R. R., C. L. Tague, and P. E. Dennison. 2017. Modeling annual grassland phenology along the central coastContinue reading “Read all about it: grassland phenology model in RHESSys”

New Publication!

Tague Team Lab collaborator Colin Bell (CO School of Mines) with Naomi Tague and Sara McMillan (Purdue) have just published the new article “A model of hydrology and water quality for stormwater control measures” in Environmental Modelling & Software. Stormwater Control Measure (SCMs) routines were added to RHESSys to simulate the dynamic hydrologic and water quality processes ofContinue reading “New Publication!”