Search Results - "McKane, Robert B"
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An algorithm for treating flat areas and depressions in digital elevation models using linear interpolation
Published in Water resources research (01-06-2012)“…Digital elevation model (DEM) data are essential to hydrological applications and have been widely used to calculate a variety of useful topographic…”
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Penumbra: A spatially distributed, mechanistic model for simulating ground-level incident solar energy across heterogeneous landscapes
Published in PloS one (19-12-2018)“…Landscape solar energy is a significant environmental driver, yet it remains complicated to model well. Several solar radiation models simplify the complexity…”
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Watershed analysis of urban stormwater contaminant 6PPD-Quinone hotspots and stream concentrations using a process-based ecohydrological model
Published in Frontiers in environmental science (06-03-2024)“…Coho salmon ( ) are highly sensitive to 6PPD-Quinone (6PPD-Q). Details of the hydrological and biogeochemical processes controlling spatial and temporal…”
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High-Resolution Spatial Modeling of Daily Weather Elements for a Catchment in the Oregon Cascade Mountains, United States
Published in Journal of applied meteorology and climatology (01-10-2007)“…High-quality, daily meteorological data at high spatial resolution are essential for a variety of hydrologic and ecological modeling applications that support…”
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Cumulative Effects of Low Impact Development on Watershed Hydrology in a Mixed Land-Cover System
Published in Water (Basel) (01-01-2018)“…Low Impact Development (LID) is an alternative to conventional urban stormwater management practices, which aims at mitigating the impacts of urbanization on…”
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Improved Soil Temperature Modeling Using Spatially Explicit Solar Energy Drivers
Published in Water (Basel) (01-10-2018)“…Modeling the spatial and temporal dynamics of soil temperature is deterministically complex due to the wide variability of several influential environmental…”
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A simple model for analyzing climatic effects on terrestrial carbon and nitrogen dynamics: An arctic case study
Published in Global biogeochemical cycles (01-09-2006)“…We developed a simplified plant‐soil model (PSM) composed of four coupled differential equations that simulate the effects of climate change on major stocks…”
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Embedding co-production and addressing uncertainty in watershed modeling decision-support tools: Successes and challenges
Published in Environmental modelling & software : with environment data news (01-11-2018)“…Decision-support tools (DSTs) are often produced from collaborations between technical experts and stakeholders to address environmental problems and inform…”
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Effects of harvest on carbon and nitrogen dynamics in a Pacific Northwest forest catchment
Published in Water resources research (01-03-2013)“…Key Points VELMA is an easy to use, spatially distributed eco‐hydrology model Post‐harvest losses of nutrients consist primarily of DIN We used a new…”
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Climatic effects on tundra carbon storage inferred from experimental data and a model
Published in Ecology (Durham) (01-06-1997)“…We used a process-based model of ecosystem carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) dynamics, MBL-GEM (Marine Biological Laboratory General Ecosystem Model), to integrate…”
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Resource-based niches provide a basis for plant species diversity and dominance in arctic tundra
Published in Nature (London) (03-01-2002)“…Ecologists have long been intrigued by the ways co-occurring species divide limiting resources. Such resource partitioning, or niche differentiation, may…”
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A multi-model framework for simulating wildlife population response to land-use and climate change
Published in Ecological modelling (24-11-2008)“…Reliable assessments of how human activities will affect wildlife populations are essential for making scientifically defensible resource management decisions…”
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Identification of optimal soil hydraulic functions and parameters for predicting soil moisture
Published in Hydrological sciences journal (01-05-2012)“…The accuracy of six combined methods formed by three commonly-used soil hydraulic functions and two methods to determine soil hydraulic parameters based on a…”
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Elevated CO2 and temperature alter nitrogen allocation in Douglas-fir
Published in Global change biology (01-07-2003)“…The effects of elevated CO2 and temperature on principal carbon constituents (PCC) and C and N allocation between needle, woody (stem and branches) and root…”
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Forest dynamics in Oregon landscapes: Evaluation and application of an individual-based model
Published in Ecological applications (01-10-2007)“…The FORCLIM model of forest dynamics was tested against field survey data for its ability to simulate basal area and composition of old forests across broad…”
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Belowground processes in forest-ecosystem biogeochemical simulation models
Published in Forest ecology and management (01-11-2000)“…Numerical simulation models of forest ecosystems synthesize a broad array of concepts from tree physiology, community ecology, hydrology, soil physics, soil…”
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Reconstruction and analysis of historical changes in carbon storage in arctic tundra
Published in Ecology (Durham) (01-06-1997)“…Surface air temperature in arctic regions has increased since pre-industrial times, raising concerns that warmer and possibly drier conditions have increased…”
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Spatiotemporal differences in 15N uptake and the organization of an old-field plant community
Published in Ecology (Durham) (01-06-1990)“…We investigated the hypothesis that spatial and temporal differences in nitrogen uptake facilitate species' coexistence in a nitrogen-limited, old-field plant…”
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A Stable Isotope Simulator That Can Be Coupled to Existing Mass Balance Models
Published in Ecological applications (01-10-2005)“…To facilitate the simulation of isotope dynamics in ecosystems, we developed software to model changes in the isotopic signatures of the stocks of an element…”
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Elevated CO 2 and temperature alter nitrogen allocation in Douglas‐fir
Published in Global change biology (01-07-2003)“…Abstract The effects of elevated CO 2 and temperature on principal carbon constituents (PCC) and C and N allocation between needle, woody (stem and branches)…”
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