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Ecohydrologic process networks: 1. Identification by Ruddell, Benjamin L, Kumar, Praveen

“…Ecohydrological systems may be characterized as nonlinear, complex, open dissipative systems. Such systems consist of many coupled processes, and the couplings…”
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Micro-scale urban surface temperatures are related to land-cover features and residential heat related health impacts in Phoenix, AZ USA by Jenerette, G. Darrel, Harlan, Sharon L, Buyantuev, Alexander, Stefanov, William L, Declet-Barreto, Juan, Ruddell, Benjamin L, Myint, Soe Win, Kaplan, Shai, Li, Xiaoxiao

“…CONTEXT: With rapidly expanding urban regions, the effects of land cover changes on urban surface temperatures and the consequences of these changes for human…”
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Debates: Does Information Theory Provide a New Paradigm for Earth Science? Sharper Predictions Using Occam's Digital Razor by Weijs, Steven. V., Ruddell, Benjamin. L.

“…Occam's Razor is a bedrock principle of science philosophy, stating that the simplest hypothesis (or model) is preferred, at any given level of model…”
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Reducing water scarcity by improving water productivity in the United States by T Marston, Landon, Lamsal, Gambhir, H Ancona, Zachary, Caldwell, Peter, D Richter, Brian, L Ruddell, Benjamin, R Rushforth, Richard, Frankel Davis, Kyle

“…Nearly one-sixth of U.S. river basins are unable to consistently meet societal water demands while also providing sufficient water for the environment. Water…”
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Hot playgrounds and children's health: A multiscale analysis of surface temperatures in Arizona, USA by Vanos, Jennifer K., Middel, Ariane, McKercher, Grant R., Kuras, Evan R., Ruddell, Benjamin L.

“…•A mismatch exists between remotely sensed and in situ urban surface temperatures (Ts).•The hottest Ts in a Phoenix area neighborhood were found on playground…”
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Anticipating global terrestrial ecosystem state change using FLUXNET by Yu, Rong, Ruddell, Benjamin L., Kang, Minseok, Kim, Joon, Childers, Dan

“…Ecosystems can be characterized as complex systems that traverse a variety of functional and structural states in response to changing bioclimatic forcings. A…”
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Novel metrics for relating personal heat exposure to social risk factors and outdoor ambient temperature by Hondula, David M., Kuras, Evan R., Betzel, Summer, Drake, Lauren, Eneboe, Jason, Kaml, Miranda, Munoz, Mary, Sevig, Mara, Singh, Marianna, Ruddell, Benjamin L., Harlan, Sharon L.

“…•Environmental heat exposure considerably varies between individuals.•Time spent outdoors was moderately associated with personal heat exposure.•Income and…”
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Benchmarking and Process Diagnostics of Land Models by Nearing, Grey S., Ruddell, Benjamin L., Clark, Martyn P., Nijssen, Bart, Peters-Lidard, Christa

“…We propose a conceptual and theoretical foundation for information-based model benchmarking and process diagnostics that provides diagnostic insight into model…”
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The relative roles of energy and water intensity in the economic growth of the United States, 1950–2015 by Lobo, José, Ruddell, Benjamin L

“…Abstract Water and energy are indispensable inputs to the modern economy and are of primary concern for the sustainability of the global economy. Continually…”
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Identifying CO2 advection on a hill slope using information flow by Kang, Minseok, Ruddell, Benjamin L., Cho, Chunho, Chun, Junghwa, Kim, Joon

“…•Drainage flow affects the eddy covariance CO2 fluxes on the forest hill slope of the Gwangneung KoFlux sites.•The CO2 drainage is identified using an…”
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Ecohydrologic process networks: 2. Analysis and characterization by Ruddell, Benjamin L, Kumar, Praveen

“…Ecohydrological systems are complex, open dissipative systems characterized by couplings and feedback between subsystems at many scales of space and time. The…”
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Interbasin water transfers in the United States and Canada by Siddik, Md. Abu Bakar, Dickson, Kerim E., Rising, James, Ruddell, Benjamin L., Marston, Landon T.

“…Interbasin water transfers (IBTs) can have a significant impact on the environment, water availability, and economies within the basins importing and exporting…”
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Mapping hydrologic alteration and ecological consequences in stream reaches of the conterminous United States by McManamay, Ryan A., George, Rob, Morrison, Ryan R., Ruddell, Benjamin L.

“…Environmental flows are critical for balancing societal water needs with that of riverine ecosystems; however, data limitations often hinder the development of…”
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Robust observations of land-to-atmosphere feedbacks using the information flows of FLUXNET by Gerken, Tobias, Ruddell, Benjamin L., Yu, Rong, Stoy, Paul C., Drewry, Darren T.

“…Feedbacks between atmospheric processes like precipitation and land surface fluxes including evapotranspiration are difficult to observe, but critical for…”
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New water accounting reveals why the Colorado River no longer reaches the sea by Richter, Brian D., Lamsal, Gambhir, Marston, Landon, Dhakal, Sameer, Sangha, Laljeet Singh, Rushforth, Richard R., Wei, Dongyang, Ruddell, Benjamin L., Davis, Kyle Frankel, Hernandez-Cruz, Astrid, Sandoval-Solis, Samuel, Schmidt, John C.

“…Abstract Persistent overuse of water supplies from the Colorado River during recent decades has substantially depleted large storage reservoirs and triggered…”
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Identifying scale‐emergent, nonlinear, asynchronous processes of wetland methane exchange by Sturtevant, Cove, Ruddell, Benjamin L., Knox, Sara Helen, Verfaillie, Joseph, Matthes, Jaclyn Hatala, Oikawa, Patricia Y., Baldocchi, Dennis

“…Methane (CH4) exchange in wetlands is complex, involving nonlinear asynchronous processes across diverse time scales. These processes and time scales are…”
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A Systems Approach to Municipal Water Portfolio Security: A Case Study of the Phoenix Metropolitan Area by Rushforth, Richard R., Messerschmidt, Maggie, Ruddell, Benjamin L.

“…We present a rigorous quantitative, systems-based model to measure a municipality’s water portfolio security using four objectives: Sustainability, Resilience,…”
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Threshold Based Footprints (for Water) by Ruddell, Benjamin

“…Thresholds are an emergent property of complex systems and Coupled Natural Human Systems (CNH) because they indicate “tipping points” where a complicated array…”
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Information Driven Ecohydrologic Self-Organization by Benjamin L. Ruddell, Praveen Kumar

“…Variability plays an important role in the self-organized interaction between vegetation and its environment, yet the principles that characterize the role of…”
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Building a Global Ecosystem Research Infrastructure to Address Global Grand Challenges for Macrosystem Ecology by Loescher, Henry W., Vargas, Rodrigo, Mirtl, Michael, Morris, Beryl, Pauw, Johan, Yu, Xiubo, Kutsch, Werner, Mabee, Paula, Tang, Jianwu, Ruddell, Benjamin L., Pulsifer, Peter, Bäck, Jaana, Zacharias, Steffen, Grant, Mark, Feig, Gregor, Zhang, Leiming, Waldmann, Christoph, Genazzio, Melissa A.

“…The development of several large‐, “continental”‐scale ecosystem research infrastructures over recent decades has provided a unique opportunity in the history…”
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