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Potential increase in coastal wetland vulnerability to sea-level rise suggested by considering hydrodynamic attenuation effects by Rodríguez, José F., Saco, Patricia M., Sandi, Steven, Saintilan, Neil, Riccardi, Gerardo

“…The future of coastal wetlands and their ecological value depend on their capacity to adapt to the interacting effects of human impacts and sea-level rise…”
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Monitoring and Mapping Vegetation Cover Changes in Arid and Semi-Arid Areas Using Remote Sensing Technology: A Review by Almalki, Raid, Khaki, Mehdi, Saco, Patricia M., Rodriguez, Jose F.

“…Vegetation cover change is one of the key indicators used for monitoring environmental quality. It can accurately reflect changes in hydrology, climate, and…”
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Ecohydrology Controls the Geomorphic Response to Climate Change by Yetemen, Omer, Saco, Patricia M., Istanbulluoglu, Erkan

“…Erosion rate data worldwide show complex and contrasting dependencies to climate. Laboratory and numerical model experiments on abiotic landscapes suggest a…”
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Spatial prediction of temporal soil moisture dynamics using HYDRUS-1D by Chen, Min, Willgoose, Garry R., Saco, Patricia M.

“…This article investigates the soil moisture dynamics within two catchments (Stanley and Krui) in the Goulburn River in NSW during a 3‐year period (2005–2007)…”
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Connectivity in dryland landscapes: shifting concepts of spatial interactions by Okin, Gregory S, Heras, Mariano Moreno-de las, Saco, Patricia M, Throop, Heather L, Vivoni, Enrique R, Parsons, Anthony J, Wainwright, John, Peters, Debra PC

“…Dryland ecosystems are often characterized by patchy vegetation and exposed soil. This structure enhances transport of soil resources and seeds through the…”
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The Impact of Dam Construction on Downstream Vegetation Area in Dry Areas Using Satellite Remote Sensing: A Case Study by Almalki, Raid, Khaki, Mehdi, Saco, Patricia M., Rodriguez, Jose F.

“…The assessment of ecosystem quality and the maintenance of optimal ecosystem function require understanding vegetation area dynamics and their relationship…”
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Global Analysis of Atmospheric Transmissivity Using Cloud Cover, Aridity and Flux Network Datasets by Srivastava, Ankur, Rodriguez, Jose F., Saco, Patricia M., Kumari, Nikul, Yetemen, Omer

“…Atmospheric transmissivity (τ) is a critical factor in climatology, which affects surface energy balance, measured at a limited number of meteorological…”
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The effect of landform variation on vegetation patterning and related sediment dynamics by Baartman, Jantiene E.M., Temme, Arnaud J.A.M., Saco, Patricia M.

“…Semi‐arid ecosystems are often spatially self‐organized in typical patterns of vegetation bands with high plant cover interspersed with bare soil areas, also…”
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NDVI Response to Satellite-Estimated Antecedent Precipitation in Dryland Pastures by Brieva, Carlos, Saco, Patricia M., Sandi, Steven G., Mora, Sebastián, Rodríguez, José F.

“…Precipitation is a critical driver of vegetation productivity and dynamics in dryland environments, especially in areas with intense livestock farming…”
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Experimental Analysis of Incipient Motion for Uniform and Graded Sediments by Khosravi, Khabat, Chegini, Amir H. N., Mao, Luca, Rodriguez, Jose F., Saco, Patricia M., Binns, Andrew D.

“…So far, few studies have focused on the concept of critical flow velocity rather than bed shear stress for incipient sediment motion. Moreover, few studies…”
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New hybrid-based approach for improving the accuracy of coastal aquifer vulnerability assessment maps by Khosravi, Khabat, Bordbar, Mojgan, Paryani, Sina, Saco, Patricia M., Kazakis, Nerantzis

“…Due to excessive exploitation, groundwater resources of coastal regions are exposed to seawater intrusion. Therefore, vulnerability assessments are essential…”
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Convolutional neural network approach for spatial prediction of flood hazard at national scale of Iran by Khosravi, Khabat, Panahi, Mahdi, Golkarian, Ali, Keesstra, Saskia D., Saco, Patricia M., Bui, Dieu Tien, Lee, Saro

“…•Flood susceptibility map at a scale of Iran derived based on deep learning convolutional neural networks.•15% of the entire country is highly to very highly…”
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The role of landscape morphology on soil moisture variability in semi‐arid ecosystems by Srivastava, Ankur, Saco, Patricia M., Rodriguez, Jose F., Kumari, Nikul, Chun, Kwok Pan, Yetemen, Omer

“…Previous studies on semi‐arid ecosystems have shown high values of soil moisture variability (SMV) primarily induced by the combined effects of non‐uniform…”
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The Grass Is Not Always Greener on the Other Side: Seasonal Reversal of Vegetation Greenness in Aspect‐Driven Semiarid Ecosystems by Kumari, Nikul, Saco, Patricia M., Rodriguez, Jose F., Johnstone, Samuel A., Srivastava, Ankur, Chun, Kwok P., Yetemen, Omer

“…Our current understanding of semiarid ecosystems is that they tend to display higher vegetation greenness on polar‐facing slopes (PFS) than on…”
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Spatial organization of soil depths using a landform evolution model by Saco, Patricia M., Willgoose, Garry R., Hancock, Greg R.

“…The evolution of soil depths is investigated by modeling the interaction between soil production and surface erosion within a landform evolution model. An…”
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Influence of orographic precipitation on coevolving landforms and vegetation in semi‐arid ecosystems by Srivastava, Ankur, Yetemen, Omer, Saco, Patricia M., Rodriguez, Jose F., Kumari, Nikul, Chun, Kwok P.

“…Topography affects the intensity and spatial distribution of precipitation due to orographic lifting mechanisms and, in turn, influences the prevailing climate…”
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One Flood Is Not Enough: Pool‐Riffle Self‐Maintenance Under Time‐Varying Flows and Nonequilibrium Multifractional Sediment Transport by Vahidi, Elham, Rodríguez, José F., Bayne, Eddie, Saco, Patricia M.

“…The interaction of sediment supply and hydrographs can affect, on a mesoscale, geomorphic features like pools and riffles, which are fundamental units of many…”
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Ecogeomorphic coevolution of semiarid hillslopes: Emergence of banded and striped vegetation patterns through interaction of biotic and abiotic processes by Saco, Patricia M., Moreno-de las Heras, Mariano

“…Key Points Vegetation patterns strongly depend on feedbacks with coevolving landforms Patterns prescribed by relative rates of fluvial and diffusive erosion…”
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And we thought the Millennium Drought was bad: Assessing climate variability and change impacts on an Australian dryland wetland using an ecohydrologic emulator by Quijano-Baron, Juan, Carlier, Rebecca, Rodriguez, Jose F., Sandi, Steven G., Saco, Patricia M., Wen, Li, Kuczera, George

“…•We analyse climate variability/change effects on dryland wetland response to flows.•We use an emulator and an MC method to explore 4 K different flow…”
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Resilience to drought of dryland wetlands threatened by climate change by Sandi, Steven G., Rodriguez, Jose F., Saintilan, Neil, Wen, Li, Kuczera, George, Riccardi, Gerardo, Saco, Patricia M.

“…Dryland wetlands are resilient ecosystems that can adapt to extreme periodic drought–flood episodes. Climate change projections show increased drought severity…”
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