CHG Publications

Climate-Related Publications

Mensing, S. A., J. Michaelsen and R. Byrne, 1999. A 560-year record of Santa Ana fires reconstructed from charcoal deposited in Santa Barbara Basin, California. Quaternary Research, 51, 295-305.

Funk, C. and J. Michaelsen, 2003: Linking The Tropical Easterly Jet and Precipitation In sub-Saharan Africa with the Diagnostic Divergence Equation. Journal of Climate, Submitted, 24.
DDE_Africa.pdf

Funk, C. and J. Michaelsen, 2003: Global, Regional and Internal Controls of African Rainfall. Journal of Climate, submitted, 23.
GRI_Controls.pdf

Funk, C. and J. Michaelsen, 2003: A simplified diagnostic model of orographic rainfall for enhancing satellite-based rainfall estimates in data poor regions. Journal of Applied Meteorology, submitted, 22.
VDELB.pdf

Funk, C., J. Michaelsen, J. Verdin, G. Artan, G. Husak, G. Senay, H. Gadain, and T. Magadazire, 2003: The Collaborative Historical African Rainfall Model: Description and Evaluation. International Journal of Climatology, 23, 47-66
CHARM_IJOC_article.pdf

Funk, C. and J. Verdin, 2003: Comparing Satellite Rainfall Estimates and Reanalysis Precipitation Fields with Station Data for Western Kenya. International workshop on crop monitoring and early warning for food security, Nairobi, JRC - FAO.
Funk&Verdin_rainfall_paper.doc

Mensing, S. A., J. Michaelsen and R. Byrne, 1999. A 560-year record of Santa Ana fires reconstructed from charcoal deposited in Santa Barbara Basin, California. Quaternary Research, 51, 295-305.

Verdin, J., Funk, C., Klaver, J., Roberts, D. (1999): Exploring the correlation between Southern African NDVI and ENSO sea surface temperatures: results for the 1998 growing season. International Journal of Remote Sensing. V20.10 2117-2124. Awarded best letter of the year, Remote Sensing Society.
SA_NDVI_ENSO.pdf

Gershunov, A. J. Michaelsen and C. Gautier, 1998. Large-scale coupling between the tropical greenhouse effect and latent heat flux via atmospheric dynamics. Journal of Geophysical Research, 103, 6017-6031.

Haston, L., and J. Michaelsen, 1997. Spatial and temporal variability of southern California precipitation over the last 400 yr and relationships to atmospheric circulation patterns. Journal of Climate, 10, 1836-1852.

Weltz, M. A., Fox, H. D., Amer, S. A., Pierson, F. B., and Lane, L. J., Erosion Prediction on Range and Grazing Lands: A Current Perspective. Society for Range Management, Grazingland Hydrology Issues: Perspectives for the 21st Century, 1996

Gershunov, A. and J. Michaelsen, 1996. Climatic-scale space-time variability of tropical precipitation. Journal of Geophysical Research, 101(21), 26,297-26,307

Gershunov, A. and J. Michaelsen, 1996. Vertical variability of water vapor in the midlatitude upper troposphere, Contributions to Atmospheric Physics, 69, 205-214.

Davis, F. W. and J. Michaelsen, 1996. Sensitivity of fire regime in chaparral ecosystems to global climate change. In , W. C. Oechel and J. M Moreno, eds, Anticipated Effects of a Changing Global Environment on Mediterranean-type Ecosystems, Springer-Verlag, New York

Amer, S., and Miller, S., Use of Remotely Sensed Data for Estimating Precipitation. International Workshop on Sustainable Use of Rangelands and Desertification Control, Jeddah, 3-6 November 1996.

Elder, K., J. Michaelsen and J. Dozier, 1995. Small basin modeling of snow water equivalence using binary regression tree methods, IIASH-AIHS and IUGG XXI General Assembly, Boulder, Colorado, July, 1995.

Michaelsen, J., D. S. Schimel, M. A. Friedl, F. W. Davis and R. C. Dubayah, 1994, Regression tree analysis of satellite and terrain data to guide vegetation sampling and surveys, Journal of Vegetation Science, 5, 673-686.

Weltz, M., Amer, S., and Fox, D., Spatial and Temporal Influence of Cover on Surface Runoff and Soil Erosion. International Symposium on Water Research and Management in Semiarid Environments, 1994.

Stannard, D. I., Blanford, J. H., Kustas, W. P., Nichols, W. D., Amer, S. A., Schmugge, T. J., and Weltz, M. A., Interpretation of Surface Flux Measurements in Heterogeneous Terrain During the Monsoon '90 Experiment. Water Resources Research, v. 30, no. 5, pp. 1227-1239, May 1994.

Amer, S., Keefer, T. O., Weltz, M. A., Goodrich, D. C., and Bach, L. B., Soil-Moisture Sensors for Continuous Monitoring. Water Resources Bulletin, 1994.

Goodrich, D. C., Schmugge, T. J., Jackson, T. J., Unkrich, C. L., Keefer, T. O., Parry, R., Bach, L. B., and Amer, S. A., Runoff Simulation Sensitivity to Remotely Sensed Initial Soil Water Content. Water Resources Research, v. 30, no. 5, pp. 1393-1405, May 1994.

Friedl, M. A., J. Michaelsen, F. W. Davis, H. Walker, D. Schimel, 1994. Estimating grassland biomass and leaf area index using ground and satellite data, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 15, 1401-1420.

Haston, L and J. Michaelsen, 1994. Long-term central coastal California precipitation variability and relationships to El Nino, Journal of Climate, 7, 1373-1387.

Loaiciga, H. A., L. Haston and J. Michaelsen, 1993. Dendrohydrology and long-term hydrologic phenomena, Reviews of Geophysics, 31, 151-171.

Weltz, M.A., Fox, D., Amer, S.A., Influence of Spatial Distribution of Ground Cover on Soil Erosion and Runoff. Rangeland and Hydrology Symposium, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1992.

Michaelsen, J. and L. G. Thompson, 1992. A comparison of proxy records of El Nino/Southern Oscillation, in H. F. Diaz and V. Markgraf,eds., Historical and Paleoclimatic Aspects of the Southern Oscillation, 323-348. Cambridge University Press.
Weltz, M.A., Fox, D., Amer, S.A., Influence of Spatial Distribution of Ground Cover on Soil Erosion and Runoff. Rangeland and Hydrology Symposium, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1992.

Kustas, W.P., Goodrich, D.C., Moran, M.S., Amer, S.A., et al., An Interdisciplinary Field Study of the Energy Fluxes in the Atmosphere-Biosphere System Over Semiarid Rangelands. Bulletin of the American Meteorology Society, 1991.

Goodrich, D. C., Bach, L. B., Weltz, M. A., Jackson, T. J., Schmugge, T. J., Keefer, T. O., Amer, S. A., and Unkrich, C. L., Preliminary Runoff Simulation Sensitivity to Various Measures of Initial Soil Water Content.Proc. 20th Amer. Met. Soc. Con. on Agric. and Forest Met., Spec. Session on Hydromet., 1991.

Elder, K., J. Dozier, J. Michaelsen, 1990. Snow accumulation and distribution in an alpine watershed, Water Resources Research, 27, 1541-1552.
Larson, D. O. and J. Michaelsen, 1990. Impacts of climatic variability and population growth on Virgin Branch Anasazi cultural developments. American Antiquity, 55, 227-249.

Borchert, M., F. W. Davis, J. Michaelsen and L. D. Oyler, 1989. Interactions of factors affecting seedling recruitment of blue oak (Quercus douglasii) in California. Ecology, 70, 389-404.

Michaelsen, J., 1989. Long-period fluctuations in El Nino amplitude and frequency reconstructed from tree-rings. In D. H. Peterson, ed., Aspects of Climate Variability in the Eastern Pacific and Western Americans, American Geophysical Union Monograph, 55, 69-74.

Baumgartner, T. R., J. Michaelsen, L. G. Thompson, A. Soutar, R. Casey, G. Shen, 1989. The recording of interannual climatic change by high-resolution natural systems: tree-rings; coral bands; glacial ice layers; and marine varves. In D. H. Peterson, ed., Aspects of Climate Variability in the Eastern Pacific and Western Americans, American Geophysical Union Monograph 55, 1-14.

Elder, K., J. Dozier, J. Michaelsen, 1989. Spatial and temporal variation of net snow accumulation in a small alpine watershed, Emerald Lake Basin, Sierra Nevada, USA, Annals of Glaciology, 13, 56-63.

Famine Early Warning System Network Special Reports

• Funk, C., Asfaw, A.; Steffen, P.; Senay, G., Rowland, J, Verdin, J., Rowland, J., Estimating Meher Crop Production Using Rainfall in the Long Cycle Region of Ethiopia. FEWS NET Special Report. June 2003.
EthProductionOutlook.pdf

• Funk, C., Pedreros, D.; Husak, G.; Eilerts, G., Verdin, J., Rowland, J., June-July-August 2003 Rainfall Forecast Interpretation for Central America. FEWS NET Special Report. March 2003.
English Version
Spanish Version

• Husak, G., F. C., J. Rowland, J. Michaelsen, and J. Verdin, 2002: Observations between October and Late-season Rainfall for Southern Africa. FEWS NET Special Report. December, 2002.
EarlyAndLateRainsInSouthernAfrica.pdf

• Funk, C., T. Magadazire, G. Husak, J. Verdin, J. Michaelsen, and J. Rowland, 2002: Forecasts of 2002/2003 Southern Africa Maize Growing Conditions Based on October 2002 Sea Surface Temperature and Climate Fields. FEWS NET Special Report. December, 2002.
2003WRSIForecastsForSouthernAfrica.pdf

• Funk, C., T. Magadazire, G. Senay, J. Rowland, J. Verdin, and J. Michaelsen, 2002: Historical El Niño/crop production relationships in Southern Africa. FEWS NET Special Report. September, 2002.
HistoricalElNinoCropProductionRelationshipsInSouthernAfrica.pdf

Remote Sensing & GIS Related Publications

Qi, Jiaguo, Marsett, Robin, Heilman, Phil, Biedenbender, Sharon, Wang, Cuizhen, Wallace Osman, Amer, Saud, et al., Landsat Satellite Images Help Ranches to Manage their Resources More Effectively. In review, to be submitted to EOS.

Qi, Jiaguo, Marsett, Robin, Heilman, Phil, Biedenbender, Sharon, Wang, Cuizhen, Wallace Osman, Amer, Saud, et al., Landsat Satellite Images Help Range Managers. In review, to be submitted to the Journal of Range Management.
Franklin, J., T. Keeler-Wolf, K. Thomas, J. Michaelsen and J. Miller, 2001. Stratified sampling for field survey of environmental gradients to define vegetation alliances in the Mojave Desert Ecoregion. In S. J. Walsh ed., Applications of GIS and RS in Biogeography and Ecology.

Funk C., Theiler J., Roberts, D., Borel C. (2001): Clustering to Improve Matched Filter Detection of Weak Gas Plumes, in Hyperspectral Thermal Imagery, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. V39.7 1410- 1419.
ClusteringToImproveMatchedFiltering.pdf
Gardner, M., D. Roberts, F. C., and V. Noronha, 2001: Road Extraction from AVIRIS Using Spectral Unmixing and Q-Tree Filter Techniques. AVIRIS Airborne Geoscience Workshop Proceedings, Pasadena, CA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
RoadExtraction.pdf

Collins, E.F., Roberts, D., Sutton, P., Funk, C., (2000): Temperature estimation and compositional mapping using spectral mixture analysis of thermal imaging spectrometer data. Imaging Spectrometry V., eds. Descour, M., Shen S., SPIE Proceedings V3753, p. 247-257.
CollinsTemperatureEst.pdf

Husak, G., Hadley, B., McGwire, K. Landsat Thematic Mapper Registration Accuracy and its Effects on the IGBP Validation. PE & RS. V65.9.

Funk, C., Curtin, K., Goodchild M.F., Montello D., and Noronha, V.T. (1999): Formulation and test of a model of positional distortion fields. In K. Lowell and A. Jaton editors, 'Spatial Accuracy Assessment: Land Information Uncertainty in Natural Resources. Chelsea, Michigan: Ann Arbor Press, pp. 131-138.
PositionalDistortionFields.pdf

Buckles, B. P., Koutsougeras, C., Amer, S. A., Chuang, J., and Yuan, X., Image Decomposition Using Evolutionary Strategies. 3rd International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Neurosciences, NC, 23-28 October 1998.

Cullen, S. J, J. Michaelsen, D. W. Rice, B. P. Dooher, L. G. Everett, W. E. Kastenberg, M. Marino, 1996, An evaluation of California’s leaking underground fuel tank clean-up process, International Conference on The Impact of Industry on Groundwater Resources, Cernobbio, Italy, May 1996

Amer, S., and Miller, S., Use of Remotely Sensed Data for Estimating Precipitation. International Workshop on Sustainable Use of Rangelands and Desertification Control, Jeddah, 3-6 November 1996.

Moran, M. S., Clarke, T. R., Kustas, W. P., Weltz, M., and Amer, S. A., Evaluation of Hydrologic Parameters in a Semiarid Rangeland Using Remotely Sensed Spectral Data. Water Resources Research, v. 30, no. 5, pp. 1287-1297, May 1994.

Schmugge, T., Jackson, T. J., Kustas, W. P., Roberts, R., Parry, R., Goodrich, D. C., Amer, S. A., and Weltz, M. A., Push Broom Microwave Radiometer Observations of Surface Soil Moisture in Monsoon '90. Proceedings of Special Meeting on Microwave Radiometry and Remote Sensing Applications, 1992; Water Resources Research, v. 30, no. 5, pp. 1321-1327, May 1994.

Jackson, T. J., Schmugge, T. J., Parry, R., Kustas, W. P., Ritchie, J. C., Shutko, A. M., Haldin, A., Reutov, E., Novichikhin, E., Liberman, B., Shiue, J. C., Davis, M. R., Goodrich, D. C., Amer, S. A., and Back, L. B., Multifrequency Passive Microwave Observations of Soil Moisture in Arid Rangeland Environment. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 1991.