UCCE Water and Climate Program - Mendocino and Lake

Publications

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Ramon Saiz-Rodriguez, Samuel Sandoval Solis, Laura Garza-Diaz, et al. (2025) Resilient Flow Regimes in the Rio Grande – Río Bravo Basin. Authorea. January 23, 2025. 10.22541/au.173766585.55064692/v1

Garza-Diaz, L.E., and Sandoval-Solis, S (2022). Changes in stability landscapes of a river basin by anthropogenic droughts. J. Water 2022, 14(18), 2835; https://doi.org/10.3390/w14182835.

Garza-Diaz, L.E., and Sandoval-Solis, S (2022). Identifying thresholds, regime shifts, and early warning signals using long-term data in the transboundary Rio Grande - Rio Bravo. J. Water 2022, 14, 2555. https://doi.org/10.3390/w14162555.

Garza-Diaz, L.E., and Sandoval-Solis, S (2022) Resilience changes in a River Basin: Identifying Hydrologic Regime Shifts Using Long-Term Streamflow Data. Proceedings of the 39th IAHR World Congress.

Samuel Sandoval-Solis, Stephanie Paladino, Laura Garza-Diaz, Luzma Nava, Jack Friedman, Sophie Plassin, Grace Gomez-Quiroga, J. Pablo Ortiz-Partida, Jennifer Koch, Jeri Fleming, Belize Lane, Sean Wineland, Ali Mirchi, Ramon Saiz-Rodriguez, Thomas Neeson (2021). Environmental Flows in the Rio Grande - Rio Bravo Basin. Journal of Ecology and Society. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-12944-270120

Wineland, S.M., Bașağaoğlu, H., Fleming, J., Friedman, J., Garza-Diaz, L., Kellogg, W., Koch, J., Lane, B.A., Mirchi, A., Nava, L.F., Neeson, T.M., Ortiz-Partida, J.P., Paladino, S., Plassin, S., Gomez-Quiroga, G., Saiz-Rodriguez, R., Sandoval-Solis, S., Wagner, K., Weber, N., Winterle, J., and Wootten, A.M. (2021). The environmental flows implementation challenge: Insights and recommendations across water-limited systems. J. WIREs Water. https://doi.org/10.1002/wat2.1565

DeVincentis, A. J., Guillon, H., Díaz Gómez, R., Patterson, N. K., van den Brandeler, F., Koehl, A., Ortiz-Partida, J. P., Garza-Díaz, L. E., Gamez-Rodríguez, J., Goharian, E., and Sandoval Solis, S. (2021) Bright and Blind Spots of Water Research in Latin America and the Caribbean, J. Hydrology and Earth Systems Sciences https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-2021-106

Garza-Díaz, L. E., DeVincentis, A. J., Sandoval-Solis, S., Azizipour, M., Ortiz-Partida, J. P., Mahlknecht, J., ... & Kisekka, I. (2019). Land-Use Optimization for Sustainable Agricultural Water Management in Pajaro Valley, California. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 145(12), 05019018. Chicago. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0001117 

 

Reports

Sandoval Solís, S., Garza Díaz, L.E., Gómez Quiroga, G., Saiz Rodríguez, R., and Rendón Herrera, G., Assessing Climate Variability and Adaptation Strategies for the Rio Grande Basin. Final Report. South Central Climate Adaptation Science Center. USGS website. 2023

Sandoval-Solis, S., Saiz, R., Rendón G., Garza-Diaz, L.E., Instream flows and implementation strategies in the Rio Grande/Bravo Basin. Report. World Wildlife Fund, US. 2022

Sandoval-Solis, S., Garza-Diaz, L.E., Gomez, G., Saiz, R., Rendón G., Assessing Climate Variability and Adaptation Strategies for the Rio Grande Basin. Report. USGS, 2022

Sandoval-Solis, S., Garza-Diaz, L.E., and Leal-Nares, O.A. (2019). Estimating Environmental Flows for the Rio Grande/Bravo Basin. Report. Pronatura Noreste A.C. October 2019.

 

Conference Presentations and Posters

Garza-Diaz, L.E., and Sandoval-Solis, S. Resilience changes in a River Basin: Identifying Hydrologic Regime Shifts Using Long-Term Streamflow Data. Oral Presentation. 39th IAHR World Congress, Granada Spain 2022

M.L. Maskey, L.E. Garza-Díaz, S. Sandoval Solis, C. Puente. Fractal-multifractal ensembles of downscaled precipitation and temperature sets as implied by climate models. EGU General Assembly 2021. Virtual.

A. DeVincentis, S. Sandoval Solis, H. Guillon, R. Diaz-Gomez, L. Garza-Díaz. wateReview: A tool to draw from the well of past water research in Latin America and the Caribbean. AGU Frontiers in Hydrology Annual Meeting. San Juan, Puerto Rico. June 2022.

A.J. DeVincentis, R. Díaz Gómez, H. Guillon, N.K. Patterson, L.E. Garza-Díaz, F. van den Brandeler, A. Koehl, J.P. Ortiz Partida, E. Goharian and S. Sandoval Solis. Mapping Water Resources Research in Latin America and the Caribbean. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. San Francisco, CA. Dec 2019.

A.J. DeVincentis, R. Díaz Gómez, H. Guillon, N.K. Patterson, L.E. Garza-Díaz, F. van den Brandeler, A. Koehl, J.P. Ortiz Partida, E. Goharian and S. Sandoval Solis. Mapping Water Resources Research in Latin America and the Caribbean. Hydroclimate Risk UNESCO Conference. Invited speaker. Nov 2019.

Garza-Díaz, L. E., DeVincentis, A. J., Sandoval-Solis, S., Azizipour, M., Ortiz-Partida, J. P., Mahlknecht, J., ... & Kisekka, I. (2019). Land-Use Optimization for Sustainable Agricultural Water Management in Pajaro Valley, California. World Environmental and Water Resources Congress. Poster. Sacramento, US. May 2018

Garza-Díaz, L. E., DeVincentis, A. J., Sandoval-Solis, S., Azizipour, M., Ortiz-Partida, J. P., Mahlknecht, J., ... & Kisekka, I. (2019). Land-Use Optimization for Sustainable Agricultural Water Management in Pajaro Valley, California. World Water Congress. Poster. Cancun, Mexico. June 2017

DE Rheinheimer, J Medellin-Azuara, LE Garza Díaz, AI Ramírez (2017) A Web-based Tool for Transparent, Collaborative Urban

 

Blogs

Water Resilience, Climate Change, and Water Systems in California

A blog dedicated to addressing the pressing issues of water resilience, climate change, and water systems in California, the main objective is to empower readers with knowledge and practical solutions to navigate the complexities of water management in an era of climate change.

Water Quality for Agriculture and Domestic Use 

A blog dedicated to addressing the pressing issues of water quality in Agriculture and Domestic use in Northern California