Alejandro N. Flores
Assistant Professor, Boise State University
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PhD, Hydrology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009
MS, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Colorado State University, 2003
BS, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Colorado State University, 2001
I am an ecohydrologic modeler, by training, that works within the realms of hydrology and hydrometeorology, terrestrial ecology, and remote sensing to advance understanding of the role terrestrial ecosystems play in modulating weather and climate in a changing world. I use a suite of modeling tools – some simple and some extremely complex – along with remote sensing and field data, and data fusion and assimilation methods. With this toolbox, I quantify sensitivities of ecohydrologic systems to anthropogenic, and predict attributes of ecosystem structure and function in response to climate and disturbance. Increasingly, my research focuses on understanding and quantifying the feedbacks between natural and human systems, particularly the role that land management activities and decision play in modulating regional hydroclimate.
Phone/Address
208-426-40611910 University Drive, Boise, Idaho 83725-1535
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CZO Publications
Papers/Books
2020 (In Review)
Understanding the effect of fire on vegetation composition and gross primary production in a semi-arid shrubland ecosystem using the Ecosystem Demography (EDv22) model. Pandit, K., Dashti, H., Hudak, A.T., Glenn, N.F., Flores, A.N., and D.J. Shinneman (2020): Biogeosciences Discuss.
2019
Empirical methods for remote sensing of nitrogen in drylands may lead to unreliable interpretation of ecosystem function. Dashti, H., Glenn, N.F., Ustin, S., Mitchell, J.J., Qi, Y., Ilangakoon, N.T., Flores, A.N., Silvan-Cardenas, J., Zhao, K., Spaete, L.P., and M.A. de Graaff (2019): IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
2019
Regional scale dryland vegetation classification with an integrated lidar-hyperspectral approach. Dashti, H., Poley, A., Glenn, N.F., Ilangakoon, N., Spaete, L., Roberts, D., Enterkine, J., Flores, A.N., Ustin, S.L., and J.J. Mitchell (2019): Remote Sensing
2019
Hillslope hydrology in global change research and Earth system modeling. Fan, Y., Clark, M., Lawrence, D. M., Swenson, S., Band, L. E., Brantley, S. L., P. D. Brooks, W. E. Dietrich, A. Flores, G. Grant, J. W. Kirchner, D. S. Mackay, J. J. McDonnell, P. C. D. Milly, P. L. Sullivan, C. Tague, H. Ajami, N. Chaney, A. Hartmann, P. Hazenberg, J. McNamara, J. Pelletier, J. Perket, E. Rouholahnejad‐Freund, T. Wagener, X. Zeng, E. Beighley, J. Buzan, M. Huang, B. Livneh, B. P. Mohanty, B. Nijssen, M. Safeeq, C. Shen, W. van Verseveld, J. Volk, D. Yamazaki (2019): Water Resources Research, vol 55 Cross-CZO
2019
Developing and optimizing shrub parameters representing sagebrush (Artemisia spp) ecosystems in the northern Great Basin using the Ecosystem Demography (EDv22) model. Pandit, K., Dashti, H., Glenn, N.F., Flores, A.N., Maguire, K.C., Shinneman, D.J., Flerchinger, G.N., and A.W. Fellows (2019): Geosci. Model Dev.
2019
Leveraging environmental research and observation networks to advance soil carbon science. Weintraub, S.R., Flores, A.N., Wieder, W.R., Sihi, D., Cagnarini, C., and D.R.P. Concalves (2019): Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences
2019
Examining Interactions Between and Among Predictors of Net Ecosystem Exchange: A Machine Learning Approach in a Semi-arid Landscape. Zhou, Q., Fellows, A., Flerchinger, G.N., and A.N. Flores (2019): Scientific Reports 9:2222
2018
Steering Operational Synergies in Terrestrial Observation Networks: Opportunity for Advancing Earth System Dynamics Modelling. Baatz, R., Sullivan, P.L., Li, L., Weintraub, S.R., Loescher, H.W., Mirtl, M., Groffman, P.M., Wall, D.H., Young, M., White, T., Wen, H., Zacharias, S., Kuhn, I., Tang, J., Gaillardet, J., Braud, I., Flores, A.N., Kumar, P., Lin, H., Ghezzehei, T., Jones, J., Gholz, H.L., Vereecken, H., and Van Looy, K. (2018): Earth System Dynamics
2018
Data paper: 31 Years of Spatially Distributed Air Temperature, Humidity, Precipitation Amount and Precipitation Phase From Reynolds Critical Zone Observatory. Kormos, P. R., Marks, D. G., Seyfried, M. S., Havens, S. C., Hedrick, A., Lohse, K. A., Sandusky, M., Kahl, A. and Garen, D. (2018): ESSD. 10, 1197-1205
2017
Form and function relationships revealed by long-term research in a semiarid mountain catchment. McNamara, J.P., Benner, S.G., Poulos, M.J., Chandler, D., Marshall, H.P., Flores, A.N., Seyfried, M., and N.F. Glenn (2017): WIREs Water
2017
Form and function relationships revealed by long-term research in a semiarid mountain catchment. McNamara, J.P., Benner, S.G., Poulos, M.J., Chandler, D., Marshall, H.P., Flores, A.N., Seyfried, M., and N.F. Glenn (2017): WIREs Water
2017
Form and function relationships revealed by long-term research in a semiarid mountain catchment. McNamara, J.P., Benner, S.G., Poulos, M.J., Chandler, D., Marshall, H.P., Flores, A.N., Seyfried, M., and N.F. Glenn (2017): WIREs Water
2015
Bedrock infiltration estimates from a catchment in the mountain rain-snow transition zone. Kormos, P., McNamara, J., Seyfried, M., Marshall, H., Marks, D., and A. Flores (2015): Journal of Hydrology
2015
Reynolds Creek Critical Zone Observatory Annual Report 2015. Lohse, K. (2015): Reynolds Creek CZO, University of Idaho
Papers and books that explicitly acknowledge a CZO grant are highlighted in PALE ORANGE.
Other CZO Publications
2018
Data paper: 31 Years of Spatially Distributed Air Temperature, Humidity, Precipitation Amount and Precipitation Phase From Reynolds Critical Zone Observatory. Kormos, P. R., Marks, D. G., Seyfried, M. S., Havens, S. C., Hedrick, A., Lohse, K. A., Sandusky, M., Kahl, A. and Garen, D. (2018): ESSD. 10, 1197-1205
2018
Reynolds Creek Critical Zone Observatory Annual Report 2018. Lohse, K.A., Benner. S., Flores, A., Glenn, N.F., Seyfried, M.S. (2018): Reynolds Creek CZO, University of Idaho
2017
Reynolds Creek Critical Zone Observatory Annual Report 2017. Lohse, K. (2017): Reynolds Creek CZO, University of Idaho
2016
Reynolds Creek Critical Zone Observatory Annual Report 2016. Lohse, K. (2016): Reynolds Creek CZO, University of Idaho
2016
Weather Forecasting for Water Resource Management in Mountainous Terrain. Masarik, M., Watson, K., and A. Flores (2016): Western Snow Conference, Seattle, WA
2016
Investigating Precipitation and Snow Storage in Southern Idaho Via a High Resolution Regional Climate Model. Watson, K., Masarik, M. and A. Flores (2016): Western Snow Conference, Seattle, WA
2015
Improving Ecosystem Dynamic Models in a Semi-arid Ecosystem by Integrating Different Sources of Remotely Sensed Data. Dashti, H., Glenn, N., Jessica, M., Spaete, L., Flores, A., Zhou, Q., and M. Masarik (2015): CSDMS Annual Meeting, Boulder, CO
2015
Soil Organic Carbon Decomposition across an elevational gradient in a Semi-Arid Ecosystem. Delvinne, H., Feris, K., Flores, A., Benner, S., and M. de Graaff (2015): Proceedings of the Great Basin Consortium Conference, Boise, ID
2015
Response of soil organic carbon decomposition to temperature across a semiarid elevational-climatic gradient. Delvinne, H., Feris, K., Flores, A., Benner, S., and M. de Graaff (2015): Critical Zone Science, Sustainability, and Services in a Changing World, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
2015
Differences in the temperature sensitivity of soil organic carbon decomposition in a semi-arid ecosystem across an elevational gradient. Delvinne, H., Feris, K., Flores, A., Benner, S., and M. de Graaff (2015): American Geophysical Union, December, San Francisco, CA
2015
Running a physically-based snow model for near real time operational water forecasts Abstract H31A-07. Havens, S., Winstral, A., Marks, D., Kormos, P., Hedrick, A., Rothwell, E., Flores, A., Watson, K., and M. Masarik (2015): Joint AGU/CGU Meeting, Montreal, Canada
2015
Reynolds Creek Critical Zone Observatory Annual Report 2015. Lohse, K. (2015): Reynolds Creek CZO, University of Idaho
2015
High-resolution, intermediate range forecasting for water resource management in Southern Idaho. Masarik, M., Watson, K., and A. Flores (2015): Northwest Climate Conference, Coeur d'Alene, ID
2015
Soil Organic Carbon in the Critical Zone: Ecohydrologic Model Sensitivity and Spin-up. Walters, R., Benner, S., de Graaff, M., McNamara, J., Will, R., and A. Flores (2015): Community Surface Dynamics Modeling System Annual Meeting, Boulder, CO
2015
Modeling the hydro-climate of southwest Idaho over a range of historical conditions. Watson, K., Masarik, M. and A. Flores (2015): Northwest Climate Conference, Coeur d'Alene, ID
2015
Mapping the organic carbon content of soils (SOC) in the Reynolds Creek Watershed. Will, R., Stanbery, C., Seyfried, M., Pierce, J., Lohse, K., Flores, A., Glenn, N., Spaete, L., Patton, N., Black, C., Good, A., and S. Benner (2015): Great Basin Conference, Boise, ID
2015
Deriving spatiotemporally distributed net ecosystem exchange estimates combining eddy flux and sensing data. Zhou, Q., Flores, A., Flerchinger, G., and N. Glenn (2015): 4th Annual
2014
Soil Organic Carbon and the Temperature Sensitivity of its Decomposition along an Elevational Gradient in a Semi Arid Ecosystem. Delvinne, H., Feris, K., Flores, A., Benner, S., and M. de Graaff (2014): All Hands Meeting, Fish Camp, CA
2014
Mapping the organic carbon content of soils (SOC) in the Reynolds Creek Watershed. Will, R., Stanbery, C., Seyfried, M., Pierce, J., Lohse, K., Flores, A., Glenn, N., Spaete, L., Patton, N., Black, C., Good, A., and S. Benner (2014): All Hands Meeting, Fish Camp, CA
2013
Reynolds Creek Carbon Critical Zone Observatory. Lohse, KA, M Seyfried, A Flores, S Benner, N Glenn. (2013): NSF Proposal
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