Michael L . Goulden
Associate Professor; Earth System Science and Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
UC Irvine - University of California, Irvine
Goulden's UC Irvine page
Ph.D., Biological Sciences, Stanford University
Research focuses on terrestrial ecosystems, with an emphasis on what controls the exchanges of gases and energy between land surfaces and the atmosphere. This is an interdisciplinary approach, borrowing techniques from a range of disciplines including plant physiology, community and ecosystem ecology, hydrology, micrometeorology, environmental physics, and biogeochemistry.
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CZO Publications
Papers/Books
2019
California forest die-off linked to multi-year deep soil drying in 2012–2015 drought. GOULDEN, M.L. & R.C. BALES (2019): Nature Geoscience, 12
2018
Mechanisms controlling the impact of multi-year drought on mountain hydrology. Bales, R. C.; Goulden, M. L.; Hunsaker, C. T.; Conklin, M. H.; Hartsough, P. C.; O'Geen, A. T.; Hopmans, J. W.; Safeeq, M. (2018): Hydrological Processes: 10.1038/s41598-017-19007-0
2018
Reevaluating growing season length controls on net ecosystem production in evergreen conifer forests. Barnard, D.M., Knowles, J.F., Barnard, H.R., Goulden, M.L., Hu, J., Litvak, M.E., Molotch, N.P. (2018): Scientific Reports 8(1): 17973 Cross-CZO
2018
Subsurface plant-accessible water in mountain ecosystems with a Mediterranean climate. Klos, P. Z.; Goulden, M.; Riebe, C. S.; Tague, C.; O’geen, A. T.; Flinchum, B. A.; Safeeq, M.; Conklin, M. H.; Hart, S. C.; Berhe, A. A.; Hartsough, P. C.; Holbrook, S.; Bales R. C.; (2018): Hydrological Processes: 10.1002/wat2.1277
2018
Southern Sierra Critical Zone Observatory and Kings River Experimental Watersheds: A Synthesis of Measurements, New Insights, and Future Directions. O'Geen, A.; Safeeq, M.; Wagenbrenner, J.; Stacy, E.; Hartsough, P.; Devine, S.; Tian, Z.; Ferrell, R.; Hopmans, J.W.; and Bales, R. (2018): Vadose Zone Journal, 17:180081
2018
SMAP soil moisture improves global evapotranspiration. PURDY, A.J., FISHER, J.B., GOULDEN, M.L., COLLIANDER, A., HALVERSON, G., TU, K., FAMIGLIETTI, J.S. (2018): Remote Sensing of Environment, 219
2016
Mapping and understanding dry-season soil water drawdown by California montane vegetation. Fellows, A.W. and Goulden, M.L. (2016): Ecohydrology Cross-CZO
2016
A montane Mediterranean climate supports year- round photosynthesis and high forest biomass . Kelly, A.E., and Goulden, M.L. (2016): Tree Physiology. 36 (4), DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpv131
2016
Drought resistance across California ecosystems: evaluating changes in carbon dynamics using satellite imagery. S.L. Malone, M.G. Tulbure, A.J. PérezLuque, T.J. Assal, L.L. Bremer, D.P. Drucker, V. Hillis, S. Varela, M.L. Goulden (2016): Ecosphere. 7 (11), e01561.
2015
Estimation of high-resolution land surface net shortwave radiation from AVIRIS data: Algorithm development and preliminary results . He, T., Liang, S.I., Wang, D.D., Shi, Q.Q., Goulden, M.L. (2015): Remote Sensing of Environment. 167
2014
Mountain runoff vulnerability to increased evapotranspiration with vegetation expansion. Goulden, M.L., Bales, R.C. (2014): Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111 (39)
2012
Evapotranspiration along an elevation gradient in the Sierra Nevada . Goulden, M.L., Anderson, R.G., Bales, R.C., Kelly, A.E., Meadows, M., and Winston, G.C. (2012): Journal of Geophysical Research 117 (G3).
2012
Elevation-dependent influence of snow accumulation on forest greening. Trujillo, E., Molotch, N.P., Goulden, M.L., Kelly, A.E., Bales, R.C. (2012): Nature Geoscience 5, 705-709
Papers and books that explicitly acknowledge a CZO grant are highlighted in PALE ORANGE.
Other CZO Publications
2019
Southern Sierra Critical Zone Observatory: 2018-2019 Annual Report to National Science Foundation. Bales, R.; Conklin, M.; Goulden, M.; Riebe, C.; Tague, C. (2019): NSF Award #1331939
2018
Southern Sierra Critical Zone Observatory: 2017-2018 Annual Report to National Science Foundation. Bales, R.; Tague, C.; Goulden, M.; Riebe, C.; Conklin, M. (2018): NSF Award #1331939
2017
Southern Sierra Critical Zone Observatory: 2016-2017 Annual Report to National Science Foundation. Bales, R. (2017): NSF Award #1331939
2017
Estimating evapotranspiration change due to forest treatment and fire at the basin scale in the Sierra Nevada, California. Goulden, M.; Bales, R. (2017): Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2017. Abstract H21B-1443.
2017
Shifting Patterns of Boreal Forest Succession and Browning Over the Last 30 Years. Goulden, M.; Czimczik, C.; Randerson, J. (2017): Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2017. Abstract B33B-2089.
2017
Predicting Plant-Accessible Water in the Critical Zone: Mountain Ecosystems in a Mediterranean Climate. Klos, P. Z.; Goulden, M.; Riebe, C. S.; Tague, C.; O’geen, A. T.; Flinchum, B. A.; Safeeq, M.; Conklin, M. H.; Hart, S. C.; Berhe, A. A.; Hartsough, P. C.; Holbrook, S.; Bales R. C.; (2017): Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2017. Abstract H23H-1769.
2017
Attributing Asymmetric Productivity Responses to Internal Ecosystem Dynamics and External Drivers Using Probabilistic Models. Parolari, A.; Goulden, M. (2017): Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2017. Abstract B51K-06.
2017
Water vs carbon: An evaluation of SMAP soil moisture and OCO-2 solar-induced fluorescence to characterize global plant stress. Purdy, A. J.; Fisher, J.; Goulden, M.; Randerson, J. T.; Famiglietti, J. S. (2017): Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2017. Abstract B23E-2116.
2017
The influence of subsurface porosity and bedrock composition on ecosystem productivity and drought resilience in the Sierra Nevada Batholith, California . Riebe, C. S.; Callahan, R. P.; Goulden, M.; Pasquest, S.; Flinchum, B. A.; Taylor, N. J.;. Holbrook S. (2017): Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2017. Abstract EP53D-1762.
2016
Southern Sierra Critical Zone Observatory: 2015-2016 Annual Report to National Science Foundation. Bales, R. (2016): NSF Award #1331939
2016
Ecosystem CO2 Exchange Across Semiarid Southwestern North America: A Synthesis of Multi-Year Flux Site Observations and its Comparison with Estimates from Terrestrial Biome Models and Remote Sensing. Biederman, J.A.; Scott, R.L.; Goulden, M.; Litvak, M.E.; Kolb, T.; Yepez, E.A.; Garatuza, J.; Oechel, W.C.; Krofcheck, D.J.; Ponce-Campos, G.E.; Bowling, D.R.; Meyers, T.P.; Maurer, G. (2016): Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2016. Abstract B44A-05.
2016
Widespread tree mortality with the ongoing California drought: the roll of water balance and temperature . Goulden, M.; Bales, R.C. (2016): Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2016. Abstract GC32C-05.
2016
SMAP Soil Moisture Data To Improve Remotely Sensed Global Estimates of Evapotranspiration. Purdey, A.J.; Fisher, J.; Goulden, M.; Famiglietti, J.S. (2016): Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2016. Abstract H24C-02.
2016
Comprehensive seismic surveys suggest that subsurface water-holding capacity is secondary to bedrock nutrient content as a regulator of vegetation productivity in the Sierra Nevada Batholith, California. Taylor, N.J.; Riebe, C.S.; Dueker, K.G.; Goulden, M.; Flinchum, B.A.; Pasquet, S.; Callahan, R.P.; Hahm, W.J.; Keifer, I.S.; Holbrook, W.S. (2016): Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2016. Abstract EP43C-0964.
2015
Southern Sierra Critical Zone Observatory: 2014-2015 Annual Report to National Science Foundation. Bales, R. (2015): NSF Award 1331939
2015
Drought effects on evapotransiration and subsurface water storage in the southern Sierra Nevada. Bales, R., Goulden, M., Hunsaker, C., Conklin, M., Hartsough, P., O’Geen, A., Hopmans, J., Safeeq, M. (2015): H33M. The Hydrology-Vegetation-Climate Nexus: Identifying Process Interactions and Environmental Shifts in Mountain Catchments II, presented at 2015 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 14-18 Dec.
2015
Ecosystem carbon balance in a drier future: land-atmosphere exchanges of CO2, water and energy across semiarid southwestern North America. Biederman, J., Scott, R., Goulden, M., Litvak, M., Kolb, T., Yépez, E., Oechel, W., Meyers, T., Papuga, S., Ponce-Campos,G., Krofcheck, D., Maurer, G., Dore, S., Garatuza, J., Bell, T., Krishnan, P. (2015): B13F. Terrestrial Biome Fluxes and Biogeochemical Impacts of Forest Disturbances: Measurements and Modeling from Minutes to Millennia III Posters, presented at 2015 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 14-18 Dec.
2015
Montane meadow evapotranspiration: implications for restoration and impacts on downstream flow. Lucas, R., Conklin, M., Goulden, M. (2015): H11E Interacting Physical and Ecological Processes across Terrestrial and Aquatic Systems I Posters, presented at 2015 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 14-18 Dec.
2015
Montane meadow evaportanspiration: implications for restoration and impacts on downstream flow. Lucas, R., Conklin, M., Goulden, M. (2015): . American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. San Francisco, CA.
2015
Estimating CO2 Fluxes Pre and Post Drought Using Remote Sensing Data in the Sierra Nevada Range . Mazzi, J., Grigsby, S., Goulden, M., Ustin, S. (2015): B51H Scaling from Points to Pixels: Remote Sensing Estimates of Ecosystem Characteristics across Space and Time I Posters, presented at 2015 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 14-18 Dec.
2014
Southern Sierra Critical Zone Observatory: 2013-2014 Annual Report to National Science Foundation. Bales, R. (2014): NSF Award 1331939
2014
Developing insitu imaging tools to quantify vegetation stress, plant mortality, and species composition. Goulden, M.L., and others (2014) (2014): American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2014, abstract #B54E-08
2014
Water use efficiency variability and controls across ten California ecosystems. Kelly, A.; M. Goulden (2014): American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2014, abstract #H33L-06
2013
Southern Sierra Critical Zone Observatory: 2007-2013 Final Report to National Science Foundation. Bales, R. (2013): NSF Award 0725097
2013
Southern Sierra Critical Zone Observatory: 2012-2013 Annual Report to National Science Foundation. Bales, R. (2013): NSF Award 1239521
2013
Interactions between cold and water limitation along a climate gradient produce sharp thresholds in ecosystem type, carbon balance, and water cycling. Kelly, A.E., M. Goulden, and A.W. Fellows (2013): American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2013, abstract #B23D-0585
2013
Timber harvest effect on soil moisture in the southern Sierra Nevada: Is there a measurable impact?. Meadows, M.W., R.C. Bales, M.H. Conklin, M. Goulden, P.C. Hartsough, J.W. Hopmans, C.T. Hunsaker, R.G. Lucas and A.I. Malazian (2013): American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2013, abstract #H11B-1165
2012
Southern Sierra Critical Zone Observatory: 2011-2012 Annual Report to National Science Foundation. Bales, R. (2012): NSF Award 0725097
2012
Water and energy gradients produce resilience and thresholds in ecosystem function in the western Sierra Nevada Mountains. Kelly, A.E., Goulden, M., Bales, R.C., Meadows, M.W., and G. Winston (2012): Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2012. Abstract B51C-0559.
2012
Comparing methods for quantifying soil moisture in the southern Sierra Nevada, California. Meadows, M, Hartsough, P.C., Hopmans, J.W., Malazian, A., Kerkez, B., Bales, R., Kelly, A., Goulden, M. (2012): Joint Meeting of the Second International Soil Sensing Technology Conference, the Soil Physics Technical Committee Annual Meeting. January 3-7, 2012
2011
Southern Sierra Critical Zone Observatory: 2010-2011 Annual Report to National Science Foundation . Bales, R. (2011): NSF Award 0725097
2011
Relationships between elevation, photosynthesis and evapotranspiration in the Sierra CZO. Goulden, M., Winston, G., Kelly, A., Meadows, M., and Bales, R. (2011): National CZO Program 2011 All Hands Meeting
2011
How Likely Is a Large Terrestrial Feedback to Climate Change?. Goulden, M., Winston, G., Parker, S., Kelly, A.E., Fellows, A.W. (2011): Fall meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2011. Abstract B23E-02.
2011
Comparison of sap flux data from two instrumented tree species in a forested catchment with different levels of water stress. Hartsough, P.C. Roudneva, E., Malazian, A.I., Meadows, M.W., Kelly, A.E., Bales, R.C., Goulden, M., Hopmans, J.W. (2011): Fall meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2011. Abstract GC31A-1023.
2011
Mechanisms to escape limitations of winter cold and summer drought on primary productivity in Sierra mixed conifer forest. Kelly, A.E., Goulden, M. L. (2011): National CZO Program 2011 All Hands Meeting
2011
Water and carbon cycling along the Sierra Nevada climate gradient. Kelly, A.E., Goulden, M., Meadows, M.W., Bales, R.C., Winston, G. (2011): Fall meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2011, Halls A-C, 8:00 AM. Abstract B41A-0203.
2011
How Likely Is a Large Terrestrial Feedback to Climate Change?. M. Goulden; G. Winston; S. Parker; A.E. Kelly; A.W. Fellows, (2011): Conference presentation, AGU Abstract B23E-02
2011
Comparing methods for quantifying soil moisture in the southern Sierra Nevada, California. Meadows, M.W., Hartsough, P.C., Kerkez, B., Bales, R.C., Kelly, A.E., Hopmans, J.W., Hedge, C., Goulden, M., Glaser, S.D. (2011): Fall meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2011. Abstract H41D-1054.
2010
Southern Sierra Critical Zone Observatory: 2009-2010 Annual Report to National Science Foundation. Bales, R. (2010): NSF Award 0725097
2010
Mechanisms Controlling the Effects of Weather and Climate on California's Ecosystems (Invited). Goulden, M., Kelly, A.E., Fellows, A., Winston, G. (2010): Fall meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2010. Abstract GC53A-01.
2010
Climate controls on forest productivity along the climate gradient of the western Sierra Nevada. Kelly, A.E., Goulden, M.L. (2010): Fall meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2010. Abstract B23C-0405.
2009
Southern Sierra Critical Zone Observatory: 2008-2009 Annual Report to National Science Foundation. Bales, R. (2009): NSF Award 0725097
2009
Climate controls on anomalously high productivity in the mixed conifer forests of the Sierra Nevada. Kelly, A.E., Goulden, M.L. (2009): Fall meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2009. 90(52). Abstract B33A-0359.
2008
Southern Sierra Critical Zone Observatory: 2007-2008 Annual Report to National Science Foundation. Bales, R. (2008): NSF Award 0725097
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