Christina (Naomi) Tague
Associate Professor of Hydrology; Bren School of Environmental Science & Management
UC Santa Barbara - University of California, Santa Barbara
Tague's UC Santa Barbara page
Ph.D., University of Toronto, Canada
My research focuses on the interactions among hydrology, ecosystem biogeochemical cycling, and landscape geophysical properties. This goal of this work is to improve our understanding of how these interacting systems are altered by disturbances, land management practices and climate variability and change. Methodologically my work is based on the development and application of mechanistic models and the use of field monitoring data to parameterize and improve them. I am principal developer of RHESSys a spatially distributed coupled model of hydrology and terrestrial ecosystem carbon and nutrient cycling processes. Current RHESSys application sites include Sierra and Boulder CZO, several LTER sites and other experimental watersheds in Western US and elsewhere.
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CZO Publications
Papers/Books
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
Plant Accessible Water Storage Capacity and Tree-Scale Root Interactions Determine How Forest Density Reductions Alter Forest Water Use and Productivity. TAGUE, C.L., & M.A. MORITZ (2019): Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
2019
The changing water cycle: The eco-hydrologic impacts of forest density reduction in Mediterranean (seasonally dry) regions. TAGUE, C.L., MORITZ, M., HANAN, E (2019): WIREs Water
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
2017
The impact of wildfire on baseflow recession rates in California. Bart, R.L.; Tague, C. (2017): Hydrological Processes
2016
Effect of Tree-to-Shrub Type Conversion in Lower Montane Forests of the Sierra Nevada (USA) on Streamflow. Bart, R. R.,Tague, C. L., Moritz, M. A. (2016): PLOS ONE
2016
Uncertainty in carbon allocation strategy and ecophysiological parameterization influences on carbon and streamflow estimates for two western US forested watersheds. Garcia, E.S., Tague, C.L., Choate, J.S. (2016): Ecological Modeling. 342 19.
2016
Effects of Model Spatial Resolution on Ecohydrologic Predictions and Their Sensitivity to Inter-Annual Climate Variability. Son, K., Tague, C., Hunsaker C. (2016): Hillslope and Watershed Hydrology
2015
Hydrological partitioning in the critical zone: Recent advances and opportunities for developing transferable understanding of water cycle dynamics. Brooks P.D., Chorover J., Fan Y., Godsey S.E., Maxwell R.M., McNamara J.P., and Tague C. (2015): Water Resources Research 51 (9): 6973-6987 Cross-CZO
2015
Subsurface storage capacity influences climate–evapotranspiration interactions in three western United States catchments. Garcia, E.S., Tague, C.L. (2015): Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 19 (12).
2013
The sensitivity of forest water use to the timing of precipitation and snowmelt recharge in the California Sierra: Implications for a warming climate. Tague, C., and H. Peng. (2013): J. Geophys. Res. Biogeosci. 118, 875–887.
2009
Assessing climate change impacts on alpine stream-flow and vegetation water use: mining the linkages with subsurface hydrologic processes. Tague, C. (2009): Hydrological Processes, 23, 1815-1819.
2007
Spatial modeling of coupled hydrologic-biogeochemical processes for the Southern Sierra Critical Zone Observatory. Tague, C. (2007): Research Gate
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
Accounting for small scale heterogeneity in ecohydrologic watershed models. Burke, W.; Tague, C. (2017): Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2017. Abstract H13C-1382.
2017
Effects of fire suppression under a changing climate in Pacific Northwest mixed-pine forests. Hanan, E. J.; Tague, C.; Bart, R.R.; Kennedy, M.C.; Abatzoglou, J.T.; Kolden, C.; Adam, J. (2017): Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2017. Abstract GC51A-0794.
2017
Modeling the Effects of Drought Events on Forest Ecosystem Functioning Historically and Under Scenarios of Climate Change. Hanan, E.; Kolden, C.; Abatzoglou, J.; Tague, C.; Liu, M.; Adam, J. (2017): Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2017. Abstract H23B-1643.
2017
How soil water storage moderates climate changes effects on transpiration, across the different climates of the Critical Zone Observatories. Heckman, C.; Tague, C. (2017): Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2017. Abstract H23H-1777. Cross-CZO National
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
A Coupled Model for Simulating Future Wildfire Regimes in the Western US. Ryan R. Bart, Maureen C. Kennedy, Christina (Naomi) Tague, Erin J. Hanan (2017): Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2017. Abstract GC51A-0789.
2017
Communicating why land surface heterogeneity matters . Tague, C.; Burke, W.; Ryan, B.; Turpin, E.; Wood, G. (2017): Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2017. Abstract H51A-1249.
2016
Southern Sierra Critical Zone Observatory: 2015-2016 Annual Report to National Science Foundation. Bales, R. (2016): NSF Award #1331939
2016
Bidirectional Response of Runoff to Changes in Snowmelt Rate, Timing, and Amount. Barnhart, T.B.; Molotch, N.P.; Tague, C. (2016): Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2016. Abstract H51N-05.
2016
Integrating Fire Effects into an Ecohydrologic Model for Simulating Fire Regimes. Bart, R.R.; Tague, C.; Kennedy, M.C.; Mckenzie, D. (2016): Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2016. Abstract GC51E-1234.
2016
Managing forests, water resources and their interaction in the face of increasing drought frequency and severity in semi-arid regions. Hall S.J; Tague, C.; Moritz, M. (2016): Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2016. Abstract H24B-01.
2016
Ecohydrological Projections of Fire Regimes: Balancing Uncertainty and Complexity to Integrate Cross-disciplinary Simulation Systems. Kennedy, M.C.; Mckenzie, D.; Tague, C.; Bart, R.R. (2016): Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2016. Abstract GC51E-1236.
2015
Southern Sierra Critical Zone Observatory: 2014-2015 Annual Report to National Science Foundation. Bales, R. (2015): NSF Award 1331939
2015
An Integrated Model for Identifying Linkages Between the Management of Fuel Treatments, Fire and Ecosystem Services. Bart, R., Anderson, S., Moritz, M., Plantinga, A., Tague, C. (2015): GC33E. The Role of Fire in the Earth System: Understanding Drivers, Feedbacks, and Interactions with the Land, Atmosphere, and Society I Posters, presented at 2015 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 14-18 Dec.
2015
Resilience Through Disturbance: Effects of Wildfire on Vegetation and Water Balance in the Sierra Nevadas . Boisrame, G.F.S, Thompson, S.E., Stephens, S., Collins, B., Tague, N. (2015): American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. San Francisco, CA
2015
Scale-dependent interactions between vegetation, landscape, and climate: How critical zone structure influences ecohydrological resilience in a rapidly changing world. Brooks, P., Barnard, H., Chorover, J., Fan, Y., Gallo, E., Godsey, S., Maxwell, R., McNamara, J., Swetnam, Y., and Tague, N (2015): H23J-05 Ecohydrology in the Critical Zone II, presented at 2015 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 14-18 Dec. Cross-CZO
2015
Modeling the complex interactions among wildfire, fuel treatments and hydrology. Tague, C. (2015): EARSeL Forest Fire Special Interest Group Workshop. Limassol, Cyprus.
2014
Potential effects of tree-to-shrub type conversion on streamflow in California’s Sierra Nevada. Baguskas S, Bart R, Molinari N, Tague C, Moritz M. (2014): American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2014, abstract #H31G-0690
2014
Southern Sierra Critical Zone Observatory: 2013-2014 Annual Report to National Science Foundation. Bales, R. (2014): NSF Award 1331939
2014
Seasonal and multi-year ecohydrologic responses to forest thinning. Tague, C.L. (2014): American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2014, abstract #H33L-07
2014
Consequences of warming temperatures and shifts in precipitation regimes for snow-dominated mountain systems. Tague, C.L. (2014): 12th British Hydrological Society National Symposium
2014
Translating physiological drought into tree stress and forest response. Tague, C.L. (2014). (2014): Ecological Society of America annual meeting
2014
Linking geology, climate and disturbance response in California mountain environments. Tague, C.N.; E. Garcia; X. Chen; C. Heckman (2014): American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2014, abstract #H53I-03
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
A framework for improving the predictions of ecohydrologic responses to climate change in Sierra Critical Zone Observatory watersheds. Son, K. and C. Tague. (2013): American Geophysical Union
2013
Climate warming and eco-hydrology of forested watersheds in the California Sierra. Tague, C., K. Son, T. Brandt, and A.L. Dugger. (2013): American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2013, abstract #EP11A-07
2012
Southern Sierra Critical Zone Observatory: 2011-2012 Annual Report to National Science Foundation. Bales, R. (2012): NSF Award 0725097
2012
Strategic sampling of microclimate, soil moisture and sapflux for improving ecohydrological model estimates in the California Sierra. Son, K., and Tague, C. (2012): Fall meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2012. Abstract H31G-1208.
2012
The geography of forest drought vulnerability: Integrating modeling and measurements (Invited). Tague, C. (2012): Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2012. Abstract GC51F-02.
2011
Southern Sierra Critical Zone Observatory: 2010-2011 Annual Report to National Science Foundation . Bales, R. (2011): NSF Award 0725097
2011
Importance of sub‐watershed spatial heterogeneity in ecohydrological modelling using multi‐scale and multi‐criteria data in the context of climate variation and change. Son, K., Tague, C. (2011): National CZO Program 2011 All Hands Meeting
2011
Spatial patterns of interaction among climate variability and change, soil water deficit and transpiration in small mountain catchments of Southern Sierra Critical Zone Observatory. Son, K., Tague, C. (2011): Fall meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2011. Abstract GC31A-1020.
2010
Southern Sierra Critical Zone Observatory: 2009-2010 Annual Report to National Science Foundation. Bales, R. (2010): NSF Award 0725097
2010
A Top-down soil moisture and sap flux sampling design to capture the effect of inter-annual climate variability on ecohydrology in mountain catchments. Son, K., Tague, C. (2010): Fall meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2010. Abstract GC51D-0775.
2009
Southern Sierra Critical Zone Observatory: 2008-2009 Annual Report to National Science Foundation. Bales, R. (2009): NSF Award 0725097
2009
An Optimized Soil Moisture Sampling Design to Represent the Impact of Climate Variability on Soil Moisture and Vegetation Water Use in Snow-Dominated Watersheds. Son, K., Tague, C. (2009): Fall meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 2009. 90(52). Abstract H33D-0902.
2008
Southern Sierra Critical Zone Observatory: 2007-2008 Annual Report to National Science Foundation. Bales, R. (2008): NSF Award 0725097
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Models
RHESSys
Regional Hydro-Ecologic Simulation System
A spatially distributed dynamic model of coupled eco-hydrologic processes.
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News
UCSB graduate team working on collaborative forest restoration strategies in Sierra Nevada
03 Oct 2017 - Five master's students at the UCSB Bren School are incentivizing restoration strategies for private landholders with Sierra RCD.
New SSCZO comic artfully communicates research
19 Jul 2017 - Wonder what soils and sponges have in common? Or why some trees in the Sierra Nevada are dying while others are surviving? Find out in our new comic.
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Events
CUAHSI Watershed Science Master Class
CUAHSI Watershed Science Master Class
Biosphere2, Oracle, Arizona.Watershed Science Master Class
A short course for graduate students and post-doctoral fellows Sponsored by CUAHSI and the University of Arizona
Biosphere 2 near Tucson, Arizona.
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