Selected Publications:

Environmental Fluid Mechanics:
Prager, E.J., Southard, J.B. and Vivoni, E.R. 1996. Experiments on the Entrainment Threshold of Well Sorted and Poorly Sorted Carbonate Sands. Sedimentology. 43. 33-40.

Nepf, H.M. and Vivoni, E.R. 2000. Flow Structure in Depth-Limited, Vegetated Flow. Journal of Geophysical Research, Oceans. 105(C12): 28,547-28,558.
Environmental Informatics:
Vivoni, E.R. and Camilli, R. 2003. Real-time Streaming of Environmental Field Data. Computers & Geosciences. 29: 457-468.

Xie, H., Zhou, X., Vivoni, E.R., Hendrickx, J.M.H and Small, E.E. 2005. GIS-based NEXRAD Stage III Precipitation Database: Automated Approaches for Data Processing and Visualization. Computers & Geosciences. 31(1): 65-76.

Vivoni, E.R. and Richards, K.T.  2005. Integrated Use of GIS-based Field Sampling and Modeling for Hydrologic and Water Quality Studies. Journal of Hydroinformatics. 7(4): 235-250.
Hydrometeorology:
Grassotti, C., Hoffman, R.N., Vivoni, E.R. and Entekhabi, D. 2003. Multiple Timescale Intercomparison of Two Radar Products and Rain Gauge Observations over the Arkansas-Red River Basin. Weather and Forecasting. 18 (6): 1207-1229.

Xie, H.,  Zhou, X.,
Hendrickx, J.M.H.,Vivoni, E.R., Guan, H., Tian, Y.Q. and Small, E.E. 2005. Comparison of NEXRAD Stage III and Gauge Precipitation Estimates over a Semiarid Region. Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 42(1): 237-256.

Guan, H., Vivoni, E.R. and Wilson, J.L. 2005. Effects of Atmospheric Teleconnections on Seasonal Precipitation in Mountainous Regions of the Southwestern US: A Case Study in Northern New Mexico. Geophysical Research Letters. 32 (23), L23701, doi: 10.1029/2005GL023759.

Van Horne, M.P., Vivoni, E.R., Entekhabi, D., Hoffman, R.N. and Grassotti, C. 2006. Evaluating the effects of image filtering in short-term radar rainfall forecasting for hydrological applications. Meteorological Applications. 13(3): 289-303.

Vivoni, E.R., Gutiérrez-Jurado, H.A., Aragón, C.A., Méndez-Barroso, L.A., Rinehart, A.J., Wyckoff, R.L., Rodríguez, J.C., Watts, C.J., Bolten, J.D., Lakshmi, V. and Jackson, T.J. 2007. Variation of Hydrometeorological Conditions along a Topographic Transect in northwestern Mexico during the North American Monsoon. Journal of Climate. 20(9): 1792-1809.

Gebremichael, M., Vivoni, E.R., Watts, C.J. and Rodriguez, J.C. 2007. Sub-mesoscale Spatiotemporal Variability of North American Monsoon Rainfall over Complex Terrain. Journal of Climate. 20(9): 1751-1773.

Mascaro, G., Deidda, R. and Vivoni, E.R. 2008. A New Verification Method to Ensure Consistent Ensemble Forecasts through Calibrated Precipitation Downscaling Models. Monthly Weather Review. 136(9): 3374-3391.

Dominguez, F., Kumar, P. and Vivoni, E.R. 2008. Precipitation Recycling Variability and Ecoclimatological Stability - A study using NARR data. Part II: North American Monsoon Region. Journal of Climate. 21(20): 5187-5203.

Vivoni, E.R., Tai, K. and Gochis, D.J. 2009. Effects of Initial Soil Moisture on Rainfall Generation and Subsequent Hydrologic Response during the North American Monsoon. Journal of Hydrometeorology. 10(3): 644-664.

Mascaro, G., Vivoni, E.R. and Deidda, R. 2009. Implications of Ensemble Quantitative Precipitation Forecast Errors on Distributed Streamflow Forecasting. Journal of Hydrometeorology. (In Press).

Vivoni, E.R., Watts, C.J., Rodriguez, J.C., Garatuza-Payan, J., Mendez-Barroso, L.A., and Saiz-Hernandez, J.A. 2010. Improved Land-Atmosphere Relations through Distributed Footprint Measurements in a Subtropical Scrubland during the North American Monsoon. Journal of Arid Environments. (In Press).

Brito-Castillo, L., Vivoni, E.R., Gochis, D.J., Filonov, A., Tereshchenko, I. and Monzon, C. 2010. An Anomaly in the Occurrence of the Month of Maximum Precipitation Distribution in Northwest Mexico. Journal of Arid Environments. (In Press).
Surface-Groundwater Interactions:
Vivoni, E.R., Bowman, R.S., Wyckoff, R.L., Jakubowski, R. T. and Richards, K.E. 2006. Analysis of a Monsoon Flood Event in an Ephemeral Tributary and Its Downstream Hydrologic Effects. Water Resources Research. 42 (3), W03404, doi: 10.1029/2005WR004036.

Newman, B.D., Vivoni, E.R. and Groffman, A.R. 2006. Surface Water-Groundwater Interactions in Semiarid Drainages of the American Southwest. Hydrological Processes. 20(15): 3371-3394.


Vivoni, E.R., Di Benedetto, F., Grimaldi, S. and Eltahir, E.A.B. 2008. Hypsometric Control on Surface and Subsurface Runoff. Water Resources Research. 44, W12502, doi:10.1029/2008WR006931.
Terrain Analysis and Geomorphology:
Vivoni, E.R., Ivanov, V.Y., Bras, R.L. and Entekhabi, D. 2004. Generation of Triangulated Irregular Networks based on Hydrological Similarity. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering. 9(4): 288-302.

Vivoni, E.R., Teles, V., Ivanov, V.Y., Bras, R.L. and Entekhabi, D. 2005. Embedding Landscape Processes into Triangulated Terrain Models. International Journal of Geographical Information Science. 19(4): 429-457.

Falorni, G., Teles, V., Vivoni, E.R., Bras, R.L. and Amaratunga, K.S. 2005. Analysis and Characterization of the Vertical Accuracy of Digital Elevation Models from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission. Journal of Geophysical Research - Earth Surface. 110(F2): F02005. doi:10.1029/2003JF000113.

Nardi, F., Vivoni, E.R. and Grimaldi, S. 2006.
Investigating a Floodplain Scaling Relation using a Hydrogeomorphic Delineation Method. Water Resources Research. 42(9): W09409. doi:10.1029/2005WR004155.

Istanbulluoglu, E., Yetemen, O., Vivoni, E.R., Gutierrez-Jurado, H.A. and Bras, R.L. 2008. Eco-geomorphic Implications of Hillslope Aspect: Inferences from Analysis of Landscape Morphology in central New Mexico. Geophysical Research Letters. 35: L14403. doi:10.1029/2008GL034477.

Tarolli, P., Arrowsmith, J.R. and Vivoni, E.R. 2009. Understanding Earth Surface Processes from Remotely Sensed Digital Terrain Models. Geomorphology. 113: 1-3.

Yetemen, O., Istanbulluoglu, E. and Vivoni, E.R. 2009. The Implications of Geology, Soils, and Vegetation on Landscape Morphology: Inferences from Semiarid Basins with Complex Vegetation Patterns in Centeral New Mexico. Geomorphology. (In Press).
Hydrological Modeling:
Ivanov, V.Y., Vivoni, E.R., Bras, R.L. and Entekhabi, D. 2004. Preserving High-Resolution Surface and Rainfall Data in Operational-scale Basin Hydrology: A Fully-distributed Physically-based Approach. Journal of Hydrology. 298(1-4): 80-111.

Reed, S., Koren, V., Smith, M., Zhang, Z., Moreda, F., Seo, D.-J. and DMIP Participants. 2004. Overall Distributed Model Intercomparison Project Results. Journal of Hydrology. 298(1-4): 27-60.

Vivoni, E.R., Grimaldi, S., Nardi, F., Ivanov, V.Y., Castelli, F., Bras, R.L. and Ubertini, L. 2004. Assessing Hydrological Extreme Events with Geospatial Data and Models. EOS Transactions, American Geophysical Union. 85 (39): 371, 375.

Ivanov, V.Y., Vivoni, E.R., Bras, R. L. and Entekhabi, D. 2004. Catchment Hydrologic Response with a Fully-distributed Triangulated Irregular Network Model. Water Resources Research. 40(11): W11102, 10.1029/2004WR003218.

Vivoni, E.R., Ivanov, V.Y., Bras, R. L. and Entekhabi, D. 2005. On the Effects of Triangulated Terrain Resolution on Distributed Hydrologic Model Response. Hydrological Processes. 19(11): 2101-2122.

Vivoni, E.R., Entekhabi, D., Bras, R.L., Ivanov, V.Y., Van Horne, M.P., Grassotti, C. and Hoffman, R.N. 2006. Extending the Predictability of Hydrometeorological Flood Events using Radar Rainfall Nowcasting. Journal of Hydrometeorology. 7(4): 660-677.


Vivoni, E.R., Entekhabi, D., and Hoffman, R.N. 2007. Error propagation of Radar Rainfall Nowcasting Fields through a Fully-Distributed Flood Forecasting Model. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology. 46(6): 932-940.

Vivoni, E.R., Entekhabi, D., Bras, R.L., and Ivanov, V.Y. 2007. Controls on Runoff Generation and Scale-dependence in a Distributed Hydrologic Model. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 11(5): 1683-1701.

Noto, L.V., Ivanov, V.Y., Bras, R.L., and Vivoni, E.R. 2008. Effects of Initialization on Response of a Fully-Distributed Hydrologic Model. Journal of Hydrology. 352(1-2): 107-125.

Forman, B.A., Vivoni, E.R., and Margulis, S.A. 2008. Evaluation of Ensemble-based Distributed Hydrologic Model Response with Dissagregated Precipitation Products. Water Resources Research. 44: W12410, doi:10.1029/2008WR006983.

Rinehart, A.J., Vivoni, E.R. and Brooks, P.D. 2008. Effects of Vegetation, Albedo and Solar Radiation Sheltering on the Distribution of Snow in the Valles Caldera, New Mexico. Ecohydrology. 1(3): 253-270.

Mahmood, T. H. and Vivoni, E.R. 2008. Evaluation of Distributed Soil Moisture Simulations through Field Observations during the North American Monsoon in Redondo Creek, New Mexico. Ecohydrology. 1(3): 271-287.

Gochis, D.J., Vivoni, E.R., and Watts, C.J. 2010. The Impact of Soil Depth on Land Surface Energy and Water Fluxes in the North American Monsoon Region. Journal of Arid Environments. (In Press).
Ecohydrology:
Gutiérrez-Jurado, H.A., Vivoni, E.R., Harrison, J.B.J. and Guan, H. 2006. Ecohydrology of Root Zone Water Fluxes and Soil Development in Complex Semiarid Rangelands. Hydrological Processes. 20(15): 3289-3316.

Newman, B.D., Wilcox, B.P., Archer, S., Breshears, D.D., Dahm, C.N., Duffy, C.J., McDowell, N.G., Phillips, F.M., Scanlon, B.R. and Vivoni, E.R. 2006. The Ecohydrology of Arid and Semiarid Environments: A Scientific Vision. Water Resources Research. 42, W06302, doi:10.1029/2005WR004141.

Gutiérrez-Jurado, H.A., Vivoni, E.R., Istanbulluoglu, E. and Bras, R.L. 2007. Ecohydrological Response to a Geomorphically Significant Flood Event in a Semiarid Catchment with Contrasting Ecosystems. Geophysical Research Letters. 34, L24S25, doi:10.1029/2007GL030994.

Vivoni, E.R., Watts, C.J., Rodriguez, J.C., Garatuza-Payan, J., Mendez-Barroso, L.A., Yepez, E.A., Saiz-Hernandez, J. and Gochis, D.J. 2008. Relation between Surface Flux Measurements and Hydrologic Conditions in a Subtropical Scurbland during the North American Monsoon. CLIVAR Exchanges Newsletter. 13(2): 21-23.

Ivanov, V.Y., Bras, R.L. and Vivoni, E.R. 2008. Vegetation-Hydrology Dynamics in Complex Terrain of Semiarid Areas. I. A Mechanistic Approach to Modeling Dynamic Feedbacks. Water Resources Research. 44, W03429, doi:10.1029/2006WR005588.

Ivanov, V.Y., Bras, R.L. and Vivoni, E.R. 2008. Vegetation-Hydrology Dynamics in Complex Terrain of Semiarid Areas. II. Energy-Water Controls of Vegetation Spatiotemporal Dynamics and Topographic Niches of Favorability. Water Resources Research. 44, W03430, doi:10.1029/2006WR005595.

Vivoni, E.R., Rinehart, A.J., Mendez-Barroso, L.A., Aragon, C.A., Bisht, G., Cardenas, M.B., Engle, E., Forman, B.A., Frisbee, M.D., Gutierrez-Jurado, H.A., Hong, S., Mahmood, T.H., Tai, K. and Wyckoff, R.L. 2008. Vegetation controls on soil moisture distribution in the Valles Caldera, New Mexico, during the North American monsoon. Ecohydrology. 1(3): 225-238.

Brooks, P.D. and Vivoni, E.R. 2008. Mountain Ecohydrology: Quantifying the Role of Vegetation in the Water Balance of Montane Catchments. Ecohydrology. 1(3): 187-192.

Vivoni, E.R., Moreno, H.A., Mascaro, G., Rodriguez, J.C., Watts, C.J., Garatuza-Payan, J. and Scott, R.L. 2008. Observed Relation between Evapotranspiration and Soil Moisture in the North American Monsoon Region. Geophysical Research Letters. 35, L22403, doi:10.1029/2008GL036001.

Martinet, M.C., Vivoni, E.R., Cleverly, J.R., Thibault, J.R.,Schuetz, J.F. and Dahm, C.N. 2009. On Groundwater Fluctuations, Evapotranspiration and Understory Removal in Riparian Corridors. Water Resources Research. 45, W05425, doi:10.1029/2008WR007152.

Mendez-Barroso, L.A., Vivoni, E.R., Watts, C.J. and Rodriguez, J.C. 2009. Seasonal and Interannual Relation between Precipitation, Surface Soil Moisture and Vegetation Dynamics in the North American Monsoon Region. Journal of Hydrology. 377: 59-70.

Vivoni, E.R., Rodriguez, J.C. and Watts, C.J. 2009. On the Spatiotemporal Variability of Soil Moisture and Evapotranspiration in a Mountainous Basin within the North American Monsoon Region. Water Resources Research. (In Press).

Mendez-Barroso, L.A. and Vivoni, E.R. 2010. Observed Shifts in Land Surface Conditions during the North American Monsoon: Implications for a Vegetation-Rainfall Feedback Mechanism. Journal of Arid Environments. (In Press).

Vivoni, E.R., Watts, C.J. and Gochis, D.J. 2010. Land Surface Ecohydrology of the North American Monsoon System. Journal of Arid Environments. (In Press).
Hydrological Remote Sensing:
Vivoni, E.R., Gebremichael, M., Watts, C.J., Bindlish, R. and Jackson, T. J. 2008. Comparison of Ground-based and Remotely-Sensed Surface Soil Moisture Estimates over Complex Terrain during SMEX04. Remote Sensing of Environment. 112(2): 314-325.

Gebremichael, M. and Vivoni, E.R. 2008. Spatial Sampling Uncertainty in SMEX04 Soil Moisture Fields: A Data-based Resampling Experiment. Remote Sensing of Environment.112(2): 326-336.

Bindlish, R., Jackson, T.J., Gasiewski, A.J., Stankov, B., Cosh, M.H., Mladenova, I., Vivoni, E.R., Lakshmi, V., Watts, C.J., and Keefer, T. 2008. Aircraft-based Soil Moisture Retrievals in Mixed Vegetation and Topographic conditions. Remote Sensing of Environment. 112(2): 375-390.

Méndez-Barroso, L.A., Garatuza-Payán, J. and Vivoni, E.R. 2008. Quantifying Water Stress on Wheat using Remote Sensing in the Yaqui Valley, Sonora, Mexico. Agricultural Water Management. 95(6): 725-736.

Kleissl, J., Watts, C.J., Rodriguez, J.C., Naif, S. and Vivoni, E.R. 2009. Scintillometer Intercomparison Study - Continued. Boundary-Layer Meteorology. 130: 437-443.

Forzieri, G., Guarneri, L., Vivoni, E.R., Castelli, F. and Preti, F. 2009. Multiple Attribute Decision Making for Individual Tree Detection using High-resolution Laser Scanning. Forest Ecology and Management. 258: 2501-2510.

Forzieri, G., Castelli, F. and Vivoni, E.R. 2009. A Predictive Multidimensional Model of Vegetation Dynamics derived from Remote Sensing Observations. IEEE Transactions in Geoscience and Remote Sensing. (In Press).

Mascaro, G. and Vivoni, E.R. 2010. Statistical and Scaling Properties of Remotely-sensed Soil Moisture in Two Constrasting Domains in the North American Monsoon Region. Journal of Arid Environments. (In Press).
Hydrological Impacts of Climate Change:
Vivoni, E.R., Aragon, C.A., Malczynski, L., and Tidwell, V. C. 2009. Semiarid Watershed Response in Central New Mexico and Its Sensitivity to Climate Variability and Change. Hydrology and Earth System Science. 9: 715-733.

Liuzzo, L., Noto, L.V., Vivoni, E.R., and La Loggia, G. 2010. Basin-scale Water Resources Assessment in Oklahoma under Synthetic Climate Change Scenarios using a Fully-Distributed Hydrological Model. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering. (In Press).