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20222 publications
Phenological Classification and Atmospheric Drought Response of Riparian Vegetation in Drylands of the Southwestern United States
Conor McMahon, D. Roberts, M. Singer, Kelly Caylor, J. Stella
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
SPATIOTEMPORAL PATTERNS OF FLOW IN MONTANE NON-PERENNIAL STREAMS
R. Sabathier, M. Singer, J. Stella, D. Roberts, Kelly Caylor, K. Jaeger, J. Olden
Geological Society of America Annual Meeting
20213 publications
Global urban population exposure to extreme heat
Cascade Tuholske, Kelly Caylor, C. Funk, A. Verdin, S. Sweeney, K. Grace, P. Peterson, Tom Evans
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
High resolution, annual maps of the characteristics of smallholder-dominated croplands at national scales
L. Estes, Su Ye, Lei Song, B. Luo, J. R. Eastman, Zhen-zhi Meng, Qi Zhang, D. McRitchie, Stephanie Debats, J. Muhando, Angeline H. Amukoa, Brian W. Kaloo, Jackson Makuru, Ben K. Mbatia, Isaac M. Muasa, J. Mucha, Adelide M. Mugami, J. Mugami, Francis W. Muinde, F. Mwawaza, Jeff Ochieng, Charles J. Oduol, Purent Oduor, Thuo Wanjiku, J. G. Wanyoike, Ryan Avery, Kelly Caylor
Stable isotope insights into dryland ecohydrology
M. Singer, C. Sargeant, J. Stella, Kelly Caylor, D. Roberts, L. Kui, K. Kaseke, M. Mayes, L. Pelletier, Jared Williams, M. Warter, R. Sabathier, Conor McMahon, Christopher L. Kibler, Bryn Morgan, M. M. Rohde
European Geosciences Union, General Assembly
20205 publications
Seasonal Vegetation-Hydrological Coupling across Land Covers in East Africa
Rachel K Green, Kelly Caylor, C. Funk, D. Roberts
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
Onset and propagation of drought into soil moisture and vegetation responses during the 2012–2019 drought in Southern California
M. Warter, M. Singer, M. Cuthbert, D. Roberts, Kelly Caylor, R. Sabathier, J. Stella
Accounting for training data error in machine 2 learning applied to Earth observations
A. Elmes, H. Alemohammad, Ryan Avery, Kelly Caylor, J. R. Eastman, Lewis Fishgold, M. Friedl, Meha Jain, D. Kohli, J. L. Bayas, D. Lunga, J. McCarty, R. Pontius, A. Reinmann, J. Rogan, Lei Song, H. Stoynova, Su Ye, Zhuang-Fang Yi, L. Estes
OSM 2019-ConfTool Pro-BrowseSessions
Lei Song, Ryan Avery, D. McRitchie, Stephanie Debats, S. Xiong, R. Eastman, T. Woodard, Kelly Caylor
20193 publications
Improving maps of smallholder-dominated croplands through tight integration of human and machine intelligence
L. Estes, Su Ye, Lei Song, Ryan Avery, D. McRitchie, R. Eastman, Stephanie Debats, Kelly Caylor
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
Is Forest Code legislation protecting Neotropical savanna habitats in agricultural landscapes? A high-resolution Gap analysis of the Brazilian Cerrado
F. Ribeiro, F. Davis, D. Roberts, Kelly Caylor, L. Hess, G. Daldegan, F. T. Brum
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
The greening and browning of the Arizona desert in response to climate-controlled water availability
R. Sabathier, M. Singer, J. Stella, Kelly Caylor, D. Roberts
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
20187 publications
A Convolutional Neural Network Approach to Segmenting Smallholder Agriculture
Ryan Avery, Kelly Caylor, L. Estes, R. Eastman, Su Ye, L. Song, K. Zhang, S. Xiong, D. McRitchie, T. Woodard
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
Using active learning to quantify how training data errors impact classification accuracy over smallholder-dominated agricultural systems
L. Estes, Stephanie Debats, D. McRitchie, R. Eastman, L. Song, T. Woodard, S. Xiong, Su Ye, K. Zhang, Ryan Avery, Kelly Caylor
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
On the Use of Unmanned Aerial Systems for Environmental Monitoring
S. Manfreda, M. Mccabe, P. Miller, R. Lucas, Victor Pajuelo Madrigal, G. Mallinis, E. Ben-Dor, D. Helman, L. Estes, G. Ciraolo, J. Müllerová, F. Tauro, M. D. Lima, J. L. D. Lima, A. Maltese, F. Francés, Kelly Caylor, M. Kohv, M. Perks, G. Ruiz-Pérez, Z. Su, G. Vico, B. Tóth
European Geosciences Union, General Assembly
1 On the Use of Unmanned Aerial Systems for 2 Environmental Monitoring 3
S. Manfreda, M. McCabe, P. Miller, R. Lucas, Victor Pajuelo, Madrigal, G. Mallinis, E. Dor, D. Helman, L. Estes, G. Ciraolo, J. Müllerová, F. Tauro, M. D. Lima, J. L. D. Lima, F. Francés, Kelly Caylor, M. Kohv, A. Maltese, M. Perks, G. Ruiz-Pérez, Z. Su, G. Vico, B. Tóth
Determinants of tropical vegetation structure and function
Kelly Caylor, D. Crayn, G. Durigan, W. Hoffmann, J. Lloyd, V. Logah, K. Nkrumah, Anthony G. Mills, H. Olff, I. Oliveras, B. Quesada, C. Quesada, J. Ratnam, Carla Staver, E. Veenendaal
Measures and Determinants of Urban Food Security: Evidence from Accra, Ghana
Cascade Tuholske, K. Andam, Jordan P. Blekking, T. Evans, Kelly Caylor
20174 publications
High spatial resolution mapping of land cover types in a priority area for conservation in the Brazilian savanna
F. Ribeiro, D. Roberts, L. Hess, F. Davis, Kelly Caylor, J. Nackoney, G. Daldegan
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
Is deciduousness a key to climate resilience among iconic California savanna oak species? Relating phenological habits to seasonal indicators of tree physiological and water stress across field, hyperspectral, drone (UAS)-based multispectral and thermal image data
M. Mayes, Kelly Caylor, B. Ehlmann, R. Greenberger, L. Estes
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
Simulating the impact of water storage on agricultural intensification and deforestation in Northern Thailand
Drew Gower, Zhenzhong Zeng, Kelly Caylor, E. Wood
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
20167 publications
An ecohydrologic framework for simulating catchment constraints on smallholder irrigation systems in drylands
Drew Gower, P. McCord, Kelly Caylor, J. Dell’Angelo, T. Evans
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
Combining Human and Machine Learning to Map Cropland in the 21 st Century's Major Agricultural Frontier
L. Estes, Stephanie Debats, Kelly Caylor, T. Evans, Drew Gower, D. McRitchie, T. Searchinger, D. Thompson, E. Wood, L. Zeng
Rapid Monitoring of Drought Impacts on Small-Scale Farms in Africa through Integration of Farmer SMS data and Environmental Sensors
T. Evans, Kelly Caylor, L. Estes, Beth Plale, S. Attari, Kurt B. Waldman
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
Explaining inter-annual variability of gross primary productivity from plant phenology and physiology
Sha Zhou, Yao Zhang, Kelly Caylor, Yiqi Luo, X. Xiao, P. Ciais, Yuefei Huang, Guangqian Wang
Community Water Governance on Mount Kenya: An Assessment Based on Ostrom’s Design Principles of Natural Resource Management
J. Dell’Angelo, P. McCord, Drew Gower, Stefan Carpenter, Kelly Caylor, T. Evans
201514 publications
A dynamic, non-steady state approach for paritioning of soil evaporation and plant water use at landscape scales
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
Impacts of intra-seasonal agricultural decision-making and forecast information on maize production in Zambia
D. Tian, L. Estes, T. Evans, Kelly Caylor, J. Sheffield, E. Wood
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
SMAP L2/L3 Soil Moisture Product Validation using In Situ Based Core Validation Sites
A. Colliander, T. Jackson, S. Chan, N. Das, Seungbum Kim, R. Dunbar, R. Bindlish, L. Dang, A. Berg, T. Rowlandson, Kelly Caylor, M. Cosh, H. AlJassar, E. López-Baeza, J. Martínez-Fernández, A. Gonzales-Zamora, H. Mcnairn, A. Pacheco, M. Moghaddam, C. Montzka, C. Notarnicola, G. Niedrist, T. Pellarin, J. Pulliainen, K. Rautiainen, J. Ramos, M. Seyfried, Z. Su, Yijian Zeng, R. Velde, M. Temimi, M. Thibeault, W. Dorigo, M. Vreugdenhil, J. Walker, X. Wu, T. Caldwell, M. Spencer, P. O’neill, D. Entekhabi, S. Yueh, E. Njoku
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
Foliar Shielding: How Non-Meteoric Water Deposition Helps Leaves Survive Drought by Reducing Incoming Energy
Cynthia Gerlein Safdi, Craig Sinkler, Kelly Caylor
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
Analysis of Biophysical Mechanisms of Gilgai Microrelief Formation in Dryland Swelling Soils Using Ultra-High Resolution Aerial Imagery
N. Krell, Keita Decarlo, Kelly Caylor
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
Dynamic interactions of ecohydrological and biogeochemical processes in water-stressed environments
Lixin Wang, S. Manzoni, S. Ravi, D. Riveros‐Iregui, Kelly Caylor
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
Interactively Improving Agricultural Field Mapping in Sub-Saharan Africa with Crowd-Sourcing and Active Learning
Stephanie Debats, L. Estes, Kelly Caylor
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
Modeling Local vs. Global Dimensions of Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa
T. Evans, Kelly Caylor, L. Estes, P. McCord, S. Attari, J. Sheffield
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
Predicting root zone soil moisture with satellite near-surface moisture data in semiarid environments
S. Manfreda, D. Baldwin, K. Keller, E. Smithwick, Kelly Caylor
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
Reconciling Agricultural Needs with Biodiversity and Carbon Conservation in a Savanna Transformation Frontier
M. Spiegel, L. Estes, Kelly Caylor, T. Searchinger
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
Faunal Influences on Fracture-Induced Carbon Flux Dynamics in Dryland Soils
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
New Approaches to Capture High Frequency Agricultural Dynamics in Africa through Mobile Phones
T. Evans, S. Attari, Beth Plale, Kelly Caylor, L. Estes, J. Sheffield
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
DIYlandcover: Crowdsourcing the creation of systematic, accurate landcover maps
L. Estes, D. McRitchie, Jonathan J Choi, Stephanie Debats, Tom Evans, W. Guthe, D. Luo, G. Ragazzo, R. Zempleni, Kelly Caylor
201412 publications
Continuous Observations of Leaf Transpiration Isotopic Composition in Two Dryland Species Highlight Sensitivity to Changes in Irradiance and Soil Water Content.
H. Wayland, Kelly Caylor
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
Biological Dimensions of Crack Morphology in Dryland Soils
Keita Decarlo, M. Spiegel, Kelly Caylor
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
Creating High-Resolution Maps of Leaf Water Isotopes Using IM-CRDS and IRMS Techniques
Cynthia Gerlein Safdi, Craig Sinkler, Kelly Caylor
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
Modeling Foliar Uptake in Colocasia Esculenta Using High Resolution Maps of Leaf Water Isotopes
Craig Sinkler, Cynthia Gerlein Safdi, Kelly Caylor
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
Planetary boundaries and environmental citizenship: enhancing environmental science through the Princeton University Science and Engineering Education Initiative
C. A. Riihimaki, Kelly Caylor, D. Wilcove
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
Addressing critical environmental data gaps via low-cost, real-time, cellular-based environmental monitoring
Kelly Caylor, A. Wolf, B. Siegfried
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
Mapping Agricultural Fields in Sub-Saharan Africa with a Computer Vision Approach
Stephanie Debats, D. Luo, L. Estes, Thomas J. Fuchs, Kelly Caylor
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
Terrestrial hydrological controls on land surface phenology of African savannas and woodlands
K. Guan, E. Wood, D. Medvigy, J. Kimball, M. Pan, Kelly Caylor, J. Sheffield, Xiangtao Xu, Matthew O. Jones
Changing water availability during the African maize-growing season, 1979–2010
L. Estes, N. Chaney, J. Herrera‐Estrada, J. Sheffield, Kelly Caylor, E. Wood
The soil water balance in a mosaic of clumped vegetation
Teresa Pizzolla, S. Manfreda, Kelly Caylor, A. Gioia, V. Iacobellis
EGU General Assembly Conference
Integrating Short- and Long-Range Processes into Models: The Emergence of Pattern
Kelly Caylor, G. Okin, L. Turnbull, J. Wainwright, T. Wiegand, T. Franz, A. Parsons
Multilevel Governance of Irrigation Systems and Adaptation to Climate Change in Kenya
J. Dell’Angelo, P. McCord, Elizabeth Baldwin, Michael E. Cox, Drew Gower, Kelly Caylor, T. Evans
201313 publications
A Seamless Framework for Global Water Cycle Monitoring and Prediction
J. Sheffield, E. Wood, N. Chaney, C. Fisher, Kelly Caylor
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
Closing Scale Gaps in Ecological Research using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: a meta-data synthesis
R. Grossman, K. Guan, L. Estes, Kelly Caylor, J. Dandois
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
Soil Water Dynamics in a Clumped Vegetation Pattern
S. Manfreda, Teresa Pizzolla, Kelly Caylor
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
Spatial Trends in Evapotranspiration Components over Africa between 1979 and 2012 and Their Relative Influence on Crop Water Use
L. Estes, N. Chaney, J. Herrera‐Estrada, Kelly Caylor, J. Sheffield, E. Wood
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
Water Governance and Adaptation to Disturbances in Irrigated Semi-Arid Agricultural Systems
T. Evans, P. McCord, L. McBride, Drew Gower, Kelly Caylor
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
Estimating Sahelian and East African Soil Moisture Using the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index
A. McNally, C. Funk, G. Husak, J. Michaelsen, B. Cappelaere, J. Demarty, T. Pellarin, T. Young, Kelly Caylor, C. Riginos, K. Veblen
Analytical expressions of variability in ecosystem structure and function obtained from three-dimensional stochastic vegetation modelling
S. Good, I. Rodríguez‐Iturbe, Kelly Caylor
Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series A
Ground penetrating radar measurements show a spatial relationship between coarse root biomass and soil carbon abundance
F. O’Donnell, Kelly Caylor, C. Gerlein, A. Bhattachan
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
Analysis of the distribution of the isotopic composition of evapotranspiration flux in a semi-arid savanna.
S. Good, M. O'Connor, K. Soderberg, Lixin Wang, Kelly Caylor
EGU General Assembly Conference
Author ' s personal copy The effect of warming on grassland evapot ranspiration partitioning using laser-based isotope monitoring techniques
Lixin Wang, S. Niu, S. Good, K. Soderberg, M. Mccabe, R. Sherry, Yiqi Luo, Xuhui Zhou, J. Xia, Kelly Caylor
20127 publications
A GSM-based surface meteorology network in service of improved African hydrological data assimilation and drought forecasting
A. Wolf, J. Falusi, Kelly Caylor, J. Sheffield, E. Wood
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
Effects Climate Change on Water Resources Availability and Vegetation Patterns
S. Manfreda, Teresa Pizzolla, Kelly Caylor
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
Establishing a water isotope framework for investigating ecosystem functioning and agricultural water use in central Kenya
K. Soderberg, J. Gitonga, Kelly Caylor
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
Interacting Effects of Heat Stress and Soil Moisture Stress on Crop Yield Losses in Dryland Agriculture
Stephanie Debats, Kelly Caylor, L. Estes, N. Chaney, J. Sheffield
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
Water governance, agricultural development and community-level resilience to climate change
T. Evans, Michael E. Cox, P. McCord, Kelly Caylor, C. Washington-Ottombre, K. Soderberg, S. Sadri
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
Evapotranspiration partitioning in a semi-arid African savanna using stable isotopes of water vapor
K. Soderberg, S. Good, M. O'Connor, Lizzie King, Kelly Caylor
European Geophysical Union General Assembly Conference
20113 publications
Influence of rainfall climatology and coarse root structure on water use and carbon uptake by savanna trees
F. O’Donnell, Kelly Caylor
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
Quan fying Transient Soil Moisture Dynamics Using Mul point Direct-Current Resis vity in Homogeneous Sand
J. Nolan, J. M. N. en, Kelly Caylor, L. Slater
20107 publications
A New Method to Quantify the Isotopic Signature of Leaf Transpiration: Implications for Landscape-Scale Evapotranspiration Partitioning Studies
L. Wang, S. Good, Kelly Caylor
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
Coarse root structure in water-limited ecosystems: Results of large-scale tree and shrub excavations across a rainfall gradient in Southern Africa
Frances C O'Donnell, Kelly Caylor, Paolo D'Odorico, G. Okin, A. Bhattachan, K. Dintwe
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
Linking soil moisture with chemical quality of soil organic matter to evaluate belowground carbon storage in savannas
N. Mladenov, G. Okin, Frances C O'Donnell, Paolo D'Odorico, T. Meyer, K. Dintwe, Kelly Caylor, Sang-Ho Kim, S. Ringrose
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
Drivers of emergent vegetation pattern formation at hillslope scales in a central Kenya dryland
Kelly Caylor, T. Franz, Lizzie King, D. Robinson
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
Measurement and Modeling of Lateral Subsurface Transient Soil Moisture Dynamics Using Multi-Point Direct-Current Resistivity in Homogeneous Sand
T. Franz, J. Nolan, Kelly Caylor, J. Nordbotten, L. Slater
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
Multi-sensor synthesis of vegetation pattern over a large climatic gradient transect in Africa
K. Guan, E. Wood, Kelly Caylor
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
20098 publications
Attributions of Vegetation Productivity along a Climate Gradient Transect in Eastern African Savanna
K. Guan, E. Wood, Kelly Caylor, Hongzhe Li
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
Landscape-scale observations of plant water use using continuous stable isotope monitoring
L. Wang, Kelly Caylor, S. Good, J. C. Villegas, D. Breshears
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
Soil CO2 Fluxes Following Wetting Events: Field Observations and Modeling
F. O’Donnell, Kelly Caylor
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
Continuous measurements of water vapor isotopic compositions using an integrated cavity output spectrometer: calibrations and applications
L. S. Wang, Kelly Caylor, D. Dragoni
European Geophysical Union General Assembly Conference
Integrating hydrology and biogeochemistry in drylands: the Kalahari Transect as a model ecosystem
L. S. Wang, Kelly Caylor, S. Macko, H. Shugart
European Geophysical Union General Assembly Conference
Measurement and modeling of mass-infiltration events into macropores
T. Franz, J. Nolan, Kelly Caylor, L. Slater
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
Supplementary Materials for
J. A. Bonachela, Robert M. Pringle, Efrat Sheffer, Tyler C. Coverdale, Jennifer A. Guyton, Kelly Caylor, Simon A. Levin
20083 publications
Ecohydrologic Modeling of Hillslope Scale Processes in Dryland Ecosystems
T. Franz, Lizzie King, A. Lester, Kelly Caylor, J. Nordbotten, M. Celia, I. Rodríguez‐Iturbe
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
Evaluation of a Global Evapotranspiration Product Using FLUXNET Data
R. Vinukollu, Kelly Caylor, E. Wood
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
Measuring hourly 18O and 2H fluxes in a mixed hardwood forest using an integrated cavity output spectrometer
Lixin Wang, Kelly Caylor, D. Dragoni
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
20072 publications
Decoupling structural and environmental determinants of sap velocity
Kelly Caylor, Danilo Dragoni
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
Evidence and implications of soil moisture-vegetation feedbacks in semiarid savannas
Kelly Caylor, P. D’Odorico, G. Okin
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
20066 publications
Characterization of Transpiration in a Deciduous Forest of the US Midwest
D. Dragoni, Kelly Caylor, H. Schmid
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
On the ecohydrological organization of spatially heterogeneous semi-arid landscapes
Kelly Caylor, P. D’Odorico, I. Rodríguez‐Iturbe
Effects of mean annual rainfall on landscape-level distributions of soil moisture and soil development in a semi-arid ecosystem
T. Scanlon, P. D’Odorico, G. Okin, Kelly Caylor
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
Nutrient and Light Limitations on Grass Productivity in a Southern African Savanna
L. Ries, H. Shugart, Kelly Caylor, G. Okin, B. Kgope
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
Vegetation and Soil Responses to Fertilization Along the Kalahari Transect
Lixin Wang, Kelly Caylor, P. D’Odorico, L. Ries, G. Okin, R. Swap, H. Shugart, T. Scanlon, S. Macko
20052 publications
Spatial variation of surface hydrological dynamics in semi-arid landscapes
Kelly Caylor, I. Rodríguez‐Iturbe
American Geophysical Union Spring Meeting
20044 publications
Horizontal and vertical variability of soil moisture in savanna ecosystems
Kelly Caylor, P. D’Odorico, I. Rodríguez‐Iturbe
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
SAFARI 2000 Modeled Fuel Load in Southern Africa, 1999-2000
C. Hély, Kelly Caylor, P. Dowty, R. Swap, H. Shugart
Coupling ecohydrological patterns and processes in semi-arid landscapes.
Kelly Caylor, I. Rodríguez‐Iturbe, B. Webb, M. Acreman, C. Maksimovic, H. Smithers, C. Kirby
Ecohydrological significance of observed power-law distributions of tree canopy cluster sizes for savanna vegetation
T. Scanlon, Kelly Caylor, I. Rodríguez‐Iturbe
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
20034 publications
Assessing the role of spatial pattern in governing ecohydrological interactions and vegetation dynamics in semi-arid savannas.
H. Shugart, Kelly Caylor, T. Scanlon, I. Rodríguez‐Iturbe
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
On The Soil Moisture Dynamics: Does Simplification Alter Soil Moisture Prediction?
S. Manfreda, Kelly Caylor, I. Rodríguez‐Iturbe
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
Regional fuel load for two climatically contrasting years in southern Africa : SAFARI 2000-Southern African Regional Science Initiative
C. Hély, P. Dowty, S. Alleaume, Kelly Caylor, S. Korontzi, R. Swap, H. Shugart, Christopher O. Justice
20021 publication
Simulated water-use of heterogeneous vegetation patches along the Kalahari transect
Kelly Caylor, H. Shugart
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
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