Colorado State University

Conference Presentations and Proceedings

Garcia, L., and Patterson, D., (2009) “Model for Calculating Consumptive Use (CSUID)”, Presented and published in the proceedings of the USCID Conference on Irrigation and Drainage for Food, Energy and the Environmental, November 3-6, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Elhaddad, A., Garcia, L. and Chavez, J., (2009) “Using a Surface Energy Balance Model to Calculate Spatially Distributed Actual ET”, Presented and published in the proceedings of the USCID Conference on Irrigation and Drainage for Food, Energy and the Environmental, November 3-6, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Alzraiee, A., Garcia, L. and Burnett, R. (2009) “Modeling Spatial and Temporal Variability in Irrigation and Drainage Systems: Improvements to the Colorado State University Irrigation and Drainage Model (CSUID)”, Presented and published in the proceedings of the USCID Conference on Irrigation and Drainage for Food, Energy and the Environmental, November 3-6, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Kinzli, K.D., Oad, R., Garcia, L., Kinzli, K.D., Patterson, D., Shafike, N. and Gensler, D. (2009) “Improving Irrigation System Performance in the Middle Rio Grande through Schedulued Water Delivery”, Presented and published in the proceedings of the USCID Conference on Irrigation and Drainage for Food, Energy and the Environmental, November 3-6, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Eldeiry A., and Garcia L. (2009) “Comparison of Regression Kriging and Co-Kriging Techniques to Estimate Soil Salinity Using Landsat Images.” Presented at the 29th Annual Hydrology Days, Fort Collins, CO, March 25-27, 2009.

Eldeiry, A. and Garcia, L.A. (2008) “Soil Salinity Samples and Variograms: Case Study in the Lower Arkansas Basin.” Presented and published in the proceedings of the 28th Annual Hydrology Days, Fort Collins, CO, March 26-28.

Eldeiry, A. and Garcia, L.A. (2007) “Assessing Soil Salinity Using a Geostatistical Approach”.  Presented and published in the proceedings of the 27th Annual Hydrology Days, Fort Collins, CO, March 19-21.

Noh, J. and Garcia, L.A. (2007) “Hydrologic System for Simulating Reference Flows in the Geum River Basin' s TMDL Practices”. Presented and published in the proceedings of the 27th Annual Hydrology Days, Fort Collins, CO, March 19-21.

Elhaddad, A. and Garcia, L.A. (2006) “Detecting Soil Salinity Levels in Agricultural Lands Using Satellite Imagery”, Presented and published in the proceedings of the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing annual conference, Reno, NV, May 1-5

Elgaali, E., Elhaddad, A. and Garcia, L.A. (2006) “Estimating Lawn Irrigation Requirements Using Aerial Photography and GIS”, Presented and published in the proceedings of the American Water Resources Association specialty conference on Geographic Information Systems and Water Resources IV, Houston, TX, May 8-10.

Elhaddad, A. and Garcia, L.A. (2006) “Using Remote Sensing and GIS to Detect Soil Salinity”, Presented and published in the proceedings of the American Water Resources Association specialty conference on Geographic Information Systems and Water Resources IV, Houston, TX, May 8-10.

Eldeiry, A. and Garcia, L.A. (2006). “Potential Contributions of Residuals for Better Prediction of Soil Salinity from Remote Sensing Data.” Presented and published in the proceedings of the 26th Annual Hydrology Days, Fort Collins, CO, March 20-22.

Elgaali, E. and Garcia, L.A. (2006). “Effects of Climate Change on the Distribution of the Arkansas River Flow.” Published in the proceedings of the 26th Annual Hydrology Days, Fort Collins, CO, March 20-22.

Eldeiry, A., and Garcia, L.A.(2005) “ Comparison of Three Regression Models to Assess Soil Salinity from Remote Sensing Data.” Presented and published in the proceedings of the International Salinity Forum: Managing Saline Soils and Water: Science, Technology, and Social Issues, Riverside, CA, April 25-28.

Eldeiry, A., and Garcia, L.A.( 2005) “Predicting Soil Salinity in Alfalfa Fields Using Remote Sensing Data.” Presented and published in the proceedings of the International Salinity Forum: Managing Saline Soils and Water: Science, Technology, and Social Issues, Riverside, CA, April 25-28 .

Elhaddad, A., and Garcia, L.A.(2005) “Methodology for Quantifying Soil Salinity Using Remotely Sensed Data.” Presented and published in the proceedings of the International Salinity Forum: Managing Saline Soils and Water: Science, Technology, and Social Issues, Riverside, CA, April 25-28.

Jaramillo, A., Garcia, L.A . and Gates, T. (2005) “Water Application and Irrigation Efficiencies in Selected Fields in the Arkansas River Valley (CO).” Presented and published in the proceedings of the 25th Annual Hydrology Days, Fort Collins, CO, March 7-9.

Elgaali, E. and Garcia, L.A. (2005). “Sensitivity of Irrigation Water Supply to Climate Change in the Great Plains Region of Colorado.” Presented and published in the proceedings of the 24th Annual Hydrology Days, Fort Collins, CO, March 7-9.

Matter, M., Garcia, L.A. and Fontane, D. (2005) “Influence of Hydroclimate on Characteristics of Hydrograph Evolution in a Snowmelt-Dominated River System.” Presented and published in the proceedings of the 25th Annual Hydrology Days, Fort Collins, CO, March 7-9.

Eldeiry, A., Garcia, L.A ., and Reich, R. (2005) “ Estimating Soil Salinity from Remote Sensing Data in Corn Fields .” Presented and published in the proceedings of the 25th Annual Hydrology Days, Fort Collins, CO, March 7-9.

Garcia, L.A. (2004) ”User Centered Approach to Develop Decision Support Systems - Estimating Pumping and Augmentation Flow Needs in the South Platte Basin in Colorado.” Presented and published in the proceedings of the USCID Conference on Water Rights and Related Water Supply Issues October 13-16, Salt Lake City, Utah.

David, O., Viger, R. J., Schneider, I.A. and Garcia, L.A.(2004). “Geospatial Interoperability in Modeling Frameworks – The ‘GEOLEM’ Approach”, International Environmental Modeling and Software Society (IEMSS) 2004 Conference – Complexity and Integrated Resource Management, Osnabruck, Germany, June 14-17, Vol. 1, p. 420-427.

Elgaali, E. and Garcia, L.A. (2004). “Neural Network Modeling of Climate Change Impacts on Irrigation Water Supplies in Arkansas River Basin.” Presented and published in the proceedings of the 24th Annual Hydrology Days, Fort Collins, CO, March 10-12.

Eldeiry, A. and Garcia, L.A. (2004). “Spatial Modeling using Remote Sensing, GIS, and Field Data to Assess Crop Yield and Soil Salinity.” Presented and published in the proceedings of the 24th Annual Hydrology Days, Fort Collins, CO, March 10-12.

Eldeiry, A., Garcia, L.A. Ahmed Samy A. El-Zaher and El-Sherbini, M. (2004). “Furrow Irrigation System Design for Clay Soils in Arid Regions.” Published in the proceedings of the 24th Annual Hydrology Days, Fort Collins, CO, March 10-12.

Garcia, L.A., Gillham, D., Patterson, D. and Hanna, B., "A Decision Support System for Field Drainage Management", published in the proceedings of the Energy, Climate, Environment and Water - Issues and Opportunities for Irrigation and Drainage, July 9-12, 2002, San Luis Obispo, CA.

Garcia, L.A. and Foged, N., "Field Scale Monitoring and Modeling of Salinity and Waterlogging in the Lower Arkansas River Basin of Colorado", published in the proceedings of the Central Plains Irrigation Short Course and Exposition, February 5-6, 2002, Lamar, CO.

Garcia, L.A. "South Platte Mapping and Analysis Program", presented at the 21st Annual Hydrology Days, April 2-5, 2001, Ft. Collins, CO.

Garcia, L.A., Elhaddad, A., and Patterson, D., "Modeling Irrigation and Drainage System for Drainage Water Quality Management", presented at the International Challenges Facing Irrigation and Drainage in the New Millennium, June 20-24, 2000, Ft. Collins, CO.

Elhaddad, A., and Garcia, L.A., "Field Scale Monitoring of Salinity in the Arkansas River Basin", presented at the 20th annual Hydrology Days, April 3-6, 2000, Ft. Collins, CO.

Shigidi, A., and Garcia, L.A., "Solving the Inverse Problem in Groundwater Flow by Iterative Inversion of a Neural Network", presented at the 20th annual Hydrology Days, April 3-6, 2000, Ft. Collins, CO.

Garcia, L.A., "Agricultural Drainage Planning Program", presented at the Bureau of Reclamation's Fifth Biannual Groundwater-Drainage Workshop, April 20-21, 1999, Denver, CO.

Engelmann, C., and Garcia, L.A., "Comparison of ET estimates calculated from the Penman-Monteith and the FAO-24 Blaney-Criddle equations using GIS", published in the proceedings of the American Geophysical Union Eighteen Annual "Hydrology Days", March 30-April3, 1998, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.

Meyer, S., Stiles, E., and Garcia, L.A., "DEMONSTRATION OF WETSCAPE: A Terrain-Based Decision Support Modeling for Planning Wetland Restoration and Management", presented at consev"96, sponsored by ASCE, AWRA, and AWWWA, 4-8 January, 1996, Orlando, Florida.

Mahmoud, M., and Garcia, L.A., "Multi-criteria Decision Support System Implementation and Application", presented at the First International Conference on Multiple Objective Decision Support Systems for Land, Water and Environmental Management: Concepts, Approaches, and Applications, July 23-28, 1995, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Manguerra, H.,Garcia, L.A., "Salinity Management Modeling and Implementation Issues in Irrigation and Drainage Systems", presented at the ASCE First International Conference on Water Resources Engineering, summer 1995, San Antonio, TX.

Mahmoud, M., and Garcia, L.A., "Multi-criteria Decision Support System Implementation and Application", presented at the American Geophysical Union Fifteenth Annual "Hydrology Days", April 3-7, 1995, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.

Garcia, L.A., Manguerra, H., and Bennett, R., "Crop Consumptive Use Model using GIS and Databases", presented at the ASCE First International Conference on Water Resources Engineering, summer 1995, San Antonio, TX.

Vadas, R. G., Garcia, L. A., Labadie, J.W., "A Methodology for Water Quantity and Quality Assessment for Wetland Development", published in the proceedings of the Living with Water - International Conference on Integrated Water Resources Management, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, September 1994.

Garcia, L.A., Nevo, A., Armbruster, M., "A Spatially Based Decision Support System for Evaluation and Planning of Wildlife Habitat", presented at the 1993 U.S. Committee on Irrigation and Drainage/U.S. Bureau of Reclamation 1993 Seminar titled: Environmental Enhancements of Water Projects, Sacramento, CA, October 14-15.

Garcia L.A., Gates T.K., Jensen M.E., Podmore T.H. and Durnford D.H., "Management Support System for Conjunctive Irrigation and Drainage", presented at the 15th Congress on Irrigation and Drainage, sponsored by ICID-CIID, The Hague, The Netherlands, September 4-5, 1993.

Nevo, A., and Garcia, L.A., "Spatial Optimization of Wildlife Habitat", presented at the 1993 International Summer Meeting sponsored by the American Society of Agricultural Engineers and the Canadian Society of Agricultural Engineers, Spokane, Washington, June 20-23, 1993.

Garcia, L.A., Meyer, S., Vadas, R., and Crossman, J., "A Decision Support System for Wetland Development", presented at the Application of Advanced Information Technologies for Management of Natural Resources, sponsored by ASAE, Spokane, Washington, June 1993.

Garcia, L.A., Armbruster, M., Buehler, K., and Williams, G., "A Spatially Based Decision Support System for Evaluation of Wildlife Habitat", presented at the Application of Advanced Information Technologies for Management of Natural Resources, sponsored by ASAE, Spokane, Washington, June 1993.

Garcia L.A., Gates T.K., Jensen M.E., and Podmore T.H., "Management Support System for Conjunctive Irrigation and Drainage", presented at the Sixth International Drainage Symposium, Nashville, Tennessee, December 1992.

Garcia L.A., Strzepek K.M. and Podmore T.H, "Design of Conjunctive Irrigation and Drainage System", presented at the Visions of the Future, Third National Irrigation Symposium, Phoenix, October 1990.

Garcia, L.A. and Strzepek, K.M., "SPILL: An Advanced Decision Support System for Evaluation of Spillways.", presented at the Computational Hydrology, First International Conference, Anaheim, July 1987.

Strzepek, K.M. and Garcia, L.A., "A Decision Support System for Tile Drainage Design", Third International Workshop on Land Drainage, Columbus, Ohio, Dec. 1987.

Strzepek, K.M., Garcia, L.A. and Christopher J., "A Decision Support Package for Title Drainage Design", Fifth National Drainage Symposium, Chicago, Illinois, Dec. 1987.

Strzepek, K.M., Garcia, L.A. and Christopher J., "A CAD Approach to Training Engineers on Analysis of Uncertainty and Risk in Drainage Design" Reviewed Paper, USCID Tenth Technical Conference on Irrigation Drainage and Flood Control, Reno, Nov. 1985.

Strzepek, K.M., Garcia, L.A. and Sullivan G., "A Stochastic Dynamic Programming Model for Reservoir Operation Using Lotus 1-2-3," ASCE Computer Applications in Water Resources, Buffalo, New York, June 1985.