Colorado State University

Refereed Papers

Matter, M., Garcia, L., Fontane, Bledsoe, B., (2010) “Characterizing Hydroclimatic Variability in Tributaries of the Upper Colorado River Basin -WY1911-2001.” Journal of Hydrology 380, 260-276.

Khan J.M, Razzaq A., Khattak M.K. and Garcia L. (2009) “Effect of different pre-sowing water application depths on wheat yield under spate irrigation in the Southern part of the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan”. Agricultural Water Management - 96 1467-1474.

Oad, R., Garcia, L., Kinzli, K.D., Patterson, D., and Shafike, N. (2009) “Decision Support Systems for Efficient Irrigation in the Middle Rio Grande Valley”, ASCE Journal of Irrigation and Drainage. 135(2): 177-185.

Eldeiry, A., Garcia, L.A., Reich, R. (2008) “Soil Salinity Sampling Strategy in Alfalfa Fields Using Spatial Modeling Techniques, Remote Sensing, and Field Data”. ASCE Journal of Irrigation and Drainage – 134(6) 768-777.

Lin, Y., and Garcia, L.A. (2008) "Development of a Hydro-Salinity Simulation Model for Colorado's Arkansas Valley", ASCE Journal of Irrigation and Drainage – 134(6) 757-767.

Elhaddad, A., Garcia, L.A. (2008) “Surface Energy Balance-Based Model for Estimating Evapotranspiration Taking Into Account Spatial Variability in Weather”, ASCE Journal of Irrigation and Drainage – 134(6) 681-689.

Eldeiry, A. and Garcia, L.A. (2008) “Detecting Soil Salinity in Alfalfa Fields using Spatial Modeling and Remote Sensing”, Soil Science Society of America Journal - 72(1):201-211.

Shrier, C.J., Fontane, D.G., and Garcia, L.A. (2008) “A Spatial Knowledge-Based Decision Analysis System for Pond Site Assessment”, ASCE Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management – 134(1) 14-23.

Elgaali, E., Garcia, L.A and Ojima, D. (2007) “High Resolution Modeling of the Regional Impacts of Climate Change on Irrigation Water Demand”, Climatic Change, 84(3-4) 441-461.

Elgaali, E. and Garcia, L.A. (2007). "Neural Network Modeling the Impacts of Climate Change on Water Supplies", ASCE Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 133(3) 230-243.

Garcia, L.A., Foged, N., and Cardon, G. (2006) “A GIS-Based Model to Estimate Relative Reduction in Crop Yield Due to Salinity and Waterlogging: Philosophy and Development.” ASCE Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, 132(6) 553-563.

Elgaali, E., Garcia, L.A and Ojima, D. (2006) “Sensitivity of Irrigation Water Balance to Climate Change in the Great Plains of Colorado”, Transactions of ASAE, 49(5) – 1315-1350.

Garcia, L.A., Shigidi, A. (2006) “Using Neural Networks for Parameter Estimation in Ground Water.” Journal of Hydrology, 318 (1-4): 215-231.

Eldeiry, A., Garcia, L.A., El-Zaher, A.S. and Kiwan, M.E.(2005). “Furrow Irrigation System Design for Clay Soils in Arid Regions.” ASAE Applied Engineering in Agriculture, 21(3): 411-420.

Shigidi A. and Garcia, L.A. (2003). “Parameter Estimation in Groundwater Hydrology Using ANN.” Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, 17(4): 281-289.

Ahmed Eldaw, Jose D. Salas and Luis A. Garcia (2003). "Long Range Forecasting of the Nile River Flows Using Climatic Forcing", Journal of Applied Meteorology.Vol. 42: 890-904.

Ribbens, R. and L.A. Garcia (2002), Drain Spacing Design Taking into Account Mass Balance", Transactions of the ASAE. Vol. 45(4): 965-971.

Faidi, H., L.A. Garcia, and M. Albertson (2002), Development of a Model for Simulation of Solute Transport in a Stream-Aquifer System, Environmental Modeling and Assessment, 7(3) 191-206.

Mahmoud, M. R. and L.A. Garcia (2000), "Comparison of different multicriteria evaluation methods for the Red Bluff diversion dam", Environmental Modeling & Software, 15(2000) 471-478

Ojima, D., Garcia, L., Elgaali, E., Miller, K., Kittel, T., and Lackett, J. (1999) "Potential Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources in the Great Plains", Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 35(6)1443-1454.

Lahkim, M. and L.A. Garcia (1999), "Stochastic Modeling of Exposure and Risk in a Contaminated Heterogeneous Aquifer. 1: Monte Carlo Uncertainty Analysis", journal of Environmental Engineering Science:16(5)

Lahkim, M, L.A. Garcia, and J.R. Nuckols (1999)," Stochastic Modeling of Exposure and Risk in a Contaminated Heterogeneous Aquifer. 2: Application of Latin Hypercube Sampling", journal of Environmental Engineering Science: 16(5)

Lahkim, M. , Garcia, L.A. and Nuckols, J. (1999), "Spatial and Temporal Properties of Environmental Exposure Assessments Related to Ground Water Contamination", journal of Environmental Modeling and Assessment 4 165-178.

Hasmi M. and Garcia L.A. (1998), "Spatial and Temporal Errors in Estimating Regional Evapotranspiration", ASCE Journal of Irrigation and Drainage 124(2):108-114.

Garcia L.A., and Armbruster, M. (1997), "A Spatially Based Decision Support System for Evaluation of Wildlife Habitat", Journal of Ecological Modeling 102(2) 287-300.

Manguerra, H.B. and Garcia, L.A. (1997), "Modeling Flow and Transport in Drainage Areas with Shallow Water Table", ASCE Journal of Irrigation and Drainage, 123(3):185-193.

Manguerra, H.B. and Garcia, L.A. (1997), "Field Strategy for Agricultural Drainage and Water Quality Management", ASCE Journal of Irrigation and Drainage, 123(1):37-44.

Manguerra, H.B. and Garcia, L.A. (1996), Drainage and No-Drainage Cycles for Salinity Management in Irrigated Areas", Transaction of ASAE 39(6):2039-2049.

Mejia-Navarro, M. and Garcia, L.A. (1996), "Natural Hazard and Risk Assessment Using Decision Support Systems, Application: Glenwood Springs, Colorado", Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geoscience, Vol II(3):299-324.

Nevo, A., Garcia L.A. (1996), "Spatial Optimization of Wildlife Habitat", Journal of Ecological Modeling 91(1/3) 271-281.

Nevo, A., Garcia L.A. (1996), "Spatial Optimization of Wildlife Habitat -- Model Formulation", Transactions of ASAE 39(3):1189-1196.

Hashmi, M., Garcia, L.A., and Fontane, D. (1995), "Spatial Estimation of Regional Crop Evapotranspiration", Transactions of ASAE 38(5):1345-1351.

Vadas, R. G., Garcia, L. A, Labadie, J.W. (1995), "A Methodology for Water Quantity and Quality Assessment for Wetland Development", Water Science and Technology 31(8):293-300.

Garcia, L.A., Manguerra, H.B., and Gates, T.K. (1995), "Irrigation and Drainage Design and Management Model: I. Development", ASCE Journal of Irrigation and Drainage, 121(1):71-82. (Best Research Paper award - ASCE Irrigation and Drainage Division 1996)

Manguerra, H.B., and Garcia, L.A. (1995), "Irrigation and Drainage Design and Management Model: II. Validation and Application", ASCE Journal of Irrigation and Drainage, 121(1):83-94.

Garcia L.A., Strzepek K.M, Podmore T.H., (1994) "Design of Agricultural Drainage with Adaptive Irrigation Management", ASCE Journal of Irrigation and Drainage, 120(1):176-194.