University Management
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Curriculum Vitae
David Scott Mackay
Professor, Department of Geography
Contact Information: Work Address: Home Address:
Phone: 716-***-**** Department of Geography
Fax: 716-***-****
SUNY at Buffalo
Email: dsmackay@buffalo.edu105 Wilkeson Quadrangle,
http://water.geog.buffalo.edu/mackay
Buffalo, NY 14261 USA
Academic Qualifications
Ph.D (Civil Engineering), 1997, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Dissertation Title: Representation of heterogeneous topography and forest cover for long-
term
hydroecological simulation modelling
M.Sc. (Geography), 1991, University of Toronto
Thesis Title: Classification of higher order topographic objects on digital elevation
models
B.Sc. (Specialist - Biophysical Systems, Minor - Computer Science), 1989, University of
Toronto
Awards
Gamma Sigma Delta, Inducted in 2001
EcoResearch Doctoral Fellow, Canada Tri-Council,
1993 to 1996
Natural Science and Engineering Research Council Doctoral Fellowship,
1991 to 1993
Natural Science and Engineering Research Council Graduate Fellowship,
1990 to 1991
Ontario Graduate Fellowship, 1989
University of Toronto Special Top-Up Award, 1989
University Employment
August 2010- Professor, Department of Geography, University at Buffalo
2005 to 2010Associate Professor, Department of Geography, University at Buffalo
2003 to 2005Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, University at Buffalo
1997 to 2003Assistant Professor, Forest Ecology and Management, and IES, UW-Madison
Professional Memberships
American Geophysical Union
Association of American Geographers
Association for Computing Machinery
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Visiting Scholar Positions
2010 (January): Woods Hole Research Center, Falmouth, MA
2010 (March-April): Institute for the Environment, University of North Carolina, Chapel
Hill, NC
University Courses Taught: Course title (Institution)
Undergraduate: Physical and Environmental Geography I (University at Buffalo)
Earth Systems Science II: Global Climate Change (University at Buffalo)
Climatic Geomorphology (University at Buffalo)
Remote Sensing Visual Image Interpretation (UW-Madison)
Computational Aspects of GIS (UW-Madison)
Regional Hydrology (UW-Madison)
Geographic Information and Mapping I (University of Toronto)
Graduate: Ecohydrology (University at Buffalo)
Remote Sensing Visual Image Interpretation (UW-Madison)
Computational Aspects of GIS (UW-Madison)
Regional Hydrology (UW-Madison)
Environmental Monitoring Seminar (UW-Madison)
Environmental Monitoring Practicum I, II (UW-Madison)
Post-Doctoral Supervision: Name (Years, Location, Funding Source), Current Position
2. Douglas E. Ahl (2002 to 2003, UW-Madison, NASA), Technical Director, Energy Center of
Wisconsin, Madison, WI
1.
Brent E. Ewers (1999 to 2002, UW-Madison, NASA), Associate Professor, Department of
Botany,
University of Wyoming
Graduate Dissertation Committees:
PhD Graduated (14) Supervised (8)
MA/MS Graduated (16) Supervised (11)
PhD Current (3) Supervising (0)
MA/MS Current (6) Supervising (6)
Ph.D. Supervision:
Name (Year), Department, Institution, Dissertation Title (Funding source), Current
position
8. Huicheng Chien (2011), Geography, University at Buffalo, (EPA, NSF), Time-series
analysis for
watershed scale predictions of water quantity and quality export from agricultural
watersheds, Post-
doc at University of Saint Louis, MS.
7. Bhaskar Mitra (2011), Geography, University at Buffalo (UB Presidential Fellow, DOE
NICCR), Role
of plant hydraulics in influencing the spatial distribution of carbon flux across the
sagebrush-steppe
ecosystem a quantitative analysis, Post-doc with Shirley (Kurc) Papuga and Paul Brooks,
The
University of Arizona.
6. Michael Loranty (2009), Geography, University at Buffalo, Towards a mechanistic
understanding of
spatial patterns of forest transpiration, and its implications for scaling (NSF
Hydrology, NSF
IGERT), Post-doc with Scott Goetz, Woods Hole Research Center, Falmouth, MA.
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5. Warit Silavisesrith (2008), Geography, University at Buffalo, Contextually-based
framework for
improved data reduction in regional scale analytic element groundwater models.
4. Patricia Trawinski (2007), Geography, University at Buffalo, Spatial modeling of West
Nile Virus
vector species using mixed model methodology, Assistant Professor at ECC.
3. Sudeep Samanta (2005), Forest Ecology & Management, UW-Madison, Bayesian analysis of a
conceptual transpiration model with a comparison of canopy conductance sub-models (NASA,
Graduate School, Hatch), Assistant Research Scientist, Woods Hole Research Center,
Falmouth, MA.
2. Sean N. Burrows (2002), Forest Ecology & Management, UW-Madison, Geostatistical
estimation of
leaf area index and net primary production of five North American biomes (Co-advised with
S.T.
Gower; Funding: McIntire-Stennis), Analyst with Ascend Analytics.
1. Douglas E. Ahl (2002), Environmental Monitoring, UW-Madison, A measurement and
modeling
perspective on requirements for future remote sensing vegetation indices and
classifications
(McIntire-Stennis and NASA), Technical Director of the Energy Center of Wisconsin.
Ph.D. Dissertation Committee as External Examiner:
1. J. Cory Pettijohn, April 7, 2008, Soil, Vegetative and Atmospheric Controls on the
Relationship
between Actual and Potential Evaporation, Department of Earth Sciences, Boston
University.
MA/MS Supervision:
Name (Year), Degree Department, Institution, Thesis Title (Funding source), Current
position
18. Zhou Chen (2012), M.S., Geography, University at Buffalo
17. Aaron Forisha (2012), M.A., Geography, University at Buffalo
16. Brian W. Conley (2011), M.A., Geography, University at Buffalo
15. Kathryn Brown (2011), M.A., Geography, University at Buffalo
14. Ryan Stotz (2011), M.S., Geography, University at Buffalo
13. David Roberts (2011), M.S., Geography, University at Buffalo
12. Alexander Jackson (2011), M.A., Geography and School of Informatics, University at
Buffalo
11. Taryn Tomasik (2011), M.A., Geography, University at Buffalo
10. Brian Dudek (2009), M.A., Geography, University at Buffalo, Portfolio.
9. Ryan Cassens (2009), M.A., Geography, University at Buffalo, Using ASTER IIa data to
identify
locations of Japanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica) along the West Kill and Schoharie
creaks in Green County, NY.
8. Michael Graham (2007), M.A., Geography, University at Buffalo, Portfolio.
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7. Jose Humberto Covarrubias Rocha (2007), M.A., Geography, University at Buffalo, Multi-
temporal
remote sensing evaluation of vegetal coveral in the Bolivian Andean Plate (Kori Kollo
Mine).
2.
Sudeep Samanta (2001), M.S. Environmental Monitoring, UW-Madison, Influence of event
characteristics on predictive uncertainty of a hydrological model (UW Graduate School,
Hatch),
Assistant Research Scientist, Woods Hole Research Center, Woods Hole, MA.
1. Thomas W. FitzHugh (1999), M.S. Environmental Monitoring, UW-Madison, Effects of
parameter
spatial aggregation on an agricultural nonpoint source pollution model (Wisconsin
Department of
Natural Resources), GIS Specialist, The Nature Conservancy.
Research Grants and Awards
Total extramural grant funding: $3,709,456
Estimated amount as PI: $1,354,962
Total intramural grant funding: $431,106
Extramural Grants
11. Improving prediction of climate change impacts on wetland-rich landscapes: Testing
model
mechanisms with flux data assimilation at multiple sites. Department of Energy, National
Institute for
Climate Change Research, September 1, 2007 to August 31, 2010, $373,964. UB Principal
Investigator (UB portion $93,777). Collaborative research with Ankur Desai (U.
Wisconsin).
10. Collaborative research: Restricted plasticity of canopy stomatal conductance:
Conceptual basis for
simplified models of canopy transpiration. National Science Foundation, Directorate for
Geosciences,
Hydrological Sciences Division, April 1, 2004 to March 31, 2008, $388,000 (UB portion is
$178,278). Project Director, with B.E. Ewers (co-PI, U. Wyoming) and E.L. Kruger (co-PI,
U.
Wisconsin).
9. Measuring and modeling the source, transport and bioavailability of phosphorus in
agricultural
watersheds. Environmental Protection Agency, STAR Grant, Nutrient Science for Improved
Watershed Management Program, $749,307 (UB portion is approximately $75,000), November 1,
2002 to October 31, 2006. co-PI with Richard Lathrop (PI) and several other co-PIs.
8. Long-term water flux changes from converting old-growth pine forests to hardwood
forests in northern
Wisconsin. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Office of Earth Science,
Land
Surface Hydrology Program, NAG5-8554, $359,185, 1999-2003, Principal Investigator, with
S.T.
Gower as co-PI.
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7. Remote Sensing Teaching and Research in Support of Creating a Vision for the
Environment as a
Whole. NASA, Mission to Planet Earth, Centers of Excellence in Applications of Remote
Sensing to
Regional and Global Integrated Environmental Assessments, NAG5-6535, $424K, 1997-1999,
PI,
with several co-PIs.
6. Effects of parameter spatial aggregation on agricultural non-point source pollution
models.
Environmental Protection Agency, Sub-contract from Wisconsin Department of Natural
Resources,
$15K, March 1999-August 2000, Principal Investigator.
5. Chequamegon Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study. National Science Foundation, Division of
Biological
Sciences, Research Collaboration Network Program, $375,000, January 1, 2002 to December
31,
2007, Advisory Board Member (funds workshops, lab exchanges), Ken Davis PI.
4. Development and Evaluation of TMDL Planning and Assessment Tools and Processes. USDA
CSREES Regional Project DC 00-02, Theo Dillaha, U. Virginia (PI). Mackay, one of two UW-
Madison representatives, October 1, 2001 to September 30, 2006.
3. Affiliated Research Center. NASA Stennis Space Center, Visiting Investigator Program,
$360K, 1996-
1999, co-PI with T. M. Lillesand PI.
2. Maximizing mutual opportunities: Partnership among NASA, UW-Madison, and private
industry to
Advance the commercial application of remote sensing and attending Geospatial Information
Technologies. NASA Stennis Space Center, Commercial Research Program, $1050K, 2000-2004,
co-
PI with T.M. Lillesand PI.
1. Distributed knowledge for regional scale ecological simulation modelling. Tri-Council
EcoResearch
Doctoral Fellowship Program. $54K
(
1993-1996). Principal Investigator. (Fellowship)
Intramural Grants
9. Visible Near Infra-red Portable Spectroradiometer; A key to understanding and
calibrating remote
sensing data, IRCAF Grants, University at Buffalo, $46K, 2004-2005, co-PI with M. Sultan
PI.
8. Distributed parameter non-point source pollution modeling in nested watersheds: Guide
to
implementing Legislated surface water quality restrictions in Wisconsin. USDA CSREES
Hatch,
$90K,
2000-2004, Principal Investigator.
7. Coupling forest ecosystem process-based models to groundwater models: tools to guide
natural
resource management in northern Wisconsin. USDA CSREES McIntire-Stennis, $200K, 1997-
2001,
Co-PI with S.T. Gower.
6. Scaling spatial simulation of forest disturbance on watershed processes. Wisconsin
Alumni Research
Foundation, $20K, 1997-1998, Principal Investigator.
5. Long-term water flux changes from converting old-growth pine forests to hardwood
forests in northern
Wisconsin. Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, $20K, Awarded as insurance on an extra-
mural
grant from NASA, which was funded.
4. Context elicitation to support the semantic integration of environmental models.
Wisconsin Alumni
Research Foundation, $15K, July 2000-June 2001, Principal Investigator.
3. Characterization of evapotranspiration and forest water relations in northern
Wisconsin, Wisconsin
Alumni Research Foundation, $16K, July 2001-June 2002, Principal Investigator.
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2. Quantifying non-point source phosphorus losses from field to watershed scales.
Wisconsin Alumni
Research Foundation, Interdisciplinary Award, $23,353, July 2002-June 2003, Co-PI with
K.G.
Karthikeyan.
1. Web-Grant II. Instructional improvement grant offered by the Division of Information
Technology,
University of Wisconsin Madison, $750, January-May 1999, Principal Investigator.
Publications
20. Mackay, D.S. 2004. A framework for scaling up transpiration in heterogeneous
watersheds. Joint
Geography, Civil Engineering, and Geology (Pegrum Lecture Series) Colloquium, University
at
Buffalo, February 20, 2004.
19. Mackay, D.S. 2004. Biophysical controls on interannual variability of forest
evapotranspiration:
Implications for land surface process models, Department of Geography and Planning,
Buffalo State
College, February 19, 2004.
18. Mackay, D.S. 2003. A conceptual framework for representing spatiotemporal
heterogeneity in models
of forest transpiration. IGERT Seminar, NCGIA, University at Buffalo, September 5, 2003.
17. Mackay, D.S. 2003. Spatially adaptive forest canopy models: Conceptual basis and
implications for
representing land surface processes, Soil Physics Seminar, Department of Soil Science,
University of
Wisconsin, April, 2003
16. Mackay, D.S. 2003. Spatially adaptive forest canopy models: Conceptual basis and
implications for
ecohydrology. Hydrology Seminar Series, Ralph Parson Laboratory, MIT, Cambridge, MA,
February
13, 2003.
15. Mackay, D.S. 2003. Spatially adaptive forest canopy models: Conceptual basis and
implications for
representing land surface processes, Ecological Climatology Seminar Series, Department of
Geography, Boston University, Boston, MA, February 14, 2003.
14. Mackay, D.S. 2002. Multi-objective parameter estimation for simulating transpiration
in forested
watersheds. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 6-10, 2002.
13. Mackay, D.S. 2002. Simplified representation of distributed land surface processes:
Conceptual
basis, application to ecohydrology, and broader implications. State University of New
York at
Buffalo, December 18, 2002.
12. Mackay, D.S. 2002. Canopy transpiration models and global classification systems:
Implications for
landscape water flux, Spatial Information and Analysis Consortium Fall Seminar Series,
University
of Wisconsin.
11. Mackay, D.S. 2002. Measuring and modeling transpiration, or what the flux is
hydrology? Presented
at the Chequamegon Ecosystem Atmosphere Study NSF Sponsored Workshop, Kemp Natural
Resources Station, Minocqua, WI, August 15-20, 2002.
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10. Mackay, D.S. 2002. Transpiration: Measurement and modeling in northern Wisconsin.
Presented at
the Regional Hydro-Ecological Simulation System Workshop, University of Montana,
Missoula, MT,
July 11-12, 2002.
9. Mackay, D.S., 2001. Short- and Long-Term Feedbacks on Vegetation Water Use: Unifying
Evidence
from Observations and Modeling. AGU Spring Meeting. Eos Trans. AGU, 82(20), Spring Meet.
Suppl., Abstract B52B-01. (Presentation).
8. Mackay, D.S. 2000. Remote Sensing of Forest Ecosystems -- The Chequamegon Forest,
Earth Science
Seminar, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Wisconsin.
7. Mackay, D.S. 2000. Evidence of a vegetation-hydrology equilibrium from corroborating
thermal
remote sensing data and distributed hydrological modeling, Environmental Monitoring
Seminar,
Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin.
6. Mackay, D.S., 1998. The role of spatial patterns of dynamic vegetation on catchment
hydrologic
response. EOS, Trans. AGU, 79(17) Supplement, S100. (Presentation).
5. Mackay, D.S. 1997. Hydroecological Processes over Spatially Heterogeneous Areas,
Ecological
Modeling Seminar, Department of Zoology, University of Wisconsin.
4. Mackay, D.S. 1997. Integrated Remote Sensing Resource Center, Environmental Monitoring
Seminar,
Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin
3. Mackay, D.S. 1997. GIS, Map Accuracy, Error, and Uncertainty, Landscape Ecology
Seminar,
Department of Forestry, University of Wisconsin.
2. Mackay, D.S. 1996. Dynamic Coupling of Forest Canopy Growth and Hydrology Within a GIS-
Based
Hydroecological Model, Department of Forestry & Institute for Environmental Studies,
University of
Wisconsin.
1. Mackay, D.S. 1996. Using GIS to Support Simulation of Hydrological and Ecological
Systems at
Watershed Scales, Earth Science Seminar, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University
of
Wisconsin.
Refereed Book Chapters
5. Ewers, B.E., B. Bond-Lamberty, and D.S. Mackay, in press. Consequences of stand age
and species
functional trait changes on ecosystem water use of forests. In "Size- and age-related
changes in tree
structure and function" eds Rick Meinzer, Todd Dawson, Barb Lachenbruch. Springer.
4. Noormets A, Ewers B, Sun G, Mackay S, Zheng D, McNulty S, Chen J, 2006. Water and
carbon cycles
in heterogeneous landscapes: an ecosystem perspective. In: Linking ecology to landscape
hierarchies
(Eds. Jiquan Chen, Sari C. Saunders, Kimberly D. Brosofske, and Thomas R. Crow), Nova
Publishing, Carbondale, IL, USA, pp. 89-123.
3. Mackay, D.S., 2003. Watershed management: A regional to global perspective. In Young,
R.A. and
rd
R.L. Giese (Eds.). Introduction to Forest Ecosystem Science and Management, 3 Edition,
Wiley,
New York, 337-361.
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2. Mackay, D.S. and L.E. Band, 1997. Forest ecosystem processes at the watershed scale:
dynamic
coupling of distributed hydrology and canopy growth. In Beven, K.J. (Ed.). Distributed
Hydrological
Modelling: Applications of the TOPMODEL Concept, Wiley, 85-106.
1. Mackay, D.S., V.B. Robinson and L.E. Band, 1994. A knowledge-based approach to the
management
of geographic information systems for simulation of forested ecosystems. In Michener,
W.K., J.W.
Brunt, and S.G. Stafford (Eds.). Environmental Information Management and Analysis:
Ecosystems
to Global Scales, Taylor & Francis, London, pp. 515-538.
Book Reviews
1. Mackay, D.S. 2003. Book review for GIS for Water Resources and Watershed Management
by John
Lyon. Transactions in GIS, 7(4), 529-531.
Technical Reports
3. Mackay, D.S., K. Gardels, J. Radke, and others, 1996. Interoperability of Geographic
Information.
University Consortium on Geographic Information Science UCGIS Research Priority, November
1996.
2. Robinson, V.B. and D.S. Mackay, 1994. On heterogeneous geographic information systems,
architectures, spatial data models, transactions, and database languages. In Robinson,
V.B. and H.
Tom (Eds.). Towards SQL database extensions for geographic information systems, Silicon
Press,
Summit, NJ, 1-35.
1. Mackay, D.S. and V.B. Robinson, 1992. Towards a Heterogeneous Information Systems
Approach to
Geographic Data Interchange, ILIM Discussion Paper 92/1, distributed at the First
International
Workshop on Standards for the Exchange of Geographic Data, Mississauga, Ontario, June,
1992.
Contributed Proceedings Articles
(Unless otherwise indicated these were oral presentations with non-refereed papers)
11. Mackay, D.S., S. Samanta, R.R. Nemani, and B.E. Ewers. 2004. Remotely sensed
estimates of canopy
stomatal conductance for regions around flux towers, in Teuling et al. (Eds.).
Proceedings of the 2nd
international CAHMDA workshop on: The Terrestrial Water Cycle: Modelling and Data
Assimilation
Across Catchment Scales, pp. 63 65, Princeton, NJ, October 25 27.
10. Mackay, D.S., 2000. Integrated vegetation-hydrologic response to environmental
change:
Computational tools for scaling forest water use, In. L.R. Bentley, J.F. Sykes, C.A.
Brebbia, W.G.
Gray and G.E. Pinder (Eds.). Computational Methods in Water Resources, Balkema,
Rotterdam,
1139-1146.
9. Zhu, A-X. and D.S. Mackay, 2000. Effect of soil landscape parameterization on
watershed system
responses. Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Integrating GIS and
Environmental
Modeling: Problems, Prospects and Research Needs, Banff, Alberta, Canada, September 2-8,
2000.
8. Ahl, D.E., D.S. Mackay, S. Burrows, and S.T. Gower, 1999. Remote Sensing, Sampling,
and
Ecological Modeling Techniques for Scaling Temperate Forest Ecosystem Processes.
Proceedings
ASPRS. (Poster).
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7. Mackay, D.S., 1998. Characterization of Emergent Behavior in a Spatially Explicit
Ecological
Hydrology Model Under Fuzzy Logic. Proceedings of GIS/LIS'98, 424-435.
6. Liang, C. and D.S. Mackay, 1997. Feature based optimization of flow directions and
upslope areas in
flat areas in grid digital elevation models. Proceedings of GIS/LIS'97, American Society
for
Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Bethesda, MD., 45-52. (Poster)
5. Mackay, D.S., 1997. Coupling self-evaluating hydrological and ecological models of
different spatial
scales. Proceedings of GIS/LIS'97, American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote
Sensing,
Bethesda, MD., 486-498.
4. Robinson, V.B. and D.S. Mackay, 1996. Intelligent visual query in a knowledge-based
coupling of
geographical information systems and ecosystem simulation. GIS/LIS'96. (Poster)
3. Robinson, V.B. and D.S. Mackay, 1995. Knowledge-based land information manager and
simulator
(KBLIMS) for forested ecosystem simulation management. IJCAI-95 Workshop on Artificial
Intelligence and the Environment, International Joint Conference on Artificial
Intelligence, Montreal,
Canada, 100-8. (Refereed)
2. Mackay, D.S., V.B. Robinson, and L.E. Band, 1992. Development of an integrated
knowledge-based
systems for managing spatiotemporal ecological simulations. Proceedings of GIS/LIS'92,
American
Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Bethesda, Maryland, pp. 494-503.
1. Mackay, D.S., L.E. Band, and V.B. Robinson, 1991. An object-oriented system for the
organization
and representation of terrain knowledge for forested ecosystems, Proceedings of
GIS/LIS'91,
American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Bethesda, Maryland, pp. 617-26.
Contributed Conference Presentations with Abstracts
78. Sulman, B.N., A.R. Desai, N.Z. Saliendra, P. Lafleur, L. Flanagan, O. Sonnentag, D.S.
Mackay, A.
Barr, L.N. Murphy, and W.J. Riley. 2011. Challenges for wetland carbon cycling modeling,
2011
rd
AmeriFlux Science Meeting & 3 NACP All-Investigators Meeting, January 31 February 4,
2011,
New Orleans, LA.
77. Mackay, D.S., A.R. Desai, B.N. Sulman, S. Samanta, and B.E. Ewers. 2010. Bayesian
synthesis of
multiple data sources to test specific structural hypotheses within an integrated model
of water and
carbon flow, Abstract H31L-06 presented at 2010 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif.,
13-17
Dec.
76. Ewers, B.E., E. Pendall, D. Reed, B. Mitra, D.S. Mackay, J. Angstmann, K. Nathani, H.
Barnard, T.
Aston, U. Norton, D. Williams, and R. Sivanpillai. 2010. Scaling plant water use from
organs to
ecosystems in semiarid shrub and forest ecosystems responding to drought and bark beetles, 3rd
USGS Modeling Conference: Understanding and Predicting for a Changing World, June 7-10,
2010.
75. Mitra, B., D.S. Mackay, E. Pendall, and B.E. Ewers. 2010. Modeling the Spatial
Distribution of Soil
Respiration in a Sagebrush-Steppe Ecosystem, AAG 2010 Annual Meeting, April 14, 2010.
74. Mitra, B., D.S. Mackay, E. Pendall, and B.E. Ewers. 2009. A mechanistic understanding
of the role
drought-induced stress respiration play in regulating photosynthetic and respiration
activities of the
sagebrush after a precipitation pulse event, Eos Transactions AGU, 90(52), Fall Meeting
Supplement,
Abstract H41E-0936.
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73. Mackay, D.S., A.R. Desai, S. Samanta, M.M. Loranty, and B.E. Ewers. 2009. Quantifying
complexity
and data needs for coupled models of hydrological and carbon flux processes, Eos
Transactions AGU,
90(52), Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract H23L-02.
72. Mackay, D.S., A.R. Desai, B.N. Sulman, and D.E. Roberts. 2009. Ecohydrologic controls
on net
ecosystem exchange of carbon in a wetland-rich forested landscape, Second International
Conference
on Forests and Water in a Changing Environment, Raleigh, North Carolina, September 14-16,
2009.
71. Buffam, I., A.R. Desai, D.S. Mackay, M.G. Turner, S.R. Carpenter, and P.C. Hanson.
2009. Temporal
coherence in surface-atmosphere CO exchange among forests, wetlands and lakes:
Implications for
2
regional climate sensitivity, Gordon Research Conference on Catchment Science, July 2009.
70. Sulman, B.N., A.R. Desai, B.D. Cook, N. Saliendra, and D. S. Mackay. 2009. The impact
of a
declining water table on observed carbon fluxes at a northern temperate wetland, Society
of Wetland
Scientists Joint International Conference, Madison, WI, Jun 21-26, 2009.
69. Trawinski, P.R. and D.S. Mackay. 2009. Spatial prediction of West Nile Virus vector
mosquitoes in a
suburban environment, Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV,
March 22-27, 2009.
68. Mackay, D.S., M.M. Loranty, B.E. Ewers, E. Traver, E.L. Kruger, and D.E. Roberts.
2009.
Representativeness of plots for scaling hydrological and ecological processes in forests,
Association
of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, March 22-27, 2009.
67. Loranty, M., D.S. Mackay, B.E. Ewers, E.L. Kruger, P.V. Bolstad, B. Cook, and R.
Anderson. 2009.
Linking form and function: using LiDAR to detect variable stomatal conductance,
Association of
American Geographers Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, March 22-27, 2009.
66. Desai, A.R., D.S. Mackay, B.R. Helliker, and P.R. Moorcroft. 2009. Impacts of
phenology and water
nd
table on interannual variability of region carbon fluxes in mixed landscapes, 2 Annual
North
American Carbon Program (NACP) All Investigators Meeting, San Diego, CA, February 16-20,
2009, #163 (poster).
65. Mackay, D.S., M.M. Loranty, B.E. Ewers, E.L. Kruger, E. Traver, and D.E. Roberts.
2008. On the
representativeness of plots for scaling ecohydrologic processes in forests, Eos Trans.
AGU, 89(53),
Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract H14A-07.
64. Loranty, M.M., D.S. Mackay, R.E. Anderson, B.E. Ewers, E.L. Kruger, P.V. Bolstad, B.
Cook, E.
Traver, and D.E. Roberts. 2008. Linking form and function: Using LiDAR to detect variable
stomatal
conductance, Eos Trans. AGU, 89(53), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract B43C-0445.
63. Mitra, B., D.S. Mackay, M.B. Cleary, K. Naithani, H. Kwon, E.G. Pendall, and B.E.
Ewers. 2008.
Constraining a carbon-water flux model for a sagebrush ecosystem with multiple data
sources, Eos
Trans. AGU, 89(53), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract B11A-0342.
62. Ewers, B.E., D.S. Mackay, J.L. Angstmann, M.M. Loranty. 2008. Connecting temporal and
spatial
scaling of transpiration from trees to stands: the use of sap flux measurements and
environmental
th
drivers, 7 International Workshop on Sap Flow, Seville, Spain, October 21-24, 2008.
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61. Desai, A.R., B.N. Sulman, and D.S. Mackay. 2008. Impacts of leaf phenology and water
table on
interannual variability of carbon fluxes in subboreal uplands and wetlands: Implications
for regional
fluxes in the upper Midwest USA, AmeriFlux Science Meeting, Boulder, Colorado, October 15-
17,
2008.
60. Ewers, B.E., D.S.Mackay, M.M. Loranty, S. Samanta, K. Naithani, and B. Mitra. 2008.
Improving
models of plant transpiration in time and space by incorporating hydraulic controls over
canopy
stomatal conductance, Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, August, 2008.
59. Sulman, B.N., A.R. Desai, D.S. Mackay, S. Samanta, B.D. Cook, N. Saliendra. 2008.
Interaction s of
carbon and water cycles in north temperate wetlands: Modeling and observing the impact of
a
th
declining water table trend on regional biogeochemistry, 18 Conference on Atmospheric
BioGeosciences, Orlando, Florida, April 28 May 2, 2008.
58. Loranty, M.M., D.S. Mackay, R. Anderson, P.V. Bolstad, B.D. Cook, B.E. Ewers, E.L.
Kruger, D.E.
Roberts, E. Traver. 2008. Using LiDAR to detect factors controlling variations in forest
transpiration,
Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, April 15-19, 2008.
57. Chien, H. and S. Mackay. 2008. A phosphorus concentration model developed for the
shallow
impoundment bottom sediment, Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Boston,
MA,
April 15-19, 2008.
56. Mackay, D.S. and B.E. Ewers. 2007. Coupled hydraulic and photosynthetic feedbacks on
forest
transpiration throughout the growing season, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl.,
Abstract
B24C-02.
55. Mitra, B., D.S. Mackay, H. Kwon, B.E. Ewers, E. Pendall. 2007. Coupled water and
carbon exchange
processes in a sagebrush-steppe ecosystem, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl.,
Abstract
B33D-1586.
54. Loranty, M.M., D.S. Mackay, B.E. Ewers, E.L. Kruger, E. Traver. 2007. Reference
canopy stomatal
conductance explains spatiotemporal patterns of tree transpiration, Eos Trans. AGU,
88(52), Fall
Meet. Suppl., Abstract H33C-1456.
53. Chien, H., S. Mackay, and M. Penn. 2007. Assessing the effects of transient and long
term
phosphorus storage on the total phosphorus yields in distributed hydrologic model, Eos
Trans. AGU,
88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract H41C-0662.
52. Loranty, M.M., D.S. Mackay, B.E. Ewers, E. Traver, and E.L. Kruger. 2007. Using
geostatistics to
compare spatial patterns of transpiration across forest transitions. Association of
American
Geographers 2007 Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
51. Mackay, D.S., B.E. Ewers, and E.L. Kruger. 2007. Correlation between leaf phenology
and leaf
physiology in northern temperate mixed forests. Association of American Geographers 2007
Annual
Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
50. Traver, E., B.E. Ewers, M. Loranty, and D.S. Mackay. 2006. Does spatial variation in
soil
characteristics affect tree transpiration responses to vapor pressure deficit?, Eos
Trans. AGU, 87(52),
Mackay, CV March 20, 2011 15
Abstract B41E-0233. Poster presented at American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San
Francisco,
CA, December 11-15, 2006.
49. Chien, H., S. Mackay, and M. Penn. 2006. Spatially explicit reservoirs improve the
prediction of
sediment and nutrient storage and transport within distributed simulations of
agricultural watersheds,
Eos Trans. AGU, 87(52), Abstract H43E-0542. Poster presented at American Geophysical
Union Fall
Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 11-15, 2006.
48. Roberts, D.E., D. Mackay, M. Loranty, B. Ewers, E. Kruger. 2006. Examining
variability of methods
for determining within plot soil moisture content, Eos Trans. AGU, 87(52), Abstract H11F-
1320.
Poster presented at American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December
11-15,
2006.
47. Loranty, M.M., D.S. Mackay, D.E. Roberts, B.E. Ewers, E.L. Kruger, E. Traver. 2006.
Incorporating
spatially explicit crown light competition into a model of canopy transpiration, Eos
Trans. AGU,
87(52), Abstract H13A-1369. Poster presented at American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting,
San
Francisco, CA, December 11-15, 2006.
46. Ewers, B.E., E. Traver, J. Angstmann, J. Adelman, M. Loranty, D.S. Mackay. 2006.
Quantifying and
Explaining Spatial Patterns of Transpiration Across Environmental Gradients Using Plant
Hydraulics
and Geostatistics. IUFRO-Canopy Processes Meeting Oct. 7th-12th, 2006 Northeastern US.
45. Chien, H., S. Mackay, P.E. Cabot, and K. Karthikeyan. 2005. Parameterization of
natural depressions
in distributed hydrologic models: Implications for scaling up predictions of sediment and
nutrient
yields in ungauged agricultural watersheds. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San
Francisco, CA, December 5-9.
44. Mackay, D.S., E.L. Kruger, B.E. Ewers, M. Loranty, and J.D. Adelman. 2005. Leaf-level
light
responses and canopy light distribution corroborate hydraulic controls on spatially
variable canopy
transpiration. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 5-9.
43. Loranty, M.M., D.S. Mackay, B.E. Ewers, J.D. Adelman, and E.L. Kruger. 2005.
Inferences of
competitive effects on transpiration from spatial patterns in stomatal conductance.
American
Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 5-9.
42. Ewers, B.E., J.D. Adelman, D.S. Mackay, M. Loranty, E. Traver, and E.L. Kruger. 2005.
Use of
Geostatistics and plant hydraulics to explain patterns of transpiration across
environmental gradients.
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 5-9.
41. Mackay, D.S., M. Loranty, J. Adelman, B.E. Ewers, and E.L. Kruger. 2005. Spatially
explicit
observations and modeling of forest canopy transpiration along moisture gradients in semi-
arid and
humid climates. Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Denver CO, April 7.
40. Mackay, D.S., M. Loranty, J. Adelman, B.E. Ewers, and E.L. Kruger. 2004. Spatially
explicit
observations elucidate simple scalars of forest canopy transpiration along moisture
gradients in semi -
arid and humid climates. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA,
December
12-17 (poster).
39. Loranty, M., B.E. Ewers, D.S. Mackay, J. Adelman, and E.L. Kruger. 2004. Spatially
explicit
observations of forest canopy transpiration elucidate simple transpiration scalars across
environmental gradients. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA,
December
12-17 (poster).
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38. Ewers, B., D. Mackay, S. Burrows, D. Ahl, S. Samanta. 2004. Interannual variations in
transpiration
and canopy stomatal conductance are dependent upon tree species. Ecological Society of
America
Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon, August, 2005.
37. Mackay, D.S., S. Samanta, and B.E. Ewers. 2004. A parameter restriction and selection
scheme for
distributed land surface models and their supporting databases. North American Fuzzy
Information
Processing Society Annual Conference, Banff, Alberta, June 27-30, 2004.
36. Mackay, D.S., B.E. Ewers, S. Samanta, D.E. Ahl. 2003. Interannual variability of
water fluxes in
th
northern Wisconsin. Chequamegon Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study 6 Annual Meeting, Kemp Natural
Resources Station, Minoqua, WI, June 29 to July 2, 2003.
35. Davis, K.J., D.R. Ricciuto, M.P. Butler, A.R. Desa, W. Wang, C. Yi, P.S. Bakwin, B.D.
Cook, P.V.
Bolstad, E. Carey, J. Martin, R. Teclaw, D.S. Mackay, B.E. Ewers, J. Chen, A. Noormets,
F.A.
Heinsch, A.S. Denning. 2003. A challenge to the flux-tower upscaling hypothesis? A multi-
tower
comparison from the Chequamegon Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study. American Geophysical Union
Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 2003.
34. Ewers, B.E., D.S. Mackay, S.N. Burrows, D.E. Ahl, and S. Samanta. 2003. Interannual
variation in
stand transpiration is dependent upon tree species. American Geophysical Union Fall
Meeting, San
Francisco, CA, December 2003.
33. Samanta, S. and D.S. Mackay. 2003. Automated parameterization of a transpiration
model: A
comparative study of Bayesian analysis and a procedure based on fuzzy set. American
Geophysical
Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 2003. (Poster)
32. Mackay, D.S., B.E. Ewers, S. Samanta, and S.N. Burrows. 2003. Predictive uncertainty
and
scalability of transpiration in heterogeneous watersheds. American Geophysical Union Fall
Meeting,
San Francisco, CA, December 2003.
31. Zhu, A.X. and D.S. Mackay, 2002. Effect of soil landscape parameterization on
watershed modeling
with change of scale. Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, March 19 -
March 23,
2002, Los Angeles, California.
30. Chen, E. and D.S. Mackay, 2002. Tortured numbers will tell you anything: a case of
the MAUP.
Poster presented at the Wisconsin Land Information Association Annual Meeting. (Poster).
29. Mackay, D.S. and E. Chen, 2002. Are We Putting Our Eggs in a Reliable Basket?
Implications of
Semi-Distributed Models for Predicting Soil Loss at Watershed Scales. American
Geophysical Union
Spring Meeting, Washington, DC, May, 2002.
28. Mackay, D.S., 2002. Downscaling model predictions of transpiration from daily to
diurnal level by
retrieving physiologically consistent model parameters from sap flux data. American
Geophysical
Union Spring Meeting, Washington, DC, May, 2002.
27. Samanta, S. and D.S. Mackay 2002. Effects of increasing model complexity on output
and parameter
estimates of a land surface energy balance model. American Geophysical Union Fall
Meeting, San
Francisco, CA., December 2002.
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26. Mackay, D.S., S.T. Gower, B.E. Ewers, D.E. Ahl, S. Samanta, and S.N. Burrows, 2001.
Long-term
water flux changes from converting old-growth pine forests to hardwood forests in
northern
Wisconsin. NASA/ NOAA GAPP and Hydrology Meeting, April 30-May 4, 2001, Potomac, MD.
(Presentation and poster)
25. Samanta, S. and D.S. Mackay, 2001. Influence of event characteristics on predictive
uncertainty of a
hydrological model. American Geophysical Union Spring Meeting, Boston. Eos Trans. AGU,
82(20),
Spring Meet. Suppl., Abstract H41B-02.
24. Ewers, B.E., D.S. Mackay, D.E. Ahl, S.N. Burrows, S. Samanta, and S.T. Gower, 2001.
Modeling the
impact of land use change on regional water flux in northern Wisconsin - Species effects
on
transpiration and canopy average stomatal conductance. American Geophysical Union Spring
Meeting, Boston. Eos Trans. AGU, 82(20), Spring Meet. Suppl., Abstract B51B-12.
23. Mackay, D.S., D.E. Ahl, B.E. Ewers, S. Samanta, S.N. Burrows, and S.T. Gower, 2001.
The role of
detailed land cover data on modeling transpiration in a managed forested landscape.
American
Geophysical Union Spring Meeting, Boston. Eos Trans. AGU, 82(20), Spring Meet. Suppl.,
Abstract
H31F-06.
22. Burrows, S.N., S.T. Gower, D.S. Mackay, D.E. Ahl, J.M. Norman, G. Diak, and M.K.
Clayton, 2001.
Spatial-temporal variation of leaf area index (LAI) and aboveground net primary
productivity
(NPPA) of a northern Wisconsin forested landscape. Ecological Society of America Annual
Meeting,
Madison, WI, August 4-7, 2001.
21. Ewers, B., D. Mackay, D. Ahl, S. Burrows, S. Samanta, S. Gower, 2001. The impact of
heterogeneous
forest cover on water flux rates at tree, stand, and regional scales. Ecological Society
of America
Annual Meeting, Madison, WI, August 4-7, 2001.
20. Mackay, D.S., B.E. Ewers, D.E. Ahl, S. Samanta, and S.T. Gower, 2001. Short-term
prediction of
transpiration from managed forested in northern Wisconsin. Ecological Society of America
Annual
Meeting, Madison, WI, August 4-7, 2001.
19. Mackay, D.S., S. Samanta, D.E. Ahl, B.E. Ewers, S
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