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Yi, S., Kondolf, M.G., Sandoval Solis, S. and Dale, L. (2024). Groundwater level forecasting using machine learning: A case study of the Baekje weir in Four Major Rivers Restoration Project, South Korea. Water Resources Research. Accepted Apr/24.

Richter, B.D., Lamsal, G., Marston, L., Dhakal, S., Sangha, L.S., Rushforth, R.R., Wei, D., Ruddell, B.L., Davis, K.F., Hernandez-Cruz, A., Sandoval-Solis, S., and Schmidt, J.C. (2024). New water accounting reveals why the Colorado River no longer reaches the sea. J. Communication and Environment. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01291-0

Nogueira, X.R., Pasternack, G.B., Lane, B.A., Sandoval-Solis, S. (2024). Width undulation drives flow convergence routing in five flashy ephemeral river types across a dry summer subtropical region. J. Earth Surface Process and Landforms. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.5805

Rahman, M., Sandoval Solis, S., Harter, T., Saeedimoghaddam., M., Efron, N., Nearing, G., (2024). Understanding Drought Awareness from Web Data -A Computer Vision Approach. J. Earth and Space Science Open Archive DOI: 10.22541/essoar.170317289.97613363/v1

Richter, B.D., Prunes, E., Liu, N., Caldwell, P., Wei, D., Frankel Davis, K., Sandoval Solis, S., Rendon Herrera G., Saiz Rodriguez, R., Ao, Y., Lamsal, G., Amaya, M., Shahbol, N., and Marston, L. (2023). Opportunities for Restoring Environmental Flows in the Rio Grande-Rio Bravo. J. Water Resources Planning and Management, ASCE.

Armas Vargas, F., Nava, L.F., Gómez Reyes, E., Olea Olea, S., Rojas Serna, C., Sandoval Solís, S., Meza-Rodríguez, D. (2023). Water and Environmental Resources: A Multi-Criteria Assessment of Management Approaches. J. Water 2023, 15(16), 2991; https://doi.org/10.3390/w15162991

Hernández-Cruz, A., Sandoval-Solís, S., Mendoza-Espinosa, L.G., Ramírez-Hernández. J., Medellín-Azuara, J., and Daesslé, L.W. (2013). Assessing water management strategies under water scarcity in the Mexican portion of the Colorado River Basin. J. Water Resources Planning and Management, ASCE. 149(9):04023042. DOI: 10.1061/JWRMD5.WRENG-5985

Ortiz-Partida, J.P., Fernandez-Bou, A.S., Maskey,M., Rodriguez-Flores, J.M., Medellin-Azuara, J., Sandoval-Solis, S., Ermolieva, T., Kanavas, Z., Sahu, R.K., Wada,Y., and Kahil, T. (2023). Hydro-economic modeling of water resources management challenges: current applications and future directions. J. Water Economics and Policy. https://doi.org/10.1142/S2382624X23400039 

Sandoval-Solis, S., Garza-Diaz,L.E., Gomez-Quiroga, G., Saiz-Rodriguez, R., and Rendon-Herrera, G. (2023). Natural and Observed flow at gauging stations from Presidio, Texas, to the outlet of the Rio Grande/Bravo from 1900 to 2011. USGS Science Based Catalog. https://doi.org/10.21429/9h24-5g39.

Armas Vargas, F, Escolero, O., Sandoval Solis, S., Nava, L.F., Mazari Hiriart, M., Rojas Serna, C., Lopez-Corona, O., (2023). A Quantitative Approach to the Watershed Governance Prism: The Duero River Basin, Mexico. J. Water 15(4), 743; https://doi.org/10.3390/w15040743

Wauters, V.M., Jarvis-Shean, K., Willimas, N., Hodson, A., Hanson, B.D., Haring, S., Wilson, H., Westphal, A., Sandoval-Solis, S., aane, K., Mitchell, J., Gaudin, A.C.M. (2023). Developing cover crop systems for California Amods: current knowledge and uncertainties. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation,

Fernandez-Bou, A.S., Rodrigues-Flores, J.M., Guzman, A., Ortiz-Partida, J.P., Classen-Rodriguez, L.M., Sanchez-Perez, P.A., Valero-Fandiño, J., Pells, C., Flores-Landeros, H., Sandoval-Solis, S., Characklis, G.W., Harmon, T., McCullough, M., Medellin-Azuara, J. (2022) Water, environment, and socioeconomic justice in California: A multibenefit cropland repurposing framework. J. Science of the Total Environment. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159963

Palacio-Aponte, A.G., Ortiz-Rodriguez, A.J., Sandoval-Solis, S. (2022). Methodological framework for territorial planning of urban areas: Analysis of socio-economic vulnerability and risk associated with flash flood hazards. J. Applied Geography. 149 (2022) 102809 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2022.102809

Garza-Diaz, L.E., and Sandoval-Solis, S (2022). Changes in stability landscapes of a river basin by anthropogenic droughts. J. Water 2022, 14(18), 2835; https://doi.org/10.3390/w14182835. 

Sooyeon Y., Kondolf, M., Sandoval-Solis, S., and Dale, L. (2022). Application of Machine Learning-based Energy Use Forecasting for Inter-basin Water Transfer Project. J. Water Resources Management. Accepted. Sep. 2022.

Garza-Diaz, L.E., and Sandoval-Solis, S (2022). Identifying thresholds, regime shifts, and early warning signals using long-term data in the transboundary Rio Grande - Rio Bravo. J. Water 2022, 14, 2555. https://doi.org/10.3390/w14162555. 

Hernandez-Cruz, A., Sandoval-Solis, S., and Mendoza-Espinosa, L. (2022). An overview of modeling efforts of water resources in Mexico: challenges and opportunities. J. Environmental Science and Policy. Accepted. July 2022

Khosravi, M., Afshar, A., Molajou, A., Sandoval-Solis, S. (2022). Joint operation of Surface and Groundwater to improve Sustainability Index as Irrigation System performance: Cyclic Storage and Standard Conjunctive Use Strategies. J. Water resources Planning and Management. ASCE. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0001591

Patterson, N., Lane, B.A., Sandoval-Solis, S., Persad, G., Ortiz-Partida, J.P. (2022). Projected effects of temperature and precipitation variability change on streamflow patterns using a functional flows approach. Earth's Future J. Open Access. American geophysics Union. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021EF002631

Gomes, A.M., DeVincentis, A.J, Sandoval-Solis, S., Zaccaria, D., Munk, D., Bali, K., Shrestha, A., Gould, K., and Mitchell, J. (2022) "Long-Term Use of Reduced Disturbance Tillage with Winter Cover Crops Can be Implemented Without Depleting Soil Moisture in California’s San Joaquin Valley". J. California Agriculture. Accepted, June 2022

Sandoval-Solis, S., Ortiz-Partida, J.P. and Floyd, L. E. (2022). Multi-objective water planning in a poor water data region: Aragvi River Basin. J. Sustainability. (14) 6: 3649 https://doi.org/10.3390/su14063649 

Armas-Vargas, F., Nava, L.F., Escolero, O., Gomez-Reyes, E., and Sandoval-Solis, S. (2022). Watershed Sustainability" An Integrated River Basin Perspective. The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Urban and Regional Futures. Meteor Springer. Accepted. March 2022.

Grantham, T., Carlisle, D.M., Howard, J., Lane,  B.A., Lusardi, R., Obester, A., Sandoval-Solis, S., Stanford, B., Stein, E.D., Taniguchi-Quan, K.T., Yarnell, S.M., Zimmerman, J.K.H. (2022). Modeling Functional Flows in California’s Rivers. J. Frontiers in Environmental Science, Freshwater Science, Accepted February 2022.

Diaz-Gomez, R., Pasternack, G.B., Guillon, H., Byerne, C.F., Schwindt, S., Larrieu, K.G., and Sandoval-Solis, S. (2022). Mapping subaerial sand-gravel-cobble fluvial sediment facies using airborne lidar and machine learning. J. Geomorphology. Accepted. January 1, 2022.

Yosefipoor, P., Saadatpour, M., Sandoval-Solis, S., and Afshar, A. (2021). An adaptive surrogate-based, multi-pollutant, and multi-objective optimization for river-reservoir system management. J. Ecological Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2021.106487

Stein, E.D., Zimmerman, J., Yarnell, S.M., Stanford, B., Lane, B.A., Taniguchi-Quan, K., Obester, A., Grantham, T.E., Lusardi, R.A., and Sandoval-Solis, S. (2021). The California Environmental Flows Framework: Meeting the Challenges of Developing a Large-Scale Environmental Flows Program. Online. Frontiers in Environmental Science, Freshwater Science. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2021.769943

Byrne, C.F., Pasternack, G.B., Guillon, H., Lane, B.A., and Sandoval-Solis, S. (2021). Channel constriction predicts pool-riffle velocity reversals across landscapes. J. Geophysical Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL094378

Wineland, S.M., Ba?a?ao?lu, H., Fleming, J., Friedman, J., Garza-Diaz, L., Kellogg, W., Koch, J., Lane, B.A., Mirchi, A., Nava, L.F., Neeson, T.M., Ortiz-Partida, J.P., Paladino, S., Plassin, S., Gomez-Quiroga, G., Saiz-Rodriguez, R., Sandoval-Solis, S., Wagner, K., Weber, N., Winterle, J., and Wootten, A.M. (2021). The environmental flows implementation challenge: Insights and recommendations across water-limited systems. J. WIREs Water. Accepted October 2021

Sandoval-Solis, S., Paladino, S., Garza-Diaz, L.E., Nava, L.F., Friedman, J., Ortiz-Partida, J.P., Plassin, S., Gomez-Quiroga, G., Koch, J., Fleming, J., Lane, B.A., Wineland, S., Mirchi, A., Saiz-Rodriguez, R., Neeson, T. (2021). Environmental Flows in the Rio Grande - Rio Bravo Basin.  (pdf) J. Ecology and Society. Accepted. Sep. 2021.

Lane, B.A., Guillon, H., Byrne, C., Pasternack, G.B., Kasprak, A., and Sandoval-Solis, S. (2021). Channel reach morphology and landscape properties are linked across a large heterogeneous region. J. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.5246

Chaouch, S., Djelfaoui, S., Kebaili, S., and Sandoval-Solis, S. (2021). The IDEA method for assessing irrigated cereal farms sustainability in Algerian arid zones: Case of Ouargla Region (Oued M'ya). J. Sustainable Agriculture Research. DOI:10.5539/sar.v10n3p52

DeVincentis, A. J., Guillon, H., Díaz Gómez, R., Patterson, N. K., van den Brandeler, F., Koehl, A., Ortiz-Partida, J. P., Garza-Díaz, L. E., Gamez-Rodríguez, J., Goharian, E., and Sandoval Solis, S. (2021) Bright and Blind Spots of Water Research in Latin America and the Caribbean, (Online) J. Hydrology and Earth Systems Sciences  https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-2021-106

Goharian, E., Azizipour, M., Sandoval-Solis, S., Fogg, G. (2021). Using Cellular Automata Approach to Optimize the Hydropower Reservoir Operation of Folsom Dam. J. Water. Accepted, June 2021

Golmohammadi, M.H., Safavi, H.R., Sandoval-Solis, S., and Fooladi, M. (2021). Improving Performance Criteria in the Water Resource Systems Based on Fuzzy Approach. J. Water Resources Management. WARM-D-20-00894R1

DeVincentis, A.J., Sandoval-Solis, S., Rice, S., Zaccaria, D., Snyder, R., Maskey, M., Gomes, A., Gaudin, A., and Mitchell, J. (2021). Impacts of winter cover cropping on soil moisture and evapotranspiration in California’s specialty crop fields may be minimal during winter months. (online) J. California Agriculture. https://doi.org/10.3733/ca.2022a0001

Bruno, E., DeVincentis, A.J., Sandoval-Solis, S., and Zaccaria, D. (2020) Assessing the Costs and Benefits of Winter Cover Cropping in California. ARE Update 23(6)(2020):9-11. University of California Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics. 

Goharian, E., Azizipour, M., Sandoval-Solis, S.,and Fogg, G. (2020). Surface Reservoir Re-Operation for Managed Aquifer Recharge: Folsom Reservoir System. J. Water Resources Planning and Management. American Society of Civil Engineers. Accepted. July 2020

Saadatpour, M., Delkhosh, F., Afshar, A., Sandoval-Solis, S., (2020). Developing a simulation-optimization approach to allocate low impact development practices for managing hydrological alterations in Urban Watershed. J. Sustainable Cities and Societies. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2020.102334

Azizipour, M., Sattari,A., Afshar, M.H., Goharian,E., and Sandoval-Solis, S., (2020). Optimal Hydropower Operation of Multi-Reservoir Systems: Hybrid Cellular Automata-Simulated Annealing Approach. Journal of Hydroinformatics. Accepted June 2020.

Saadatpour, M., Afshar, A., and S. Sandoval-Solis (2020). Surrogate-bsed multiperiod, multiobjective reservoir operation optimization for quality and quantity management. J. Water Resources Planning and Management. ASCE. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0001252.

Wickham, P., Pandey, P.K., Sandoval-Solis, S., and Harter T. (2020). UV Light and Temperature Induced Fluridone Degradation in Water and Sediment and Potential Transport Into Aquifer. J. Environmental Pollution. Accepted May 2020. 

Lane, B.A., Ortiz-Partida, J.P., and Sandoval-Solis, S. (2020) Extending water resources performance metrics to river ecosystems. J. Ecological Indicators. Accepted, March 2020.

Pauloo, R.A., Escriva-Bou, A., Dahlke, H., Fencl, A., Guillon, H., and Fogg, G.E. (2020). Domestic well vulnerability to drought duration and unsustainable groundwater management in California Central Valley. Environmental Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab6f10

Patterson, N.K., Lane, B.A., Sandoval-Solis, S., Pasternack, G.B., Yarnell, S.M., Qiu, Y. (2020). A hydrologic feature detection algorithm to quantify seasonal components of flow regime. J. of Hydrology. Accepted Feb/2020 

Guillon, H., Byrne, C.F., Lane, B.A., Sandoval-Solis, S., and Pasternack G.B. (2020). Machine Learning Predicts Reach-Scale Channel Types from Coarse-Scale Geospatial Data in a Large River Basin. J. of Water Resources Research. Accepted Feb/2020

DeVincentis, A.J., Sandoval Solis, S., Bruno, E., Leavitt,  A., Gomes, A., Rice,  S., and Zaccaria, D. (2020) Using cost benefit analysis to understand adoption of winter cover cropping in California’s specialty crop systems. Journal of Environmental Management.

Byrne, C.F., Pasternack, G.B., Guillon, H., Lane, B.A., and Sandoval-Solis, S. (2019). Reach-scale bankfull channel types can exist independently of catchment hydrology. J. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. https:/doi.org/10.1002/essoar.10501068.1

Rosenberg, D.E., Fillion, Y., Teasley, R.L., Sandoval-Solis, S., Hetch, J.S. (2019). The Next Frontier: Making Research More Reproducible. Editorial. J. Water Resources Planning and Management. American Society of Civil Engineers. Accepted, December 2019.

Yarnell, S.M., Stein, E.D., Webb, J.A., Grantham, T., Lusardi, R.A., Zimmerman, J., Peek, R.A., Lane, B.A., Howard, J., Sandoval-Solis, S. (2019). A functional flows approach to selecting ecologically relevant flow metrics for environmental flow applications. J. River Research and Applications, Accepted. November (2019).

Ortiz-Partida, J.P., Kahil, T., Ermoliev, Y., Lane, B.A., Sandoval-Solis, S., and Wada, Y. (2019). A two stage stochastic optimization for robust operation of multipurpose reservoirs. J. of Water Resources Management. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11269-019-02337-1

Garza-Díaz, L.E., DeVincentis, A.J., Sandoval-Solis, S., Azizipour, M., Ortiz-Partida, J.P., Mahlknecht, J., Cahn, M., Medellín-Azuara, J., Zaccaria, D., Kisekka, I., Land use optimization towards sustainable agriculture water management in Pajaro Valley, California. J. Water resources Planning and Management.

Hammock, B.G., Moose, S.P., Sandoval-Solis, S., Goharian, E., and Teh, S.J. (2019) Hydrodynamic Modeling coupled with long term field data provide evidence for suppression of Phytoplankton by invasive Clams and freshwater Exports in the San Francisco Estuary. J. Environmental Management/. 

Vieira, E. and Sandoval-Solis, S. (2018). Water resources sustainability index for a water-stressed basin in Brazil. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies. 19(2018)97-109

Afshar, A., Masoumi, F., and Sandoval-Solis, S. (2018). Developing a reliability-based waste load allocation strategy for river-reservoir systems. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management. 144(9):04018052.

Gendrona, L., Létourneaua, G., Andersona, L., Sauvageaua, G., Depardieua, C., Paddock, E., van den Houtb, A., Levalloisc, R., Daugovishd, O., Sandoval-Solis, S., and Caron, J. (2018). Real-time irrigation: Cost-effectiveness and benefits for water use and productivity of strawberries. J. Scientia Horticulturae, 240: 468-477. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scienta.2018.06.013

Lane, B.A., Sandoval-Solis, S., Stein, E.D., Yarnell, S.H., Pasternack, G.B. and Dahlke, H.E. (2018). Beyond metrics? The role of hydrologic baseline archetypes in environmental water management. Journal of  Environmental Management. DOI: 10.1007/s00267-018-1077-7 

Lane, B.A., Pasternack, G.B., and Sandoval-Solis, S. (2018). Integrated analysis of flow, form, and function for river management and design testing. Journal of Ecohydrology. DOI:10.1002/eco.1969

Aburto-Oropeza O., [...], Medellín-Azuara, J., [...], Ortiz-Partida, J.P., [...], Sandoval-Solis, S, [...], Taylor, J.E. (2018). Harnessing Cross-border Resources to Confront Climate Change. J. Environmental Science and Policy Journal. 87:128-132.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2018.01.001

Sayto-Corona, D., Silva-Hidalgo, H., Sandoval-Solis, S., Alvarez-Herrera, C., and Herrera-Peraza, E. (2017). Direct Impact of tropical storms to the Rio Conchos Basin. Journal of Research and Science, UAA. Aguascalientes, Mexico.

Goharian, E., Zahmatksh, Z., and Sandoval-Solis, S. (2018). Uncertainty Propagation of Hydrologic Modeling in Water Supply System Performance: Application of Monte Carlo Markov Chain Method. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering. 23(5): 04018013. 

Flores Marquez, M., Sandoval-Solis, S., DeVicentis, A.J., Ortiz-Partida, J.P. Goharian, E., Britos, B.R., Silva-Jordan, P.T., McGourty, G.T., Lewis, D.J., Elkins, R.B., and Harper, J.M. (2017). Water Budget Development for SGMA Compliance, Case Study: Ukiah Valley Groundwater Basin. J. of Contemporary Water Research and Education. Accepted. Oct/2017.

Safavi, H.R., Golmohammadi, M.H., Zekri, M., and Sandoval-Solis, S. (2017). A new Approach for Parameter estimation of Autoregressive Model Using Adaptive network-Based Fuzzy Interference System (ANFIS). I. Journal of Science and Technology, Transactions of Civil Engineering. DOI 10.1007/s40996-017-0068-x, ISSN 2228-6160.

Lane, B.A., Pasternack, G.B., Dahlke, H.E., and Sandoval-Solis, S. (2017). The role of topographic variability in river channel classification. Progress in Physical Geography. Accepted June 2017.

Ortiz-Partida, J. P., Sandoval-Solis, S., and Diaz-Gomez, R. (2017). Assessing the State of Water Resource Knowledge and Tools for Future Planning in the Rio Grande-Rio Bravo Basin. United States Geological Survey. South Central Climate Science Center. https://doi.org/10.21429/C9BC7D.

Strom, M. A., Pasternack, G. B., Burman, S. G., Dahlke, H. E., Sandoval-Solis, S. (2017). Hydraulic hazard exposure of humans swept away in a whitewater river. J. Natural Hazards. doi:10.1007/s11069-017-2875-6

Dara, S.K., Sandoval-Solis, S., Peck, D. (2016). Improving Strawberry Irrigation with Micro-Sprinklers and their Implication on Pest Management. J. Agricultural Sciences. ISSN: 2156-8561,

Lane, B.A., Dahlke, H.E., Pasternack, G.B., and Sandoval-Solis, S. (2016). Revealing the diversity of natural hydrologic regimes in California for environmental flows applications. J. American Water Resources Association. Accepted. August 2016.

Nava, L.F., Brown, C., Demeter, K., Lasserre, F., Milanés-Murcia, M., Mumme, S., Sandoval-Solis, S., (2016). Existing opportunities to adapt the Rio Grande/Bravo Basin Water Resources Allocation Regime. J. of Water. Accepted July 2016. 

Azizipour, M., Ghalenoei, V., Afshar S.S., and Sandoval-Solis, S. (2016). Optimal Operation of Hydropower Reservoir Systems Using Weed Optimization Algorithm. J. Water Resources Management. DOI 10.1007/s11269-016-1407-6

Safavi, H.R., Golmohammadi, M.H., and Sandoval-Solis, S. (2016). Scenario Analysis for Integrated Water Resources Planning and Management under Uncertainty in the Zayandehrud River Basin. J. of Hydrology. Accepted, June 2016.

Rodriguez, J.M., Ustin, S. L., Sandoval-Solis, S., and O'Geen, T.A. (2016). Food, Water, and Fault Lines:  Remote Sensing Opportunities for Earthquake-Response Management of Agricultural Water. J. Science of the Total Environment. Accepted, May 2016.

Ortiz-Partida, J.P., Lane, B.A., and Sandoval-Solis, S. (2016). Economic Effects of Reservoir Re-operation Policy in the Rio Grande/Bravo for Integrated Human and Environmental Water Management. J. of Hydrology: Regional Studies. Accepted 11/Aug/2016

Ta, J., Kelsey, R., Howard, J., Lund, J.R., Sandoval-Solis, S., and Viers, J.H. (2016). Decision Support Tool: Securing Water for Environmental Flows. J. Water Resources Planning and Management. American Society of Civil engineers. Accepted, April 2016.

Jahanpour, M., Afshar, A., and Sandoval-Solis, S. (2015) An Object-Oriented Development Environment to Optimally Design Cyclic Storage Systems. Journal of hydroinformatics. 17(4):534-550.

Safavi, H.R., Golmohammadi, M.H., and Sandoval-Solis, S. (2015). Expert Knowledge Based Modeling for Integrated Water Resources Planning and Management in the Zayandehrud River Basin. J. of Hydrology, (528): 773-789 

O'Geen, T.A., Saal, M., Dahlke, H.E., Doll, D., Elkins, R., Fulton, A., Fogg, G., Harter, T., Hopmans, J.W., Ingels, C., Niederholzer, F., Sandoval-Solis, S., Verdegaal, P., and Walkinshaw, M. (2015) Soil Suitability Index Identifies Potential Areas Areas for Groundwater Banking on Agricultural Lands. J. California Agriculture. 69(2):75-84.

Julian, D.W., Hickey, J.T.,  Fields, W.L., Ostadrahimi, L., Maher, K.M., Barker, T.G., Hatfield, C.L., Lutz, K., Marks, C.O., Sandoval-Solis, S., Lund, J.R. (2015) Decision Support System for Water and Environmental Resources in the Connecticut River Basin. J. Water Resources Planning and Management, American Society of Civil Engineers. Reference Number: WRENG-1995R1, Accepted Feb/2015.

Afshar, A., Masoumi, F., and Sandoval-Solis, S. (2015) Reliability Based Optimum Reservoir Design by Hybrid ACO-LP Algorithm. J. Water Resources Magement. European Water Resources Association. DOI 10.1007/s11269-015-0927-9.

Porse, E.C., Sandoval-Solis, S., Lane, B.A. (2015) Integrating Environmental Flows into Multi-Objective Reservoir Management for a Transboundary, Water-Scarce River Basin: Rio Grande/Bravo. J. Water Resources Magement. European Water Resources Association. Manuscript Number WARM-D-14-00408R1. DOI:10.1007/s11269-015-0952-8. Accepted February 2014.

Emani-Skardi, M.J., Afshar, A., Saadatpour, M., and Sandoval-Solis, S. (2015). Hybrid ACO-ANN-Based Multi-objective Simulation-Optimization Model for Pollutant Load Control at Basin Scale. J. of Environmental Modeling and Assesment, 20(1):29-39. DOI 10.1007/s10666-014-9413-7

Zaccaria, D., Passarella, G., D'Agostino, D., Giordano, R., and Sandoval-Solis, S. (2014). Assessing the risk of aquifer salinization in large-scale costal irrigation scheme of Southern Italy. J. CLEAN - Soil, Air, Water. DOI 10.1002/clen.201400396

Jahanpour, M., Sandoval-Solis, S., and Afshar, A. (2014). A web-based application for optimization of single reservoir operation. Journal American Water Works Association. Vol. (106)11: 509-517

Steenwerth, L.K., Hodson, K.A., Bloom, J.A., Carter, R.M., Cattaneo, A., Chartres, C., Hatfield, L.J., Henry, K., Hopmans, W.J., Horwath, R.W., Jenkins, M.B., Kebreab,  E., Leemans,  R., Lipper, L., Lubell, N.M., Msangi, S., Prabhu, R., Reynolds P.M., Sandoval-Solis, S., Sischo, M.W., Springborn,  M., Tittonell, P., Wheeler, M.S., Wollenberg, E., Vermeulen, J.S., Jarvis, S.L., Jackson, E.L. (2014). Climate-Smart Agriculture Global Research Agenda: Science for Action. J. Agriculture and Food Security. 3(11), doi:10.1186/2048-7010-3-11

Lane, B.A., Sandoval-Solis, S., and Porse, E.C. (2015). Environmental Flows in a Human-Dominated System: Integrated Water management Strategies for the Rio Grande/Bravo Basin. J. River Research and Applications. (31):1053-1065, DOI:10.1002/rra.2804

Nava, L.F., and Sandoval-Solis, S. (2014). Multi-tiered Governance of the Rio Grande/Bravo Basin: The Fragmented Water Resources Management Model of the United States and Mexico. International Journal of Water Governance. 2014(01):85-106.

Milanes-Murcia, M., Sandoval-Solis, S., and Stevens, M. (2013). The Environmental Protection of Wetlands Under International Law. Journal Wetland Science and Practice. 30(4): 9-26.

Ai, X., Sandoval-Solis, S., Dahlke, H.E., and Lane, B.A. (2013). Reconciling Hydropower and Environmental Water Uses in the Leishui River Basin, China. Journal of River Research and Applications. Accepted Nov/2013.

Emami-Skardi M.J., Afshar A. and Sandoval-Solis S. (2013). Simulation-Optimization Model for Non-point Source Pollution Management in Watersheds: Application of Cooperative Game Theory. KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering. Accepted Jan/2013.

Sandoval-Solis S., Teasley R.L., McKinney D.C., Thomas, G.A. and Patiño-Gomez C. (2013). Collaborative Modeling to Evaluate Water Management Scenarios in the Rio Grande Basin. Journal of the American Water Resources Association. Vol. 49 (3): 639-653. DOI: 10.1111/jawr.12070

Sandoval-Solis S., and McKinney D.C. (2012). Integrated water Management for Environmental Flows in the Rio Grande. J. Water Resources Planning and Management, 10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0000331 (Nov. 8, 2012).

Sandoval-Solis S., McKinney D. C., and Loucks D. P. (2011). Sustainability index for water resources planning and management. J. Water Resources Planning and Management, Vol. 137(5), 381-390.

Sandoval-Solis, S., McKinney, D.C., Teasley, R.L., and Patino-Gomez, C. (2011). Groundwater banking in the Rio Grande basin. J. of Water Resources Planning and Management, Vol. 137(1):62-71

Books

Vieira, E. de O., Sandoval-Solis, S., Pedrosa, V. de A., and Ortiz Partida, J.P. (2019) Integrated Water Resources Management, Cases from Africa, Asia, Australia, Latin America and United States. Springer. (Only for reading)

Sandoval-Solis, S. (2020). Water Resources Management in California. in Vieira, E. de O., Sandoval-Solis, S., Pedrosa, V. de A., and Ortiz Partida, J.P. (2019) Integrated Water Resources Management, Cases from Africa, Asia, Australia, Latin America and United States. Springer. (Only for reading)

Ortiz-Partida, J.P., Sandoval-Solis S., Arellano-Gonzalez, J., Medellin-Azuara, J., and Taylor, J.E. (2020). Managing Water Differently: Integrated Water Resources Management as a Framework for Adaptation top Climate Change in Mexico. in Vieira, E. de O., Sandoval-Solis, S., Pedrosa, V. de A., and Ortiz Partida, J.P. (2019) Integrated Water Resources Management, Cases from Africa, Asia, Australia, Latin America and United States. Springer. (Only for reading)

Rodriguez, J., Ustin, S.L., Sandoval-Solis, S., Rivera, A.D., and O’Geen, T. (2017). "A Framework for Agricultural Water Management Support Following the 2010 Maule Earthquake." in Andean hydrology. Diego A. Rivera, Alex Godoy-Faundez, Mario Lillo-Saavedra, eds. Santiago de Chile, Chile.

Bennett, J., Briggs, M., and Sandoval-Solis, S. (2014). “Aquatic and Riparian Habitats: Rio Grande – Rio Bravo River Corridor.” in Conservation Assessment for the Big Bend- Rio Bravo Region: A binational Collaborative Approach to Conservation. Wesson, M.D., Hallmich, C., Bennett, J., Sifuentes-Lugo, Frias-Garcia, A., Roberson, A.M., Karges, J., and Garret, G.P. C.A., eds. Commission for Environmental Cooperation, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 21-23

Sandoval-Solis, S., McKinney, D.C. and Teasley, R.L. (2011). Water management policies to reduce the over allocation of water rights in the Rio Grande/Bravo Basin. in Transboundary Water Resources Management – A Multidisciplinary Approach, Ganoulis, J., Aureli, A., and Fried, J. (eds), Wiley-VCH.

Reports

Fernández Galicia, Y.V., Sandoval Solis, S., Rendon Herrera, G., DeVincentis, A.J., and Ortiz Partida, J.P. (2023). Guidelines for agave Selection and Production in California. (Guia en Español). University of California, Davis. Davis, CA., April 2023. 

Sandoval Solís, S., Garza Díaz, L.E., Gómez Quiroga, G., Saiz Rodríguez, R., and Rendón Herrera, G., (2023). Assessing Climate Variability and Adaptation Strategies for the Rio Grande Basin. Final Report. South Central Climate Adaptation Science Center. USGS website.

Patterson, N. and Sandoval-Solis, S. (2022). Upper Rio Grande Functional Flows Assesment. Rio Grande Resilient Basin Report Card Project. Final Report. World Wildlife Fund. Davis, California.

Wauters, V., Gaudin, A., Williams, N., Jarvis-Shean, K., Hanson, B., Haring, S., Hodson, A., Sandoval-Solis, S., Synk, B., Westphal, A., Wilson, H. (2021). Cover Crops Best Management Practiceas (English, Español) Final Report. Almond Board of California. Report. Website.

Casarez l., R., Sandoval-Solis, S., S., and Ortiz-Partida, J., P. (2020). “Assessing the State of Water Resource Knowledge and Tools for Future Planning in the Lower Rio Grande-Rio Bravo Basin.” CCAST. Retrieved from https://arcg.is/1f8bze. Handout.

Guitron, D., and Sandoval-Solis, S. (2020). Hydrologic Classification of Altered Rivers in California. Report. California Water Resources Control Board. Sacramento, California.

Yarnell, S.M., Stein, E.D., Grantham, T., Lusardi, R.A., Zimmerman, J., Peek, R.A., Lane, B.A., Howard, J., Sandoval-Solis, S. (2020) California Environmental Flows Framework – Guidelines. Report. California Water Resources Control Board. Sacramento, California.

Byrne, C.F., Guillon, H.,  Lane, B.A., Pasternack G.B. and Sandoval-Solis, S. (2020). Coastal California Regional Geomorphic Classification. Final Report. Submitted to the California State Water Resources Control Board. Davis, California. February 2019.

Byrne, C.F., Guillon, H.,  Lane, B.A., Pasternack G.B. and Sandoval-Solis, S. (2019). Sacramento River Basin Geomorphic Classification. Final Report. Submitted to the California State Water Resources Control Board. Davis, California. January 2019.

Guillon, H., Byrne, C.F., Lane, B.A., Pasternack G.B. and Sandoval-Solis, S. (2019). South fork of the Eel river Basin geomorphic Classification. Final Report. Submitted to the California State Water Resources Control Board. Davis, California. February 2019.

Sandoval-Solis, S., Garza-Diaz, L.E., and Leal-Nares, O.A. (2019). Estimating Environmental Flows for the Rio Grande/Bravo Basin. Draft report. Pronature. October 2019.

Sandoval-Solis, S., and Dahlke, H. (2019). Cost – Benefit Analysis of On‐Farm Managed Aquifer Recharge in Alfalfa Fields and Almond Orchards. Final Report. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. (Spreadsheet). 

Miller Nell K., Nylen, G., Doremus, H., Fisher, A., Fogg, G., Owen, D., Sandoval-Solis, S., Viers, J., and Kiparsky, M. California's stream flow monitoring system is essential for water decision making. Brief

Flores-Marquez, M., Sandoval-Solis, S., and Diaz-Gomez, R. (2017). Characterization of the Ukiah Valley Groundwater Basin. Final Report. City of Ukiah. Water Management Lab. University of California, Davis. Davis, California, June 22nd, 2017.

Ortiz-Partida, J.P., and Sandovall-Solis, S. (2017) Assessing the state of water resources management policies and water resources planning tools for the Rio Grande Bravo. Final Report. USGS South Central Climate Science Center. Water Management Lab. University of California, Davis. Davis, California, March, 2017.

Sandoval-Solis, S., Ortiz-Partida, J.P., Hartsough, P., and Floyd, L.L. (2017). Documentation and Testing of the Aragvi River Basin Planning Model and Evaluation of Strategies. Final Report. USAID. Water Management Lab. University of California, Davis. Davis, California, July 27th, 2017.  

Hargrove, W.L., Douglas-Mankin, K., Mishra, A., Sampson, R., Sandoval-Solis, S., and Walker, F., (2016). Water Availability and Watershed Management National Program Review of Action Plan 2011-2015. Final report.

Fleenor, W., Sandoval-Solis, S., Sereno, D., Condon, L., and Viers, J.H. (2016) Independent Review of the Sacramento Water Allocation Model (SacWAM). Delta Science Program. Sacramento, California.

Silva-Jordan, P.T., and Sandoval-Solis, S. (2016). Dependable Water Yield for Coyote Valley Dam (Lake Mendocino). Memorandum. University of California Davis. Davis, CA.

Guardia, J.E., Pulido, G., and Sandoval-Solis, S. (2015) Comparing Panama and California Droughts: Obtaining Water to Meet Human Consumption Demands. Final report.

Yi, S., Thompson, L.C., Kilduff, D.P., and Sandoval-Solis, S. (2015). WEAPhish Middle Ware. User's Manual. University of California, Davis. Davis, CA.

Silva-Jordan, P.T. and Sandoval-Solis, S. (2015). Russian River Integrated Water Management. Raising Coyote Valley Dam Study. Preliminary Report. Water Management Research Group. University of California Davis. Davis, CA. 

Sandoval-Solis, S., Zaccaria, D., and Silva-Jordan, P.T. (2015). Coping with Declining Groundwater Levels. Drought tip. California Department of Water Resources.

Lin, V., Sandoval-Solis, S., Lane, B.A., and Rodriguez, J.M. (2013). Potential Water Savings through Improved Irrigation Efficiency in Pajaro Valley, California. Final Report. Water Management Research Group. University of California Davis. Davis, CA.

Sandoval-Solis, S., Orang, M., Snyder, R.L., Orloff, S., Williams, K.E., and Rodriguez, J.M. (2013). Spatial Analysis of Application Efficiencies in Irrigation for the State of California. Final Report. Water Management Research Group. University of California Davis. Davis, CA.

Sandoval-Solis, S. (2010). Effect of Extreme Storms on Treaty Obligations in the Rio Conchos. Final Report. Water Management Research Group. University of California, Davis. Davis, California.

Sandoval-Solis, S. (2010). Beyond the limit, along the border. Final Report. Water Management Research Group. University of California, Davis. Davis, California.

Sandoval-Solis, S., Reith, B., and McKinney, D.C. (2010) Hydrologic Analysis Before and After Reservoir Alteration at the Big Bend Reach, Rio Grande/Rio Bravo. Center for Research in Water Resources.

Sandoval-Solis, S., McKinney, D.C., Teasley, R.L., and Schuldes, J. (2010) Comparison of annual naturalized flows for the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo basin TCEQ - CONAGUA. Center for Research in Water Resources.

Danner, C.L., McKinney, D.C., Teasley, R.L., and Sandoval-Solis, S. (2006) Documentation and testing of the WEAP model for the Rio Grande/Bravo basin, Center For Research in Water Resources. Online Report. 2006. Revised May 2008

Infographics

Babbar-Sebens, M., Cai, X., McMahon, G.F., Ortiz-Partida, J.P., Lee, J., Juricich, R., Sandoval Solis, S., Rendon-Herrera, G., Sanchez,R., Arciniega-Esparza, S., (2023). Drought Management for a Changing Climatehttps://doi.org/10.1061/infographic.000010 

Magazines

Sandoval-Solis, S. (2015). Changing the way we live. The real consequences of the drought in California are under our feet. Vision Magazine, Modesto, CA.

Sandoval-Solis, S. (2015). Drought in California: challenges, opportunities and actions. in H2O Water Management. Vol. (6):18-24. April-June Edition. (In Spanish)

Sandoval-Solis, S. (2014). A Century of Cooperation: Science Based Solutions that hold water. in CAES Outlook, Ed. Stumbos, J., Direuxs, R., and Nelson, D. Spring 2014.

Sandoval-Solis, S. (2013). Optimizing irrigation may ease groundwater overdraft in Pajaro Valley. Green Blog. University of California Agriculture and NAtural Resources Division.

Sandoval-Solis, S. (2008) Nuevas tecnologías en la planeación y manejo del agua. El agua: Derecho Social, Ciencia, Conocimiento y Tecnología Magazine, Vol. 75, May 9-22, 2008

Thesis and Dissertations

Fernandez Galicia, Y.V. (2023). Economic Assesment of Aguamiel and its Potential as a Distillate. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of California, Davis. Universidad de Chapingo. 

Garcia Pascual, L.I. (2022). Hydrologic Evaluation of Political Decisions for meeting the Treaty of 1944.  Master Thesis. Instituto Politecnico Nacional and University of California, Davis. Davis, CA.

Gomez Quiroga, G. (2022). Understanding river floods in the Rio Grande-Bravo Basin from 1900 to 2010. Master Thesis, University of California Davis, Davis, CA.

Garza Diaz, L.E. (2022). A Quantitative Framework on Ecological Resilience for River Basins. Case Study: The Rio Grande - Rio Bravo. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of California Davis, Davis, CA

Patterson, N.K. (2022). Understanding Hydrologic Alteration of Mediterranean-Climate Streams Using a Functional Flows Approach. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of California Davis, Davis, CA

Kennard, R. (2021). Safe and Affordable Drinking Water for Sources Impaired by Harmful Algal Blooms: Clear Lake, California. Master Thesis, University of California Davis, Davis, CA

Fertel, J. (2021). Eco-geomorphic flows: Modification of wet-season dam operations to support downstream salmonid habitat. Master Thesis, University of California Davis, Davis, CA

Guitron, D. (2020). Hydrologic Classification of Altered Rivers in California. Master Thesis, University of California Davis, Davis, CA

DeVincentis, A.J. (2020). Scales of Sustainable Agricultural Water Management. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA

Tovar Garcia, K.J. (2020). Impact of Climate Change in Precipitation and flood management in the Santa Catrina River, Nuevo Leon. Master Thesis. Instituto Politecnico Nacional and University of California, Davis. Davis, CA.

Berries, H. (2019). Reframing Conservation and Resource Management from Ejidatario Needs Assessment in Cuatro Ciénegas, México. Capstone Project. University of California, Davis. Davis, CA.

Ortiz Partida, J.P. (2018). Watershed assessment framework and modeling tools for human and environmental water resources management. Case of study: Rio Grande/Bravo basin. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA

Loredo Rasgado, J. (2018). Natural Flow Regime and Water Footprint in the Rio Bravo/Grande Basin. Master Thesis. Instituto Politecnico Nacional and University of California, Davis. Davis, CA.

Lane, B.A. (2017). Integrating flow, form and function for improved environmental water management. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA

Flores Marquez, M., (2017). Water Mass Balance for the Ukiah Valley Groundwater Basin. Master Thesis. University of California, Davis. Davis, CA. 

Gonzalez Escorcia, Y.A. (2017). Determining the Natural Flow in the Transboundary Rio grande/Bravo Basin. Master Thesis. Instituto Politecnico Nacional, University of California, Davis. Davis, CA.

Armas-Vargas, F. J (2016). Integrated water management oriented towards the water governance prism. Dissertation. Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico.  Mexico City.

Garza Diaz, L.E. (2016). Sustainable Optimization of Agricultural Water Management in Pajaro Valley, California. Master Thesis, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA  

Silva Jordan, P.T. (2016). Planning Alternatives for Lake Mendocino (Coyote valley Dam) In the Upper Russian River System. Storage and Water Supply Reliability Study. Master Thesis, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA  

Yi, S. (2016). Current and Prospective Water Management in the Apurimac River Basin, Peru. A Modeling Approach. Master Thesis, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 

Rodriguez Arellano, J.L. (2015). Conceptual Framework to estimate Economic Feasibility of Groundwater Banking on Agricultural Land. Master Thesis, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 

Gomez Martinez, Daniel A. (2015). Modelo hidrologico de la cuenca del Rio San Juan y el Area Metropolitana de Monterrey Incorporando una nueva fuente de suministro de agua. Master Thesis. ITESM. Directed in UC Davis. 

Lane, B.A. (2014). Environmetal Flows in a Human-Dominated System: Integrated Water Management Strategies for the Rio Grande/Bravo Basin. Master Thesis, University of California Davis, Davis, CA

Aguirre Maturano, Oswaldo (2013). Drought characterizations and early warning in the San Juan River Basin, a tributary of the Rio Grande/Bravo Basin. Master Thesis. Instituto Politecnico Nacional and University of California, Davis. Davis, CA.

Quevedo Camacho, Ana Lizeth (2013). Integrated Water Resources Management of the San Juan Basin. Master Thesis. Instituto Politecnico Nacional and University of California, Davis. Davis, CA.

Sandoval Solis, S. (2011). “Water Planning and Management for Large Scale River Basins. Case of study: Rio Grande/Rio Bravo transboundary basin.” Ph.D. Dissertation, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX

Conference Proceedings

Garza-Diaz, L. E. (2022). Resilience changes in a river basin: identifying hydrologic regime shifts using long-term streamflow data. Proceedings of the 39th IAHR World Congress. 19-24 June 2022. Granada Spain.

Sandoval-Solis, S. and McKinney, D.C. (2011). Risk Analysis of the 1944 between the United States and Mexico for the Rio Grande/Bravo Basin.  EWRI World Environmental and Water Resources Conference, Palm Springs, CA, May 2011

Sandoval-Solis, S. and McKinney, D.C. (2009) Hydrological feasibility of environmental flows in the Rio Grande/Bravo basin. Proc. EWRI World Environmental and Water Resources Conference, Kansas City, MO, May 2009

Useful References

Orive Alba (1945). Aguas Internacionales. Informe Tecnico. Irrigacion en Mexico. No. 3 Vol. 26.  

Loucks D. P. and van Beek, E. (2005). “Water Resources Systems Planning and Management.” United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Paris, France.

Hanak E, Lund J, Dinar A, Gray B, Howitt R, Mount J, Moyle P, Thompson B (2011) “Managing California’s water: from conflict to reconciliation.” Public Policy Institute of California, San Francisco

Hanson b. and Schwankl, L. (1995). Handbook of Surface Irrigation. University of California Irrigation Program. University of California, Davis. 

Useful Websites

California Water databases, useful Link, videos and books (link)

California Water Education Foundation website, Western Water Magazine, Aquafornia and Aquapedia.

UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences and California Water Blog.