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Christopher J. Watts

Christopher J. Watts

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
40
Citations
4548
World Ranking
8191
National Ranking
13

Overview

Christopher J. Watts is affiliated with the Universidad de Sonora in Mexico and conducts research primarily in the field of Environmental Science. Their work spans multiple subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Plant Science, Biomedical Engineering, and Infectious Diseases.

Their research topics cover a range of subjects such as Magnetic confinement fusion research, Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Superconducting Materials and Applications, Fusion materials and technologies, Greenhouse Technology and Climate Control, COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, and Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies. These topics reflect a diverse interdisciplinary approach combining environmental science with advanced physics and biomedical applications.

Christopher J. Watts has contributed to several articles published in various scientific venues. Frequent publication platforms include Fusion Engineering and Design, the Journal of Instrumentation, Agricultural Water Management, Kidney International Reports, and Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice.

Some recent notable papers by Christopher J. Watts include:

  • Parameterization of the AquaCrop model for simulating table grapes growth and water productivity in an arid region of Mexico (2020), Agricultural Water Management
  • In-House Production of Dialysis Solutions to Overcome Challenges During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic (2020), Kidney International Reports
  • Early Use of Remdesivir in Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19 Improves Clinical Outcomes (2021), Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice
  • Ecosystem-atmosphere CO2 exchange from semiarid mangroves in the Gulf of California (2022), Journal of Arid Environments
  • Evapotranspiration flux partitioning at a multi-species shrubland with stable isotopes of soil, plant, and atmosphere water pools (2020), Atmósfera

Collaboration with other researchers features prominently in Christopher J. Watts's work. Frequent co-authors include Julio C. Rodríguez, Enrico A. Yépez, Jaime Garatuza-Payán, G. Vayakis, and Salah Er-Raki. These collaborations appear across multiple publications, indicating ongoing research partnerships.

Best Publications

  • Interannual and seasonal variation in fluxes of water and carbon dioxide from a riparian woodland ecosystem

    Russell L. Scott;Eric A. Edwards;W.James Shuttleworth;Travis E. Huxman

  • CO2 exchange and evapotranspiration across dryland ecosystems of southwestern North America.

    Joel A. Biederman;Russell L. Scott;Tom W. Bell;David R. Bowling

  • MATADOR 2002: A pilot field experiment on convective plumes and dust devils

    Nilton O. Renno;Vincent J. Abreu;Jacquelin Koch;Peter H. Smith

  • Observed relation between evapotranspiration and soil moisture in the North American monsoon region

    Enrique R. Vivoni;Hernan A. Moreno;Giuseppe Mascaro;Julio C. Rodriguez

  • A LANDSCAPE APPROACH FOR DETECTING AND EVALUATING CHANGE IN A SEMI-ARID ENVIRONMENT

    William G. Kepner;Christopher J. Watts;Curtis M. Edmonds;John K. Maingi

  • Seasonal and interannual relations between precipitation, surface soil moisture and vegetation dynamics in the North American monsoon region

    Luis A. Méndez-Barroso;Enrique R. Vivoni;Enrique R. Vivoni;Enrique R. Vivoni;Christopher J. Watts;Julio C. Rodríguez

  • Derivation of an Effective Height for Scintillometers: La Poza Experiment in Northwest Mexico

    O.K. Hartogensis;C.J. Watts;J.C. Rodriguez;H.A.R. de Bruin

  • Intercomparison of four remote-sensing-based energy balance methods to retrieve surface evapotranspiration and water stress of irrigated fields in semi-arid climate.

    J. Chirouze;G. Boulet;L. Jarlan;R. Fieuzal

  • Comparison of ground-based and remotely-sensed surface soil moisture estimates over complex terrain during SMEX04

    Enrique R. Vivoni;Mekonnen Gebremichael;Christopher J. Watts;Rajat Bindlish

  • The understory and overstory partitioning of energy and water fluxes in an open canopy, semiarid woodland

    Russell L. Scott;Christopher Watts;Jaime Garatuza Payan;Eric Edwards

  • On the spatiotemporal variability of soil moisture and evapotranspiration in a mountainous basin within the North American monsoon region

    Enrique R. Vivoni;Julio C. Rodríguez;Christopher J. Watts

  • Estimation of heat and momentum fluxes over complex terrain using a large aperture scintillometer

    A Chehbouni;C Watts;J.-P Lagouarde;Y.H Kerr

  • Large Aperture Scintillometer Used Over A Homogeneous Irrigated Area, Partly Affected By Regional Advection

    J. C. B. Hoedjes;R. M. Zuurbier;C. J. Watts

  • Impacts of Land Degradation on Historical Temperature Records from the Sonoran Desert

    Robert C. Balling;Jeffrey M. Klopatek;Mark L. Hildebrandt;Cherie K. Moritz

  • Estimation of surface sensible heat flux using dual angle observations of radiative surface temperature

    A. Chehbouni;Y. Nouvellon;J.-P. Lhomme;C. Watts

  • Analysis of 2002 and 2003 Warm-Season Precipitation from the North American Monsoon Experiment Event Rain Gauge Network

    David J. Gochis;Alejandro Jimenez;Christopher J. Watts;Jaime Garatuza-Payan

  • Determination of crop evapotranspiration of table grapes in a semi-arid region of Northwest Mexico using multi-spectral vegetation index

    S. Er-Raki;J.C. Rodriguez;J. Garatuza-Payan;C.J. Watts

  • Measurement and modelling evaporation for irrigated crops in north‐west Mexico

    Jaime Garatuza-Payan;W. James Shuttleworth;David Encinas;David D. McNeil

  • Variation of Hydrometeorological Conditions Along a Topographic Transect in Northwestern Mexico During the North American Monsoon

    Enrique R. Vivoni;Hugo A. Gutiérrez-Jurado;Carlos A. Aragón;Luis A. Méndez-Barroso

  • Impact of Sowing Date on Yield and Water Use Efficiency of Wheat Analyzed through Spatial Modeling and FORMOSAT-2 Images

    Benoit Duchemin;Rémy Fieuzal;Miguel Augustin Rivera;Jamal Ezzahar

  • Preface paper to the Semi-Arid Land-Surface-Atmosphere (SALSA) Program special issue

    D. C. Goodrich;A. Chehbouni;B. Goff;B. MacNish

Frequent Co-Authors

Enrique R. Vivoni
Enrique R. Vivoni Arizona State University
Yann Kerr
Yann Kerr Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
David C. Goodrich
David C. Goodrich US Department of Agriculture
A.G. Chehbouni
A.G. Chehbouni Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Gilles Boulet
Gilles Boulet Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Russell L. Scott
Russell L. Scott Agricultural Research Service
Rodrigo Vargas
Rodrigo Vargas University of Delaware
David Gochis
David Gochis National Center for Atmospheric Research
Gérard Dedieu
Gérard Dedieu Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Nilton O. Renno
Nilton O. Renno University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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