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Richard L. Snyder is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, with a focus on subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Plant Science, Soil Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Environmental Engineering.

The main topics of their work include Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Irrigation Practices and Water Management, Horticultural and Viticultural Research, Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies, Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture, Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, and Greenhouse Technology and Climate Control.

Recent papers authored by or involving Richard L. Snyder cover various aspects of agricultural water management and climate impacts. These include:

  • A modelling platform for climate change impact on local and regional crop water requirements, 2021, Agricultural Water Management
  • Meteorological driving forces of reference evapotranspiration and their trends in California, 2022, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Simulation of evapotranspiration and yield of maize: An inter-comparison among 41 maize models, 2023, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
  • Statistical and deep learning models for reference evapotranspiration time series forecasting: A comparison of accuracy, complexity, and data efficiency, 2023, Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
  • Determination of Actual Evapotranspiration and Crop Coefficients of California Date Palms Using the Residual of Energy Balance Approach, 2020, Water

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Richard L. Snyder include:

  • Antonio Trabucco
  • Donatella Spano
  • Daniele Zaccaria
  • Sara Masia
  • Valentina Mereu

Their publications often appear in venues such as:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Agricultural Water Management
  • Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
  • California Agriculture
  • Irrigation Science

Richard L. Snyder's research contributions focus on understanding and improving water management in agriculture under changing environmental conditions. Their work integrates advanced modeling techniques and empirical studies to analyze evapotranspiration, crop water requirements, and climate impact assessments.

Best Publications

  • The ASCE standardized reference evapotranspiration equation

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  • ASCE's standardized reference evapotranspiration equation.

    I. A. Walter;R. G. Allen;R. Elliott;M. E. Jensen

  • A recommendation on standardized surface resistance for hourly calculation of reference ETo by the FAO56 Penman-Monteith method

    Richard G. Allen;William O. Pruitt;James L. Wright;Terry A. Howell

  • Water Scarcity and Future Challenges for Food Production

    Noemi Mancosu;Noemi Mancosu;Richard L. Snyder;Gavriil Kyriakakis;Donatella Emma Ignazia Spano;Donatella Emma Ignazia Spano

  • Plant water status as an index of irrigation need in deciduous fruit trees

    Kenneth A. Shackel;H. Ahmadi;W. Biasi;R. Buchner

  • A review of models and micrometeorological methods used to estimate wetland evapotranspiration

    Judy Z. Drexler;Richard L. Snyder;Donatella Emma Ignazia Spano;Kyaw Tha Paw U

  • Coupling of heat, water vapor, and liquid water fluxes to compute evaporation in bare soils

    Marco Bittelli;Francesca Ventura;Gaylon S. Campbell;Richard L. Snyder

  • Chilling and forcing model to predict bud-burst of crop and forest species

    Carla Cesaraccio;Donatella Emma Ignazia Spano;Richard L. Snyder;Pierpaolo Duce

  • Hand calculating degree days

    R.L Snyder

  • Frost protection: fundamentals, practice and economics

    Richard L. Snyder;J. P. de Melo-Abreu

  • Equation for Evaporation Pan to Evapotranspiration Conversions

    Richard L. Snyder

  • An evaluation of common evapotranspiration equations

    F. Ventura;D. Spano;P. Duce;R. L. Snyder

  • California irrigation management information system

    Richard L. Snyder

  • An improved model for determining degree-day values from daily temperature data.

    Carla Cesaraccio;Donatella Emma Ignazia Spano;Pierpaolo Duce;Richard L. Snyder

  • Determining degree-day thresholds from field observations

    R. L. Snyder;Donatella Spano;Carla Cesaraccio;Pierpaolo Duce

  • SURFACE RENEWAL ANALYSIS FOR SENSIBLE AND LATENT HEAT FLUX DENSITY

    R. L. Snyder;D. Spano;K. T. Pawu

  • Phenological stages of natural species and their use as climate indicators

    D. Spano;Carla Cesaraccio;Pierpaolo Duce;Richard L. Snyder

  • Pan Evaporation to Reference Evapotranspiration Conversion Methods

    Mark E. Grismer;M. Orang;Richard Snyder;R. Matyac

  • Estimating sensible and latent heat flux densities from grapevine canopies using surface renewal.

    D Spano;R.L Snyder;P Duce

  • Evapotranspiration Data Management in California

    R. L. Snyder;W. O. Pruitt

Frequent Co-Authors

Donatella Spano
Donatella Spano University of Sassari
Pierpaolo Duce
Pierpaolo Duce National Research Council (CNR)
Kyaw Tha Paw U
Kyaw Tha Paw U University of California, Davis
Neil O'Connell
Neil O'Connell University College Dublin
Andrew J. McElrone
Andrew J. McElrone United States Department of Agriculture
Terry A. Howell
Terry A. Howell Agricultural Research Service
Richard G. Allen
Richard G. Allen University of Idaho
Kenneth A. Shackel
Kenneth A. Shackel University of California, Davis
Mark E. Grismer
Mark E. Grismer University of California, Davis
Dennis D. Baldocchi
Dennis D. Baldocchi University of California, Berkeley

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