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Steven P. Loheide is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their research spans several interconnected fields related to environmental science, with a focus on interactions between water systems, vegetation, and urban environments. The main areas of study include environmental engineering, global and planetary change, ecology, water science and technology, and atmospheric science.

The scientist's research topics reflect a multidisciplinary approach to hydrology and ecosystem dynamics. Key topics include:

  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Urban Stormwater Management Solutions
  • Urban Heat Island Mitigation
  • Tree Root and Stability Studies
  • Forest Ecology and Management
  • Tree-ring Climate Responses

Steven P. Loheide's recent scientific papers demonstrate active contributions to several areas in environmental science and water resource research. Selected recent works include:

  • "Quantifying the stormwater runoff volume reduction benefits of urban street tree canopy" (2021) published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "The motion of trees in the wind: a data synthesis" (2021) published in Biogeosciences
  • "Methods for Quantifying Interactions Between Groundwater and Surface Water" (2024) published in Annual Review of Environment and Resources
  • "Drivers of Variation in Winter and Spring Groundwater Recharge: Impacts of Midwinter Melt Events and Subsequent Freezeback" (2022) published in Water Resources Research
  • "Retrieving Heterogeneous Surface Soil Moisture at 100 m Across the Globe via Fusion of Remote Sensing and Land Surface Parameters" (2020) published in Frontiers in Water

Several co-authors frequently collaborate with this scientist, indicating ongoing partnerships in research efforts. These include:

  • Keith Smettem
  • Bradford P. Wilcox
  • Dominick M. Ciruzzi
  • Julian Klaus
  • C. B. Voter

The principal venues in which Steven P. Loheide publishes reflect a focus on hydrology, ecology, and environmental science. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Ecohydrology (20 publications)
  • The Science of The Total Environment (2 publications)
  • Water Resources Research (2 publications)
  • Frontiers in Water (2 publications)
  • Environmental Research Letters (2 publications)

The body of work associated with Steven P. Loheide contributes to understanding water management in natural and urban contexts as well as vegetation dynamics relevant to hydrological and climatic processes. Their research integrates field observation, remote sensing, and modeling techniques to address environmental challenges related to water resources and ecosystem interactions.

Best Publications

  • Estimation of groundwater consumption by phreatophytes using diurnal water table fluctuations : A saturated-unsaturated flow assessment

    Steven P. Loheide;James J. Butler;Steven M. Gorelick

  • Monitoring and modeling water‐vegetation interactions in groundwater‐dependent ecosystems

    Felipe Andres Orellana;Parikshit Verma;Parikshit Verma;Steven P Loheide;Edoardo Daly;Edoardo Daly

  • Quantifying stream-aquifer interactions through the analysis of remotely sensed thermographic profiles and in situ temperature histories.

    Steven P. Loheide;Steven M. Gorelick

  • Urban heat island impacts on plant phenology: intra-urban variability and response to land cover

    Samuel C Zipper;Jason Schatz;Aditya Singh;Christopher J Kucharik

  • A field investigation of phreatophyte-induced fluctuations in the water table

    James J. Butler;Gerard J. Kluitenberg;Donald O. Whittemore;Steven P. Loheide;Steven P. Loheide

  • Riparian hydroecology: A coupled model of the observed interactions between groundwater flow and meadow vegetation patterning

    Steven P. Loheide;Steven M. Gorelick

  • COMSOL Multiphysics: A Novel Approach to Ground Water Modeling

    Qi Li;Kazumasa Ito;Zhishen Wu;Christopher S. Lowry

  • A method for estimating subdaily evapotranspiration of shallow groundwater using diurnal water table fluctuations

    Steven P. Loheide

  • Hydraulic tests with direct-push equipment.

    James J. Butler;John M. Healey;G. Wesley McCall;Elizabeth J. Garnett

  • The effects of soil organic matter on soil water retention and plant water use in a meadow of the Sierra Nevada, CA

    Kyle J. Ankenbauer;Steven P. Loheide

  • A framework for understanding the hydroecology of impacted wet meadows in the Sierra Nevada and Cascade Ranges, California, USA

    Steven P. Loheide;Richard S. Deitchman;David J. Cooper;Evan C. Wolf

  • How universal is the relationship between remotely sensed vegetation indices and crop leaf area index? A global assessment

    Yanghui Kang;Mutlu Özdogan;Samuel C. Zipper;Miguel O. Roman

  • Heated distributed temperature sensing for field scale soil moisture monitoring.

    Arlen M. Striegl;Arlen M. Striegl;Steven P. Loheide

  • A local-scale, high-resolution evapotranspiration mapping algorithm (ETMA) with hydroecological applications at riparian meadow restoration sites

    Steven P. Loheide;Steven M. Gorelick

  • Plausible futures of a social-ecological system: Yahara watershed, Wisconsin, USA

    Stephen R. Carpenter;Eric G. Booth;Sean Gillon;Sean Gillon;Christopher J. Kucharik

  • Untangling the effects of shallow groundwater and soil texture as drivers of subfield-scale yield variability.

    Samuel C. Zipper;Mehmet Evren Soylu;Eric G. Booth;Steven P. Loheide

  • Urban heat island‐induced increases in evapotranspirative demand

    Samuel C. Zipper;Samuel C. Zipper;Jason Schatz;Christopher J. Kucharik;Steven P. Loheide

  • The Influence of Legacy P on Lake Water Quality in a Midwestern Agricultural Watershed

    Melissa Motew;Xi Chen;Xi Chen;Eric G. Booth;Stephen R. Carpenter

  • Understanding relationships among ecosystem services across spatial scales and over time

    Jiangxiao Qiu;Jiangxiao Qiu;Stephen R Carpenter;Eric G Booth;Melissa Motew

  • Groundwater controls on vegetation composition and patterning in mountain meadows

    Christopher S. Lowry;Steven P. Loheide;Courtney E. Moore;Jessica D. Lundquist

  • Snowmelt‐induced diel fluxes through the hyporheic zone

    Steven P. Loheide;Jessica D. Lundquist

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher J. Kucharik
Christopher J. Kucharik University of Wisconsin–Madison
Jessica D. Lundquist
Jessica D. Lundquist University of Washington
Stephen R. Carpenter
Stephen R. Carpenter University of Wisconsin–Madison
James J. Butler
James J. Butler University of Kansas
Monica G. Turner
Monica G. Turner University of Wisconsin–Madison
Eric E. Roden
Eric E. Roden University of Wisconsin–Madison
Steven M. Gorelick
Steven M. Gorelick Stanford University
Ankur R. Desai
Ankur R. Desai University of Wisconsin–Madison
Heye Bogena
Heye Bogena Forschungszentrum Jülich
Derek Eamus
Derek Eamus University of Technology Sydney

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