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Raymond Anderson (Ray)

Research Soil Scientist

		Ray G. Anderson Research Soil Scientist Agricultural Water Efficiency and Salinity Research Unit USDA-ARS US Salinity Laboratory 450 W Big Springs Rd Riverside, CA 92507-4617 Phone: (951) 369-4851 Fax: (951) 342-4964 ray.anderson@ars.usda.gov

Dr. Ray Anderson is a Research Soil Scientist at USDA-ARS, US Salinity Laboratory in Riverside. Before coming to Riverside, Dr. Anderson was a Research Associate (Research Hydrologist) at ARS-Parlier. At Parlier, Dr. Anderson researched water use and productivity of biofuel and orchard crops. Before coming to ARS, Dr. Anderson worked at the University of California, Irvine and the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. At Irvine, he worked on measuring and modeling evapotranspiration in agricultural and wild lands, assessing regional climate impacts from land management, and portioning agricultural water consumption between precipitation, surface and ground water. Dr. Anderson’s research methods integrate direct field measurements, micrometeorological techniques, satellite remote sensing, and climatic observations to research agricultural water use and productivity at field to regional scales.

Dr. Anderson’s current research interests at ARS include (1) water use, productivity, and sustainability of biofuels (especially in salt-affected lands), (2) estimating water use and efficiency of orchard crops using field measurements and remote sensing, (3) development and refinement of techniques to observe agricultural evapotranspiration and water use, and (4) integrating global and regional climate models with observational data to assess current and future water availability and quality for irrigated agriculture.

Educational Background
PhD. – University of California, Irvine - Earth System Science – 2010 M.S. – University of California, Irvine – Earth System Science – 2007 B.S. with Honors – University of Minnesota – Geography – 2005

ARS-Related Publications and Projects
ARS Publications ARS Projects

Publications and Presentations (prior to ARS employment)
Publications
Anderson, R. G., M.-H. Lo, and J. S. Famiglietti (2012b), Assessing surface water consumption using remotely-sensed groundwater, evapotranspiration, and precipitation, Geophysical Research Letters, 39(16), doi:10.1029/2012GL052400. Anderson, R. G., Y. Jin, and M. L. Goulden (2012a), Assessing regional evapotranspiration and water balance across a Mediterranean montane climate gradient, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 166-167, 10–22, doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2012.07.004. Goulden, M. L., R. G. Anderson, R. C. Bales, A. E. Kelly, M. Meadows, and G. C. Winston (2012), Evapotranspiration along an elevation gradient in California’s Sierra Nevada, Journal of Geophysical Research, 117(G3), doi:10.1029/2012JG002027. Anderson, R. G., and M. L. Goulden (2011), Relationships between climate, vegetation, and energy exchange across a montane gradient, Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences, 116, G01026, doi:10.1029/2010JG001476. Anderson, R.G., J.G. Canadell, J.T. Randerson, R.B. Jackson, B.A. Hungate, D.D. Baldocchi, G.A. Ban-Weiss, G.B. Bonan, K. Caldeira, L. Cao, N.S. Diffenbaugh, K.R. Gurney, L.M. Kueppers, B.E. Law, S. Luyssaert, T.L. O'Halloran (2011), Biophysical considerations in forestry for climate protection. Frontiers in Ecology 9: 174–182. doi:10.1890/090179. Anderson, R.G. (2010), Constraining regional water and carbon fluxes by combining a mobile measurement platform with satellite remote sensing, University of California, Irvine, United States -- California. [online] Available from: http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb? did=2078408131&Fmt=7&clientId=48051&RQT=309&VName=PQD. Anderson, R.G. and M.L. Goulden (2009), A mobile platform to constrain regional estimates of evapotranspiration. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 149(5): 771-782. doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2008.10.022. Jackson, R.B., Randerson JT, Canadell JG, R.G. Anderson, R. Avissar, D.D. Baldocchi, G.B. Bonan, K. Caldeira, N.S. Diffenbaugh, C.B. Field, B.A. Hungate, L.M. Kueppers, D.E. Pataki (2008), Protecting Climate with Forests. Environmental Research Letters 3: doi:10.1088/1748- 9326/3/4/044006.
Presentations (*denotes presenter)
Anderson, R.G., and M. Lo, and J.S. Famiglietti (2011), Estimating surface water consumption in irrigated agriculture using remotely-sensed hydrologic observations, Abstract H21F-1213, presented at 2011 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 5-9 Dec. Anderson, R.G., Y. Jin, and M.L. Goulden (2010), Assessing regional evapotranspiration across a montane gradient by combining a mobile measurement platform with satellite observations, Abstract H23J-03, presented at 2010 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 13-17 Dec. Anderson, R.G., M.L. Goulden, Integrating micrometeorological observations of water-carbon linkages across a climate gradient, Eos Trans. AGU, 90(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract B51B- 0313, Presentation at Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA 14-18 December 2009. Anderson, R.G., M.L.Goulden (2008), A mobile platform to constrain regional estimates of evapotranspiration, Eos Trans. AGU, 89(53), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract H54A-05. Presentation at Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA 15-19 December 2008. Anderson, R.G., Y. Jin, A. McMillan, J.T. Randerson, and M.L. Goulden (2006), Agricultural harvesting losses result in a system bias in Net Primary Productivity (NPP) estimates derived from crop yield data, Eos Trans. AGU, 87(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract B41B-0185. Poster at Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, 11-15 December 2006. Goulden, M.L., Y. Jin, J.T. Randerson, S. Trumbore, D. Hsueh, A. Fellows, R.G. Anderson, A. McMillan, D. Roberts, W. Riley, and P. Dennison (2006), Mechanisms controlling annual, interannual, and decadal changes in California’s carbon budget, Eos Trans. AGU, 87(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract B51E-02. Talk at Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, 11-15 December 2006. Goulden, M.L.*, Y. Jin, J.T. Randerson, S. Trumbore, D. Hsueh, A. Fellows, R.G. Anderson, A. McMillan, D. Roberts, W. Riley, and P. Dennison (2007), Mechanisms controlling annual, interannual, and decadal changes in California’s carbon budget, Abstract H.6. Poster at 2007 Joint NACP investigators meeting, Boulder, 22-26 January 2007.