Agricultural Water Efficiency and Salinity Research Unit
USDA-ARS US Salinity Laboratory
450 W Big Springs Rd
Riverside, CA 92507-4617

ray.anderson@usda.gov

Dr. Ray Anderson is a Research Soil Scientist at USDA-ARS, US Salinity Laboratory in Riverside and an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences at the University of California, Riverside. Before coming to Riverside, Dr. Anderson worked as a Research Associate (Research Hydrologist) at ARS-Parlier and at the University of California, Irvine, and the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. 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) estimating water use and the efficiency of orchard and specialty crops using field measurements and remote sensing, (2) development and refinement of techniques to observe agricultural evapotranspiration and crop productivity, (3) integrating observations of crop water use and productivity into precision agricultural frameworks, and (4) assessing the impact of new production practices and strategies on crop resilience to abiotic stress.

Educational Background

ARS-Related Publications and 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.