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David C Goodrich (Dave)

Research Hydraulic Engineer

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Research Hydrologist

Southwest Watershed Research Center
USDA-Agricultural Research Service
2000 E. Allen Road
Tucson, AZ  85719
Tel: (520) 647-9236

Research Interests

Areas of research during his career have been directed to scaling issues in watershed rainfall–runoff response, identification of dominant hydrologic processes over a range of basin scales, climatic change impacts on semiarid hydrologic response, incorporation of remotely sensed data into hydrologic models, the functioning of semiarid riparian systems, nonmarket valuation of ecosystem services, flash-flood forecasting, and rapid post-fire watershed assessments.

Current Projects

Education and Background

B.S-1980, M.S.-1982 in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison. Ph.D.-1990, Department of Hydrology and Water Resources, Univ. of Arizona in 1990. Work experience includes positions with the USGS in Wisconsin and Alaska; consulting with Autometric, Inc. and, since 1988, as a Research Hydraulic Engineer with the Southwest Watershed Research Center of the USDA-ARS in Tucson, AZ. He co-led the SALSA (Semi-Arid Land-Surface–Atmosphere) Research Program centered on the San Pedro. He was an Executive Member of the National Science Foundation Sustainability of semi-Arid Hydrology and Riparian Areas (SAHRA) Science and Technology Center and has worked closely since 2000 with elected officials and decision-makers in the San Pedro Basin. He is a fellow of the American Geophysical Union and in 2007 he received the Arid Lands Hydraulic Engineering Award from the American Society of Civil Engineers for original contributions in hydraulics and hydrology in arid or semi-arid climates.

Recent Publications

(for a complete list & full texts, see Research Gate and Google Scholar links above)

Goodrich, D.C., Bosch, D., Bryant, R., Cosh, M.H., Endale, D., Veith, T., Kleinman, P., Langendoen, E., McCarty, G., Pierson, F., Schonbetg, H., Smith, D., Starks, P., Strickland, T., Tsegaye, T., Awada, T., Swain, H., Derner, J.., Bestelmeyer, B., Schmer, M., Baker, J., Carlson, B., Huggins, D., Aqrchera, D., Armendariz, G.A. 2022. Long term agroecosystem research experimental watershed network. Hydrological Processes. 36(6). Article e14534. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.14534

Meles, M., DeMaria, E.M.C., Heilman, P., Goodrich, D.C., Kautz, M.A., Armendariz, G.A., Unkrich, C.L., Wei, H., Thiyagaraja Perumal, A. 2022. Curating 62 years of Walnut Gulch Experimental Watershed dataset: Improving QAQC methods of rainfall and runoff measurements. Water. 14. Article 2198. https://doi.org/10.3390/w14142198

Fullhart, A.T., McGehee, R., Nearing, M.A., Hernandez, M., Weltz, M.A., Goodrich, D.C. 2022. A global rain-driven soil erosion investigation based on simulated breakpoint precipitation. Journal of the ASABE. 65(5): 1081-1096.  https://doi.org/10.13031/ja.14817 

Fullhart, A.T., Ponce-Campos, G., Meles, M., McGehee R.P., Armendariz,G., Olivera, P.T.S., Almeida, C.D.N., de Araujo. J.C., Nel, Q.W., Goodrich, D.C. 2022. Gridded 20-year climate parameterization of Africa and South America for a stochastic weather generator (CLIGEN). Big Earth Data. 7(2):349-374. https://doi.org/10.1080/20964471.2022.2136610

Korgaonkar, Y., Guertin, D.P., Meixner, T., Goodrich, D.C. 2021. Hydrological Modeling of Green Infrastructure to Quantify Its Effect on Flood Mitigation and Water Availability in the High School Watershed in Tucson, AZ. International Journal of Geo-Information. 10(7): 443.  https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi10070443

Goodrich, D.C., Wei, H., Burns, I.S., Guertin, D.P., Spaeth, K., Hernandez Narvaez, M., Holifield Collins, C., Kautz, M.A., Heilman, P., Levick, L.R., Ponce Campos, G., Carrillo, E., Tiller, R. 2020. Evaluation of Conservation Effects Assessment Project Grazing Lands conservation practices on the Cienega Creek watershed in southeast Arizona with AGWA/RHEM modeling tools. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. 75(3): 304-318. https://doi.org/10.2489/jswc.75.3.304

Goodrich, D.C., Heilman, P., Anderson, M.C., Baffaut, C., Bonta, J.V., Bosch, D.D., Bryant, R.B., Cosh, M.H., Endale, D.M., Havens, S.C., Hedrick, A., Kleinman, P.J., Langendoen, E.J., Marks, D.G., Rigby Jr., J.R., Schomberg, H.H., Starks, P.J., Steiner, J., Strickland, T.C., Veith, T. L. 2020. The USDA-ARS experimental watershed network Evolution, lesons learned, societal benefits, and moving forward. Water Resources Research 57(2): e2019WR026473 https://doi.org/10.1029/2019WR026473

Goodrich, D.C., Wei, H., Burns, I.S., Guertin, D.P., Spaeth, K., Hernandez, M., Holifield-Collins, C., Kautz, M., Heilman, P., Levick, L.R., Ponce-Campos, G., Carrillo, E., Tiller, R. 2020. Evaluation of Conservation Effects Assessment Project Grazing Lands conservation practices on the Cienega Creek Watershed in southeast Arizona with RHEM/KINERSO2/AGWA modeling tools. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. 75(3): 304-318. https://doi.org/10.2489/jswc.75.3.304

Bitew, M.M., Jackson, C.R., Goodrich, D.C., Younger, S.E., Griffiths, N.,A., Vache, K.B., Rau,B. 2020. Dynamic domain kinematic modeling for predicting interflow over leaky impeding layers. Hydrological Processes. 34:2895-2910. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.13778

Korgaonkar, y., Meles, M.B., Guertin, D.P., Goodrich, D.C., Unkrich, C.L. 2020. Global sensitivity analysis of KINEROS2 hydrologic model parameters representing green infrastructure using the STAR-VARS framework. Environmental Modelling & Software. 132. ARTICLE 104814 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2020.104814

Gourley, J.J., Vergara, H., Arthur, A., Clark III, R.A., Staley, D., Fulton, J., Hempel, K., Goodrich, D.C., Rowden, K., Robichaud, P.R. 2020. Predicting the floods that follow the flames - Postfire workshop summary. Bulletin of the American Meterological Society. 101(7). https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-20-0040.1.

Gourley, J.J., Vergara, H., Arthur, A., Clark, R.A., III, Staley, D., Fulton, J., Hempel, L., Goodrich, D.C., Rowden, K., Robichaud, P.R. 2020. Predicting the Floods that Follow the Flames. BAMS - Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 101. E1101-E1106 https://doi.org/10.1029/2019WR026473

Baffaut, C., Baker, J.M., Biederman, J.A., Bosch, D.D., Buda, A.R., Brooks, E.S., Demaria, E.M., Flerchinger, G.N., Goodrich, D.C., Hamilton, S.K., Hardegree, S.P., Harmel, R.D., Hoover, D.L., King, K.W., Kleinman, P.J., Liebig, M.A., McCarty, G.W., Moglen, G.E., Moorman, T.B., Moriasi, D.N., Pierson Jr., F.B., Russell, E.S., Saha, A.K., Saliendra, N.Z., Smith, D.R., Yasarer, L.M. 2020. Comparative analysis of water budgets across the U.S. Long-Term Agroecosystem Research network. Journal of Hydrology. 588. 125015. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.125021

Demaria, E.M.C., Goodrich, D.C., Kunkel, K.E. 2019. Evaluating the reliability of the U.S. Cooperative Observer Program precipitation observations for extreme events analysis using the LTAR network. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology (JAOT). 36: 317-332. https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-18-0128.1

Bitew, M.M., Goodrich, DE.C., Demaria, E., Heilman, P., Nichols,M.H., Levick, L.R., Unkrich,C.L., Kautz, M. 2019. Multiparameter regression modeling for improving quality of measured rainfall and runoff data in densely instrumented watersheds. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering. 24(10): 04019036 https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0001825.

Kautz, M.A.,, Holifield Collins, C., Guertin, D.P., Goodrich, D.C., Van Leeuwen, W.J., Williams, C.J. 2019. Hydrologic model parameterization using dynamic Landsat-based vegetative estimates within a semiarid grassland. Journal of Hydrololgy. 575:1073--1086. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2019.05.044

Demaria, E.M.C., Hazenberg, P., Scott, R.L., Meles, M., Nichols, M.H., Goodrich, D.C. 2019. Intensification of the North American Monsoon rainfall as observed from a long-term high-density gauge network. Geophysical Research Letter. 46(12): 6389-6847. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL082461.

Lahmers, T.M., Gupta, H.V., Hazenberg, P., Castro, C.L., Yates, D., Dugger, A., Goodrich,D.C. 2019. Enhancing the Structure of the WRF-Hydro Hydrologic Model for semi-arid environments. Journal of Hydrometeorology. 691-714 https://doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-18-0064.1

Goodrich, D.C., Kepner, W.G., Levick, L.R., Wigington Jr., P.J. 2018. Southwestern intermittent and ephemeral steam connectivity. J. American Water Resources Association. 54(2): 400-422. https://doi.org/10.1111/1752-1688.12636

Korgaonkar, Y., Guertin, D.P., Goodrich, D.C., Unkrich, C.L., Kepner, W.G., Burns, I.A. 2018. Modeling urban hydrology and green infrastructure using the AGWA urban tool and the KINEROS2 model. Frontiers in the Built Environment. 4:58. doi: 10.3389/fbuil.2018.00058.

Tan, J., Petersen, W.A., Kirchengast, G., Goodrich, D.C., Wolff. D.B. 2018. Evaluation of global precipitation measurement rainfall estimates against three dense gauge networks. Journal of Hydrometeorology. 19(3):5174-532. https://doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-17- 0174.s1

Levick, L.R., Hammer, S., Lyon, R., Murray, J., Birtwistle, A., Guertin,D.P., Goodrich, D.C., Bledsoe, B., Laituri, M. 2018. An ecohydrological stream type classification of intermittent and ephemeral streams in the Southwest United States. Journal of Arid Environments. 155: 16-35. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2018.01.006

Alexander, L.C., Fritz, K.M., Schified, K.A., Autrey, B.C., Demeester, J.E., Golden, H.E., Goodrich,D.C., Kepner, W.G., Lane, C.R., Leduc, S.D., Leibowitz,S.G., McManus, M.G., Pollard, A.L., Kiperman, H.R., Ridley, C.E., Vanderhof, M.K., Wigington,l P.J., Jr. 2018. Featured collection introduction: Connectivity of streams and wetlands to downstream waters. Journal of American Water Resources Association. 54(2): 287-297. https://doi.org/10.1111/ 1752-1688.12630.

Stocker, M., Yakaerevich, A., Guber, A., Martinez, G., Blaustein, R., Whelan, G., Goodrich, D.C., Shelon, D., Pachepsky, Y. 2018. Functional evaluation of three manure-borne indictor bacteria release models with multiyear field experiment data. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 229:181. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-018-3807-0.

Goodrich, D.C. 2017. Arid zone hydrology. Chapter 88 in Handbook of Applied Hydrology (Vijay P. Singh, ed.), Second Edition (New York: McGraw-Hill Education), pp. 88-1 to 88-7.

Pacheco-Guerrero , A., Goodrich, D.C., Gonzalez-Trinidad, J., Junez-Ferreira, H.E., Bautista-Capetillo, C.F. 2017. Flooding in ephemeral streams: incorporating transmission losses. Journal of Maps. 13:2, 350-357. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2017.1305303

Demaria, E.M., Goodrich, D.C., Keefer,T.O. 2017. Frequency analysis of extreme sub-daily precipitation under stationary and non-stationary conditions across two contrasting hydroclimatic environments. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. Discussion. 1-28.  https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-2017-24

Nourani, V., Fard, A.F., Hoshin, G.V., Goodrich, D.C., Niazi, F. 2017. Hydrological model parameterization using NDVI values to account for the effects of land-cover change on the rainfall-runoff response. Hydrology Research. 48(4): 1455-1473. DOI: 10.2166/nh.2017.249

Kim, S.B., van Zyl, J.J., Johnsonl J.T., Moghaddam, R.S., Jackson T.J., Jaruwatanadilok, S., West, R., Berg, A., Caldwell, T., Cosh, M.H., Goodrich, D.C., Livingston, S., Lopez-Baeza, E., Rowlandson, T., Thibeault, M., Walker, J.P., Entekhabi, D., Njoku, E.G., O'Neill, P.E., Yuch, S.M. 2017. Surface soil moisture retrieval using the L-Band syhnthetic aperture radar onboard the soil moisture active-passive satellite and evaluation at core validation sites. IEEE Transactiopns on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 57(4): v1897-1914. https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2016.2631126

Williams, C.J., Pierson, F., Spaeth, K., Brown, J., Al-Hamdan, O., Weltz, M.A., Nearing, M.A., Herrick, J.E., Boll, J., Robichaud, P.R., Goodrich, D.C., Heilman, P., Guertin, D.P., Hernandez, M., Wei, H., Polyakov, V., Armendariz, G., Nouwakpo, S., Hardegvree, S.P., Clark, P.E., Strand, E.K., Bates, J.D., Metz, L.J., Nichol,s, M.H. 2017. Application of ecological site information to transformative changes on Great Basin sagebrush rangelands. Rangelands. 38(6):379-388. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rala.2016.10.004

Colliander, A., Jackson, T.J., Bindlish R., Chan, S., Das, N., Kim, S.B., Cosh, M.H., Dunbar, R.S., Dang, L., Pashaian, L., Asanuma, J., Aida, K., Berg,A., Rowlandson, T., Bosch, D., Caldwell, T., Caylor, K., Goodrich, D.C., al Jassar, H., Lopez-Baeza, E., Martinez-Fernandez, J., Gonzalez-Zamora, A., Livingston, S., McNarin H., Pacheco, A., Moghaddam, M., Montzka, C., Notarnicola, C., Niedrist. G., Pellarin, T., Prueger, J., Pulliainen, J., Rautiainen, K., Ramos, J., Seyfried, M., Starks, P., Su, Z., Zeng, Y., van der Velde, R., Thibeault, M., Dorigo, W., Vreugdenhil, M., Waler, J.P., Wu, X., Monerris, A., O'Neill, P.E., Entekhabi, D., Njoku, E.G., Yueh, S. 2017. Validation of SMAP surface soil moisture products with core validation sites. Remote Sensing of Environment. 191: 215-231. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2017.01.021