Southern
Research Station

Featured Publications and Products

• McDonnell, T.C.; Cosby, B.J.; Sullivan, T.J.; McNulty, S.G.; Cohen, E.C. 2010. Comparison among model estimates of critical loads of acidic deposition using different sources and scales of input data.
• Sun, Ge; McNulty, Steven G.; Myers, Jennifer A. Moore; Cohen, Erika C. 2008. Impacts of multiple stresses on water demand and supply across the southeastern United States.
• McNulty, Steven C.; Sun, Ge; Cohen, Erika C.; Moore Myers, Jennifer A. 2008. Change in the southern U.S. water demand and supply over the next forty years.
• McNulty, Steven G.; Cohen, Erika C.; Myers, Jennifer A. Moore; Sullivan, Timothy J.; Li, Harbin. 2007. Estimates of critical acid loads and exceedances for forest soils across the conterminous United States.
• Sun, Ge; Cohen, Erika; Wear, David. 2005. Modeling the impacts of climate change, landuse change, and human population dynamics on water availability and demands in the Southeastern U.S.

Publications

• Mack, Erika ; Lilja, Rebbeca ; Claggett, Sally ; Sun, Ge ; Caldwell, Peter . 2022. Forests to Faucets 2.0: Connecting Forests, Water, and Communities.
• Zhang, Liangxia ; Sun, Ge ; Cohen, Erika ; McNulty, Steven ; Caldwell, Peter ; Krieger, Suzanne ; Christian, Jason ; Zhou, Decheng ; Duan, Kai ; Cepero-Pérez, Keren J. 2018. An improved water budget for the El Yunque National Forest, Puerto Rico, as determined by the Water Supply Stress Index Model.
• Bagstad, Kenneth J.; Cohen, Erika; Ancona, Zachary H.; McNulty, Steven. G.; Sun, Ge  . 2018. The sensitivity of ecosystem service models to choices of input data and spatial resolution.
• Duan, Kai; Sun, Ge; McNulty, Steven G.; Caldwell, Peter V.; Cohen, Erika C.; Sun, Shanlei; Aldridge, Heather D.; Zhou, Decheng; Zhang, Liangxia; Zhang, Yang. 2017. Future shift of the relative roles of precipitation and temperature in controlling annual runoff in the conterminous United States.
• Duan, Kai; Sun, Ge; Zhang, Yang; Yahya, Khairunnisa; Wang, Kai; Madden, James M.; Caldwell, Peter V.; Cohen Mack, Erika; McNulty, Steve. 2017. Impact of air pollution induced climate change on water availability and ecosystem productivity in the conterminous United States.
• Cohen, Erika; Sun, Ge; Zhang, Liangxia; Caldwell, Peter; Krieger, Suzanne. 2017. Quantifying the role of forested lands in providing surface drinking water supply for Puerto Rico.
• Hallema, Dennis W.; Sun, Ge; Caldwell, Peter V.; Norman, Steve; Cohen Mack, Erika; Liu, Yongqiang; Ward, Eric J.; McNulty, Steve. 2016. Assessment of wildland fire impacts on watershed annual water yield: Analytical framework and case studies in the United States.
• Duan, Kai; Sun, Ge; Sun, Shanlei; Caldwell, Peter V.; Cohen Mack, Erika; McNulty, Steve; Aldridge, Heather D.; Zhang, Yang. 2016. Divergence of ecosystem services in U.S. National Forests and Grasslands under a changing climate.
• McNulty, Steve; Cohen Mack, Erika; Sun, Ge; Caldwell, Peter. 2016. Hydrologic modeling for water resource assessment in a developing country: the Rwanda case study.
• Sun, Shanlei; Sun, Ge; Cohen Mack, Erika; McNulty, Steve; Caldwell, Peter V.; Duan, Kai; Zhang, Yang. 2016. Projecting water yield and ecosystem productivity across the United States by linking an ecohydrological model to WRF dynamically downscaled climate data.
• Sun, S.; Sun, Ge; Cohen Mack, Erika; McNulty, Steve; Caldwell, Peter; Duan, K.; Zhang, Y. 2015. Predicting future US water yield and ecosystem productivity by linking an ecohydrological model to WRF dynamically downscaled climate projections.
• Caldwell, Peter; Muldoon, Corinne; Ford-Miniat, Chelcy; Cohen, Erika; Krieger, Suzanne; Sun, Ge; McNulty, Steven; Bolstad, Paul V. 2014. Quantifying the role of National Forest System lands in providing surface drinking water supply for the Southern United States.
• McNulty, Steven G.; Cohen, Erika C.; Moore Myers, Jennifer A. 2013. Climate change impacts on forest soil critical acid loads and exceedances at a national scale.
• Lockaby, Graeme; Nagy, Chelsea; Vose, James M.; Ford, Chelcy R.; Sun, Ge; McNulty, Steve; Caldwell, Pete; Cohen, Erika; Moore Myers, Jennifer . 2013. Forests and water.
• Domec, Jean-Christophe; Sun, Ge; Noormets, Asko; Gavazzi, Michael J.; Treasure, Emrys A.; Cohen, Erika; Swenson, Jennifer J.; McNulty, Steve G.; King, John S. 2012. A comparison of three methods to estimate evapotranspiration in two contrasting loblolly pine plantations: age-related changes in water use and drought sensitivity of evapotranspiration components.
• Clinton, Barton D.; Vose, James M.; Cohen, Erika C. 2012. Geographic considerations for fire management in the Eastern United States: geomorphology and topography, soils, and climate.
• Caldwell, P. V.; Sun, G.; McNulty, S. G.; Cohen, E. C.; Moore Myers, J. A. 2012. Impacts of impervious cover, water withdrawals, and climate change on river flows in the conterminous US.
• Lockaby, Graeme; Nagy, Chelsea; Vose, James M.; Ford, Chelcy R.; Sun, Ge; McNulty, Steve; Caldwell, Pete; Cohen, Erika; Moore Meyers, Jennifer. 2011. Chapter 13: Water and Forests.
• Sun, Ge; Caldwell, Peter; Noormets, Asko; McNulty, Steven G.; Cohen, Erika; et., al. 2011. Upscaling key ecosystem functions across the conterminous United States by a water‐centric ecosystem model.

Research Highlights

The role of forests in providing drinking water to Puerto Rico (2017)

Puerto Rico is densely populated, with 3.7 million people living primarily on the mainland island. Forests, which make up about 54.7 percent of the island’s land cover are important for its water supplies. Forest Service researchers determined the amount of water originating on forested land and the total population served by this water.

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