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ARS Home Plains Area Fort Collins, Colorado Center for Agricultural Resources Research Water Management and Systems Research People & Locations







Kyle  Mankin
                        Water Management and Systems Research

                        




                        
                        Research Leader
                        Phone: (970) 492-7401
                        
                        
                        Fax: (970) 492-7408(Employee information on this page comes from the REE Directory. Please contact your front office staff to update the REE Directory.)
                            ProjectsImproving Resiliency of Semi-Arid Agroecosystems and Watersheds to Change and Disturbance through Data-Driven Research, AI, and Integrated Models
                                                    In-House Appropriated
                                                                    (D)Accession Number: 441606Improving Crop Performance and Precision Irrigation Management in Semi-Arid Regions through Data-Driven Research, AI, and Integrated Models
                                                    In-House Appropriated
                                                                    (D)Accession Number: 441925Colorado South Platte River Basin CEAP - Establishment of Monitoring and Modeling Foundation
                                                    Interagency Reimbursable Agreement
                                                                    (I)Accession Number: 444296Natural Carbon Sinks in Grass and Cropland
                                                    Non-Funded Cooperative Agreement
                                                                    (N)Accession Number: 442708Improve Irrigation Management with Remote Sensing Technology
                                                    Non-Funded Cooperative Agreement
                                                                    (N)Accession Number: 438032Development of Data and Tools to Support Precision Dryland Farming
                                                    Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement
                                                                    (S)Accession Number: 439792Process Modeling, Machine Learning, and Computational Tools for Watershed Modeling from Fire to Field
                                                    Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement
                                                                    (S)Accession Number: 440320Evaluating the Agricultural Ecosystems Services (AgES) Watershed Versus Other Models in Snow-dominated Systems
                                                    Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement
                                                                    (S)Accession Number: 441153Great Plains Wheat Stem Sawfly Coalition - North Dakota State University
                                                    Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement
                                                                    (S)Accession Number: 444112Great Plains Wheat Stem Sawfly Coalition - Univ Nebraska
                                                    Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement
                                                                    (S)Accession Number: 444113Great Plains Wheat Stem Sawfly Coalition - Montana State Univ
                                                    Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement
                                                                    (S)Accession Number: 444530Geospatial Analysis and Modeling of Agrohydrological Variability in the Water-limited Great Plains
                                                    Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement
                                                                    (S)Accession Number: 444808Great Plains Wheat Stem Sawfly Coalition - Colorado State Univ
                                                    Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement
                                                                    (S)Accession Number: 445021**Publications**
                                                (Clicking on the reprint icon
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                                                    will take you to the publication reprint.)Winter wheat crop models improve growth simulation by including phenological response to water-deficit stress
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Mankin, K.R., Edmunds, D.A., Mcmaster, G.S., Fox, F.A., Wagner, L.E., Green, T.R. 2023. Winter wheat crop models improve growth simulation by including phenological response to water-deficit stress. Environmental Modeling and Assessment. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10666-023-09939-5.Dryland winter wheat production and its relationship to fine-scale soil carbon heterogeneity - a case study in the US Central High Plains
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Ramírez, P.B., Calderón, F.J., Vigil, M.F., Mankin, K.R., Poss, D.J., Fonte, S.J. 2023. Dryland winter wheat production and its relationship to fine-scale soil carbon heterogeneity - a case study in the US Central High Plains. Agronomy. 13(10). Article e2600. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13102600.Wildfire and climate change amplify knowledge gaps linking mountain source-water systems and agricultural water supply in the western United States
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Barnard, D.M., Green, T.R., Mankin, K.R., DeJonge, K.C., Rhoades, C.C., Kampf, S., Giovando, J., Wilkins, M., Mahood, A.L., Sears, M., Comas, L.H., Gleason, S.M., Zhang, H., Fassnacht, S.R., Harmel, R.D., Altenhofen, J. 2023. Wildfire and climate change amplify knowledge gaps linking mountain source-water systems and agricultural water supply in the western United States. Agricultural Water Management. 286. Article e108377. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2023.108377.Wildfire burn severity affects postfire shifts in evapotranspiration in subalpine forests
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Mankin, K.R., Patel, R.P. 2023. Wildfire burn severity affects postfire shifts in evapotranspiration in subalpine forests. Journal of Natural Resources and Agricultural Ecosystems. 1(1): 1-11. https://doi.org/10.13031/jnrae.15438.Perspective: Current and future research directions in understanding streambank erosion phenomena

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)2022 Colorado winter wheat variety performance trials

- (Research Technical Update)Jones-Diamond, S., Mason, E., Asfeld, E., Meyer, R., Mattes, M., Larson, K., Mankin, K.R., Pettinger, B., Nachappa, P., Brummer, J., Talbert, C., Stromberg, J., Roberts, R., Wardle, E., Trujillo, W., Pottorff, L., West, M., Osterholzer, A., Erker, B., Brown, A. 2023. 2022 Colorado winter wheat variety performance trials. Colorado State University Technical Report. TR23-3: p. 1-58.A vision for integrated, collaborative solutions to critical water and food challenges
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Elias, E.H., Tsegaye, T.D., Hapeman, C.J., Mankin, K.R., Kleinman, P.J., Cosh, M.H., Peck, D.E., Coffin, A.W., Archer, D.W., Alfieri, J.G., Anderson, M.C., Baffaut, C., Baker, J.M., Bingner, R.L., Bjorneberg, D.L., Bryant, R.B., Gao, F.N., Gao, S., Heilman, P., Knipper, K.R., Kustas, W.P., Leytem, A.B., Locke, M.A., McCarty, G.W., McElrone, A.J., Moglen, G.E., Moriasi, D.N., OShaughnessy, S.A., Reba, M.L., Rice, P.J., Silber-Coats, N., Wang, D., White, M.J., Dombrowski, J.E. 2023. A vision for integrated, collaborative solutions to critical water and food challenges. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. 78(3):63A-68A. https://doi.org/10.2489/jswc.2023.1220A.A win-win

- (Popular Publication)Spatial soil moisture regimes measured over two decades in a dryland field show effects of conversion from wheat-fallow to perennial vegetation

- (Abstract Only)Wind erosion potential from stover harvest in the Central Plains: Measurements and simulations
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Tatarko, J., Presley, D., Mankin, K.R. 2022. Wind erosion potential from stover harvest in the Central Plains: Measurements and simulations. Soil & Tillage Research. 224. Article 105486. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2022.105486.2021 Colorado winter wheat variety performance trials

- (Research Technical Update)Jones-Diamond, S., Johnson, J., Mason, E., Asfeld, E., Stromberger, J., Tyler, R., Meyer, R., Trujillo, W., Kaan, D., Ballard, T., Fickenscher, B., Larson, K., Mankin, K.R., Pettinger, B., Nachappa, P., Peirce, E., Roberts, R., LoGrasso, O., Pottorff, L., Miner, G.S., Delgado, J.A., Ippolito, J., Kluth, D., Stewart, C.E., Erker, B., Westra, E., Gaines, T. 2022. 2021 Colorado winter wheat variety performance trials. Technical Report TR 21-3 2021 Wheat Field Days Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Colorado State University Extension. 56p.Upper Rio Grande Basin water-resource status and trends: Focus area study review and synthesis
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Mankin, K.R., Rumsey, C.A., Sexstone, G.A., Ivahnenko, T.I., Houston, N.A., Chavarria, S.B., Senay, G.B., Foster, L., Thomas, J.V., Flickinger, A.K., Galanter, A.E., Moeser, C.D., Welborn, T., Pedraza, D.E., Lamber, P.M. 2022. Upper Rio Grande Basin water-resource status and trends: Focus area study review and synthesis. Journal of the ASABE. 65(4):881-901. https://doi.org/10.13031/ja.14964.Integrating streambank erosion with overland and ephemeral gully models improves stream sediment yield simulation
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Mankin, K.R., Modala, N.R. 2022. Integrating streambank erosion with overland and ephemeral gully models improves stream sediment yield simulation. Journal of the ASABE. 65(4):763-778. https://doi.org/10.13031/ja.14840.Hydrologic effects of fire in a sub-alpine watershed: AgES outperforms previous PRMS simulations
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Mankin, K.R., Wells, R.M., Kipka, H., Green, T.R., Barnard, D.M. 2022. Hydrologic effects of fire in a sub-alpine watershed: AgES outperforms previous PRMS simulations. Transactions of the ASABE. 65(4):751-762. https://doi.org/10.13031/ja.14881.Precision mapping technology in dryland cropping system

- (Proceedings)Mikha, M.M., Barnard, D.M., Mankin, K.R. 2022. Precision mapping technology in dryland cropping system. Proceedings Great Plains Soil Fertility Conference.An overview of the effectiveness of agricultural conservation practices for water quality improvement
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Yuan, Y., Book, R., Mankin, K.R., Koropeckyj-Cox, L., Christianson, L.E., Messer, T.L., Christianson, R.D. 2022. An overview of the effectiveness of agricultural conservation practices for water quality improvement. Journal of the ASABE. 65(2):419-426. https://doi.org/10.13031/ja.14503.2021 Colorado corn variety performance trials

- (Research Technical Update)Jones-Diamond, S., Asfeld, E., Johnson, J., Cabot, P., Fry, J., Tanabe, K., Bartolo, M., Mankin, K.R., Difonzo, C., Roberts, R., Gutierrez-Castillo, D.E. 2022. 2021 Colorado corn variety performance trials. Colorado State University Technical Report. https://webdoc.agsci.colostate.edu/csucrops/reports/corn/cornreport_2021.pdfUnderstanding soil moisture regimes through analysis of long-term, spatially distributed data within a farm field: Implications for scaling and inference of hydrological fluxes

- (Abstract Only)Preferential flow in riparian buffers: Current research and future needs
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Heeren, D., Guertault, L., Mankin, K.R. 2021. Preferential flow in riparian buffers: Current research and future needs. Transactions of the ASABE. 64(6):1907-1911. https://doi.org/10.13031/trans.14732.Fully distributed versus semi-distributed process simulation of a highly managed watershed with mixed land use and irrigation return flow
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Valiya-Veettil, A., Green, T.R., Kipka, H., Arabi, M., Lighthart, N.P., Douglas-Mankin, K.R., Clary, J. 2021. Fully distributed versus semi-distributed process simulation of a highly managed watershed with mixed land use and irrigation return flow. Environmental Modelling & Software. 140. Article e105000. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2021.105000.Modeling maize production under growth-stage based deficit irrigation management with RZQWM2
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Zhang, H., Ma, L., Douglas-Mankin, K.R., Han, M., Trout, T.J. 2021. Modeling maize production under growth-stage based deficit irrigation management with RZQWM2. Agricultural Water Management. 248. Article e106767. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2021.106767.Supplemental Table for "Review of filter strip performance and function for improving water quality from agricultural lands"
                                                        

- (Database / Dataset)Douglas-Mankin, K.R. 2021. Supplemental Table for "Review of filter strip performance and function for improving water quality from agricultural lands". Transactions of the ASABE. https://doi.org/10.13031/trans.14169.Review of filter strip performance and function for improving water quality from agricultural lands
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Douglas-Mankin, K.R., Helmers, M.J., Harmel, R.D. 2021. Review of filter strip performance and function for improving water quality from agricultural lands. Transactions of the ASABE. 64(2):659-674. https://doi.org/10.13031/trans.14169.Intercomparison of bias-correction data sources and their influence on watershed-specific downscaling climate projections
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Sheshukov, A.Y., Gao, J., Douglas-Mankin, K.R., Yen, H. 2021. Intercomparison of bias-correction data sources and their influence on watershed-specific downscaling climate projections. Transactions of the ASABE. 64(1):203-220. https://doi.org/10.13031/trans.14061.Simulating hydrologic effects of wildfire on a small sub-alpine watershed in New Mexico, U.S.
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Moeser, C.D., Douglas-Mankin, K.R. 2021. Simulating hydrologic effects of wildfire on a small sub-alpine watershed in New Mexico, U.S. International Journal of Wildland Fire. 64(1):137-150. https://doi.org/10.13031/trans.13938.A comprehensive review of ephemeral gully erosion models
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Douglas-Mankin, K.R., Roy, S.K., Sheshukov, A.Y., Biswas, A., Gharabaghi, B., Binns, A., Rudra, R., Shrestha, N.K., Daggupati, P. 2020. A comprehensive review of ephemeral gully erosion models. Catena. 195. Article e104901. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2020.104901.Options for optimizing limited on-farm irrigation in the Northern Great Plains

- (Popular Publication)Comas, L.H., Gleason, S.M., Trout, T.J., Altenhofen, J., Zhang, H., DeJonge, K.C., Douglas-Mankin, K.R. 2020. Options for optimizing limited on-farm irrigation in the Northern Great Plains. Colorado Water Magazine. 37(2):10-11. Available: https://watercenter.colostate.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/33/2020/07/ColoradoWater_V37-2.pdf.Advances in the science and technology of simulating water, nutrient, soil and plant interactions and dynamics in space and time

- (Abstract Only)A vision for water-limited agroecological systems research

- (Abstract Only)Douglas-Mankin, K.R., Barnard, D.M., Comas, L.H., DeJonge, K.C., Gleason, S.M., Green, T.R., Zhang, H. 2020. A vision for water-limited agroecological systems research. Meeting Abstract.Global water security: Current research and priorities for action
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Ale, S., Harmel, R.D., Nejadhashemi, P.A., DeJonge, K.C., Irmak, S., Chaubey, I., Douglas-Mankin, K.R. 2020. Global water security: Current research and priorities for action. Transactions of the ASABE. https://doi.org/10.13031/trans.13839.DPSIR-ESA vulnerability assessment (Deva) framework: Synthesis, foundational overview, and expert case studies
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Anandhi, A., Douglas-Mankin, K.R., Srivastava, P., Aiken, R.M., Leung, L., Chaubey, I., Senay, G. 2020. DPSIR-ESA vulnerability assessment (Deva) framework: Synthesis, foundational overview, and expert case studies. Transactions of the ASABE. 63(3):741-752. https://doi.org/10.13031/trans.13516.Navigating the publication process: An ASABE journals’ perspective
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Fox, G.A., Douglas-Mankin, K.R., Muthukumarappan, K., Zhu, J., Walker, J.C. 2019. Navigating the publication process: An ASABE journals’ perspective. Transactions of the ASABE. 62(5):1147-1153. https://doi.org/10.13031/aea.13275.Wetland ecosystem resiliency: Protecting and restoring valuable ecosystems
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Messer, T.L., Douglas-Mankin, K.R., Nelson, N.G., Etheridge, J.R. 2019. Wetland ecosystem resiliency: Protecting and restoring valuable ecosystems. Transactions of the ASABE. 62(6):1541-1543. https://doi.org//10.13031/trans.13578.Would it help? Distributed Measurements in a Small Agricultural Catchment Support Spatial Complexity of Soil Hydrologic Modeling

- (Abstract Only)Green, T.R., Erskine, R.H., Kipka, H., Lighthart, N.P., Nezat, C.J., Edmunds, D.A., David, O., Barnard, D., Douglas-Mankin, K.R. 2019. Would it help? Distributed Measurements in a Small Agricultural Catchment Support Spatial Complexity of Soil Hydrologic Modeling. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting Abstracts.Geospatial scaling of runoff and erosion modeling in the Chihuahuan Desert
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Ball, G.P., Douglas-Mankin, K.R. 2019. Geospatial scaling of runoff and erosion modeling in the Chihuahuan Desert. Applied Engineering in Agriculture. 35(5):733-743. https://doi.org/10.13031/aea.13275.Long-term (1986-2015) water use characterization over the upper Rio Grande basin using Landsat-based evapotranspiration
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Senay, G.B., Schauer, M., Velpuri, N.M., Singh, R.K., Kagone, S., Friedrichs, M., Litvak, M.E., Douglas-Mankin, K.R. 2019. Long-term (1986-2015) water use characterization over the upper Rio Grande basin using Landsat-based evapotranspiration. Remote Sensing. 11(13):1-25. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11131587.Using canopy stomatal conductance calculated from remotely sensed plant parameters to determine plant water status.

- (Abstract Only)Wenz, J., Comas, L.H., Altenhofen, J., Willi, K., Zhang, H., Gleason, S.M., Chavez, J., DeJonge, K.C., Douglas-Mankin, K.R. 2019. Using canopy stomatal conductance calculated from remotely sensed plant parameters to determine plant water status. Annual American Geophysical Union Hydrology Days. http://hydrologydays.colostate.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/HD-2019_Program-FINAL.pdf.Uncertainty of hydrologic processes caused by bias-corrected CMIP5 climate change projections with alternative historical data sources
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Gao, J., Sheshukov, A.Y., Yen, H., Douglas-Mankin, K.R., White, M.J., Arnold, J.G. 2018. Uncertainty of hydrologic processes caused by bias-corrected CMIP5 climate change projections with alternative historical data sources. Journal of Hydrology. 568:551-561. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2018.10.041.


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