Research and Development Office

Michael Tansey

Reclamation Office: Mid Pacific Region, Mid-Pacific Regional Office
Contact Information: (916) 978-5197, mtansey@usbr.gov

Research Funded by the Science and Technology Program

Michael Tansey began doing research for the Science and Technology Program in the 2004 fiscal year, with funding provided by the program as recently as the 2019 fiscal year. Projects were funded under the Science and Technology Program research topics Water Operation Models and Decision Support Systems, Managing Hydrologic Events, Water Resource Data Analysis, Sediment Management and River Restoration and Water Supply Forecasting.

The following research projects were funded in whole or in part by the Science and Technology Program. Michael Tansey is listed as the principal investigator, or primary researcher. Click the project's title to view more information.

Bio-physical Integrated Land Atmosphere Water Simulator (BI-LAWS)

Project ID: 19246
Fiscal Years of Funding: 2019 - 2021
Research Results: Bio-Physical Crop Land Atmosphere Water Simulator (final, PDF, 7.0MB)

Assessment of the Effects of Plant Physiological Responses to Atmospheric Forcings Affecting Crop Water Use and Yields: Literature Review and Model Comparisons

Project ID: 1858
Fiscal Year of Funding: 2018
Research Results:

• Plant Physiological Responses to Atmospheric Forcings Affecting Crop Water Use and Yields: Literature Review and Model Comparisons (final, PDF, 6.0MB)
• Plant Responses to Atmospheric Forcings (final, PDF, 6.0MB)

West-wide Evapotranspiration Forecast Network

Project ID: 1763
Fiscal Years of Funding: 2017 - 2019
Research Results: The West-wide Evapotranspiration Forecast (WwET4Cast) Network (final, PDF, 2.2MB)

West-wide Resource Assessment and Management Planning User’s Platform

Project ID: 1783
Fiscal Year of Funding: 2017
Research Results:

• West-wide Resource Assessment and Management Planning User's Platform (final, PDF, 1,018KB)
• West-wide Resource Assessment and Management Planning User's Platform (final, PDF, 1,018KB)

A Comparison of Methods for Simulating Watershed Evapotranspiration and Runoff under Changing Climatic Conditions

Project ID: 2024
Fiscal Year of Funding: 2013
Research Results: Please contact research@usbr.gov about research products related to this project.

A Comparison of Methods for Simulating Agricultural Evapo-transpiration and Crop Yields under Changing Climate Conditions

Project ID: 5431
Fiscal Year of Funding: 2012
Research Results: Please contact research@usbr.gov about research products related to this project.

Land Atmosphere Water Simulator (LAWS) Version 2.0

Project ID: 5983
Fiscal Year of Funding: 2006
Research Results: Land Atmosphere Water Simulator Version 2.0 (final, PDF, 2.2MB)

Riparian Habitat Establishment Model (RHEM)

Project ID: 3411
Fiscal Year of Funding: 2006
Research Results: Riparian Habitat Establishent Model (final, PDF, 803KB)

Land Atmosphere Water Simulator (LAWS)

Project ID: 2550
Fiscal Year of Funding: 2005
Research Results: Land Atmosphere Water Simulator (LAWS) Version 1.5 (final, PDF, 3.1MB)

Development and Testing of Land Atmosphere Water Simulator (LAWS) to for Reservoir and Water Conservation Management via Remote Sensing, GIS, and Atmospheric, Hydrologic and Vegetation Physical Process Models for Planning and Operational Decision-Making

Project ID: 1246
Fiscal Year of Funding: 2004
Research Results: Land Atmosphere Water Simulator ( LAWS ) V1 (final, PDF, 3.9MB)

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