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CURRENT RESEARCH


Operational Reservoir Forecast in the Yaqui River basin

Implementation of new seasonal hydrologic forecasting methods to semiarid basins in the area of influence of the North American Monsoon.


Education

Ph.D. in Hydrology and Fluid Mechanics, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Duke University, 2007

M.Sc. in Coastal Oceanography, Universidad Autonoma de Baja California, Instituto de Investigaciones Oceanologicas and Facultad de Ciencias Marinas, 1997

B.S. in Oceanology, Universidad Autonoma de Baja California, Facultad de Ciencias Marinas and Instituto de Investigaciones Oceanologicas 1994

Publications, Reports, and Theses

Munoz-Arriola, F., R. Avissar, and D.P. Lettenmaier. Propagation of Uncertainty from Observed Precipitation to Simulated Streamflow in the North American Monsoon Region, in review.

Munoz-Arriola, F., Lettenmaier, D., Zhu, C..and R. Avissar. Hydrological Response to Land Use Change in the Yaqui River Basin submitted.

Munoz-Arriola, F., A.P. Barros, A. Wood. F. N. Voisin, T. Bohn, J. C. Rodriguez, D. P. Lettenmaier, S. S. Burges, and C. J. Watts. Complex-Terrain Precipitation in the North American Monsoon System in preparation..

Munoz-Arriola, F. and V. Macias Zamora. Vanadyl Etio porphirins as Indices of Oil Pollution in Marine Sediment, in review.

Munoz Arriola, F., J. D. Carriquiry-Beltran, E. Nieto-Garcia, and M. Hernandez-Ayon, 1999, Colorado River Delta, In: Mexican and Central American Coastal Lagoon Systems: Carbon, Nitrogen and Phosphorus Fluxes. S.V.Smith. LOICZ Reports and Studies No. 13, pp 59-69.

Munoz-Arriola, F. (2007). Hydrological Response to Precipitation Discrepancy and Land Use Changes in the Yaqui River Basin. Ph. D. Civil and Environmental Engineering, Duke University. 112p.

Munoz Arriola, F. (1997). Ni and Vanadyl Porphirins: Distribution and Possible Use as Indices of Oil Activity. M. S. Coastal Oceanography. Instituto de Investigaciones Oceanologicas and Facultad de Ciencias Marinas, Universidad Autonoma de Baja California. 98p.

Munoz Arriola, F. (1994). Variability of Cd, Cu, and Pb in the Wastewater Inputs to the Todos Santos Bay. B. S. in Oceanology (Chemical Oceanology). Facultad de Ciencias Marinas, Universidad Autonoma de Baja California. 113pp.

Professional Appointments

2007 (May to Now) Research Associate, University of Washington, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Project: Intraseasonal-to-Interannual hydrologic prediction and water resource applications in the NAME Tier 1 core area (PI D.Lettenmaier, A, Ray, and R. Lobato-Sanchez).

2007 (June) Research Associate, Duke University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Project: Monitoring the Diurnal Cycle of the Land-Atmosphere Interactions in a crop-dominated domain in the Cloud and Land Surface Interaction Experiment 2007 (PI A.P. Barros)

2004-2007 Research Assistant, Duke University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Project: Interactions between agricultural development in southwestern US / northwestern Mexico and the North American Monsoon with a focus on water resources (PI Roni Avissar. Colaboration: D. Lettenmaier) Project: Monitoring the Diurnal Cycle of the Land-Atmosphere Interactions in the Soil Moisture EXperiment 2004 (PIA.P. Barros and D. Lettenmaier, A.W. Wood, and T. Jackson).

1999 Research Associate, Universidad Autonoma de Baja California, Instituto de Investigaciones Oceanologicas, Project Geochemistry of heavy metals in the Gulf of California (PI F. Delgadillo Hinojosa and J. A. Segovia Zavala).

1996-1998 Researcher, Universidad de Sonora, Departamento de Investigacion Cientifica y Tecnologica de la Universidad de Sonora. Project: Eutrophication and management with respect to present and future industrial development: the Guaymas Bay (Botello Ruvalcaba, M., M. Elliot, and V. de Jong at Hull University [UK], and Francisco Munoz-Arriola).

1994-1996 Research Assistant, Universidad Autonoma de Baja California, Instituto de Investigaciones Oceanologicas, Project: Oil Pollution Indices in the Gulf of Mexico (PI Vinicio Maciaz-Zamora and Oscar Gold Bouchold).

1993 Technician , Universidad Autonoma de Baja California, Facultad de Ciencias Marinas, Project: Global Compendia of Pollutants in Todos Santos Bay, B.C.

Professional Societies and Service

American Geophysical Union (AGU), since 2005.

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), since 2005.

Asociacion de Oceanologos de Mexico(ASOCEAN), since 1993.

Asociacion de Investigadores del Mar de Cortes, since 1996.


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