Publications

Journal Papers

  • Bolster, C., Baffaut, C., Nelson, N., Osmond, D., Cabrera, M., Ramirez Avila, J., Sharpley, A., Veith, T., McFarland, A., Senaviratne, A., Pierzynski, G., Udawatta, R. 2019. Development of PLEAD: a database containing event-based runoff P loadings from agricultural fields. Journal of Environmental Quality. doi:10.2134/jeq2018.09.0337
  • Ingram, E., Ramirez Avila, J. 2018. Comparison of Nonparametric Regression and Correlation Methods for Precipitation Time Series. International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET), 5(9), 1290-1298.
  • Ramirez-Avila, J.J., D. Radcliffe, D. Osmond, C. Bolster, D. Storm, A. Forsberg, M. Locke, S. Ortega-Achury, L. Oldham. 2017. Evaluation of the Apex Model to Simulate Runoff Quality from Agricultural Fields in the Southern Region of the United States. Journal of Env. Qual. doi: 10.2134/jeq2017.07.0258
  • Osmond, D., C. Bolster, A. Sharpley, M. Cabrera, S. Feagley, A. Forsberg, C. Mitchell, R. Mylavarapu, J. L. Oldham, D. E. Radcliffe, J. J. Ramirez-Avila, D. E. Storm, F. Walker, and H. Zhang. 2017. Southern Phosphorus Indices, Water Quality Data, and Modeling (APEX, APLE, and TBET) Results: A Comparison. J. Environ. Qual. doi:10.2134/jeq2016.05.0200
  • Bolster, C. H., A. Forsberg, A. Mittelstet, D. E. Radcliffe, D. Storm, J. Ramirez-Avila, A. N. Sharpley, and D. Osmond. 2017. Comparing an Annual and a Daily Time-Step Model for Predicting Field-Scale Phosphorus Loss. J. Environ. Qual. doi:10.2134/jeq2016.04.0159
  • H. Baker, R. Kröger, J.D. Prevost T. Pierce, J.J. Ramirez-Avila, J.M. Prince Czarnecki, D. Faust, C. Flora. 2016. A field scale investigation of nutrient and sediment reduction efficiencies of a low-technology best management practice: low-grade weirs. Ecological Engineering (91), 240-248.
  • Radcliffe, D. E., Reid, D. K., Blomback, K., Bolster, C. H., Collick, A. S., Easton, Z. M., Francesconi, W., Fuka, D. R., Johnsson, H., King, K., Larsbo, M., Youssef, M. A., Mulkey, A. S., Nelson, N. O., Persson, K., Ramirez-Avila, J. J., Schmieder, F., & Smith, D. R. 2015. Applicability of Models to Predict Phosphorus Losses in Drained Fields: A Review. Journal of Environmental Quality. ASA-CSA-SSA. 44(2), 614-628.

Peer Reviewed Conference Proceedings

  • Ramirez Avila, J., Langendoen, E. J., McAnally, W. H., Martin, J. L., Ortega Achury, S. L., Bingner, R. L. 2018. Predicting Streambank Erosion Rates and Instabilities in Incised Streams using the Model CONCEPTS. Associação Brasileira de Recursos Hídricos. 1st Particles in the Americas.
  • Ly, P. and Ramirez Avila, J. 2018. Hydrologic and Nutrient Removal Performance of Rain Gardens. World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2018: International Perspectives, History and Heritage, Emerging Technologies, and Student Papers - Selected Papers from the World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2018 (pp. 348-354). Environmental and Water Resources Institute.
  • Wilson, L. E., J. J. Ramirez-Avila, R. H. Hawkins. Runoff Curve Number Estimation for Agricultural Systems in the Southern Region of USA. World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2017. 353-366.
  • Borah, Deva K., James L. Martin and G. Padmanabhan. 2016. “TMDL Model Selections: Simple Analytical to Complex Hydrodynamic and Water Quality Models,” The Virginia Water Conference, March 13-15, Richmond, VA
  • Ramirez-Avila, J. J., Langendoen, E. J., McAnally, W. H., Martin, James L., & Ortega-Achury, S. L. 2015. Quantifying and Modeling Sediment Loads from Streambank Erosion along the Headwaters of Town Creek in Mississippi. In Proceedings of the SEDHYD 2015 (10th Federal Interagency Sedimentation Conference and 5thFederal Interagency Hydrologic Modeling Conference), Reno, NV. Paper 164. 12 pp.
  • Martin, James L., Deva K. Borah, Edith Martinez-Guerra and Juan D. Pérez-Gutiérrez. 2015. “TMDL Modeling Approaches, Model Surveys, and Advances,” Proceedings of the World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2015: Water without Borders, Reston, VA
  • Ramirez-Avila, J. J., McAnally, W. H., & Ortega-Achury, S. L. 2015. An Approximation of the Sediment Budget for the Tombigbee River and the Mobile River Basins. In Proceedings of the SEDHYD 2015 (10th Federal Interagency Sedimentation Conference and 5thFederal Interagency Hydrologic Modeling Conference), Reno, NV. Paper 165. 11 pp.

Non-Reviewed Conference Proceedings and Reports

Oral Presentations

  • Czarnecki, J. , Linhoss, A. C. , Hathcock, L. A. , Ramirez Avila, J. , Schauwecker, T. J. , 2018 Soil and Water Conservation Society International Annual Conference, "Assessing Soil Erosion with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Precision Conservation," SWCS, Albuquerque, NM. (July 2018).
  • Wilkinson, H. , Spiller, B. , Forbes, N. , Ortega Achury, S. L. , Ramirez Avila, J. , 2018 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, "A comparison of Water Quality Conditions of the Streams Under Segments Under Forested and Herbaceous Riparian Zones," EWRI, Minneapolis. (June 3, 2018).
  • Steele, J. , Grafe, J. , Ramirez Avila, J. , 2018 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, "Analyzing Suspended Sediment Transport in Catalpa Creek," EWRI, Minneapolis. (June 3, 2018).
  • Ly, P. , Ramirez Avila, J. , 2018 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, "Hydrologic and Nutrient Removal Performance of Rain Gardens," EWRI, Minneapolis. (June 3, 2018).
  • Ramirez Avila, J. , Schauwecker, T. J. , Czarnecki, J. , Langendoen, E. , Ortega Achury, S. L. , Martin, J. L. , 2018 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, "Quantifying and Modeling in stream processes: A first step to restore Catalpa Creek," MWRRI, Jackson, MS. (June 3, 2018).
  • Wilson, L. , Ramirez Avila, J. , 2018 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, "The Effects of Tillage Practices on the Nutrient Enrichment of Eroded Materials," EWRI, Minneapolis. (June 3, 2018).
  • Ramirez Avila, J. , Delgado, T. , Buie, T. , Schauwecker, T. J. , Martin, J. L. , Ortega Achury, S. L. , Czarnecki, J. , 2018 Mississippi Water Resources Conference, "A Project Based Learning Study Oriented to Develop a Natural Stream Restoration Design," MWRRI, Jackson, MS. (April 2, 2018).
  • Ly, P. , Ramirez Avila, J. , 2018 Mississippi Water Resources Conference, "Hydrologic and Nutrient Removal Performance of Rain Gardens: A Review," EWRI, Jackson, MS. (April 2, 2018).
  • Ramirez Avila, J. , Grafe, J. , Schauwecker, T. J. , Ortega Achury, S. L. , Czarnecki, J. , Martin, J. L. , 2018 Mississippi Water Resources Conference, "Impacts of Riparian Buffer Zones on Stream Water Quality: A Quantitative Assessment in the Catalpa Creek Watershed," MWRRI, Jackson, MS. (April 2, 2018).
  • Wilson, L. , Ramirez Avila, J. , Almansa, E. , 2018 Mississippi Water Resources Conference, "Predicting the Effects of Conservation Practices in Tropical Soils," MWRRI, Jackson, MS. (April 2, 2018).
  • Grafe, J. , Ramirez Avila, J. , Schauwecker, T. J. , Ortega Achury, S. L. , Czarnecki, J. , Langendoen, E. , 2018 Mississippi Water Resources Conference, "Understanding Relations Between Streamflow, Turbidity, and Suspended-Sediment Concentration in an Impaired Mississippi Stream," MWRRI, Jackson, MS. (April 2, 2018).
  • Czarnecki, J. M. P., L. A. Hathcock, J. J. Ramirez-Avila, A. C. Linhoss, T.J. Schauwecker. 2017. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Structure From Motion Techniques and Their Use in Protecting Surface Water Quality. AWRA 2017 Annual Water Resources Conference. Portland, OR.
  • Ramirez-Avila, J. J. Sediment Budget: From Hillslope to in-Stream Processes.  Abstract Submitted by Invitation to the 2017 ASA, CSSA, and SSSA Annual Meeting. Symposium -Managing Water Resources for a Secure Future. Tampa, FL.
  • Ramirez-Avila, J.J., E. Langendoen, T. Schauwecker, S. Ortega-Achury, J. Czarnecki, W. McAnally, J. Martin. Estimación y predicción de descargas de sedimentos y tasas erosión de bancos fluviales. 1st International Congress of Rivers and Wetlands. Neiva, Colombia.
  • Ramirez-Avila, J. J., Osmond, D., Radcliffe, D., Bolster, C., Ortega-Achury, S. L., Oldham, L., & Sharpley, A. 2017. Using a Continuous Model for Refinement of Nutrient Risk Assessment Tools. Proceedings of the 1st World Conference on Soil and Water Conservation under Global Change-CONSOWA. Lleida, Spain.
  • Ramirez-Avila, J.J., T.J. Schawecker and J. M. Prince-Czarnecki. 2016. Catalpa Creek Watershed Planning, Restoration, and Protection Project. National Conference of the Italian Society of Urbanistic. Catania, Italy.
  • Celik, K and J. J. Ramirez Avila. 2016. Evaluating toe erosion and streambank stability with BSTEM model for Yonaba Creek. International Conference on Civil and Environmental Engineering. Istanbul, Turkey.
  • Bolster, C., Forsberg, A., Mittelstet, A., Radcliffe, D., Storm, D., Ramirez-Avila, J., and Osmond, D. 2015. Comparing Annual and Daily Time-Step Models for Predicting Field-Scale P Loss. 2015 ASA-CSA-SSA International Meeting. Minneapolis, MN.
  • Ramirez-Avila, J., Laurens-Vallejo, L., Almansa-Manrique, E., Ortega-Achury, S. Jiang, Y., Hawkins, R. 2015. Estimation of the runoff curve number using rainfall-runoff data from agricultural systems in the Eastern Savannas of Colombia. Watershed Management Symposium. Reston, VA.
  • Ramirez-Avila, J., Osmond, D., Ortega-Achury, S., Bolster, C., Storm, D., Mittelset, A., Allexander, K., Radcliffe, D., Oldham, L., Cabrera, M., Line, D., Locke, M., Sharpley, A. 2015. Evaluating Risk Assessment Tools to Estimate Sediment and Nutrients Losses from Agricultural Lands in the Southern Region of the USA. Watershed Management Symposium. Reston, VA.
  • Ramirez-Avila, J. J., Oldham, L., Ortega-Achury, S. L., Gallardo, R., Baker, B., Alexander, K., Locke, M., & Read, J. 2015. Evaluating Risk Assessment Tools in Agricultural Fields of Mississippi. Mississippi Water Resources Conference. Jackson, MS.
  • Oldham, L., Ramirez-Avila, J. J., & Kingery, W. 2015. Characteristics of Phosphorus in Agricultural Landscapes. 2015 Mississippi Water Resources Conference. Jackson, MS April 7 2015.
  • Osmond, D., Fosberg, A., Radcliffe, D., Ramirez-Avila, J. J., Storm, D., Mittelstet, A., & Bolster, C. 2015. Estimation of Phosphorus Loss from Agricultural Land in the Southern Region of the USA Using the APEX, TBET, and APLE Models. 2015 Waste to Worth Conference. Seattle, WA.

Poster Presentations

  • Schauwecker, T. J. , Ramirez Avila, J. , Czarnecki, J. , Baker, B. , 2018 National Conference on Ecosystem Restoration, "Hydraulic and Vegetative Modeling for the Restoration Design of the Upper Reach of Catalpa Creek, an Impaired Stream in North East Mississippi," Ecostream, New Orleans, LA. (August 26, 2018).
  • Ramirez Avila, J. , Schauwecker, T. J. , Czarnecki, J. , Ortega Achury, S. L. , Langendoen, E. , Martin, J. L. , 2018 ECOSTREAM Conference, "Identification and assessment of stream processes within the Catalpa Creek," Ecostream, Asheville, NC. (August 13, 2018).
  • Ramirez Avila, J. , McAnally, W. H. , Ortega Achury, S. L., 2018 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, "A Study on Regional Frequency Analysis of Annual and Seasonal Rainfall in Mississippi and Alabama," EWRI, Minneapolis. (June 3, 2018).
  • Ramirez-Avila, J. J., E. F. Almansa-Manrique, L. E. Wilson, S. L. Ortega-Achury. Environmental Impacts of Agricultural Expansion in Colombia. Special Session: Gaining Access to Food Security in Developing Countries: A Systematic Approach to Modernizing Productivity 2017 ASA-CSA-SSA International Meeting. Tampa, FL. (Invited Presenter)
  • Wilson, L. E., J. J. Ramirez-Avila, R. H. Hawkins. Runoff Curve Number Estimation for Agricultural Systems in the Southern Region of USA. World Environmental and Water Resources Congress.
  • Ramirez-Avila, J. J., Oldham, L., Ortega-Achury, S., Crouse, K., Kingery, W. 2015 .Assessing Soil Phosphorus Status in Poultry Production Areas of Mississippi. 2015 ASA-CSA-SSA International Meeting. Minneapolis, MN.
  • Ramirez-Avila, J. J., Ortega-Achury, S., Osmond, D., Radcliffe, D., Oldham, L., Locke, M. 2015. Predicting Water Quality Assessments in Agricultural Fields of the Mississippi Delta. 2015 ASA-CSA-SSA International Meeting. Minneapolis, MN.
  • Locke, M., Ramirez-Avila, J. J., Stott, D., Karlen, D., Steinriede W. 2015. Baseline Soil Quality within a Lower Mississippi River Alluvial Basin Agricultural Watershed. 2015 ASA-CSA-SSA International Meeting. Minneapolis, MN.
  • Ramirez-Avila, J. J., Langendoen, E. J., McAnally, W. H., Martin, James L., & Ortega-Achury, S. L. 2015. Quantifying and Modeling Sediment Loads from Streambank Erosion along the Headwaters of Town Creek in Mississippi. SEDHYD 2015 (10th Federal Interagency Sedimentation Conference and 5thFederal Interagency Hydrologic Modeling Conference), Reno, NV.
  • Ramirez-Avila, J. J., McAnally, W. H., & Ortega-Achury, S. L. 2015. An Approximation of the Sediment Budget for the Tombigbee River and the Mobile River Basins. SEDHYD 2015 (10th Federal Interagency Sedimentation Conference and 5thFederal Interagency Hydrologic Modeling Conference), Reno, NV.