Adam Schreiner-McGraw, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA, United States, Enrique R Vivoni, Arizona State University, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, Tempe, AZ, United States, Hoori Ajami, University of California Riverside, Riverside, United States, Osvaldo Sala, Arizona State University, School of Life Sciences, Tempe, AZ, United States, Heather Throop, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States and Debra Peters, USDA-ARS Jornada Exp. Range, Las Cruces, NM, United States