selected publications academic article Ruiz-Alvarez, O., Singh, V. P., Enciso-Medina, J., Munster, C., Kaiser, R., Ernesto Ontiveros-Capurata, R., Antonio Diaz-Garcia, L., & Costa dos Santos, C. A. (2019). Spatio-temporal trends in monthly pan evaporation in Aguascalientes, Mexico. Theoretical and Applied Climatology. 136(1-2), 775-789. Ruiz-Alvarez, O., Singh, V. P., Enciso-Medina, J., Munster, C., Kaiser, R., Ernesto Ontiveros-Capurata, R., Antonio Diaz-Garcia, L., & Costa dos Santos, C. A. (2019). Spatio-temporal trends in monthly pan evaporation in Aguascalientes, Mexico (vol 136, pg 775, 2019). Theoretical and Applied Climatology. 136(1-2), 791-794. Tahtouh, J., Mohtar, R., Assi, A., Schwab, P., Jantrania, A., Deng, Y., & Munster, C. (2019). Impact of brackish groundwater and treated wastewater on soil chemical and mineralogical properties. 647, 99-109. Garibay, V. M., Kothari, K., Ale, S., Gitz, D., Morgan, G. D., & Munster, C. L. (2019). Determining water-use-efficient irrigation strategies for cotton using the DSSAT CSM CROPGRO-cotton model evaluated with in-season data. 223, 105695-105695. Kothari, K., Ale, S., Attia, A., Rajan, N., Xue, Q., & Munster, C. L. (2019). Potential climate change adaptation strategies for winter wheat production in the Texas High Plains. 225, 105764-105764. Kothari, K., Ale, S., Bordovsky, J. P., Thorp, K. R., Porter, D. O., & Munster, C. L. (2019). Simulation of efficient irrigation management strategies for grain sorghum production over different climate variability classes. Agricultural Systems. 170, 49-62. Chen, Y., Ale, S., Rajan, N., & Munster, C. (2017). Assessing the hydrologic and water quality impacts of biofuel-induced changes in land use and management. GCB Bioenergy. 9(9), 1461-1475. Modala, N. R., Ale, S., Goldberg, D. W., Olivares, M., Munster, C. L., Rajan, N., & Feagin, R. A. (2017). Climate change projections for the Texas High Plains and Rolling Plains. Theoretical and Applied Climatology. 129(1-2), 263-280. McDaniel, R. L., Munster, C., & Cothren, J. T. (2017). CROP AND LOCATION SPECIFIC AGRICULTURAL DROUGHT QUANTIFICATION: PART I. METHOD DEVELOPMENT. Transactions of the ASABE. 60(3), 721-728. McDaniel, R. L., Munster, C., & Cothren, J. T. (2017). CROP AND LOCATION SPECIFIC AGRICULTURAL DROUGHT QUANTIFICATION: PART II. CASE STUDY. Transactions of the ASABE. 60(3), 729-739. McDaniel, R. L., Munster, C., & Nielsen-Gammon, J. (2017). CROP AND LOCATION SPECIFIC AGRICULTURAL DROUGHT QUANTIFICATION: PART III. FORECASTING WATER STRESS AND YIELD TRENDS. Transactions of the ASABE. 60(3), 741-752. Yi, Y. M., Park, S., Munster, C., Kim, G., & Sung, K. (2016). Changes in Ecological Properties of Petroleum Oil-Contaminated Soil After Low-Temperature Thermal Desorption Treatment. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution. 227(4), 108. Forbis-Stokes, A., Munster, C., Karthikeyan, R., Mohanty, B. P., & Boulanger, B. (2016). Modeling Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems in a Coastal Texas Watershed. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution. 227(12), 430. Morrison, D., & Munster, C. (2015). Groundwater app to determine flow direction and gradient. Ground Water. 53(2), 342-346. Sung, K., Lee, G., & Munster, C. (2015). Effects of Eichhornia crassipes and Ceratophyllum demersum on Soil and Water Environments and Nutrient Removal in Wetland Microcosms. International Journal of Phytoremediation. 17(10), 936-944. Modala, N. R., Ale, S., Rajan, N., Munster, C. L., DeLaune, P. B., Thorp, K. R., Nair, S. S., & Barnes, E. M. (2015). EVALUATION OF THE CSM-CROPGRO-COTTON MODEL FOR THE TEXAS ROLLING PLAINS REGION AND SIMULATION OF DEFICIT IRRIGATION STRATEGIES FOR INCREASING WATER USE EFFICIENCY. Transactions of the ASABE. 58(3), 685-696. Jain, S., Ale, S., Munster, C. L., Ansley, R. J., & Kiniry, J. R. (2015). Simulating the Hydrologic Impact of Arundo donax Invasion on the Headwaters of the Nueces River in Texas. Hydrology. 2(3), 134-147. Ha, M., Munster, C. L., & Provin, T. L. (2014). A GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS PROGRAM TO OPTIMIZE FEEDSTOCK LOGISTICS FOR BIOENERGY PRODUCTION FOR MOBILE PYROLYSIS UNITS. Transactions of the ASABE. 57(1), 249-257. Ha, M., Munster, C. L., & Provin, T. L. (2014). OPTIMIZED FEEDSTOCK LOGISTICS FOR MOBILE PYROLYSIS UNITS IN THE NORTH CENTRAL REGION OF THE US. Transactions of the ASABE. 57(4), 1131-1140. Munster, C., & Engler, C. (2013). Showing students the world. Resource: Engineering and Technology for Sustainable World. 20(3), 18-19. Bazan, R. A., Wilcox, B. P., Munster, C., & Gary, M. (2013). Removing woody vegetation has little effect on conduit flow recharge. Ecohydrology. 6(3), 435-443. Bumguardner, M. L., Munster, C. L., Provin, T., & Ha, M. (2013). SOIL LOSS DUE TO RESIDUE REMOVAL IN THE OSO CREEK WATERSHED, TEXAS. Transactions of the ASABE. 56(1), 83-90. Hansen, N. E., Vietor, D. M., Munster, C. L., White, R. H., & Provin, T. L. (2012). Runoff and Nutrient Losses from Constructed Soils Amended with Compost. Applied and Environmental Soil Science. 2012, 1-9. Schnell, R. W., Vietor, D. M., Provin, T. L., Munster, C. L., & Capareda, S. (2012). Capacity of biochar application to maintain energy crop productivity: soil chemistry, sorghum growth, and runoff water quality effects. Journal of Environmental Quality. 41(4), 1044-1051. Wise, J., Vietor, D., Provin, T., Capareda, S., Munster, C., & Boateng, A. (2012). Mineral Nutrient Recovery from Pyrolysis Systems. Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy. 31(2), 251-255. Schnell, R. W., Vietor, D. M., Provin, T. L., & Munster, C. L. (2012). Waste Streams from Methane Digesters: Exporting Nutrients through Turfgrass and Forage Production Systems. Agronomy Journal. 104(5), 1348-1355. Palma, M. A., Richardson, J. W., Roberson, B. E., Ribera, L. A., Outlaw, J., & Munster, C. (2011). Economic Feasibility of a Mobile Fast Pyrolysis System for Sustainable Bio-crude Oil Production. INTERNATIONAL FOOD AND AGRIBUSINESS MANAGEMENT REVIEW. 14(3), 1-16. Schnell, R. W., Vietor, D. M., Munster, C. L., White, R. H., & Provin, T. L. (2010). Effect of turfgrass establishment practices and composted biosolids on water quality. Journal of Environmental Quality. 39(2), 697-705. Vietor, D. M., Schnell, R. W., Munster, C. L., Provin, T. L., & White, R. H. (2010). Biosolid and alum effects on runoff losses during turfgrass establishment. Bioresource Technology. 101(9), 3246-3252. Vietor, D. M., Schnell, R. W., Provin, T. L., White, R. H., & Munster, C. L. (2010). Effect of Alum Treatments on Turfgrass Coverage and Runoff Losses during Establishment. Hortscience. 45(1), 119-124. Sassen, D. S., Everett, M. E., & Munster, C. L. (2009). Ecohydrogeophysics at the Edwards Aquifer: insights from polarimetric ground-penetrating radar. Near Surface Geophysics. 7(5-6), 427-438. Dai, X., Vietor, D. M., Hons, F. M., Provin, T. L., White, R. H., Boutton, T. W., & Munster, C. L. (2009). Effect of Composted Biosolids on Soil Organic Carbon Storage During Establishment of Transplanted Sod. Hortscience. 44(2), 503-507. Gregory, L., Wilcox, B. P., Shade, B., Munster, C., Owens, K., & Veni, G. (2009). Large-scale rainfall simulation over shallow caves on karst shrublands. Ecohydrology. 2(1), 72-80. Schnell, R. W., Vietor, D. M., White, R. H., Provin, T. L., & Munster, C. L. (2009). Effects of Composted Biosolids and Nitrogen on Turfgrass Establishment, Sod Properties, and Nutrient Export, at Harvest. Hortscience. 44(6), 1746-1750. Hansen, N. E., Vietor, D. M., Munster, C. L., White, R. H., & Provin, T. L. (2009). RUNOFF WATER QUALITY FROM CONSTRUCTED ROADSIDE SOILS RECEIVING LARGE VOLUME-BASED COMPOST APPLICATIONS. Transactions of the ASABE. 52(3), 793-800. Taucer, P. I., Munster, C. L., Wilcox, B. P., Owens, M. K., & Mohanty, B. P. (2008). LARGE-SCALE RAINFALL SIMULATION EXPERIMENTS ON JUNIPER RANGELANDS. Transactions of the ASABE. 51(6), 1951-1961. Wilcox, B. P., Taucer, P. I., Munster, C. L., Owens, M. K., Mohanty, B. P., Sorenson, J. R., & Bazan, R. (2008). Subsurface stormflow is important in semiarid karst shrublands. Geophysical Research Letters. 35(10), Richards, C. E., Munster, C. L., Vietor, D. M., Arnold, J. G., & White, R. (2008). Assessment of a turfgrass sod best management practice on water quality in a suburban watershed. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT. 86(1), 229-245. Birnbaum, J. S., Winemiller, K. O., Shen, L., Munster, C. L., Wilcox, B. P., & Wilkins, R. N. (2007). Associations of watershed vegetation and environmental variables with fish and crayfish assemblages in headwater streams of the Pedernales River, Texas. River Research and Applications. 23(9), 979-996. Hay, F. J., Vietor, D. M., Munster, C. L., White, R. H., & Provin, T. L. (2007). Leaching loss of NO3-N and dissolved P from manure and fertilizer during turfgrass establishment. Plant and Soil: international journal on plant-soil relationships. 296(1-2), 1-17. Hansen, N. E., Vietor, D. M., Munster, C. L., White, R. H., & Provin, T. L. (2007). Runoff water quality from turfgrass established using volume-based composted municipal biosolids applications. Journal of Environmental Quality. 36(4), 1013-1020. Munster, C. L., Taucer, P. I., Wilcox, B. P., Porter, S. C., & Richards, C. E. (2006). An approach for simulating rainfall above the tree canopy at the hillslope scale. Transactions of the ASABE. 49(4), 915-924. Stewart, G. R., Munster, C. L., Vietor, D. M., Arnold, J. G., McFarland, A., White, R., & Provin, T. (2006). Simulating water quality improvements in the Upper North Bosque River watershed due to phosphorus export through turfgrass sod. Transactions of the ASABE. 49(2), 357-366. Sung, K., Kim, J., Munster, C. L., Corapcioglu, M. Y., Park, S., Drew, M. C., & Chang, Y. Y. (2006). A simple approach to modeling microbial biomass in the rhizosphere. ECOLOGICAL MODELLING. 190(3-4), 277-286. Corapcioglu, M., Vogel, J., Munster, C., Pillai, S., Dowd, S., & Wang, S. (2006). Virus transport experiments in a sandy aquifer. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution. 169(1-4), 47-65. Afinowicz, J. D., Munster, C. L., Wilcox, B. P., & Lacey, R. E. (2005). A Process for Assessing Wooded Plant Cover by Remote Sensing. Rangeland Ecology and Management. 67(3), 184-190. Afinowicz, J. D., Munster, C. L., & Wilcox, B. P. (2005). Modeling effects of brush management on the rangeland water budget: Edwards Plateau, Texas. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN WATER RESOURCES ASSOCIATION. 41(1), 181-193. Sung, K., Munster, C. L., Corapcioglu, M. Y., Drew, M. C., Park, S., & Rhykerd, R. (2004). Phytoremediation and modeling of contaminated soil using eastern gamagrass and annual ryegrass. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution. 159(1-4), 175-195. Hanzlik, J. E., Munster, C. L., McFarland, A., Vietor, D. M., & White, R. H. (2004). GIS analysis to identify turfgrass sod production sites for phosphorus removal. Transactions of the ASABE. 47(2), 453-461. Munster, C. L., Hanzlik, J. E., Vietor, D. M., White, R. H., & McFarland, A. (2004). Assessment of manure phosphorus export through turfgrass sod production in Erath County, Texas. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT. 73(2), 111-116. Vietor, D. M., Provin, T. L., White, R. H., & Munster, C. L. (2004). Runoff losses of phosphorus and nitrogen imported in sod or composted manure for turf establishment. Journal of Environmental Quality. 33(1), 358-366. Sung, K., Munster, C. L., Rhykerd, R., Drew, M. C., & Corapcioglu, M. Y. (2003). The use of vegetation to remediate soil freshly contaminated by recalcitrant contaminants. 37(10), 2408-2418. Gaudreau, J. E., Vietor, D. M., White, R. H., Provin, T. L., & Munster, C. L. (2002). Response of turf and quality of water runoff to manure and fertilizer. Journal of Environmental Quality. 31(4), 1316-1322. Sung, K., Munster, C. L., Rhykerd, R., Drew, M. C., & Corapcioglu, M. Y. (2002). The Use of Box Lysimeters with Freshly Contaminated Soils To Study the Phytoremediation of Recalcitrant Organic Contaminants. Environmental Science and Technology. 36(10), 2249-2255. Sung, K., Corapcioglu, M. Y., Drew, M. C., & Munster, C. L. (2001). Plant Contamination by Organic Pollutants in Phytoremediation. Journal of Environmental Quality. 30(6), 2081-2090. Corapcioglu, M. Y., Munster, C., Drew, M., Rhykerd, R., & Sung, K. (1999). Phytoremediation and modeling of land contaminated by hydrocarbons. 5. Aldrich, L. J., Munster, C. L., Haby, V. A., & Sweeten, J. M. (1997). Land application of poultry lagoon effluent. Transactions of the ASABE. 40(6), 1607-1615. Chakka, K. B., & Munster, C. L. (1997). Modeling macropore transport of agricultural chemicals on a river floodplain: Atrazine transport simulation. Transactions of the ASABE. 40(5), 1363-1372. Chakka, K. B., & Munster, C. L. (1997). Modeling macropore transport of agricultural chemicals on a river floodplain: Model formulation. Transactions of the ASABE. 40(5), 1355-1362. Chakka, K. B., & Munster, C. L. (1997). Atrazine and nitrate transport to the Brazos river floodplain aquifer. Transactions of the ASABE. 40(3), 615-621. Munster, C. L., Parsons, J. E., & Skaggs, R. W. (1997). Using the personal computer for water table management data acquisition. Applied Engineering in Agriculture. 13(2), 227-234. Alden, A. S., & Munster, C. L. (1997). Assessment of river-floodplain aquifer interactions. Environmental and Engineering Geoscience. 3(4), 537-548. Alden, A. S., & Munster, C. L. (1997). Field Test of the In Situ Permeable Ground Water Flow Sensor. Groundwater Monitoring & Remediation. 17(4), 81-88. MUNSTER, C., MATHEWSON, C., & WROBLESKI, C. (1996). The Texas A&M University Brazos River Hydrogeologic Field Site. Environmental and Engineering Geoscience. II(4), 517-530. Munster, C. L., Skaggs, R. W., & Pemmireddy, V. R. (1996). Effect of water table management on the fate of the pesticide aldicarb. Transactions of the ASABE. 39(1), 55-66. MUNSTER, C. L., SKAGGS, R. W., PARSONS, J. E., EVANS, R. O., GILLIAM, J. W., & HARMSEN, E. W. (1995). ALDICARB TRANSPORT IN DRAINED COASTAL-PLAIN SOIL. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering. 121(6), 378-384. MUNSTER, C. L., SKAGGS, R. W., PARSONS, J. E., EVANS, R. O., & GILLIAM, J. W. (1994). SIMULATING ALDICARB TRANSPORT IN A DRAINED FIELD. Transactions of the ASABE. 37(6), 1817-1824. conference paper Ha, M., Munster, C. L., Capareda, S., Vietor, D., Provin, T., & Palma, M. (2011). GIS program to optimize feedstock utilization for mobile pyrolysis units. 4766-4779. Ha, M., Bumguardner, M. L., Munster, C. L., Vietor, D. M., Capareda, S., Palma, M. A., & Provin, T. (2010). Optimizing the logistics of a mobile fast pyrolysis system for sustainable bio-crude oil production. 3673-3685. Choi, I., Munster, C. L., Victor, D. M., White, R. H., Stewart, G. A., & Richards, C. E. (2005). Calibration and validation of the SWAT model on a field-scale watershed for turfgrass sod establishment. 338-347. Gregory, L., Veni, G., Shade, B., Wilcox, B., Munster, C., & Owens, K. (2005). Quantifying recharge via fractures in an ashe juniper dominated karst landscape. Geotechnical Special Publications. 216-223. Taucer, P. I., Munster, C. L., Wilcox, B. P., Shade, B., Dasgupta, S., Owens, M. K., & Mohanty, B. (2005). Large Plot Tracing of Subsurface Flow in the Edwards Aquifer Epikarst. Geotechnical Special Publications. 207-215. Stewart, G. R., Richards, C. E., Choi, I., Munster, C. L., & Vietor, D. M. (2004). Use of turfgrass sod to transport manure phosphorous out of impaired watersheds. 3303-3314. McClure, J., & Munster, C. (1997). Use of poultry manure/paper pellets as a soil amendment. Paper - American Society of Agricultural Engineers. Alden, A., & Munster, C. (1995). Field test of a 3-D ground water flow sensor. 181-186. Munster, C. L., Skaggs, R. W., Parsons, J. E., Evans, R. O., Gilliam, J. W., & Harmsen, E. W. (1992). Aldicarb transport in the Coastal Plain of N.C. 419-424.
principal investigator on RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND EXTENSION PROGRAM FOR SUSTAINABLE MANURE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES, LEARNING FROM THE BELGIAN MODEL awarded by National Institute of Food and Agriculture - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States) 2014 - 2016
co-principal investigator on WATer Engineering Research Scholars (WATER Scholars) awarded by National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States) 2010 - 2016
teaching activities AGSM335 Water & Soil Mgmt: Belgium Instructor AGSM337 Tech Env Nat Res Engr Instructor AGSM337 Tech Env Nat Res Engr-belgium Instructor AGSM337 Tech Env Nat Res Engr: Bel Instructor AGSM337 Tech Env Nat Res Engr:bel Instructor BAEN460 Prin Of Enviro Hydrology Instructor BAEN465 Des Biol Waste Treat Sys Instructor BAEN465 Des Biol Waste Treat Sys-belg Instructor BAEN465 Des Biol Waste Treat Sys: Bel Instructor BAEN465 Des Biol Waste Treat Sys:bel Instructor BAEN491 Hnr-research Instructor BAEN672 Small Watershed Hydrolgy Instructor BAEN673 Modeling Small Watershed Instructor BAEN684 Professional Internship:in-ab Instructor BAEN685 Directed Studies Instructor BAEN685 Directed Studies: Bel Instructor BAEN691 Research Instructor WMHS685 Directed Studies Instructor WMHS691 Research Instructor
education and training Ph.D. in Biological and Agricultural Engineering, North Carolina State University - (Raleigh, North Carolina, United States) 1992
awards and honors Traditional Fulbright Scholarship, conferred by Council for International Exchange of Scholars - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States), 1999
mailing address Texas A&M University Biological & Agricultural Engineering 2117 TAMU College Station, TX 77843-2117 USA