ECOSTRESS and CIMIS: A Comparison of Potential and Reference Evapotranspiration in Riverside County, California by Gurjot Kohli, Christine M. Lee, Joshua B. Fisher, Gregory Halverson, Evan Variano, Yufang Jin, Daniel Carney, Brenton A. Wilder, Alicia M. Kinoshita

“…We compared ECOSTRESS <i>ET_o</i> (estimated from PET) to CIMIS <i>ET_o</i> at five CIMIS sites in Riverside County, California from July 2018–June 2020. We found strong correlations between CIMIS <i>ET_o</i> and ECOSTRESS <i>ET_o</i> across all five sites (R² = 0.89, root mean square error (RMSE) = 0.11 mm hr⁻¹). …”
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Health disparities in COVID-19: immune and vascular changes are linked to disease severity and persist in a high-risk population in Riverside County, California by Kristina V. Bergersen, Kathy Pham, Jiang Li, Michael T. Ulrich, Patrick Merrill, Yuxin He, Sumaya Alaama, Xinru Qiu, Indira S. Harahap-Carrillo, Keita Ichii, Shyleen Frost, Marcus Kaul, Adam Godzik, Erica C. Heinrich, Meera G. Nair

“…Methods 112 participants in Riverside County, California, were recruited according to the following criteria: healthy control (n = 23), outpatients with moderate infection (outpatient, n = 33), ICU patients with severe infection (hospitalized, n = 33), and individuals recovered from moderate infection (n = 23). …”
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Population dynamics of blood-fed female mosquitoes and comparative efficacy of resting boxes in collecting them from the northwestern part of riverside county, California by Tejbir S Sandhu, Gregory W Williams, Bryan W Haynes, Major S Dhillon

“…Materials and Methods: Three trapping sites were selected in the Northwest Mosquito and Vector Control District of Riverside County, California. At each site resting boxes and gravid traps were set; and mosquitoes were collected on a weekly basis between July-December 2009. …”
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A Pleistocene clone of Palmer's oak persisting in Southern California. by Michael R May, Mitchell C Provance, Andrew C Sanders, Norman C Ellstrand, Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra

“…PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: We investigated a recently discovered disjunct population of Palmer's oak in the Jurupa Mountains of Riverside County, California. Patterns of allozyme polymorphism, morphological homogeneity, widespread fruit abortion, and evidence of fire resprouting all strongly support the hypothesis that the population is a single clone. …”
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Microbial contamination of drinking water from vending machines of Eastern Coachella Valley by Thomas D. Hile, Stephen G. Dunbar, Ryan G. Sinclair

“…Communities in the Eastern Coachella Valley (ECV), Riverside County, California, USA have raised concerns regarding bulk drinking water from water vending machines (WVMs) found in public vendors. …”
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