Carlos E. Ramos Scharrón
Ph.D., Colorado State University
Assistant Professor

Contact
- E-mail: cramos@austin.utexas.edu
Courses
LAS 330 • Vulnerability To Nat Haz-Wb
39990 • Spring 2021
Meets TTH 9:30AM-11:00AM
Internet; Synchronous
GC
GRG 339 • Process Geomorphology
36825 • Spring 2020
Meets TTH 2:00PM-3:30PM GAR 2.112
QR
LAS 330 • Vulnerability To Nat Hazards
39265 • Spring 2020
Meets TTH 9:30AM-11:00AM SRH 1.320
GRG 356 • Water Res: Lat Amer/Caribbean
36389 • Fall 2019
Meets TTH 9:30AM-11:00AM SRH 1.320
GCII
(also listed as LAS 330)
GRG 339 • Process Geomorphology
37005 • Spring 2019
Meets TTH 2:00PM-3:30PM JES A216A
QR
LAS 330 • Vulnerability To Nat Hazards
39620 • Spring 2019
Meets TTH 9:30AM-11:00AM SRH 1.320
GRG 356 • Water Res: Lat Amer/Caribbean
37170 • Fall 2018
Meets TTH 9:30AM-11:00AM SRH 1.320
GCII
(also listed as LAS 330)
GRG 334C • Environ Hazards Lat Amer/Carib
36922 • Spring 2018
Meets TTH 9:30AM-11:00AM SRH 1.320
(also listed as LAS 330)
GRG 356 • Water & Watersheds
36953 • Spring 2018
Meets TTH 12:30PM-2:00PM CLA 0.104
QR
GRG 334C • Environ Hazards Lat Amer/Carib
37345 • Spring 2017
Meets TTH 9:30AM-11:00AM SRH 1.320
(also listed as LAS 330)
GRG 339 • Process Geomorphology
37370 • Spring 2017
Meets TTH 12:30PM-2:00PM SZB 286
GRG 301C • The Natural Environment
37015-37055 • Fall 2016
Meets TTH 12:30PM-2:00PM PAI 3.02
N2
GRG 356 • Water Res: Lat Amer/Caribbean
37225 • Fall 2016
Meets TTH 9:30AM-11:00AM SRH 1.320
(also listed as LAS 330)
GRG 334C • Environ Hazards Lat Amer/Carib
36565 • Spring 2016
Meets TTH 9:30AM-11:00AM SRH 1.320
(also listed as LAS 330)
GRG 396T • Forest Hydrology
36735 • Spring 2016
Meets W 12:00PM-3:00PM CLA 3.710
GRG 301C • The Natural Environment
36285-36325 • Fall 2015
Meets TTH 12:30PM-2:00PM PAI 3.02
N2
GRG 356 • Water Res: Lat Amer/Caribbean
36470 • Fall 2015
Meets TTH 9:30AM-11:00AM SRH 1.320
(also listed as LAS 330)
GRG 334C • Environ Hazards Lat Amer/Carib
36655 • Spring 2015
Meets TTH 9:30AM-11:00AM SRH 1.320
(also listed as LAS 330)
GRG 356 • Water & Watersheds
36700 • Spring 2015
Meets TTH 12:30PM-2:00PM JES A215A
GRG 301C • The Natural Environment
37415-37465 • Fall 2014
Meets TTH 12:30PM-2:00PM FAC 21
SB
GRG 356 • Wtr Res: Latin Amer/Caribbean
37605 • Fall 2014
Meets TTH 9:30AM-11:00AM SRH 1.320
(also listed as LAS 330)
GRG 334C • Environ Hazards Lat Amer/Carib
37802 • Spring 2014
Meets TTH 11:00AM-12:30PM SRH 1.320
(also listed as LAS 330)
GRG 301C • The Natural Environment
37640-37695 • Fall 2013
Meets TTH 12:30PM-2:00PM WEL 1.308
SB
GRG 301C • The Natural Environment
37330-37370 • Spring 2013
Meets MWF 10:00AM-11:00AM ART 1.102
N2
GRG 338C • Riv/Landscp: Fluvial Geomorph
37355 • Spring 2012
Meets MWF 2:00PM-3:00PM GRG 102
Publications
- Ramos-Scharrón, C.E. 2021. Impacts of off-road vehicle tracks on runoff, erosion, and sediment delivery – A combined field and modeling approach. Environmental Modelling & Software 136: 104957. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2020.104957
- Ramos-Scharrón, C.E., Arima E., Hughes S. 2020. Magnitude and spatial distribution of shallow landslides induced by Hurricane María in Puerto Rico. Physical Geography. https://doi.org/10.1080/02723646.2020.1801121
- Ramos-Scharrón, C.E., Arima, E. 2019. Hurricane María’s precipitation signature in Puerto Rico, a conceivable presage of rains to come. Scientific Reports 9: 15612. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-52198-2
- Browning, T.N., Sawyer D.E., Brooks, G.R., Larson, R.A., Ramos-Scharrón, C.E., 2019. Widespread deposition in a coastal bay following three major hurricane events. Scientific Reports 9: 7101. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-43062-4.
- Ramos-Scharrón, C.E. & LaFevor, M. 2018. Effects of forest roads on runoff initiation in low order ephemeral streams. Water Resources Research. 54(11): 8613-8631. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018WR023442.
- Ramos-Scharrón, C.E. (2018). Land disturbance effects of roads in runoff and sediment production on dry-tropical settings. Geoderma, 310: 107-119. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2017.08.035.
- Ramos-Scharrón, C.E. & Figueroa-Sánchez, Y. (2017). Plot-, farm-, and watershed-scale effects of coffee cultivation in runoff and sediment production in western Puerto Rico. Journal of Environmental Management, 202: 126-136. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.07.020.
- Ramos-Scharrón, C.E. & Thomaz, E.L. (2016). Runoff development and soil erosion in a wet tropical montane setting under coffee cultivation. Land Degradation & Development, 28: 936-945. https://doi.org/10.1002/ldr.2567
- Ramos-Scharrón, C.E. & LaFevor, M. (2016). The role of unpaved roads as active source areas of precipitation excess in small watersheds drained by ephemeral streams in the Northeastern Caribbean. Journal of Hydrology, 533: 168-179. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.11.051
- Thomaz, E.L. & Ramos-Scharrón, C.E. (2015). Rill length and plot-scale effects on the hydrogemorphologic response of gravelly roadbeds. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 40(15): 2041-2048. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.3778
- Ramos-Scharrón, C.E., Torres-Pulliza, D. & Hernández-Delgado, E.A. (2015). Watershed- and island wide-scale land cover changes in Puerto Rico (1930s-2004) and their potential effects on coral reef ecosystems. Science of the Total Environment, 506-507: 241-251. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.11.016
- Ramos-Scharrón, C.E., Reale-Munroe, K. & Atkinson, S.C. (2014). Quantification and modeling of foot trail surface erosion in a dry sub-tropical setting. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 39(13): 1764-1777. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.3558
- Bégin, C., Brooks, G., Larson, R.A., Dragcevic, S., Ramos-Scharrón, C.E. & Côte, I.M. (2014). Increase in sediment loads over coral reefs in Saint Lucia in relation to land use change in contributing watersheds. Ocean & Coastal Management, 95: 35-45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2014.03.018
- Thomaz, E.L., Vestena, L.R. & Ramos-Scharrón, C.E. (2014). The effects of unpaved roads on suspended sediment concentration at varying spatial scales – a case study from Southern Brazil. Water and Environment Journal, 28: 547-555. https://doi.org/10.1111/wej.12070
- Ramos-Scharrón, C.E., Castellanos, E.J. & Restrepo, C. (2012). The transfer of modern organic carbon by landslide activity in tropical montane ecosystems. Journal of Geophysical Research, 117: G03016, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1029/2011JG001838
- Ramos-Scharrón, C.E. (2012). Effectiveness of drainage improvements in reducing sediment production rates from an unpaved road. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 67(2): 87-100. doi: 10.2489/jswc.67.2.87
- Ramos-Scharrón, C.E. (2010). Sediment production from unpaved roads in a sub-tropical dry setting - Southwestern Puerto Rico. Catena 82(3): 146-158. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2010.06.001
- Fu, B., Newham, L.T.H. & Ramos-Scharrón, C.E. (2010). A review of surface erosion and sediment delivery models for unsealed roads. Environmental Modelling & Software 25: 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2009.07.013
- Restrepo, C., Walker, L.R., Shiels, A.B., Bussman, R., Claessens, L., Fisch, S., Lozano, P., Negi, G., Paolini, L., Poveda, G., Ramos-Scharrón, C.E., Richter, M., & Velázquez, E. (2009). Landsliding and its Multiscale Influence on Mountainscapes. BioScience 59(8): 685-698. https://doi.org/10.1525/bio.2009.59.8.10
- Ramos-Scharrón, C.E. & MacDonald, L.H. (2007). Measurement and prediction of natural and anthropogenic sediment sources in St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Catena, 71: 250-266. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2007.03.009
- Ramos-Scharrón, C.E. & MacDonald, L.H. (2007). Development and application of a GIS-based sediment budget model. Journal of Environmental Management, 84: 157-172. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2006.05.019
- Ramos-Scharrón, C.E. & MacDonald, L.H. (2007). Runoff and suspended sediment yields from an unpaved road segment, St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Hydrological Processes, 21(1): 35-50. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.6175
- Ramos-Scharrón, C.E., & MacDonald, L.H. (2005). Measurement and prediction of sediment production from unpaved roads, St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 30(10): 1283-1304. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.1201