H51D:
Estimation of Spatial and Temporal Variability of Land Surface Hydrological and Thermal Processes I Posters
Session ID#: 8751
Session Description:
It is projected that a majority of the population will soon live in arid or semi-arid regions due to expected increases in extent of these regions and expansion of tropics globally. This will increase competition between humans and nature for limited water resources. However, arid zone hydrology is not as well understood as that in other hydro-climates, primarily due to high non-linearity and lack of reliable data. This session will showcase the latest understanding in water, heat, and contaminant transport processes in arid regions at multiple spatio-temporal scales, and highlight differences from processes in other hydro-climates. We welcome papers highlighting links between soil properties, topography, biodiversity, microbial activity, biogeochemistry, ecosystem functioning, and human activities at all scales, and how these affect process parameterizations for modeling and monitoring at the various scales. Studies that shed light on the challenges to hydrologic modeling and/or measurements in arid/semi-arid regions are also welcome.
Primary Convener: Nicola Montaldo, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
Conveners: Binayak Mohanty, Texas A&M University, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, College Station, United States, John D Albertson, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States and Raghavendra B Jana, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
Chairs: John D Albertson, Cornell University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ithaca, NY, United States and Nicola Montaldo, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
OSPA Liaison: Nicola Montaldo, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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Abstracts Submitted to this Session:
Nicolas Rodriguez Jeangros, Amanda S Hering and John E McCray, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, United States
Clement Sohoulande, Texas A & M University College Station, College Station, TX, United States
Kurt Christopher Kornelsen, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada and Paulin DL Coulibaly, Professor, M. ASCE, Department of Civil Engineering, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Zhihua Wang, Arizona State University, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, Tempe, AZ, United States and Jiachuan Yang, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States
Matin Rahnamay Naeini, University of California, Irvine, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Irvine, United States, Jasper A Vrugt, University of California Irvine, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Irvine, CA, United States, Mojtaba Sadegh, Boise State University, Department of Civil Engineering, Boise, ID, United States and Guilherme JOSE CUNHA Gomes, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States
Timothy R Green1, Robert H Erskine1, Olaf David2, James Clifford Ascough II1, Holm Kipka2, Wes J Lloyd2 and Gregory S McMaster3, (1)USDA-ARS, Fort Collins, CO, United States, (2)Colorado State University, Fort Collins, United States, (3)USDA-ARS, Water Management and Systems Research, Fort Collins, CO, United States
Zhenlei Yang, Texas A & M University College Station, College Station, TX, United States and Binayak Mohanty, Texas A&M University, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, College Station, United States
Minna Ma1,2, Wenfang Xu2,3 and Wenping Yuan4, (1)Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, (2)CAREERI/CAS Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Lanzhou, China, (3)South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China, (4)University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Sciences, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China
Adam N Wlostowski and Michael N Gooseff, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, Boulder, CO, United States
Richard Jayne Jr, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, United States, Ryan M Pollyea, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Geosciences, Blacksburg, United States, Justin P Dodd, Northern Illinois University, Department of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, DeKalb, IL, United States, Elizabeth Joy Olson, Northern Illinois University, Geology and Environmental Geosciences, DeKalb, IL, United States and Susan Swanson, Beloit College, Beloit, WI, United States
Jose Munoz1, Magdalena Lagos1, Francisco I Suarez2, Verónica Fierro1 and Cristian Moreno1, (1)Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Santiago, Chile, (2)Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
Francesco Ciocca1, Stefan Krause2, Athena Chalari3, Prof. David M. Hannah, PhD2 and Michael Mondanos1, (1)Silixa Ltd., Hertfordshire, United Kingdom, (2)University of Birmingham, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Birmingham, B15, United Kingdom, (3)Silixa Ltd., Elstree, United Kingdom
Roshan K Shrestha1,2, Michael B Ek3, Jiarui Dong4, Jesse Meng5, Pingping Xie6 and Youlong Xia4, (1)IMSG / NOAA, NCEP, College Park, MD, United States, (2)I.M. Systems Group Inc., Rockville, MD, United States, (3)NSF NCAR, Boulder, United States, (4)Environmental Modeling Center, College Park, MD, United States, (5)IMSG, NCEP/EMC, College Park, MD, United States, (6)NOAA/NCEP, College Park, United States
Rike Becker1, Prof. Mekonnen K Gebremichael, PhD1 and Michael Marker2, (1)University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (2)University of Tuebingen, Physical Geography and GIS, Tuebingen, Germany
