Primary Conveners: Lixin Wang, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN, United States
Conveners: Sujith Ravi, Temple University, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Philadelphia, PA, United States and Stefano Manzoni, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
Chairs: Lixin Wang, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN, United States and Sujith Ravi, Temple University, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Philadelphia, PA, United States
OSPA Liaisons: Sujith Ravi, Temple University, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Philadelphia, PA, United States
11:05
Predicting root zone soil moisture with satellite near-surface moisture data in semiarid environments (Invited) (61354)
Salvatore Manfreda1, Douglas C Baldwin2, Klaus Keller2, Erica A H Smithwick3 and Kelly K Caylor4, (1)University of Basilicata, DICEM, Potenza, Italy, (2)Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, University Park, PA, United States, (3)Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States, (4)Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, United States
11:20
Global optimum vegetation rain water use is determined by aridity (73840)
Stephen P Good, University of Utah, Geology And Geophysics, Salt Lake City, UT, United States, Lixin Wang, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN, United States and Kelly K Caylor, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, United States
11:50
Vapor pressure deficit is as important as soil moisture in determining limitations to evapotranspiration during drought (78385)
Kimberly A Novick, Indiana University Bloomington, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Bloomington, IN, United States, Christopher A Williams, Clark University, Worcester, MA, United States, Richard Phillips, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, United States, Andrew C Oishi, USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station, Hot Springs National, AR, United States, Benjamin N Sulman, Princeton University, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Princeton, NJ, United States, Gil Bohrer, Ohio State University Main Campus, Civil, Environmental & Geodetic Engineering, Columbus, OH, United States and Darren L Ficklin, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, United States
12:05
Water limited agriculture in Africa: Climate change sensitivity of large scale land investments (Invited) (60732)
Maria Cristina Rulli1, Paolo D'Odorico2,3, Davide Chiarelli1 and Kyle Frankel Davis4, (1)Politecnico di Milano, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Milano, Italy, (2)Univ Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States, (3)National Social-Environmental Synthesis Center, Annapolis, MD, United States, (4)University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States