H43S:
Modeling the Critical Zone: Integrating Processes and Data Across Disciplines and Scales I

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Session ID#: 34691

Session Description:
The Critical Zone (CZ) is the Earth’s skin where climate, geology, ecosystems, and human activities converge. The evolution and function of the CZ are governed by multiple processes (e.g., meteorological, hydrological, geochemical, geomorphological, and biological) over a wide range of temporal and spatial scales. This session aims to showcase contributions that highlight recent model development and applications to develop a predictive understanding of CZ. We invite abstracts that: 1) demonstrate the synergy between field and modeling efforts; 2) elucidate underlying processes at and across multiple scales; 3) reveal new understanding about the CZ response to changing climate and land use; and 4) synthesize data or test hypotheses across multiple study sites. The session is intended to serve as an exploration of the breadth of CZ sciences and to facilitate comparison across different sites. We encourage submissions from modeling endeavors within and across disciplines.
Primary Convener:  Li Li, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, University Park, PA, United States
Conveners:  Harry Vereecken, Geoverbund ABC/J, Centre for High-Performance Scientific Computing in Terrestrial Systems (TerrSys), Jülich, Germany, Praveen Kumar, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, United States and Bhavna Arora, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States
Chairs:  Li Li, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, University Park, PA, United States and Harry Vereecken, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Institute of Bio and Geosciences (Agrosphere, IBG-3), Jülich, Germany
OSPA Liaison:  Li Li, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, University Park, PA, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • B - Biogeosciences
  • EP - Earth and Planetary Surface Processes
  • GC - Global Environmental Change
Index Terms:

0412 Biogeochemical kinetics and reaction modeling [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
0414 Biogeochemical cycles, processes, and modeling [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
1813 Eco-hydrology [HYDROLOGY]
1830 Groundwater/surface water interaction [HYDROLOGY]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Simulation Based Exploration of Critical Zone Dynamics in Intensively Managed Landscapes (265499)
Praveen Kumar, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, United States and Intensively Managed Landscapes Critical Zone Observatory (IMLCZO) Scientific Team
Nonlinear ecosystem services response to groundwater availability under climate extremes (246787)
Jiangxiao Qiu, University of Florida, School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences, Gainesville, United States, Sam C Zipper, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada, Melissa Motew, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, United States, Eric Booth, Univ Wisconsin Madison, Department of Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences, Madison, United States, Christopher J Kucharik, University of Wisconsin Madison, Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences, Madison, United States and Diego A Riveros-Iregui, Univ of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI, United States
Discerning Thermodynamic Basis of Self-Organization in Critical Zone Structure and Function (240177)
Meredith Richardson Martin, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States and Praveen Kumar, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Urbana, United States
Modeling Aspect Controlled Formation of Seasonally Frozen Ground on Montane Hillslopes: a Case Study from Gordon Gulch, Colorado (232680)
Michael (Mickey) Rush, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, Boulder, CO, United States, Harihar Rajaram, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States, Robert S Anderson, Univ Colorado, Boulder, United States and Suzanne P Anderson, Univ of Colorado, Department of Geological Sciences and Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, Boulder, United States
Elucidating Critical Zone Process Interactions with an Integrated Hydrology Model in a Headwaters Research Catchment (268581)
Caitlin Martinez, Daniel B. Stephens and Associates, Inc. Albuquerque, Denver, United States and Reed M Maxwell, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, United States
From Buckets to Basins: Scaling up from the CZO to the NOAA National Water Model (293513)
Aubrey L Dugger1, David Gochis2, Brian A. Cosgrove3, Kevin Michael Sampson4, James L McCreight2 and Arezoo Rafieeinasab5, (1)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, United States, (2)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States, (3)NOAA/NWS/NWC, Silver Spring, MD, United States, (4)Airborne Snow Observatories, Inc., Boulder, United States, (5)NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, Research Applications Laboratory, Boulder, United States

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