144 Science Challenges in Land Surface and Global Climate Modeling: II

Poster Session
SSSA Division: Soil Physics
Soil scientists and particularly soil physicists are discussing the grand challenges of scaling soil physical properties and the function of soil structure (2012 Kirkham Conf and Jury et al 2011), but what is the view point of those modeling mass and energy fluxes at the regional, continental and global scale? Where and how can soil science improve these models and what is missing? . We envision three concepts for the symposium. One is elucidating the needs of better biophysical modeling focusing on how soil variability can contribute to better simulations of mass and energy transport. Secondly, a discussion of what the gaps in knowledge are regarding land use change and climate change. And lastly, ideas for how the global soil mapping efforts might supply better parameters or more specific soil inferences for use by the global climate and land surface modeling community.
Cosponsor(s):

Climatology & Modeling, Pedology

Monday, November 4, 2013: 4:00 PM-6:00 PM
Tampa Convention Center, East Exhibit Hall

Organizers:
Tracy Twine , Cristine L. S. Morgan and Dennis J. Timlin
Poster #2416
Mapping Soil Properties With Proximal Soil Fluorescence Sensing.
Louis Longchamps, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada; Raj Khosla, Colorado State University; Rafael de Siqueira, Colorado State University
Poster #2417
Topographic Controls, Spatial Heterogeneity, and Prediction Accuracies of SOC Stocks Across Geospatial and Earth System Models.
Umakant Mishra, Argonne National Laboratory; William Riley, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Charles Koven, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Poster #2418
Poster #2419
Poster #2420
Changes in Soil Structure Resulting From Elevated Carbon Dioxide and Nitrogen Levels in a Pasture System.
Daniel Gimenez, Rutgers University; George B. Runion, USDA-ARS; Joshua S. Caplan, Rutgers University; Brian Clough, Rutgers University; Stephen A. Prior, USDA-ARS; H. Allen Torbert, USDA-ARS