Session: Symposium--What Can Soil Science Contribute to Land Surface Model Development (ASA, CSSA and SSSA International Annual Meetings (2016))

66 Symposium--What Can Soil Science Contribute to Land Surface Model Development

Oral Session

SSSA Division: Soil Physics and Hydrology

Land surface models generate hydrological boundary conditions using limited soil and plant databases for many large-scale simulations using climate models, earth system models, etc. They integrate biological, hydrological, and physical processes across the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum. These models simulate processes related to the energy, water, and carbon cycles and their interactions while operating over relatively large spatial domains with short temporal scales. Soil science has contributed significantly to these models and should continue to play a role in LSM development.

Approved for 2.0 PD CEUs

Cosponsor(s):

SSSA Division: Forest, Range and Wildland Soils

Monday, November 7, 2016: 9:30 AM-12:00 PM

Phoenix Convention Center North, Room 132 B

Organizer:

Scott B. Jones

Moderator:

Samuel Prentice

9:30 AM

Introductory Remarks

9:35 AM

66-1

Digging Deeper: The Value of Including Soil Knowledge in the Noah MP Land Surface Model.
Cristine L. S. Morgan, Texas A&M University; Yohannes Tadesse Yimam, Texas A&M AgriLife Research; David Gochis, NCAR; Michael Barlage, National Center for Atmospheric Research; Rajesh Kumar, National Center for Atmospheric Research

Audio File Recorded Presentation

10:05 AM

66-2

Utility of Geochemical Normalization Model in Quantifying Significances of Physical Disturbances and Hydrological Processes in Soil Genesis.
Kyungsoo Yoo, University of Minnesota

Audio File Recorded Presentation

10:35 AM

Break

10:50 AM

66-3

Polaris: Towards an Improved Representation of Spatial Heterogeneity in Land Surface Models.
Nathaniel Chaney, Princeton University

Audio File Recorded Presentation

11:20 AM