Dear Colleagues, We are organizing a session at the Fall 2010 American Geophysical Union Conference in San Francisco, December 13-17, entitled: H28: New challenges for ecohydrology and integrated water quality modelling at the watershed scale (see below for details). Please consider submitting an abstract. The deadline for abstract submissions is September 2nd. Abstracts can be submitted at: http://agu-fm10.abstractcentral.com/abstract. For more information about the meeting, see http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm10/.
Session Description H28: New challenges for ecohydrology and integrated water quality modelling at the watershed scale Sponsor: Hydrology CoSponsor: Biogeosciences Conveners: Heidi Asbjornsen, Iowa State University; Todd Dawson, University of California, Berkeley; Friso Holwerda, Iowa State University; Lyssette Munoz, Oregon State University; Michael Rode, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research UFZ; Indrajeet Chaubey, Purdue University; Geoge Arhonditsis, University of Toronto Streamflow dynamics and matter fluxes in catchments are poorly understood and internal mechanisms controlling flowpaths, residence times and matter transformation are often ignored. Furthermore there is increased demand to link land use to in-stream matter concentrations to control cultural eutrophication. The emerging field of ecohydrology seeks to identify underlying mechanisms controlling water flows and fluxes-from the leaf to watershed scales-by applying new tools, innovative methods, and theoretical frameworks. Important water quality modelling topics are linkage of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, in-stream mass transformation, robust uncertainty analysis, evaluation of land use and climate change and optimized monitoring and modelling strategies.
