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Session Proposal: Critical zone as a mediator of hydroclimate-ecosystem (a)synchrony (AGU25)

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Critical zone as a mediator of hydroclimate-ecosystem (a)synchrony

Session ID#: 250090

Session Description:
Many regions are experiencing shifts in hydroclimate driven by rising air temperatures, such as snow transitioning to rain and changes in streamflow regimes. These shifts are altering both the timing and magnitude of hydrologic responses to hydroclimatic inputs, impacting water resources and increasing the likelihood of compounded natural hazards like wildfires and extreme precipitation, with repercussions for the biogeochemistry of terrestrial and aquatic systems. This session will explore how the structure and function of the critical zone (CZ) mediate the coupling between hydroclimatic inputs and ecological, hydrologic, and biogeochemical processes. We are particularly interested in contributions aimed at understanding how past and future climate scenarios interact with CZ characteristics to influence the synchrony between hydroclimatic drivers and ecosystem responses. We invite submissions that examine historical and future trends of hydroclimate-ecosystem and biogeochemical linkages across diverse CZ structure and hydrologic regimes using measurements, modeling, and/or synthesis across scales (site to continent).
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • B - Biogeosciences
  • GC - Global Environmental Change
Index Terms:

0414 Biogeochemical cycles, processes, and modeling [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
1402 - Critical Zone [CRITICAL ZONE]
1807 Climate impacts [HYDROLOGY]
1860 Streamflow [HYDROLOGY]
Primary Convener:  Galen Gorski, U.S. Geological Survey, Water Mission Area, Reston, United States
Conveners:  Zhaozhe Chen, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, United States and Alexandra Contosta, University of New Hampshire, Earth Systems Research Center, Durham, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Desneiges Murray, Brown University, Providence, United States
 
Critical Zone States, Gates, and Hidden Weights: Machine Learning to Understand Temporal Dynamics Based on Sparse or Intermittent Stream Chemistry data (Invited) (1848044)
Allison Eva Goodwell, Prairie Research Institute at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois State Water Survey, Champaign, United States, Tarun Agrawal, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, department of civil and environmental engineering, Champaign, IL, United States, Jinyu Wang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, United States, Praveen Kumar, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Urbana, United States and Jennifer L Druhan, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, United States
 
Shallow Snowpack and Early Snowmelt Constrain Critical Zone Nitrogen Cycling in Northern Hardwood Forests (1874893)
Stephen Caron, New York University, New York, NY, United States, Charles T Driscoll, Syracuse University, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Syracuse, NY, United States, John Campbell, USDA Forest Service, Durham, NH, United States, Peter M Groffman, CUNY Advanced Science Research Center; Brooklyn College, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, New York, United States, Brendan Leonardi, Hubbard Brook Research Foundation, Woodstock, VT, United States, Andrew Reinmann, City University New York, Advanced Science Research Center, New York, United States, Lindsey Rustad, USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station, Durham, NH, United States, Geoff Wilson, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Milbrook, United States and Pamela H Templer, Boston University, Department of Biology, Boston, MA, United States
 
Leveraging Information Theory to Investigate Evapotranspiration-Hydroclimate Synchrony under Changing Hydrologic Regimes (1882146)
Zhaozhe Chen1, Margaret Zimmer1, Erin Cedar Seybold2, Kendra Elena Kaiser3, John McDevitt Mallard4, Lauren Lowman5, Laurel Larsen6, Desneiges Murray7, Galen Gorski8, Nicholas J Gubbins9, Alexandra Contosta10, Arik Tashie11, Salli Dymond12 and Adam Price13, (1)University of Wisconsin Madison, Department of Soil and Environmental Sciences, Madison, United States, (2)University of Kansas, Kansas Geological Survey, Lawrence, United States, (3)University of Idaho, Moscow, United States, (4)U.S. Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Corvallis, United States, (5)Wake Forest University, Department of Engineering, Winston-Salem, NC, United States, (6)University of California, Department of Geography, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Berkeley, United States, (7)Boston University, Department of Biology, Boston, United States, (8)U.S. Geological Survey, Water Mission Area, Reston, United States, (9)Colorado State University, Ecosystem Science and Sustainability, Fort Collins, United States, (10)University of New Hampshire, Earth Systems Research Center, Durham, United States, (11)ClimateAi, San Francisco, United States, (12)Northern Arizona University, School of Forestry, Flagstaff, AZ, United States, (13)U.S. Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, La Grande, United States
 
Global Tree Growth Responses to Seasonal Asynchrony Between Precipitation and Evaporative Demand in a Changing Climate (1907241)
Erez Feuer and Yair Mau, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Institute of Environmental Sciences, Rehovot, Israel
 
Evaluation of the Spatio-temporal Matching between the Forest and Grassland Vegetation Pattern and Blue-green Water Resources in the Inner Mongolia Plateau (1928863)
Dr. Zilong Liao1,2, Yinhui Long1,3, Jing Jin2 and Guohua Li2, (1)China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, Beijing, China, (2)Yinshanbeilu Grassland Eco-hydrology National Observation and Research Station, Beijing, China, (3)China University of Geosciences Wuhan, Wuhan, China
 
Exploring Hydrologic Process Interconnections with a Transfer Learning Approach (Invited) (2003442)
Andrew Bennett1, Aamir Raj Lamichhane2, Aldo Tapia Araya3 and Nabin Kalauni2, (1)University of Arizona, Department of Hydrology & Atmospheric Sciences, Tucson, AZ, United States, (2)University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States, (3)University of Arizona, Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, Tucson, United States
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