Hydrology



A Decade of Spaceborne GNSS-R: Scientific Legacy of CYGNSS and the Emerging Multi-Mission Future
Primary Convener:  Cynthia Gerlein-Safdi, University of California Berkeley, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Berkeley, CA, United States
Conveners:  Christopher S Ruf, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Climate and Space, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, Clara Chew, Muon Space, Mountain View, Ca, United States, Zhaoxia Pu, University of Utah, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Salt Lake City, UT, United States and Mahta Moghaddam, University of Southern California, Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Juan Crespo, University of California Los Angeles, JIFRESSE/NASA-JPL, Los Angeles, United States


AI Advances in Subsurface Hydrology and Energy
Primary Convener:  Dr. Behzad Ghanbarian, University of Texas at Arlington, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Arlington, TX, United States
Conveners:  Alexandre M Tartakovsky, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Champaign, United States and Maruti K. Mudunuru, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Subsurface Science Group, Richland, WA, United States
Student/Early Career Conveners:  David A Barajas-Solano, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, United States and Ming Fan, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, United States


AI-Driven Ecohydrology: Monitoring, Modeling, and Mitigating Seawater Intrusion, Compound Flooding, and Saline Soils in Coastal Wetlands
Primary Convener:  Yao Hu, University of Delaware, Department of Geography & Spatial Sciences; Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, Newark, DE, United States
Conveners:  Wenhong Li, Duke Univ-Nicholas School, Durham, United States and Jingyi Huang, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Soil and Environmental Sciences, Madison, United States


AI-Driven Hydrologic Modeling and Prediction: Methods, Applications, and Emerging Frontiers
Primary Convener:  Jiangtao Liu, Pennsylvania State University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University Park, United States
Conveners:  Chaopeng Shen, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University Park, United States, Ming Pan, Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes (CW3E), Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, United States and Yuan Yang, University of California San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes, La Jolla, CA, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Yalan Song, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University Park, United States


AI-Enabled Physical Modeling of Reservoirs, Watersheds, and Water Systems to Navigate Hydrological Shifts and Climate Extremes
Primary Convener:  Tiantian Yang, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, United States
Conveners:  Ximing Cai, University of Illinois, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Urbana, United States, Chiyuan Miao, Beijing Normal University, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing, China, Prof. Mekonnen K Gebremichael, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles, United States and Faisal Hossain, University of Washington Seattle Campus, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Seattle, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Chung-Yi Lin, Clemson University, Clemson, United States


Achievements in Operational Drought Services: Monitoring, Prediction, and Decision Support for Effective Mitigation and Response
Primary Convener:  Mohamed Abdelkader, University of Iowa, IIHR—Hydroscience & Engineering, Iowa City, United States
Conveners:  Steven J Burian, Cooperative Institute for Research to Operations in Hydrology (CIROH), Alabama Water Institute, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, Alabama Water Institute, Tuscaloosa, United States, Elliot Wickham, Cooperative Institute for Research to Operations in Hydrology, Tuscaloosa, United States and Joel Lisonbee, CIRES/NOAA National Integrated Drought Information System, Boulder, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Savalan Naser Neisary, The University of Alabama, Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, Tuscaloosa, United States


Achievements in Soil Moisture: How In Situ Monitoring Enhances Water Cycle Science
Primary Convener:  Michael H Cosh, U.S. Department of Agriculture ARS, Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory, Beltsville, United States
Conveners:  Elise C Osenga, Aspen Global Change Institute, Washington, United States and Todd Caldwell, Desert Research Institute, Reno, United States


Advanced Artificial Intelligence-Driven Subsurface Characterization, Fluid Dynamics Prediction, and Geo-Energy System Design Optimization
Primary Convener:  Guodong Chen, University of California Berkeley, Civil and Environment Department, Berkeley, United States; Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Energy Geoscience Division, Berkeley, United States
Conveners:  Randy Harsuko1,2, Jingxiao Liu2,3, Michael Mahoney4,5 and Nori Nakata6,7, (1)Energy Geoscience Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, United States(2)University of California Berkeley, Civil and Environment Department, Berkeley, United States(3)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Energy Geoscience Division, Berkeley, United States(4)University of California Berkeley, Department of Statistics, Berkeley, United States(5)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Scientific Data Division, Berkeley, United States(6)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Earth and Environmental Sciences Area, Berkeley, United States(7)Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, United States


Advanced Capabilities for Hydrology Community Model and Data Infrastructure.
Primary Convener:  David G Tarboton, Utah State University, Utah Water Research Laboratory, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Logan, UT, United States
Conveners:  Martyn P Clark, University of Calgary, Department of Civil Engineering, Schulich School of Engineering, Calgary, AB, Canada, Laura E Condon, University of Arizona, Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, Tucson, AZ, United States and Jordan Stuart Read, Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc., Arlington, United States


Advancement in Watershed Modeling: Agricultural Systems, Erosion Control, and Nutrient Balances
Primary Convener:  Henrique Haas, Columbia University, Center for Climate Systems Research, New York, United States
Conveners:  Haw Yen, USDA-ARS, National Soil Erosion Research Laboratory, WEST Lafayette, Indiana, United States, Xuesong Zhang, USDA-ARS, Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory, Beltsville, United States and Raghavan Srinivasan, Texas A&M University, Director of Spatial Sciences Laboratory, Agrilife Research, College Station, United States


Advancements in Watershed Modeling to Support Water Management
Primary Convener:  Matthew P Miller, U.S. Geological Survey, Integrated Modeling and Prediction Division, Boulder, United States
Conveners:  Dr. Qian Zhang, Qian Zhang, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, United States, Noah M Schmadel, U.S. Geological Survey, Earth System Processes Division, Portland, United States and Olivia Miller, U.S. Geological Survey, Utah Water Science Center, Salt Lake City, United States


Advancements in the Fate, Transport, Transformation and Remediation of Contaminants in the Environment
Primary Convener:  Dr. Dengjun Wang, University of Florida, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Ft Walton Beach, FL, United States
Conveners:  Charles J Werth, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, United States, Bo Guo, University of Arizona, Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, Tucson, United States and Prof. Rafael Munoz-Carpena, Ph.D., University of Florida, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Gainesville, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Bo Guo, University of Arizona, Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, Tucson, United States


Advances in AI‑Enabled Local-Scale Observations of Hydrologic, Geomorphic, and Biogeochemical Processes
Primary Convener:  Yunxiang Chen, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States
Conveners:  Troy Gilmore, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Conservation and Survey Division, School of Natural Resources, Lincoln, United States, Roman A DiBiase, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, Department of Geosciences, University Park, United States, Amy E Goldman, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Biological Sciences, Richland, WA, United States and James Stegen, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States
Student/Early Career Conveners:  Xiaofeng Liu, PhD, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan Institute for Data and AI in Society, Ann Arbor, United States and Vanessa Alessandra Garayburu-Caruso, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States


Advances in Cloud and Precipitation Processes: Integrating Observations, Modeling, and Theory
Primary Convener:  Dr. Yongjie Huang, PhD, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus, Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms (CAPS) & School of Meteorology, Norman, United States
Conveners:  Greg M McFarquhar, Cooperative Institute for Severe and High-Impact Weather Research and Operations, University of Oklahoma, Norman, United States, Fan Yang, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, United States and Yi Huang, The University of Melbourne, School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences and ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes, Melbourne, Australia


Advances in Ecohydrology: Quantifying the Influence of Land-Use/Land-Cover Change on Hydrology and Climate
Primary Convener:  Ben Livneh, University of Colorado at Boulder, Civil Environmental and Architectural Engineering, Boulder, United States
Conveners:  Cynthia Gerlein-Safdi, University of California Berkeley, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Berkeley, CA, United States, Gabrielle F.S. Boisrame, California Delta Stewardship Council, Sacramento, United States and Shrad Shukla, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, United States


Advances in Hybrid Process-Guided Models and Tools for Water Quality Prediction
Primary Convener:  Noel R Aloysius, University of Missouri Columbia, Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Columbia, United States
Conveners:  Sushant Mehan, South Dakota State University, Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, Brookings, United States, Jared David Smith, U.S. Geological Survey, Integrated Modeling and Prediction Division, Reston, VA, United States and Moussa Theodore Yatta, University of Missouri, Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Columbia, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Moussa Theodore Yatta, University of Missouri, Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Columbia, United States


Advances in Integrated Hydrologic Modeling: Applications Across Complex Systems
Primary Convener:  Pin Shuai, Utah State University, Utah Water Research Laboratory, Logan, UT, United States
Conveners:  Zhi Li, University of Connecticut, Groton, CT, United States, Lijing Wang, University of Connecticut, Department of Earth Sciences, Groton, United States and Youngjun Son, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Neelarun Mukherjee, University of Texas at Austin, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Austin, TX, United States


Advances in Integrated Hydrological Modeling: Methods, Solvers, and Computational Innovation
Primary Convener:  Nick Engdahl, Washington State University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Pullman, WA, United States
Conveners:  Danielle Tijerina-Kreuzer, Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrological Science, Washington, United States and Amelia Peeples, Princeton University, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Amelia Peeples, Princeton University, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton, United States


Advances in Machine Learning for Earth Science: Observation, Modeling, and Applications
Primary Convener:  Siyu Zhu, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, United States
Conveners:  Yixin Wen, University of Florida, Department of Geography, Ft Walton Beach, FL, United States, Guoqiang Tang, Wuhan University, School of Water Resources and Hydropower Engineering, Wuhan, China and Phu Nguyen, University of California, Irvine, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Irvine, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Mengye Chen, University of Oklahoma, Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms, Norman, United States


Advances in Modeling Subsurface Heterogeneity and Fluid Flow
Primary Convener:  Abhijit Mukherjee, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Geology and Geophysics, Kharagpur, India
Convener:  Ankur Roy, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India


Advances in Monitoring, Modeling, and Performance Assessment of Best Management Practices for Improved Watershed Management
Primary Convener:  Elmira Hassanzadeh, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Département des génies civil, géologique et des mines, Montreal, QC, Canada
Conveners:  Nasrin Alamdari, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, United States and Monireh Faramarzi, University of Alberta, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Edmonton, AB, Canada


Advances in Physics-Based and AI Modeling, and Integrated Observations for Compound Hydrometeorological Extremes and Resilience
Primary Convener:  Xing Yuan, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Earth System Numerical Modeling and Application, Beijing, China
Conveners:  Ming Pan, Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes (CW3E), Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, United States and Linying Wang, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Earth System Numerical Modeling and Application, Beijing, China


Advances in Statistical and Machine Learning Approaches for Hydrological Time Series Analysis
Primary Convener:  Thomas Heinze, Ruhr-University Bochum, Hydrogeology and Environmental Geology, Bochum, Germany
Conveners:  Xiaofeng Liu, PhD, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan Institute for Data and AI in Society, Ann Arbor, United States and Yuan Yang, University of California San Diego, Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes (CW3E), Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Florian Lam, Ruhr-University Bochum, Hydrogeology and Environmental Geology, Bochum, Germany


Advances in Subsurface Characterization, Fluid Behavior, and Geomechanics for CCUS, Water Management, and Induced Seismicity
Primary Convener:  Jean-Philippe Nicot, University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, Austin, TX, United States
Conveners:  Jianqiao Leng, University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, Austin, United States and Jun Ge, University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, Austin, TX, United States


Advances in Tracer Methods and Modeling of Hydrological Processes, Chemical Weathering, and Hydrochronology
Primary Convener:  Ate Visser, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, United States
Conveners:  Jennifer L Druhan, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, United States and Minseok Kim, Pusan National University, Civil Engineering, Busan, South Korea
Student/Early Career Convener:  Jory Lerback, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, United States


Advances in Urban Ecohydrology: People–Plant–Water Dynamics in the Built Environment
Primary Convener:  Elizaveta Litvak, Arizona State University, School of Sustainability, Tempe, United States
Conveners:  Kyle Blount, University of Illinois, Springfield, School of Integrated Sciences, Sustainability, and Public Health, Springfield, United States, Kun Zhang, University of Minnesota Duluth, Swenson College of Science and Engineering, Duluth, United States and Carolyn Breden Voter, University of Delaware, Civil and Environmental Engineering; Earth Sciences, Newark, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Aaron Alexander, University of Wisconsin Madison, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Madison, United States


Advances in Weather Modification and Regional Hydroclimate Intervention
Primary Convener:  Youssef Wehbe, National Center of Meteorology, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Conveners:  Alya Al Mazrouei, UAE Research Program for Rain Enhancement Science, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Raha Hakimdavar, Georgetown University, Washington, United States, Roelof Burger, North-West University, Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, Mahikeng, South Africa and Ahmad AlKamali, University of Reading, Department of Meteorology, Reading, RG6, United Kingdom
Student/Early Career Convener:  Hamda Al Hosani, National Center of Meteorology, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates


Advances in ecohydrology of water-limited environments
Primary Convener:  Prof. Lixin Wang, PhD, Indiana University Indianapolis, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Indianapolis, United States
Convener:  Sujith Ravi, Temple University, Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Philadelphia, PA, United States


Advances in managed aquifer recharge for groundwater sustainability
Primary Convener:  Helen E Dahlke, University of California Davis, Land, Air and Water Resources, Davis, CA, United States
Conveners:  Sarah Fakhreddine, Carnegie Mellon University, Dept. of Civil and Env. Engineering, Pittsburgh, United States and Michael A Cardiff, University of Wisconsin Madison, Geoscience, Madison, WI, United States


Advancing Hydrologic Processes to Improve Flood Prediction
Primary Convener:  Amar Deep Tiwari, Michigan State University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, East Lansing, MI, United States
Conveners:  Nanditha J S, Princeton University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton, NJ, United States, Anukesh Krishnankutty Krishnankutty Ambika, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Earth Science, Oak Ridge, TN, United States and Saran Aadhar, Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur, Department of Civil & Infrastructure Engineering, Jodhpur, India


Advancing Large-Domain Hydrologic Modeling and Prediction Capabilities via New Datasets, Methods and Modeling Strategies
Primary Convener:  Dr. Hongli Liu, Montana State University, Civil Engineering Department, Bozeman, MT, United States
Conveners:  Guoqiang Tang, Wuhan University, School of Water Resources and Hydropower Engineering, Wuhan, China, Andy Wood, NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, United States; Colorado School of Mines, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Golden, CO, United States and Martyn P Clark, University of Calgary, Department of Civil Engineering, Schulich School of Engineering, Calgary, AB, Canada
Student/Early Career Convener:  Guoqiang Tang, Wuhan University, School of Water Resources and Hydropower Engineering, Wuhan, China


Advancing Measurements and Modeling of Invisible Components of Water Budget: Challenges, Opportunities, and Applications
Primary Convener:  Nishan Bhattarai, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus, Department of Geography and Environmental Sustainability, Norman, United States
Conveners:  Pushpendra Raghav, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, United States and Pradeep Wagle, USDA-ARS, Grazinglands Research Laboratory, El Reno, United States


Advancing Understanding and Prediction of Droughts from Observations, Physical Process-based Models, and Machine Learning
Primary Convener:  Pushpendra Raghav, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, United States
Conveners:  Jonghun Kam, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Division of Environmental Science and Engineering, Pohang, South Korea, Jordan Christian, University of North Dakota, Atmospheric Sciences, Grand Forks, United States, Zelalem A Mekonnen, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Climate & Ecosystem Sciences Division, Berkeley, CA, United States and Mukesh Kumar, University of California Merced, Merced, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Kumar Puran Tripathy, Texas A&M University, Zachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College Station, United States


Advancing Water Quality Through Artificial Intelligence: Lessons, Strategies, and New Frontiers
Primary Convener:  Xiaofeng Liu, PhD, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan Institute for Data and AI in Society, Ann Arbor, United States
Conveners:  William S. Currie, University of Michigan, School for Environment and Sustainability, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, Tiantian Yang, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus, School of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science, Norman, United States and Yi Hong, Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Jie Yang, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, United States


Advancing Water Systems Analysis: From Operations Research to AI (Building on Jay Lund’s Contributions)
Primary Convener:  Josue Medellin-Azuara, University of California Merced, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Water Systems Management Lab, Merced, CA, United States
Conveners:  Manuel Pulido-Velazquez, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Valencia,, Spain, Sarah E Null, Utah State University, Department of Watershed Sciences, Logan, UT, United States, Alvar Escriva-Bou, University of California Davis, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Davis, United States and Julien J Harou, The University of Manchester, Department of Civil Engineering and Management, Manchester, United Kingdom


Advancing Wildfire Hydrology with Data and Modeling Innovations
Primary Convener:  Adnan Rajib, University of Texas at Arlington, H2I Lab, Department of Civil Engineering, Arlington, United States
Convener:  Ileana A Callejas, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States


Advancing flood characterization, modeling and communication
Primary Convener:  Keighobad Jafarzadegan, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, United States
Conveners:  Ebrahim Ahmadisharaf, Florida State University, Tallahassee, United States, Stacey A Archfield, US Geological Survey, Integrated Modeling and Prediction Division, Water Resources Mission Area, Reston, United States and Brett F Sanders, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Tao Huang, School of Electronic Information, Wuhan University, Dept. of Space Physics, Wuhan, China


Advancing the Flash Flood Prediction–Warning–Decision Chain
Primary Convener:  Katie van Werkhoven, Research Triangle Institute, Boone, NC, United States
Conveners:  Yinphan Tsang, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Natural Resources and Environmental Management, Honolulu, United States and Yu-Fen Huang, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Natural Resources and Environmental Management, Honolulu, United States
Student/Early Career Conveners:  Schuyler DeBree, Research Triangle Institute, San Francisco, CA, United States and Mirce Ivon Morales Velazquez, University of Vermont, Geography & Geosciences; Water Resources Institute, Burlington, United States


Advancing the Use of Hydroclimatic Forecasts for Water Resources Decision-Making
Primary Convener:  Majid Shafiee-Jood, University of Virginia, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Charlottesville, United States
Conveners:  Paul Block, University of Wisconsin Madison, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Madison, United States, Ximing Cai, University of Illinois, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Urbana, United States, Hamid Moradkhani, The University of Alabama, Center for Complex Hydrosystems Research, Tuscaloosa, United States and David W Watkins Jr, Michigan Technological Univ, Houghton, United States


Advancing understanding of mountainous critical zones through observations, numerical experiments, and large-scale synthesis
Primary Convener:  Ravindra Dwivedi, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States
Conveners:  Hoori Ajami, University of California, Riverside, Department of Environmental Sciences, Riverside, United States and Dana Ariel Lapides, Simon Fraser University, Geography Department, Burnaby, BC, Canada


African Hydroclimatology: Advances and Solutions for Global Water Security
Primary Convener:  Adeyemi Olusola, York University, Faculty of Environmental & Urban Change, Toronto, ON, Canada
Conveners:  Meron Teferi Taye, International Water Management Institute, East Africa and the Nile basin, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Moctar Dembele, International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Accra, Ghana, Dr. Christiana Funmilola Olusegun, PhD, Michigan State University, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, East Lansing, MI, United States and Shakirudeen Abimbola Lawal, North Carolina State University Raleigh, Raleigh, NC, United States


Anthropogenic Impacts on Water Quality from Summit to Sea: Assessing the Interconnectivity of our Waterways and Ecosystems
Primary Convener:  Trey Flowers, Desert Research Institute, Division of Hydrologic Sciences, Reno, United States
Conveners:  Patrick Burke, NOAA National Ocean Service, Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services, Silver Spring, United States and Jesse C Feyen, NOAA, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI, United States


Application of Geospatial Technologies for Community Based Springshed Management
Primary Convener:  Dr. Gaurav Singh, M.Sc, Ph.D, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, India; Meghalaya Basin Development Authority, GIS & UAV Centre, Shillong, India
Conveners:  Sachin Shankar Gavade, Government of Meghalaya, Planning, Investment Promotion & Sustainable Development Department, Shillong, India, Gunanka D B, School of International and Public Affairs, MPA DP, New York, United States and Fettleman Dohling, Meghalaya Basin Development Authority, GIS & UAV Centre, Shillong, India
Student/Early Career Convener:  Fettleman Dohling, Meghalaya Basin Development Authority, GIS & UAV Centre, Shillong, India


Applications in Snow Hydrology
Primary Convener:  Laurie Huning, California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, United States
Conveners:  Melissa Wrzesien, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States, Elizabeth Burakowski, University of New Hampshire, Earth Systems Research Center, Durham, United States and Kabir Rasouli, Desert Research Institute, Division of Atmospheric Sciences, Reno, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Eunsaem Cho, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center / University of Maryland, Greenbelt, United States


Applications of Reactive Transport in Earth and Environmental Systems: Linking Mechanisms to Observations
Primary Convener:  Samuel Shaheen, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Minneapolis, United States
Conveners:  Robert Rioux, Yale University, School of the Environment, New Haven, CT, United States, Devon Kerins, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, Bryn Stewart, University of Arizona, Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, Tucson, United States and Alexis Navarre-Sitchler, Colorado School of Mines, Department of Geology & Geological Engineering, Hydrologic Science & Engineering, Golden, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Wyatt Tatge, Yale University, School of the Environment, New Haven, CT, United States


Applying Advanced Stratigraphic Methods to Site Characterization for Remediation and Infrastructure Projects
Primary Convener:  Ken O'Donnell, Geosyntec Consultants, Springfield, VA, UNITED STATES
Conveners:  Ben Campanaro1, Junaid Sadeque1 and Jessica R Meyer2, (1)AECOM, Arlington, United States(2)University of Iowa, School of Earth, Environment, and Sustainability, Iowa City, United States


Best practice in incorporating place-based, citizen science into broader hydrological research
Primary Convener:  Jonathan D. Paul, Royal Holloway University of London, Department of Earth Sciences, Egham, TW20, United Kingdom
Conveners:  Rajaram Prajapati, smartphones4water, Pittsburgh, United States, Jessica Abbie Eisma, PhD, University of Texas at Arlington, Civil Engineering, Arlington, TX, United States; University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia and Nick Van De Giesen, Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft, Netherlands
Student/Early Career Convener:  Rajaram Prajapati, smartphones4water, Pittsburgh, United States


Bridging Research and Practice in Reservoir Operations and Water Management
Primary Convener:  Cameron Bracken, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States
Conveners:  Jeremy Giovando, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, United States and Evan Heisman, US Army Corps of Engineers, Hydrologic Engineering Center, Davis, United States


Catchment and Critical Zone Science – Understanding Ecosystems through Monitoring, Analysis, and Experimentation
Primary Convener:  Stephen D Sebestyen, USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station, Grand Rapids, United States
Conveners:  Jonathan M Duncan, Pennsylvania State University, Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, University Park, United States, Anna Bergstrom, Boise State University, Geosciences, Boise, United States and Rob Rioux, Yale University, School of the Environment, New Haven, CT, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Rob Rioux, Yale University, School of the Environment, New Haven, CT, United States


Challenges and Solutions for Hydrologic Scaling Across Multiple Processes and Scales
Primary Convener:  Hannes H Bauser, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Geoscience, Las Vegas, NV, United States
Conveners:  Soohyun Yang, Seoul National University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Seoul, South Korea, Minseok Kim, Pusan National University, Civil Engineering, Busan, South Korea and Antonio Alves Meira Neto, Colorado State University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Fort Collins, United States


Coastal Hydrology: Observation, Modeling, and Prediction of Surface and Subsurface Processes and Patterns
Primary Convener:  Hamed Moftakhari, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States
Conveners:  Kevin M Befus, University of Arkansas, Arkansas, United States, Patrick Barnard, University of California, Santa Cruz, Center for Coastal Climate Resilience, Santa Cruz, United States and Shellie Linn Habel, University of Hawaii at Mānoa, Department of Earth Sciences, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, Honolulu, United States


Combined sewer overflows impact on water quality
Primary Convener:  Jingyu Wang, CUNY Graduate Center, New York, NY, United States
Convener:  Gary Hemming, CUNY Queens College, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Flushing, NY, United States


Convergent Perspectives on Water, Energy and Carbon dynamics over the US in the Coupled Human-Earth System
Primary Convener:  Timothy Schneider, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Research Applications Laboratory, Boulder, CO, United States
Conveners:  Sarah A Tessendorf, NCAR, Boulder, United States and Petrus J J van Oevelen, GEWEX Project Office, Washington D.C., United States


Cooling the Cloud: Water–Energy-Carbon Footprints of Digital Infrastructure in a Changing Hydrosphere
Primary Convener:  Huan Xu, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, United States
Conveners:  Kelly Sanders, University of Southern California, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Los Angeles, CA, United States, Yuan Ma, Nankai University, Tianjian, China, Xiao Li, McGill University, Civil engineering, Montreal, QC, Canada and Runze Li, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Huan Xu, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, United States


Coupled Flow and Mechanical Processes in Fractured Media Across Scales: Recent Advances in Experimental and Modeling Efforts
Primary Convener:  Jeffrey Hyman, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States; Colorado School of Mines, Golden, United States
Conveners:  Peter K. Kang, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Minneapolis, United States, Laura J Pyrak-Nolte, Purdue University, Department of Physics and Astronomy; Department of Earth, Atomospheric and Planetary Sciences; Lyles School of Civil Engineering, West Lafayette, United States and Christopher Zahasky, University of Wisconsin Madison, Department of Geoscience, Madison, WI, United States


Coupled Human–Natural Water Systems in a Changing Climate: Bridging Observations, Models, and Impacts
Primary Convener:  Ibrahim Nourein Mohammed, Khalifa University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Convener:  Derek Vollmer, World Wildlife Fund, Washington, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Vijaykumar Bejagam, Khalifa University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates


Coupled Impacts of Hydroclimatic Extremes on Water Quantity and Contaminant Dynamics
Primary Convener:  Sara Kamanmalek, Howard University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Washington, DC, United States
Conveners:  Ganesh R Ghimire, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge, United States, Sanjib Sharma, Howard University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Washington, DC, United States and Dr. Debanjana Das, PhD, George Mason University Fairfax, AOES, Fairfax, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Joyceline Adom Frimpong, Howard University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Washington, United States


Coupled surface and subsurface flow and reactive transport across aquatic-terrestrial interfaces: Linking observations, experiments and models.
Primary Convener:  Neelarun Mukherjee, University of Texas at Austin, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Austin, TX, United States
Conveners:  Xingyuan Chen, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, United States, Pin Shuai, Utah State University, Utah Water Research Laboratory, Logan, United States and Cansu Demir, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, United States
Student/Early Career Conveners:  Neelarun Mukherjee, University of Texas at Austin, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Austin, TX, United States and Cansu Demir, University of Texas at Austin, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Austin, United States


Critical Minerals and Materials: Breaking Down Disciplinary Barriers across Fundamental Research, Resource Recovery, and Education
Primary Convener:  Chen Zhu, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, United States
Conveners:  Avner Vengosh, Duke University, Nicholas School of the Environment, Durham, United States and Young-Shin Jun, Washington University in St Louis, St. Louis, United States


Cross‑Scale Drivers of River Water Temperature Regimes in a Changing Climate
Primary Convener:  Lorrayne Miralha, PhD, Ohio State University Main Campus, Columbus, OH, United States
Conveners:  Prof. David M. Hannah, PhD, University of Birmingham, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Birmingham, United Kingdom, Shuyu Y Chang, Franklin & Marshall College, Department of Earth and Environmental Science, and The Chesapeake Watershed Initiative, Lancaster, United States and Dylan Blaskey, University of South Carolina, School of the Earth, Ocean & Environment, Columbia, United States


Detecting Hydrologic Change in Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Environments: Towards a Process-Based Understanding of Climate-Driven Impacts on Cold Regions Water Systems
Primary Convener:  Joshua C Koch, USGS Alaska Science Center, Anchorage, AK, United States
Conveners:  Craig Connolly, US Environmental Protection Agency, Narragansett, United States and Marisa Nicole Repasch, PhD, University of New Mexico, Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Albuquerque, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Philippe Fortier, Laval University, Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, Quebec City, QC, Canada


Digital Twins for Coastal and Urban Flood Dynamics: From Real-Time Sensing to Decision Support
Primary Convener:  Erfan Amini, Columbia University, The Climate School, New York, United States
Conveners:  Hugo Ulloa, University of Pennsylvania, Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Philadelphia, United States, Lei Zou, Texas A&M University, Department of Geography, College Station, United States and Reza Marsooli, Stevens Institute of Technology, Civil, Ocean and Environmental Engineering, Hoboken, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Mehrdad Baniesmaeil, University of Rhode Island, Department of Mechanical, Industrial and Systems Engineering, Narragansett, United States


Drought risk in a changing climate – diagnosis, modeling, and management
Primary Convener:  Chandra Rupa Rajulapati, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Conveners:  Arpita Mondal, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Department of Civil Engineering and Centre for Climate Studies, Mumbai, India and Dr. Sudarshana Mukhopadhyay, University of California San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, United States


Earth System Science, Water Resources, and Natural Hazards Applications Based on Global L-Band Radiometry with the NASA Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) Satellite Mission
Primary Convener:  Dara Entekhabi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cambridge, MA, United States
Conveners:  Simon H Yueh, JPL, Pasadena, United States, Rajat Bindlish, NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, United States, Craig Ferguson, NASA Headquarters, Washington, United States and Erin Urquhart, NASA Headquarters, Water Resources Program, Washington, United States


Environmental Vadose Zone Hydrology: Physical and Biogeochemical Processes Across Scales
Primary Convener:  Felix Ogunmokun, Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN, United States
Conveners:  Lazaro J. Perez, Desert Research Institute, Division of Hydrologic Sciences, Reno, United States, Tiantian Zhou, New Mexico State University Main Campus, Las Cruces, United States and Dr. Behzad Ghanbarian, Kansas State University, Geology, Manhattan, United States


Evapotranspiration (ET): Advances in In Situ ET Measurements and Remote Sensing-Based ET Estimation, Mapping, and Evaluation.
Primary Convener:  Gabriel B Senay, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, Fort Collins Science Center, Fort Collins, United States and pnagler@usgs.gov
Conveners:  Naga Manohar Velpuri, International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Colombo, Sri Lanka, Pamela L Nagler, USGS Southwest Biological Science Center, Tucson, United States, Anderson Ruhoff, IPH / UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Brazil, Kul B Khand, ASRC Federal Data Solutions/USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, Sioux Falls, United States and pnagler@usgs.gov


Forecast Informed Reservoir Operations (FIRO)
Primary Convener:  Kyla Semmendinger Raney, Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, United States
Conveners:  Eric Shearer, US Army Engineer Research and Development Center – Coastal and Hydraulics Lab, Vicksburg, United States, Edward P Clark, National Water Center, Office of Water Prediction, National Weather Service, NOAA, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States and Michael Anderson, California Department of Water Resources, Sacramento, United States


Forest Ecohydrology: Processes, Services, and Quantification Innovations
Primary Convener:  Ning Liu, CSIRO Canberra, Canberra, ACT, Australia
Conveners:  Ge Sun, USDA Forest Service, Eastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center, Southern Research Station, Research Triangle Park, United States, Salli Dymond, Northern Arizona University, School of Forestry, Flagstaff, AZ, United States, Yun Yang, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, United States and Pengtao Yu, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, China
Student/Early Career Conveners:  Maricar M Aguilos, North Carolina State University, Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, Raleigh, United States and Rubab Saher, Purdue University, Forestry and Natural Resources, West Lafayette, United States


Forest Ecophysiology: Forest Physiological and Ecological Processes from Molecules to Ecosystems
Primary Convener:  Doug P Aubrey, University of Georgia, Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, Athens, GA, United States
Conveners:  William M. Hammond, University of Florida, Agronomy Department, Ft Walton Beach, FL, United States and Daniel Patrick Beverly, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, United States


From Data To Decisions In Agriculture: Improving Irrigation And Crop Yields Using Remote Sensing And AI
Primary Convener:  Sara Sadri, University of Prince Edward Island, Climate Change and Adaptation, Charlottetown, PE, Canada
Convener:  Nathaniel Newlands, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Science and Technology Branch, Ottawa, ON, Canada


From Satellites to Solutions: Advancing Water Management with Applied Earth Observations
Primary Convener:  Perry Oddo, Analytical Mechanics Associates, Hampton, United States; NASA Headquarters, Water Resources Program, Washington, United States
Conveners:  Erin Urquhart, NASA Headquarters, Water Resources Program, Washington, United States and Bridget Seegers, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Ocean Ecology Laboratory, Greenbelt, United States


From Streets to Streams and Seas: Tracking, Modeling, and Managing Plastic and Litter Pathways in Communities
Primary Convener:  Nazife Oruc Baci, University of Georgia, School of Environmental, Civil, Agriculture, and Mechanical Engineering, Athens, GA, United States
Conveners:  Felix Luis Santiago-Collazo, University of Georgia, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Athens, United States, Matthew Willi Brand, Louisiana State University, Civil Engineering, Baton Rouge, United States and James Lofty, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany


From Surface Water to Groundwater: Tracking Hydrologic Dynamics with NISAR and SAR
Primary Convener:  Adrian A Borsa, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States
Conveners:  Erika Podest, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States, Eric Jameson Fielding, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States and David Bekaert, Flemish institute for Technological Research, Flanders, Belgium


From Topology to Dynamics: Advancing River Network Representation in Physical and Machine Learning Models
Primary Convener:  Louise J. Slater, University of Oxford, School of Geography and the Environment, Oxford, United Kingdom
Conveners:  Michel Wortmann, European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, Reading, United Kingdom, Simon Moulds, University of Edinburgh, School of Geosciences, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Peirong Lin, Peking University, Institute of Remote Sensing and GIS, School of Earth and Space Sciences, Beijing, China and Frederik Kratzert, Google Research, Vienna, Austria


Frontiers and future of Biometeorology: Building on Dennis D Baldocchi’s “Physics wins, biology is how it’s done”
Primary Convener:  Tianxin Wang, University of California Berkeley, Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, Berkeley, United States
Conveners:  Jose D. Fuentes, Penn State University, University Park, United States, Martha Anderson, USDA ARS, Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory, Beltsville, United States and Patty Oikawa, California State University, East Bay, Hayward, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Ariane Arias Ortiz, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Department of Physics, Bellaterra, Spain


Frontiers in Ecohydrology
Primary Convener:  John F Knowles, Montana State University, Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences, Bozeman, MT, United States
Conveners:  Georgianne W Moore, Georgia Southern University, Department of Biology, Statesboro, United States, Zhonglong Zhang, Portland State University, Portland, OR, United States and Paul Seibert, University of California Berkeley, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Berkeley, CA, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Chainey Boroski, Duke University, Nicholas School of the Environment, Durham, NC, United States


Frontiers in Stormwater and Flood Modeling, Measurements, and Management
Primary Convener:  Omar I. Abdul-Aziz, West Virginia University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Morgantown, WV, United States
Convener:  Walter McDonald, Marquette University, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Milwaukee, WI, United States


Frontiers in Water Quality
Primary Convener:  Admin Husic, PhD, Virginia Tech, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Manassas, United States
Conveners:  Matthew J Cohen, University of Florida, School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences, Ft Walton Beach, United States, Erin Cedar Seybold, University of Kansas, Kansas Geological Survey, Lawrence, United States and Adam S Ward, Oregon State University, Department of Biological and Ecological Engineering, Corvallis, OR, United States


Generative AI in Hydrology and Interdisciplinary Environmental Research: Applications, Opportunities, and Challenges
Primary Convener:  Mewcha AMHA Gebremedhin, Florida Gulf Coast University, Department of Bioengineering, Civil Engineering and Environmental Engineering, Fort Myers, United States
Conveners:  Vidya Samadi, Clemson University, Department of Agricultural Sciences, Clemson, SC, United States, Nikolaos Tziolas, University of Florida, Department of Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences, Immokalee, United States and Elshall Ahmed S. Sr, Florida Gulf Coast University, Department of Bioengineering, Civil Engineering, and Environmental Engineering, Fort Myers, United States


Geospatial Foundation Model and Remote Sensing for Hydrologic Prediction Across the Terrestrial Water Cycle
Primary Convener:  Hyunglok Kim, GIST Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, Korea, Republic of (South)
Conveners:  Kristen Marie Whitney1, Ehsan Jalilvand, PhD1 and Venkataraman (Venkat) Lakshmi2, (1)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Hydrological Sciences Laboratory, Greenbelt, United States(2)University of Virginia, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Charlottesville, United States
Student/Early Career Conveners:  Mohammad Saeedi, University of Virginia, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Charlottesville, United States, Ziyue Zhu, University of Virginia, University of Virginia, Engineering Systems and Environment, Charlottesville, VA, United States, Gigi Pavur, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Geospatial Research Laboratory, -, United States, Sophia Bakar, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, United States and Mr. Aashutosh Aryal, University of Virginia, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Charlottesville, VA, United States


Global River Modeling in the Anthropocene: Advancing Model Intercomparison and Remote Sensing Data Integration for Societal Benefits
Primary Convener:  Augusto Getirana, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Conveners:  Cedric H David, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States, Dai Yamazaki, The University of Tokyo, Institute of Industrial Science, Tokyo, Japan and Peirong Lin, Peking University, Institute of Remote Sensing and GIS, School of Earth and Space Sciences, Beijing, China


Groundwater-Surface Water Interactions: From Headwaters Through River Corridors to Coastal Environments
Primary Convener:  Anner Paldor, University of Tennessee, Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, Knoxville, TN, United States
Conveners:  Barret Kurylyk, Dalhousie University, Civil and Resource Engineering, Halifax, ON, Canada and Shaked Stein, Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research, Haifa, Israel
Student/Early Career Convener:  Julia Cantelon, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, United States


Heavily Stressed Aquifers Under Agricultural, Human, and Energy Demands: Processes, Impacts, and Sustainability Pathways
Primary Convener:  Yuqi Song, Louisiana State University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Baton Rouge, LA, United States
Conveners:  Frank T-C Tsai, Louisiana State University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Baton Rouge, LA, United States, Geoffrey Bohling, University of Kansas, Kansas Geological Survey, Lawrence, United States, Scott Boyce, University of California Davis, Land, Air, and Water Resources, Davis, United States and Justin Thompson, University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, Austin, United States


Hybrid Modeling Approaches for Managed Water Systems Using Machine Learning and Deep Learning
Primary Convener:  Sophia Bakar, RTI International, Center for Water Resources, Research Triangle Park, United States
Conveners:  Enrique Triana, RTI International, Center for Water Resources, Timnath, United States, Jesse Dickinson, USGS Arizona Water Science Center, Tucson, United States and Ruijie Zeng, Arizona State University, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, Tempe, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Ethiopia Bisrat Zeleke, Florida International University, Earth and Environment, Miami, FL, United States


Hydroclimate Data, Modeling, and Machine Learning for Adaptive Management of Large Lakes, Coasts, and Watersheds
Primary Convener:  Dani Jones, Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States
Conveners:  Lauren M Fry1, Jia Wang1 and Pengfei Xue2, (1)NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, United States(2)Michigan Technological University, Department of Civil, Environmental and Geospatial Engineering, Houghton, MI, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Christine Swanson, Cornell University, Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Ithaca, United States


Hydrogeochemistry Across Large Samples and Scales: Datasets, Patterns, and Drivers
Primary Convener:  Tao Wen, Syracuse University, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Syracuse, NY, United States
Conveners:  Keira Johnson, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, United States, Devon Kerins, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, Yanchen Zheng, University of Bristol, School of Geographical Sciences, Bristol, United Kingdom and Pia Ebeling, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research UFZ Leipzig, Hydrogeology, Leipzig, Germany


Hydrogeophysics: Subsurface Characterization and Monitoring Using Geophysical Methods, Remote Sensing, and Hydrogeological Methods
Primary Convener:  Dr. Hang Chen, University of Iowa, School of Earth, Environment, and Sustainability, Iowa City, United States
Conveners:  Xiangyun Hu, China University of Geosciences, Institute of Geophysics & Geomatics, Wuhan, China, Deqiang Mao, Shandong University, School of Civil Engineering, Jinan, China and Shujuan Mao, The University of Texas at Austin, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Austin, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Joshua Kietzmann, Boise State University, Department of Geosciences, Boise, ID, United States


Hydrologic Controls and Feedbacks in Soil, Plant, and Atmospheric Processes
Primary Convener:  Shashank Kumar Anand, Texas A&M University, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, College Station, United States
Conveners:  Kaighin A. McColl, Harvard University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Cambridge, United States, Rose Z Abramoff, University of Maine, School of Forest Resources, Orono, United States and Xue Feng, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geo-Engineering and Saint Anthony Falls Laboratory, Minneapolis, United States
Student/Early Career Conveners:  Jevan Yu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cambridge, MA, United States and Sara Cerasoli, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cambridge, United States


Hydrologic Extremes in South and Southeast Asia: Challenges and Opportunities
Primary Convener:  Sanjib Sharma, Howard University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Washington, DC, United States
Conveners:  Ganesh R Ghimire, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge, United States, Jeeban Panthi, Kansas State University, Biological and Agricultural Engineering Department, Manhattan, United States and Sangam Shrestha, Asian Institute of Technology, Water Engineering and Management (WEM), Pathumthani, Thailand
Student/Early Career Convener:  Sunil Bista, Jackson State University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Jackson, United States


Hydrological and Biogeochemical Processes in Permafrost Landscapes
Primary Convener:  Kyung Yoon Kim, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States
Convener:  Valentina Ekimova, University of Virginia, Department of Environmental Sciences, Charlottesville, VA, United States


Hydrological and Biogeochemical Responses to Disturbances
Primary Convener:  Nitin Singh, Auburn University, Department of Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences, Auburn, United States
Conveners:  Charuleka Varadharajan, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Earth and Environmental Sciences Area, Berkeley, United States, Sarah Godsey, Idaho State University, Department of Geosciences, Idaho Falls, ID, United States and Kevin D Bladon, Oregon State University, Forest Ecosystems and Society, Corvallis, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Brittany Lopez Barreto, University of California, Merced, Environmental Systems, Merced, United States


Hydrometeorologic Extremes: Prediction, Simulation, and Change
Primary Convener:  Erin Dougherty, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States
Conveners:  Naresh Devineni, Department of Civil Engineering, The City College of the City University of New York, and CUNY-CREST, Department of Civil Engineering, New York, United States, Laurie Huning, California State University, Long Beach, Civil Engineering and Construction Engineering Management, Long Beach, United States and Manuela Irene Brunner, WSL Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, Mountain Hydrology and Mass Movements, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
Student/Early Career Convener:  Larisa Tarasova, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Catchment Hydrology, Halle (Saale), Germany


Hydrometeorological Extremes: Observations, Modeling, and Risk Assessment
Primary Convener:  Yuan Liu, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
Conveners:  Aaron Alexander, University of Wisconsin Madison, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Madison, United States, Stergios Emmanouil, University of Central Florida, Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering, Orlando, United States and Daniel B Wright, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Madison, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Mr. Mohammad Ashar Hussain, PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Madison, United States


Innovations in Water Resources Planning and Management: Trends in Science, Practice, and Policy
Primary Convener:  Zhenxing Zhang, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Champaign, United States
Conveners:  Yonas Demissie, Washington State University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Pullman, WA, United States and Daniel B Abrams, University of Illinois, Illinois State Water Survey, Champaign, United States


Integrating Machine Learning and Physics-Based Models in Watershed Science
Primary Convener:  Dipankar Dwivedi, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Energy Geosciences Division, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Berkeley, United States
Conveners:  Alison Appling, USGS, Office of Water Information, Middleton, WI, United States and Hoshin Gupta, Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, The University of Arizona, Tucson, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Soumendra Nath Bhanja, PhD, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Computational Sciences and Engineering Division, Oak Ridge, TN, United States


Integrating Remote Sensing and Data-Driven Approaches for water Quality Monitoring and Water Resource Management
Primary Convener:  Nasrin Alamdari, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, United States
Conveners:  Elmira Hassanzadeh, Polytechnique Montreal, Civil, Geological, and Mining Engineering, Montreal, QC, Canada and Dongmei Feng, Northeastern University, Boston, United States


Integrative Approaches to Urban Flooding: Modeling, Monitoring, and Mitigation Strategies
Primary Convener:  Ahmad Haseeb Payab, Drexel University, Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Philadelphia, PA, United States
Conveners:  Franco A Montalto, Drexel University, Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Philadelphia, PA, United States and William Duncan Solecki, CUNY Hunter College, New York, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Mr. Nirajan Adhikari, Drexel University, Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Philadelphia, PA, United States


Intelligent and Resilient Urban Water Systems: Bridging Monitoring, Modeling, and Management in Coupled Human–Natural Systems
Primary Convener:  Yang Yang, University of Massachusetts Boston, School for the Environment, Boston, MA, United States
Conveners:  Runzi Wang, University of California Davis, Department of Human Ecology, Davis, CA, United States, Omar Wani, New York University, Tandon School of Engineering, New York, NY, United States and John Quilty, University of Waterloo, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Waterloo, ON, Canada
Student/Early Career Convener:  Berina Kilicarslan, New York University, Tandon School of Engineering, New York, NY, United States


Interagency Session on Leveraging Remote Sensing Data for Integrated Management of Water Resources and Water Risks in the American West
Primary Convener:  Sean W. Fleming, NASA Ames Research Center/CalState Monterey Bay, NASA Water Resources Program, La Quinta, United States
Conveners:  John Christopher Hammond, U.S. Geological Survey, Maryland-Delaware-DC Water Science Center, Catonsville, United States, Chris Frans, Bureau of Reclamation, Denver, United States and Andrew Martin, Portland District US Army Corps of Engineers, Portland, United States


Interplay Between Fault Architecture and Coupled Processes in Geologic Carbon Sequestration, Hydrogen Storage, and Geothermal Energy
Primary Convener:  Lluís Saló Salgado, University of Tennessee, EEPS, Knoxville, United States
Conveners:  Hannah Lu, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, United States, Lydia Bailey, Carbon Solutions, Hartford, United States and Josimar Silva, ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Company, Spring, TX, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Jimin Zhou, Stanford University, Department of Energy Science & Engineering, Stanford, CA, United States


Knowledge-Guided Machine Learning for Ecosystem and Earth Sciences
Primary Convener:  Licheng LIU, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, United States
Conveners:  Zhenong Jin, Peking University, The Institute of Ecology, College of Urban and Environmental Science, Beijing, China, Kaiyu Guan, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Agroecosystem Sustainability Center, Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment, Urbana, United States, Youmi Oh, NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory, Boulder, United States and Vipin Kumar, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Minneapolis, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Fenghui Yuan, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Department of Soil, Water, and Climate, St. Paul, United States


Lakes and Inland Water Bodies
Primary Convener:  Samar Minallah, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States
Conveners:  Sally MacIntyre, University of California Santa Barbara, Marine Science Institute, Santa Barbara, CA, United States, Marguerite A. Xenopoulos, Trent University, Department of Biology, Peterborough, ON, Canada and Oscar Sepulveda Steiner, University of California, Davis, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Davis, United States


Land–Ocean–Atmosphere Drivers of Hydroclimatic Extremes: Prediction and Early Warning in the South Asian Monsoon
Primary Convener:  Naman Rastogi, University of Colorado at Boulder, Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering and Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Boulder, United States
Conveners:  Balaji Rajagopalan, Univ Colorado, Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering and Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Boulder, United States and Manabendra Saharia, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Department of Civil Engineering, New Delhi, India
Student/Early Career Conveners:  Naman Rastogi, University of Colorado at Boulder, Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering and Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Boulder, United States and Priyam Deka, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Department of Civil Engineering, New Delhi, India


Linking Land–Atmosphere Fluxes to Ecosystem Stability Across Natural and Agricultural Systems
Primary Convener:  Yiran Wang, University of California Berkeley, Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, Berkeley, United States
Conveners:  Matthew Roby, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Sustainable Agricultural Water Systems Research Unit, Davis, United States and Kosana Suvocarev, University of California Davis, Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, Davis, United States


Machine Learning and Data Assimilation for Terrestrial Hydrologic Modeling and Discovery
Primary Convener:  Lijing Wang, University of Connecticut, Earth Sciences, Storrs, CT, United States
Conveners:  Peishi Jiang, University of Alabama, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States and Peyman Abbaszadeh, Portland State University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Portland, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Lijing Wang, Stanford University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Berkeley, United States


Machine Learning for Snow: Model Development, Applications, and Lessons Learned
Primary Convener:  Catherine M Breen, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Conveners:  Ibrahim Olalekan Alabi, Boise State University, Boise, ID, United States, Nicoleta C Cristea, University of Washington, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Seattle, United States, Justin M Pflug, University of Maryland, College Park, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, College Park, United States and Kehan Yang, PhD, Science Systems and Application Inc. (SSAI), Greenbelt, United States; NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States


Machine Learning in Hydrology: From Data and Physical Principles to Hybrid and Foundation Models
Primary Convener:  Hernan A Moreno, University of Texas at El Paso, Earth, Environmental and Resource Sciences, El Paso, TX, United States
Conveners:  Hoshin Gupta, Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, The University of Arizona, Tucson, United States and Laura Veronica Alvarez, University of Texas at El Paso, Department of Earth, Environmental and Resource Sciences, El Paso, United States
Student/Early Career Conveners:  Luis De la Fuente, University of Texas at El Paso, Earth, Environmental and Resource Sciences, El Paso, United States and Leila Constanza Hernandez Rodriguez, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States


Microplastics in Aquatic Ecosystems: Sources, Abundance, Dynamics, and Prediction
Primary Convener:  Omar I. Abdul-Aziz, West Virginia University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Morgantown, WV, United States
Conveners:  Abul Baki, Clarkson University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Potsdam, NY, United States, Maryam Salehi, University of Missouri, Columbia, United States and Beizhan Yan, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, United States


Mixing, Reaction, and Microbial Processes in Subsurface Porous Media
Primary Convener:  Lazaro J. Perez, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States
Conveners:  Judy Qingjun Yang, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geo- Engineering, Minneapolis, MN, United States, Bo Guo, University of Arizona, Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, Tucson, United States and Nick Engdahl, Washington State University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Pullman, WA, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Yinuo Noah Yao, Texas A&M University College Station, Civil and Environmental Engineering, College Station, United States


Modeling Coupled Thermal–Hydraulic–Mechanical–Chemical Processes in Fractured Subsurface Systems
Primary Convener:  Tianjia Huang, Texas A&M University College Station, College Station, TX, United States
Conveners:  George J Moridis, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, United States, Hang Chen, University of Iowa, School of Earth, Environment, and Sustainability, Iowa City, United States and Su Jiang, Stanford University, Energy Science and Engineering, Stanford, CA, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Siqin Yu, Stanford University, Energy Resources Engineering, Stanford, CA, United States


Monitoring, Prediction, and Mitigation of Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs)
Primary Convener:  Xiuming Sun, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, United States
Conveners:  Ebrahim Ahmadisharaf, Florida A&M University-Florida State University College of Engineering, Tallahassee, United States, Mark Cable Rains, University of South Florida, School of Geosciences, Tampa, United States and Sven Kranz, Rice University, BioSciences, Houston, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Sumon Hossain Rabby, Florida State University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tallahassee, FL, United States


Multi-Source Hydroclimatic Data Fusion: Bridging Observations and Decision-Ready Hydrological Information
Primary Convener:  Seokhyeon Kim, Kyung Hee University, Department of Civil Engineering, Yongin, Korea, Republic of (South)
Conveners:  Ashish Sharma, University of New South Wales, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Sydney, NSW, Australia, Yi Liu, University of New South Wales, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Sydney, Australia and Rocky Talchabhadel, Jackson State University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Jackson, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Suraj Shah, University of New South Wales, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Kensington, NSW, Australia


NISAR Soil Moisture - Findings from the First Year
Primary Convener:  Narendra N Das, Michigan State University, Department of Biosystems & Agricultural Engineering, East Lansing, MI, United States
Conveners:  Rajat Bindlish, NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, United States, Rowena B. Lohman, Cornell University, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Ithaca, United States, Jasmeet Judge, Center for Remote Sensing, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, United States and Michael Cosh


Next-Generation Agricultural Water and Soil Moisture Monitoring: Leveraging Earth Observations and Machine Learning
Primary Convener:  Dr. Sushree Swagatika Swain, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States
Conveners:  Akash Koppa, University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, United States, Somnath Mondal, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, United States and Dr. Ashutosh Sharma, PhD, Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Department of Hydrology, Roorkee, India
Student/Early Career Convener:  Mr. Sudhanshu Kumar, Auburn University, Department of Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences, Auburn, United States


Next-Generation Vadose Zone Modeling: Bridging Heterogeneity, Coupled Processes, and Scale
Primary Convener:  Tiantian Zhou, New Mexico State University Main Campus, Plant and Environmental Sciences, Las Cruces, United States
Convener:  Sidian Chen, Stanford University, Energy Science and Engineering, Stanford, United States


Nonpoint Source Pollution Dynamics, Impacts, Management,Control and Regulatory Efforts in Groundwater and Vadose ZoneSystems
Primary Convener:  Sushant Mehan, South Dakota State University, Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, Brookings, United States
Conveners:  Scott Boyce, University of California Davis, Land, Air, and Water Resources, Davis, United States, Thomas Harter, University of California Davis, Land, Air and Water Resources, Davis, CA, United States and Christopher T Green, U.S. Geological Survey, Integrated Modeling Prediction Division, Moffett Field, California, United States
Student/Early Career Conveners:  Sushant Mehan, South Dakota State University, Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, Brookings, SD, United States and Scott Boyce, University of California Davis, Land, Air, and Water Resources, Davis, United States


Nutrient Transport and Soil Processes: Informing Mitigation and Management in Agricultural Landscapes
Primary Convener:  Bahareh Hassanpour, Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States; University of Wisconsin River Falls, Plant and Earth Science, River Falls, United States
Conveners:  Christian D Guzman, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Amherst, MA, United States and Jill K Coleman Wasik, University of Wisconsin River Falls, Plant and Earth Science, River Falls, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Rochelle Joie Saracanlao, University of Wisconsin River Falls, Department of Plant and Earth Science, River Falls, United States


Physics-Informed Machine Learning and Generative AI for Hydrological Extremes
Primary Convener:  Abi Geykli, Indiana State University, Department of Applied Engineering and Technology Management, Terre Haute, IN, United States
Conveners:  Ibrahim Demir, Tulane University, New Orleans, United States, Kabir Rasouli, Desert Research Institute, Division of Atmospheric Sciences, Reno, United States and Dr. Yadu Pokhrel, Michigan State University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, East Lansing, MI, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Sahar Mohsenzadeh Karimi, University of Arizona, Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, Tucson, United States


Plant Water Status and Hydrological Processes: Advances in Measurements, Scaling, and Multi-Sensor Integration
Primary Convener:  Srinivasa Rao Peddinti, University of California Davis, Land, Air, and Water Resources, Davis, United States
Conveners:  Floyid Nicolas, Oregon State University, Biological & Ecological Engineering, Corvallis, United States and Anish Sapkota, Montana State University, Land Resources and Environmental Sciences, Bozeman, United States


Policy Meets Complexity: Data-Driven Decisions in the WEFE Nexus Under Climate Change
Primary Convener:  Mohsin Hafeez, Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States
Convener:  Naga Manohar Velpuri, International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Colombo, Sri Lanka


Pushing the Boundaries of Reactive Transport: Bridging Scales, Physics, and Data
Primary Convener:  Hang Deng, Peking University, Beijing, China
Convener:  Sergi Molins, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Berkeley, CA, United States


Reactive Transport and Chemo-Mechanical Processes in Porous Media
Primary Convener:  Anne Holland Menefee, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, University Park, PA, United States
Conveners:  Peter K. Kang, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Minneapolis, United States, Charlotte Garing, University of Georgia, Department of Geology, Athens, GA, United States and Yaofa Li, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Woonghee Lee, Oak Ridge National Lab, Oak Ridge, United States


Recent Advances in Large-Scale Hydrologic and Flood Modeling: Towards Improved Assessment and Prediction of Extreme Floods
Primary Convener:  Sudershan Gangrade, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, United States
Conveners:  Ganesh R Ghimire, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge, United States, Shih-Chieh Kao, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Environmental Science Division, Oak Ridge, TN, United States and Mario Morales-Hernandez, I3A-University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain


Recent Advances in Remote Sensing and Modeling of Flood Inundation
Primary Convener:  Sagy Cohen, University of Alabama, Department of Geography and the Environment, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States
Conveners:  Lori A. Schultz, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, United States and Arjen Haag, Deltares, Delft, Netherlands
Student/Early Career Convener:  Dipsikha Devi, The University of Alabama, Department of Geography and the Environment, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States


Remote Sensing of Rivers, Lakes and Wetlands
Primary Convener:  Dr. George H. Allen, PhD, Virginia Tech, Department of Geosciences, Blacksburg, United States
Conveners:  Huilin Gao, Texas A&M University, Zachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College Station, United States, Jessica Fayne, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Ann Arbor, United States and Theodore Langhorst, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Anshul Yadav, Texas A&M University, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, College Station, United States


Resilience, Vulnerability, and Restoration of Watersheds
Primary Convener:  Safeeq Khan, University of California Merced, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Merced, CA, United States
Convener:  Benis Egoh, University of California Irvine, Irvine, United States


Role of integrated surface and groundwater modeling in the changing climate and land use for sustainability
Primary Convener:  Soumendra Nath Bhanja, PhD, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Computational Sciences and Engineering Division, Oak Ridge, TN, United States
Conveners:  L Surinaidu, National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee, India, Elmira Hassanzadeh, Polytechnique Montreal, Civil, Geological, and Mining Engineering, Montreal, QC, Canada and J Mahesh, International Water Management Institute, Colombo, Sri Lanka


Runoff Generation Processes: From Fundamental Mechanisms to Disturbance Responses
Primary Convener:  Ryoko Araki, San Diego State University, Department of Geography, San Diego, United States; University of California Santa Barbara, Department of Geography, Santa Barbara, CA, United States
Conveners:  Kevin J McGuire, Virginia Tech, Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation/Virginia Water Resources Research Center, Blacksburg, VA, United States, Aliva Nanda, Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Mandi, India and Nitin Singh, Auburn University, Department of Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences, Auburn, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Bryn Stewart, University of Arizona, Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, Tucson, United States


Secrets to R2O Success in Operational Hydrology: Strategies, Tools, People, Partnerships, and Practices
Primary Convener:  Erin B White, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States
Conveners:  Steven J Burian, Cooperative Institute for Research to Operations in Hydrology (CIROH), Alabama Water Institute, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, Alabama Water Institute, Tuscaloosa, United States, Fred L. Ogden, NOAA/NWS Office of Water Prediction, National Water Center, Tuscaloosa, United States and Shaun Carney, Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Savalan Naser Neisary, The University of Alabama, Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, Tuscaloosa, United States


Sensitivity and Uncertainty Characterization in Multi-Scale Modeling of Drought-to-Flood Transitions: Integrating 1D–2D Hydrodynamic, AI/ML, and Index-Based Modeling Frameworks
Primary Convener:  Subhankar Karmakar, Mumbai, India
Conveners:  Kaustav Mondal, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Green Energy and Sustainability Hub, Mumbai, India, Jagriti Jain, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Centre for Climate Studies, Mumbai, India and Ajay Gupta, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Environmental Science and Engineering Department, Mumbai, India


Showcasing your Hydrometeorological Data Products, Tools, and Services
Primary Convener:  Zhong Liu, George Mason University Fairfax, Center for Spatial Information Science and Systems (CSISS), Fairfax, VA, United States; NASA GSFC GES DISC (CSISS, George Mason University), Greenbelt, United States
Conveners:  Yixin Wen, University of Florida, Department of Geography, Ft Walton Beach, FL, United States, Siyu Zhu, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, United States and Jian Su, NOAA National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service, Silver Spring, United States


Solutions for Integrated Energy-Water Resource Management
Primary Convener:  Marc Verhougstraete, Department of Energy, Washington, DC, United States
Conveners:  Charles I Scaife, U.S. Department of Energy, Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation Office, Hydropower and Hydrokinetics Office, Washington DC, United States, Laura Lautz, Syracuse University, Syracuse, United States and Brandi Schottel, National Science Foundation, Washington, DC, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Thushara Gunda, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States


Sources, Fate, and Transport of Metals, Metalloids, and Rare Earth Elements in Fresh Waters
Primary Convener:  Robert Lee Runkel, USGS Colorado Water Science Center, Boulder, United States
Conveners:  Johanna Blake, U.S. Geological Survey New Mexico Water Science Center, Albuquerque, United States, Ben Colman, University of Montana, Ecosystem and Conservation Sciences, Missoula, United States and Karen Johannesson, University of Massachusetts Boston, School for the Environment, Boston, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Sara R Warix, University of Utah, Geosciences, Salt Lake City, UT, United States


Space-Based Precipitation Observations: Innovations for Science and Applications
Primary Convener:  Sarah Ringerud, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States
Conveners:  Jackson Tan, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, United States, Daniel Watters, University of Oklahoma, Advanced Radar Research Center, Norman, United States and Ethan Nelson, Tomorrow.io, Boston, United States


Stable Isotopes in the Critical Zone: Methods, Applications, and Process Interpretations
Primary Convener:  Christian D Guzman, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Amherst, MA, United States
Conveners:  Matthias Sprenger, North Carolina State University Raleigh, Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, Raleigh, United States, Caitlin Mayernik, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States and Julie N Weitzman, Stanford University, Doerr School of Sustainability, Stanford, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Kyle Gerard Brennan, University of Utah, Geology & Geophysics, Salt Lake City, UT, United States


Terrestrial Water‑Energy‑Carbon Coupling Across Scales: Theory, Measurements, and Applications
Primary Convener:  Vinit Sehgal, Louisiana State University, School of Plant, Environmental and Soil Sciences, Baton Rouge, LA, United States
Conveners:  Binayak Mohanty, Texas A&M University, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, College Station, United States and Stephen P Good, Oregon State University, Department of Biological and Ecological Engineering, Corvallis, OR, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Debasish Mishra, Texas A&M University College Station, College Station, TX, United States


The MacGyver Session: Novel, Exciting, Self-Made, Hacked, and/or Improvised Sensors, Data Acquisition, and Data Transmission Solutions to Understand the Geosphere
Primary Convener:  Austin Madson, Yale Center for Geospatial Solutions, New Haven, United States
Conveners:  Dr. Peter Marchetto, PhD, FieldKit, Forestburgh, United States, Andrew D Wickert, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences and Saint Anthony Falls Laboratory, Minneapolis, United States and Chet Udell, Oregon State University, Biological and Ecological Engineering, Corvallis, OR, United States


The State of the Freshwater Cycle: Global Data Synthesis and Routine Community Assessment for Discovery and Decision-Making
Primary Convener:  Alexandra Boghosian, Schmidt Sciences, New York, United States
Conveners:  Christa D Peters-Lidard, WtrSense, LLC, Grasonville, United States, Wouter Buytaert, Imperial College London, Civil and Environmental Engineering & Grantham Institute - Climate Change and the Environment, London, SW7, United Kingdom and Stefano Galelli, Cornell University, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ithaca, NY, United States


The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) Mission: New Frontiers in Hydrology
Primary Convener:  Tamlin Pavelsky, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
Convener:  Hind Oubanas, INRAE, Montpellier, France
Student/Early Career Conveners:  Peyman Saemian, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany and Hana Thurman, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Department of Geosciences, Blacksburg, United States


Tire Wear Particles and Associated Chemicals Across the Environment
Primary Convener:  Monica M Arienzo, Desert Research Institute Reno, Reno, NV, United States
Conveners:  Andrew B Gray, University of California Riverside, Environmental Science, Riverside, CA, United States, Meredith Evans Seeley, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, United States, McKenzie Skiles, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, United States and James Lofty, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
Student/Early Career Convener:  Hannah Hapich, University of California Riverside, Riverside, United States


Towards a hybrid era of physical and machine learning models for extreme event prediction and understanding
Primary Convener:  Wenli Zhao, Columbia University, Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering, New York, United States
Conveners:  Zeyu Xue, PhD, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, ASGC, Richland, United States, Wantong Li, University of California, Berkeley, Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, Berkeley, United States, Shijie Jiang, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany and Shuaiqi WU, Emory University, Atlanta, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Jianing Fang, Columbia University, Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering, New York, United States


Transport and interactions among biotic and abiotic components in aquatic ecosystems across scales
Primary Convener:  Zi Wu, Tsinghua University, Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Beijing, China
Conveners:  Arvind Singh, University of Central Florida, Department of Civil, Environmental & Construction, Orlando, United States, Xiaoying Zhang, Jilin University, College of Construction Engineering, Changchun, China and Shuolin Li, Columbia University, Data Science Institute, NY, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Yonggang Zhang, Tsinghua University, Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Beijing, China


Uncertainty: Navigating Chance Ignorance Risk and Luck in River Management
Primary Convener:  George Rhee, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV, United States
Convener:  Mr. Kalhara Perera, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Physics and Astronomy, Las Vegas, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Mr. Kalhara Perera, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Physics and Astronomy, Las Vegas, United States


Undergraduate Research on Water Quality and Water Resources
Primary Convener:  Joel G Singley, Roger Williams University, Department of Biology, Marine Biology, and Environmental Science, Bristol, RI, United States
Conveners:  Dylan Blaskey, University of South Carolina, School of the Earth, Ocean & Environment, Columbia, United States, Sara R Warix, University of Utah, Geosciences, Salt Lake City, UT, United States and Brooke Hunter, Appalachian State University, Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Boone, NC, United States


Understanding Hydrological and Biogeochemical System Responses to Disturbances and Environmental Change Using Data, Models, and Artificial Intelligence.
Primary Convener:  Andres Sanchez, University of Southern California, Environmental Studies, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Conveners:  Tirthankar Roy, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, United States, Adrian Harpold, University of Nevada Reno, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Science, Reno, United States, Antonio Alves Meira Neto, Colorado State University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Fort Collins, United States and Andrew Bennett, University of Arizona, Department of Hydrology & Atmospheric Sciences, Tucson, AZ, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Ally Jacoby, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Minneapolis, MN, United States


Understanding and Quantifying the Human Impacts on Water Cycle
Primary Convener:  Shahryar Khalique Ahmad, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Hydrological Sciences Laboratory, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Conveners:  Sujay V Kumar, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, Dr. Yadu Pokhrel, Michigan State University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, East Lansing, MI, United States and Timothy M Lahmers, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Timothy M Lahmers, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States


Uniting Community Water Resources Modeling and Operational Hydrology: Connecting Research Advances in Large-Domain Hydrologic Modeling, Artificial Intelligence, Hydroinformatics, and Social Science to Forecasting Applications
Primary Convener:  Steven J Burian, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States
Conveners:  Martyn P Clark, University of Calgary, Department of Civil Engineering, Schulich School of Engineering, Calgary, AB, Canada, Katie van Werkhoven, Research Triangle Institute, Boone, NC, United States and Jordan Stuart Read, Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc., Arlington, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Louise Arnal, Ouranos, Montreal, QC, Canada


Unsaturated Zone Dynamics and Their Implications for Groundwater Resource Sustainability
Primary Convener:  Kashif Mahmud, PhD, Midwestern State University, Kimbell School of Geosciences, Wichita Falls, United States
Conveners:  Kyle C Fredrick, Pennsylvania Western University - California, Biology, Earth, and Environmental Sciences, California, United States, Valentina Prigiobbe, University of Padua, Padua, Italy and Maria Clementina Clementina Caputo, National Research Council Water Research Institute, Bari, Italy


Upscaling and Uncertainty Quantification for Multiphysical Transport in Subsurface Porous Media across Scales
Primary Convener:  Kyle Pietrzyk, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Materials Science Division, Livermore, United States
Convener:  Su Jiang, Carnegie Mellon University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Pittsburgh, United States


Urban Ecohydrology under Climate Change and Urbanization: Processes, Quantifications, and Applications
Primary Convener:  Guoyu Yu Qiu, Peking University, Beijing, China
Conveners:  Ge Sun, USDA Forest Service, Eastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center, Southern Research Station, Research Triangle Park, United States, Jinhui Jeanne Jeanne Huang, Nankai University, Tianjian, China and Yu Jiu Xiong, Sun Yat-Sen University, Department of Water Resources and Environment, Guangzhou, China
Student/Early Career Convener:  Chunhua Yan, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, China


Utilizing Precipitation Datasets and Quantifying Associated Uncertainties in Hydrometeorological and Climate Impact Applications
Primary Convener:  Paul A Kucera, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, COMET, Boulder, CO, United States
Conveners:  Andrew James Newman, NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, United States and Ali Behrangi, University of Arizona, Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, Tucson, AZ, United States


Water Quality and Watersheds: From Scientific Innovations to Actions
Primary Convener:  Heather E Golden, Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States; US Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Applied Science & Environmental Solutions, Cincinnati, United States
Conveners:  Dr. Emine Fidan, University of Tennesee, Knoxville, United States, Dr. Qian Zhang, Qian Zhang, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science / U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Chesapeake Bay Program, Annapolis, United States and Tim P Covino, Montana State University, Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences, Bozeman, MT, United States


Water Use, Earth System Modeling, and Decision Making: Converging Knowledge for Insights on Water Systems Resilience Across Scales
Primary Convener:  Kimberly Fewless, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, United States; National Center for Atmospheric Research, Research Applications Laboratory, Boulder, United States
Conveners:  Dr. Cenlin He, NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, Research Applications Laboratory, Boulder, United States, Ben Livneh, University of Colorado at Boulder, Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering, Boulder, United States and Sean Fleming, NASA Ames Research Center, Water Resources Program, NASA Ames Research Center/CalState Monterey Bay, Moffett Field, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Yishen Li, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States


Water and Society: Behavioral Digital Twins for Water Systems and Adaptive Decision-Making
Primary Convener:  Hassaan Furqan Khan, Tufts University, Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning, Medford, MA, United States
Conveners:  Christian J. A. Klassert, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research UFZ Leipzig, Department of Economics, Leipzig, Germany, Chung-Yi Lin, Clemson University, Clemson, United States and Yi-Chen Ethan Yang, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, United States


Water and Society: Digital Water - From Data to Decisions in Human-Water Systems
Primary Convener:  Prof. Andrea Cominola, Einstein Center Digital Future, Berlin, Germany; Technische Universität Berlin, Chair of Digital Water Systems, Berlin, Germany
Conveners:  Newsha K Ajami, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, United States, Alvar Escriva-Bou, University of California Davis, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Davis, United States, Marta Zaniolo, Duke University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Durham, United States and Zhongming Lu, University of Waterloo, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Waterloo, Canada


Water and Society: Emerging Perspectives on Water Infrastructure, Aquatic Ecosystems, and People across the Water–Energy–Food Nexus
Primary Convener:  Rafael J. P. Schmitt, University of California Santa Barbara, Environmental Studies, Santa Barbara, CA, United States
Conveners:  Rafael Almeida, Indiana University, O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Bloomington, United States, Caroline Arantes, West Virginia University, Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources & Design, Morgantown, United States and Alexander Flecker, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States


Water and Society: Innovations in Transboundary Water Resources Management
Primary Convener:  Ali Mirchi, Oklahoma State University Main Campus, Stillwater, United States
Conveners:  Amir AghaKouchak, University of California, Irvine, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Irvine, United States, Dalal Najib, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC, United States and David Lewis Feldman, University of California Irvine, Department of Urban Planning and Public Policy, Irvine, CA, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Kasra Khodkar, Oklahoma State University, Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, Stillwater, United States


Water and Society: Water Resources Management and Policy in a Changing World
Primary Convener:  Dr. Antonia Hadjimichael, The Pennsylvania State University, Geosciences, University Park, United States
Conveners:  Matteo Giuliani, Politecnico di Milano, Department of Electronics, Information, and Bioengineering, Milano, Italy, Rafael J. P. Schmitt, UC Santa Barbara, Environmental Studies, Santa Barbara, United States and Hassaan Furqan Khan, Tufts University, Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning, Medford, MA, United States
Student/Early Career Conveners:  Hassaan Furqan Khan, Tufts University, Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning, Medford, MA, United States, Rafael J. P. Schmitt, UC Santa Barbara, Environmental Studies, Santa Barbara, United States and Dr. Antonia Hadjimichael, The Pennsylvania State University, Geosciences, University Park, United States


Water, Agriculture, and Conservation: Sustaining Agricultural Production and Healthy Watersheds
Primary Convener:  Bin Peng, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, United States
Conveners:  Kathleen Bailey Boomer, Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research, Washington, United States, Kaiyu Guan, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Agroecosystem Sustainability Center, Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment, Urbana, United States and Ming Pan, Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes (CW3E), Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Yaji Wang, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, United States


Water, Energy, and the Digital Economy: Emerging Challenges of Data Centers and Infrastructure in a Changing Climate
Primary Convener:  Yonas Demissie, Washington State University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Pullman, WA, United States
Conveners:  Amobichukwu Amanambu, University of Alabama, Department of Geography and the Environment, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States and Nathalie Voisin, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States


Where Flood Connects Us: Physical Models, Social Dimensions, and AI Innovations
Primary Convener:  Alka Tiwari, The University of Texas at Austin, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Austin, United States
Conveners:  Zhi Li, University of Oklahoma, Norman, United States, L. Ruby Leung, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States and Scott M Collis, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, United States


Where Land Meets Water: Biogeochemical Cycling at the Terrestrial-Aquatic Interface
Primary Convener:  Kaizad F. Patel, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States
Conveners:  Peter Regier, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Marine and Coastal Research Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States and Allison Myers-Pigg, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, United States
Student/Early Career Conveners:  Ashleigh Montgomery, Arizona State University, School of Life Sciences, Tempe, United States and Chieh-Ying Chen, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Urbana, United States


Where Water Connects: Hydrologic Regime Change, Water Quality, and Societal Risk
Primary Convener:  Angela J Catalano, M.A.; Ph.D., Northeastern University, Boston, MA, United States
Conveners:  Angel G Colón, University of Missouri, School of Natural Resources, Columbia, United States and Alba Argerich, University of Missouri, School of Natural Resources, Columbia, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Bryn C Anderson, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, United States