Chitra Chopra¹, Thomas A Black², Julia Soares¹, Ulrich K. Mayer³, Olenka Forde⁴, Iain Hawthorne¹, Zoran Nesic⁵, Aaron Graham Cahill¹, Roger Daniel Beckie¹, Rachhpal Jassal⁶ and Bethany Ladd³, (1)University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, (2)University of British Columbia, Soil Science, Vancouver, BC, Canada, (3)University of British Columbia, Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Vancouver, BC, Canada, (4)University of British Columbia, Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences Department, Vancouver, BC, Canada, (5)University of British Columbia, Faculty of Land and Food Systems, Vancouver, BC, Canada, (6)University of British Columbia, Biometeorology and Soil Physics Group, Vancouver, BC, Canada