H134
The Role of Soil Moisture in Land–Atmosphere Interactions
The Role of Soil Moisture in Land–Atmosphere Interactions
Session ID#: 79299
Session Description:
Spatial and temporal changes in soil moisture affect land-atmosphere fluxes which can feed back on local and regional weather and climate, promoting extreme events such as heatwaves, droughts, and floods. As the realism and spatiotemporal resolution of Earth system models continue to increase, so does the need to better understand the factors associated with soil moisture controls on land-atmosphere interactions. This is of great importance with recent efforts to promote hydrometeorological services at national to continental scales (including Numerical Weather Prediction, drought monitoring and flood warning systems). However, observing and modeling of land-atmosphere processes controlled by soil moisture are still challenging. This session invites studies employing novel observational or modeling frameworks to highlight variations in the strength of coupled land-atmosphere processes and feedbacks in which soil moisture plays a key role. Studies integrating regional to large-scale networks, field campaign data, or satellite products are of particular interest.
Co-Organized:
- A - Atmospheric Sciences
Co-Sponsor(s):
- WCRP: World Climate Research Programme -
Index Terms:
1833 Hydroclimatology [HYDROLOGY]
1840 Hydrometeorology [HYDROLOGY]
1843 Land/atmosphere interactions [HYDROLOGY]
1866 Soil moisture [HYDROLOGY]
Primary Convener: Rafael Rosolem, University of Bristol, Civil Engineering, Bristol, United Kingdom
Conveners: Joseph A Santanello Jr, NASA, Greenbelt, MD, United States, Kaighin A Mccoll, MIT, Cambridge, MA, United States and Alexis M Berg, Princeton University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton, NJ, United States
Primary Liaison: Rafael Rosolem, University of Bristol, Civil Engineering, Bristol, United Kingdom
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