Introducing the paradigm of Critical Zone science to Agrohydrology

Session ID#: 122990

Session Description:
The increasing breadth of water-based research reflects the central importance to agricultural and environmental science while highlighting the hydrologic subdisciplines' fractured nature. This becomes crucial for agrohydrology, with significant hydrological processes and management in agricultural production and food security. The emerging concept of the Critical Zone (CZ) science can be introduced to boost the integration of agrohydrologic theories and approaches. We, therefore, advocate a new research scope of ‘‘CZ Agrohydrology’’ to embrace the transdisciplinary nature of water-based research. Here, we solicit contributions to pose a knowledge gap of CZ Agrohydrology given a relevant interplay of CZ processes and services in hydrologic subdisciplines. We welcome contributions that investigate hydrological processes altering the agricultural water allocations and efficiency, water quantity and quality issues in diversified farm systems, groundwater’s roles interacting with farmland ecosystems and climate change, and new sensor technologies, and isotope-based and modeling approaches to advance agricultural developments.
Co-Organized:
  • A - Atmospheric Sciences
  • EP - Earth and Planetary Surface Processes
  • NS - Near Surface Geophysics
Index Terms:

1803 Anthropogenic effects [HYDROLOGY]
1836 Hydrological cycles and budgets [HYDROLOGY]
1866 Soil moisture [HYDROLOGY]
1880 Water management [HYDROLOGY]


Primary Convener:  Ying Zhao, LUDONG UNIVERSITY, Yantai, China; University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
Conveners:  Yanping Li, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, Li Guo, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China and Jian Liu, University of Saskatchewan, School of Environment and Sustainability & Global Institute for Water Security, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
Primary Liaison:  Ying Zhao, LUDONG UNIVERSITY, Yantai, China; University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
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