HR: 16:30h
AN: H34D-03    [Abstracts]
TI: Soils and the CUAHSI Vision and Beyond
AU: * Lin, H
EM: henrylin@psu.edu
AF: Penn State Univ., 116 ASI, University Park, PA 16802 United States
AU: Bales, R
EM: rbales@ucmerced.edu
AF: University of California, P.O. Box 2039, Merced, CA 95344 United States
AU: Gochis, D
EM: gochis@ucar.edu
AF: National Center for Atmospheric Research, 3450 Mitchell Lane, Boulder, CO 80307 United States
AU: Hornbuckle, B
EM: bkh@iastate.edu
AF: Iowa State University, Department of Agronomy, Ames, IA 50011-1010 United States
AU: Johnson, B
EM: wjohnson@mines.utah.edu
AF: Univ. of Utah, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0111 United States
AU: Krajewski, W
EM: witold-krajewski@uiowa.edu
AF: The University of Iowa, IIHR-Hydroscience & Engineering, Iowa City, IA 52242-1585 United States
AU: McCray, J
EM: jmccray@mines.edu
AF: Colorado School of Mines, Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, Golden, CO 80401 United States
AU: McDonnell, J
EM: Jeffrey.McDonnell@oregonstate.edu
AF: Oregon State Univ., Forest Engineering Dept., Corvallis, OR 97331 United States
AU: Murray, K
EM: Kyle.Murray@utsa.edu
AF: University of Texas at San Antonio, Department of Earth and Environmental Science, San Antonio, TX 78249-0663 United States
AU: Newman, B
EM: bnewman@lanl.gov
AF: Los Alamos National Laboratory, Atmosphere, Climate, and Environmental Dynamics Group, Los Alamos, NM 87545 United States
AU: Reed, P
EM: preed@engr.psu.edu
AF: Penn State Univ., 116 ASI, University Park, PA 16802 United States
AU: Simpkins, B
EM: bsimp@iastate.edu
AF: Iowa State University, Department of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences, Ames, IA 50011 United States
AU: Thyne, G
EM: gthyne@mines.edu
AF: Colorado School of Mines, Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, Golden, CO 80401 United States
AU: Wohl, E
EM: ellenw@cnr.colostate.edu
AF: Colorado State University, Department of Geosciences, Ft Collins, CO 80523-1482 United States
AU: Lall, U
EM: ula2@columbia.edu
AF: Columbia University, Dept. of Earth & Environmental Eng., New York, NY 10027 United States
AB: Soil is a critical link in the global hydrologic cycle and a natural integrator of various processes in the earth's critical zone. The earth's critical zone provides an appealing framework for integrated studies of water with soil, rock, air, and biotic resources in the earth's surface and near-surface environments. With emerging national and international environmental monitoring networks designed to address big science questions that are increasingly called for by funding agencies and scientific consortia, the role of soils needs to be considered adequately in many of these environmental monitoring networks. In particular, a large-scale observing network for the earth's critical zone as a whole is needed. This paper attempts to present a synthesized and comprehensive view of the soil's role in the science and infrastructure initiatives of the Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Sciences, Inc. (CUAHSI). Based on the 12 vision papers developed for the CHAUSI for advancing the hydrologic science in the next decade, this paper explores how soil science and hydrology can advance one another, and suggests effective means of promoting concerted and synergistic efforts from soil scientists and hydrologists (along with scientists from other related disciplines). Each of the 12 vision papers includes the soil as an important component and recognizes various roles the soil plays in the hydrologic cycle. It is likely that the CHAUSI's science agenda can benefit from integrating the earth's critical zone concept and utilizing fully synergistic contributions from soil science.
UR: http://www.cuahsi.org/
DE: 1800 HYDROLOGY
DE: 1866 Soil moisture
DE: 1875 Vadose zone
DE: 1899 General or miscellaneous
DE: 9810 New fields (not classifiable under other headings)
SC: Hydrology [H]
MN: Fall Meeting 2005