Dear colleagues, I'm co-organizing a session for anyone working on hydrology and/or biogeochemical cycling in agricultural systems, at the AGU Fall meeting. Please consider sending your abstracts to us. The deadline for submission is Aug 2.
B008 Agricultural Systems: Links between Hydrology and Biogeochemical Cycling https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm17/preliminaryview.cgi/Session27032 Session ID#: 27032 Session Description: Agriculture plays an important role in hydrological and biogeochemical cycling on multiple temporal and spatial scales. The human dimensions of agriculture offer opportunities to alleviate changes to the biosphere through enhanced carbon sequestration, greenhouse gas emission management, and reduced water resources use. However, challenges of increased population and economic growth place continued demands on the agricultural sector to feed the world. This session seeks submissions on the interaction of agriculture with water resources, hydrology, and biogeochemical cycling. Example issues could include the biogeochemical impact of fertilizer use, irrigation practices, land cover management, crop carbon-water relations, agricultural impacts on the surface energy balance, and interactions between agronomic practices and crop yield. Contributions may be from a variety of scales including plot, field and watershed. We welcome contributions that incorporate field or modeling components or their combination, research that crosses spatial and temporal scales, and seek a geographic diversity of presentations. Primary Convener: Benjamin Runkle, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, United States Conveners: Michele L Reba, USDA, ARS, Delta Water Management Research Unit, Jonesboro, AR, United States, Arlene Adviento-Borbe, USDA ARS, Jonesboro, United States and Kosana Suvocarev, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, United States Co-Organized with: Biogeosciences, and Hydrology Cross-Listed: A - Atmospheric Sciences H - Hydrology Index Terms: 0402 Agricultural systems [BIOGEOSCIENCES] 0429 Climate dynamics [BIOGEOSCIENCES] 0495 Water/energy interactions [BIOGEOSCIENCES] 1843 Land/atmosphere interactions [HYDROLOGY]
