×J3. Ecohydrological modelling
The interactions between water, soils and ecosystems are complex and can have important effects on water resources, land, and ecosystem management. This session welcomes ecohydrological modelling studies on issues involving relationships between water, soils, vegetation and other biota in different settings (rural/urban, pristine/modified, wetlands/drylands) spanning plot to catchment to global scales and over short and long temporal scales. Contributions may address water use by ecosystems, biochemical cycles, vertical fluxes between soils and atmosphere, ecosystem responses to floods and droughts, and climate change effects.
Possible topics of interest include (but are not limited to):
- Models for groundwater-dependent ecosystems
- Upscaling methods from a single tree to tree-stands, hillslopes, and catchments
- Tree hydrodynamics and root water uptake models
- Evapotranspiration modelling
- Modelling ecohydrological effects on hillslope/catchment connectivity
- Modelling ecohydrology-geomorphology feedbacks
- Modelling of riparian vegetation and its effect on flow hydrodynamics and sediment transport
- Modelling the effect of disturbances (e.g., fires, droughts, and pests) on ecosystems and tree mortality
- Modelling urban ecosystems (e.g., street trees, water sensitive urban design, and urban reserves)
- Coupling water and vegetation in large scale (e.g., regional, national, and global) hydrological models
- Description of biodiversity in hydrological and land surface models
Modelling tools/methods for sustainable agriculture
- Ecohydrological modelling of future climatic scenarios
- Coupling remote sensing methods (satellites and UAVs) with ecohydrological models
Key topics: Ecohydrology, Soil-plant-atmosphere, Soil biochemistry, Geomorphology