[Enviro-lunch] EnviroLunch (02/23): How much rain makes it into deeper soil? Samuel Araya - Soil moisture recharge estimation from a simple mass balance approach--proof of concept

[Fernanda Santos]

Dear all,

Please support our community in Earth and environmental sciences by
attending our weekly events. This week's speaker in our Enviro-lunch brown
bag seminar series will be:


*Samuel Araya*
(Guezzehei lab)
 Soil moisture recharge estimation from a simple mass balance
approach--proof of concept

Summary:


Once rainwater infiltrates into deeper soil layers, it is protected from
rapid loss by evaporation. The portion of rainwater that makes it into
these deeper soil profiles recharges the soil moisture which feeds plants
and other soil processes. Using multi-year soil moisture measurement data
from large weighing lysimeters (located in Boulder City, Nevada), my
research examines how to accurately estimate the amount of soil moisture
recharge from rain events using potential evapotranspiration calculations
that do not need a lot of data.



Where: SE2-302

When: Thursday (February 23rd, from 12-1:30PM)



We look forward to seeing you,


Organizers for 2016-17: Rebecca Abney and Fernanda Santos

Faculty coordinator: Asmeret Asefaw Berhe
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