[Enviro-lunch] TOMORROW Thursday Nov. 9: Lorenzo Booth

[Nate Bogie]

Dear all,

Please join us tomorrow (Thursday 11/9) for our speaker, Lorenzo Booth, a
Masters student from UC Merced.



*Lorenzo Booth*

Environmental systems, UC Merced


*Agricultural water use accounting through water footprints*

*Abstract:*

Freshwater resources are critical for supporting human populations and
economic activities across the world, but there is still room to improve
our knowledge of the stores and fluxes of freshwater. Different activities
consume water at different rates and rely on different resources and thus
have a different "footprint" in regard to their water demand. However, the
water footprint of different activities differs depending on the region
where the activity and the time when the activity occurred. I will present
my work on a water-balance model that evaluates the demand-side volumes of
water required to enable agricultural production in the Central Valley of
California. These water footprints represent an efficiency metric and can
be used to highlight similarities and differences among the diverse uses of
freshwater resources in the state. The model is based on gridded data
inputs from remotely sensed satellite products, and utilizes entirely free
and open source frameworks to present the method in a manner that can be
reproduced across different time periods, regions, and future climate
scenarios.

*Bio:*
Lorenzo is a third year M.S. student at the University of California,
Merced. A California native, Lorenzo also obtained a B.S. in Environmental
Engineering from UC Merced. His research interests lie in the methods that
couple environmental sensing techniques with informed decision-making. He
also holds a particular interest in the use of free/libre and open source
software to improve the stewardship of our collective environmental
resources.





When: Nov. 9th, Thursday, 12pm – 1pm

Where: SE2-302



Coffee will be provided and please bring your own mugs.

We look forward to seeing you,



Organizers for 2017-18: Nate Bogie and Lixia Jin

Faculty coordinator: Asmeret Asefaw Berhe

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