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Monday 14 July
Location: JJ Thomson building, Slingo Lecture Theatre, Whiteknights Campus
| Time | Presentation Title | Presenter |
| Session 1: Scene setting and meeting goals (Chair: Nate Chaney) |
| 09:30–10:00 | Registration | All |
| 10:00–10:45 | Welcome, Introductions, Goals for the meeting | Anne Verhoef, Yijian Zeng, Attila Nemes, Lutz Weihermueller |
| 10:45–11:00 | Recent ISMC efforts towards improved coupled atmospheric-terrestrial water and biogeochemical cycles | Martine van der Ploeg |
| 11:00–11:20 | Break (foyer Slingo theatre) | |
| 11:20–12:00 | Land model needs for improved soil modelling and parameterisation | Eleanor Blyth, Martin Best, John Edwards, Souhail Bousetta, Nina Raoult, Filip Kialka, Agnès Ducharne |
| 12:00–13:00 | Group Discussion Session 1 | Moderators: Nate Chaney/Anne Verhoef; Note-takers: Filip Kialka, Yijian Zeng |
| 13:00–14:00 | Lunch (Sorby room in Wager building) | |
| Session 2: Soil parameter (dynamics) and current ways of parameter determination (Chair: Nunzio Romano) |
| 14:00–14:30 | Soil Parameter Model Intercomparison Project (SP-MIP): soil evaporation and surface runoff are most affected by soil parameters | Matthias Cuntz |
| 14:30–14:45 | The importance of accurate soil texture estimates in soil modelling | Attila Nemes |
| 14:45–15:15 | Pedotransfer functions, methodologies, pitfalls and ways forward | Tobias Weber, Lutz Weihermueller |
| 15:15–15:35 | Break (foyer Slingo theatre) | |
| 15:35–16:05 | Modelling of soil structure and dynamic soil properties | Nick Jarvis |
| 16:05–16:20 | On the role of topographic complexity and small-scale soil biophysical features in catchment-scale ecohydrological processes | Taiqi Lian |
| 16:20–17:30 | Group Discussion Session 2 | Moderators: Martine Van der Ploeg & Yijian Zeng Note-takers: Tobias Weber, Matthias Cuntz, Toby Marthews |
| 19:00 | Group Dinner (House of Flavours, 32-36 Kings Road, Reading RG1 3AA) |
Tuesday 15 July
Location: JJ Thomson building, Slingo Lecture Theatre, Whiteknights Campus
| Time | Presentation Title | Presenter |
| Session 3_AM: The soil-plant-hydraulic-energetic continuum (Chair: Lutz Weihermueller) |
| 08:45–08:50 | Housekeeping; Plans for Day 2 | Anne Verhoef & Yijian Zeng |
| 08:50–09:05 | How to improve our understanding and model capability of drylands and deserts? | Nurit Agam |
| 09:05–09:35 | Soil heat flux and its role in the energy balance | Isaac Towers (Online)) |
| 09:35–10:00 | Coupled soil hydro-thermal theories that cover the entire soil wetness range | Josh Heitman (Online) |
| 10:00–10:20 | Break (foyer Slingo theatre) | |
| 10:20–10:50 | Towards determination of global unified hydro-thermal parameter-sets | Rajsekhar Kandala & Surya Gupta |
| 10:50–11:10 | Mechanistic soil evaporation modelling suitable for land models | Yunquan Wang (Online) |
| 11:10–11:40 | Thirsty Soils: Insights into Nocturnal Water Uptake by Dry Soils Using a Global Eddy Covariance Observation Network | Sinikka Paulus |
| 11:40–12:45 | Group Discussion Session3_AM | Moderators: Lutz Weihermueller, John Edwards Note-takers: Sinikka Paulus, Raj Kandala, Xuelong Chen |
| 12:45–13:45 | Lunch (Sorby room in Wager building) | |
| Session 3_PM: The soil-plant-hydraulic-energetic continuum (Chair Shijie Jiang) |
| 13:45–14:15 | Mechanistic modelling of root-water uptake across scales for improved transpiration estimates in land models | Jan Vanderborght |
| 14:15–14:45 | Challenges in modelling root-soil interactions and linking to ecosystem function | Manon Sabot & Andrea Carminati |
| 14:45–15:05 | Can we link mechanistically in-situ measured Soil Water Potential to remotely sensed Solar-Induced Fluorescence? | Yijian Zeng |
| 15:05–15:35 | Group Discussion Session 3_PM | Moderators: Shijie Jiang Note-takers: Manon Sabot, Jan Vanderborght |
| 15:35–15:40 | Update from the GEWEX International Project Office | Peter van Oevelen (Online) |
| 15:40–16:00 | Break (foyer Slingo theatre) | |
| Session 4: Moving across scales; implications and opportunities for parameterisation (Chair Eleanor Blyth) |
| 16:00–16:30 | The importance of soil and land-scape heterogeneity in land-atmosphere interactions | Nate Chaney |
| 16:30–17:00 | The role of AI & Hybrid approaches for improved soil modelling/parameters in Land models | Nina Raoult & Souhail Boussetta |
| 17:00–17:15 | Inference of root zone active water storage with hybrid modelling | Shijie Jiang |
| 17:15–17:45 | Group Discussion Session 4 | Moderators: Eleaonor Blyth Note-takers: Nina Raoult, Shijie Jiang |
| 17:45–18:30 | Preparation of summaries by moderators & note-takers for Wednesday AM | Moderators & Note-takers |
Wednesday 15 July
Location: JJ Thomson building, Slingo Lecture Theatre, Whiteknights Campus
| Time | Presentation Title | Presenter |
| Session 5: Ways forward and proposed collaborative efforts (Chair: Attila Nemes) |
| 08:55–09:00 | Housekeeping | Anne Verhoef |
| 09:00–10:10 | Summary of sessions (4 x 15 mins + questions) | Session moderators & note-takers |
| 10:10–10:30 | Break (foyer Slingo theatre) | |
| 10:30–11:30 | Discussion on Position Paper derived from workshop slides and summary of sessions | Moderators: Anne Verhoef & Yijian Zeng Note-takers: Martin Best, Nick Jarvis |
| 11:30–12:30 | Discussion on emerging follow-on activities (e.g. MIPs or generation of soil ancillary datasets) | Moderators: Anne Verhoef & Yijian Zeng Note-takers: Raj Kandala, Souhail Boussetta |
| 12:30–13:30 | Lunch (Sorby room in Wager building) | |
Summary of Key Roles
| Session | Day | Chairs | Discussion Moderators | Discussion Note-takers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Session 1 | Monday AM | Nate Chaney | Nate Chaney Anne Verhoef | Filip Kialka Yijian Zeng |
| Session 2 | Monday PM | Nunzio Romano | Martine v.d. Ploeg Yijian Zeng | Tobias Weber Matthias Cuntz Toby Marthews |
| Session 3_AM | Tuesday AM | Lutz Weihermueller | Lutz Weihermueller John Edwards | Sinikka Paulus Raj Kandala Xuelong Chen |
| Session 3_PM | Tuesday PM | Shijie Jiang | Shiijie Jiang | Manon Sabot Jan Vanderborght |
| Session 4 | Tuesday PM | Eleanor Blyth | Eleanor Blyth | Nina Raoult Shijie Jiang |
| Session 5 – Disc. 1 Postion Paper | Wednesday AM | Attila Nemes | Anne Verhoef Yijian Zeng | Martin Best Nick Jarvis |
| Session 5 – Disc. 2 Emerging Activities | Wednesday AM | Attila Nemes | Anne Verhoef Yijian Zeng | Raj Kandala Souhail Boussetta |
