Source: UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA submitted to NRP
SOIL, WATER, AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSICS ACROSS SCALES
Sponsoring Institution
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Project Status
COMPLETE
Funding Source
HATCH
Reporting Frequency
Annual
Accession No.
1004462
Grant No.
(N/A)
Cumulative Award Amt.
(N/A)
Proposal No.
(N/A)
Multistate No.
W-3188
Project Start Date
Oct 1, 2014
Project End Date
Sep 30, 2019
Grant Year
(N/A)
Program Code
[(N/A)]- (N/A)
Recipient Organization
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
888 N EUCLID AVE
TUCSON,AZ 85719-4824
Performing Department
Soil, Water & Environmental Science
Non Technical Summary
Soil is the most crucial component in supporting life on Earths terrestrial surface. Soils transform and supply water, energy, nutrients, and organic materials and moderate release of water, nutrient and chemical needs for plants. Soil is where biological and chemical transformations occur, and it is the domain that sustains all flora and fauna ecosystem cycles. Although public awareness of the role of soils is meager, upholding and sustaining soil functions ought to be among the highest priorities of our society.Meanwhile, changing societal food and energy demands, land use and climatic conditions are imposing ever greater stresses on soil. The protection and stewardship of this crucial resource can be only assured through a better understanding of soil processes at different space and time scales.Soil physics plays a critical role in understanding soil resources, and it has made outstanding progress in recent years considering soil as a homogeneous porous medium composed of various primary and secondary particle sizes. Storage, redistribution, transport and transformation processes of water, heat and chemicals are understood for relatively small-scale systems. Over the last decade much has been learned and documented in the Vadose Zone Journal among other esteemed outlets. Despite considerable scientific advances, knowledge gaps still remain in measurement and modeling, transfer across spatiotemporal scales, and multidisciplinary integration of results.This project seeks to fill these gaps by developing new technologies for measuring transport, transfer, rate and state variables using comprehensive experimental designs that will yield appropriate scaling approaches. We will develop new measurement tools and process statistical structures for both measurements and processes essential for investigating soil ecosystem processes. We will improve conceptual and numerical modeling approaches that couple interdependent processes and improve our ability to transfer measurement and model information between scales. Finally, we will use our skills as soil physicists and soil scientists to advise and participate in national and international multidisciplinary projects to impart the importance of soil resources and the knowledge we have gained through decades of studying this critical zone.
Animal Health Component
30%
Research Effort Categories
Basic
60%
Applied
30%
Developmental
10%
Classification

Knowledge Area (KA)Subject of Investigation (SOI)Field of Science (FOS)Percent
1020210205050%
1020110201050%
Knowledge Area
102 - Soil, Plant, Water, Nutrient Relationships;

Subject Of Investigation
0110 - Soil; 0210 - Water resources;

Field Of Science
2010 - Physics; 2050 - Hydrology;
Goals / Objectives
To improve our fundamental understanding of soil physical properties and processes, and how they interact with other environmental and biogeochemical processes across various spatial and temporal scales. To develop and evaluate new instruments and analytical methods to connect our understanding of mass and energy transport in soil at different scales to environmental transformations. To extend our knowledge of scale-appropriate methodologies to improve stakeholder-management of soil and water resources that benefit agricultural, natural resource and environmental sustainability.
Project Methods
The contributions of the University of Arizona research group to the W3188 Multistate Project are listed under the applicable W3188 objectives below:Obj.1.1: Non-destructive imaging for understanding sub-visible scale processes. We will continue ongoing collaborations with CA and NV on the application of X-ray CT and neutron tomography. Our focus will be on solving questions related to the basic understanding of how the soil fabric affects water flow and contaminant transport in subsurface environments. In collaboration with WY, CO, and ID we will evaluate different electromagnetic techniques to measure soil variables such as water content, water potential, and bulk electrical conductivity in larger basins and watersheds.Obj.1.2: Characterization and description of physical properties of the vadose zone. Pore-clogging due to concentrate (waste) application will be studied in collaboration with CA using image processing techniques. We will further investigate relationships between soil and manure physical properties and greenhouse gas emissions and evaporation in collaboration with CA and UT.Obj.1.4: Multi-scale flow and transport including impacts from climate change. We will investigate fundamental pore-scale flow and transport phenomena by means of X-ray CT and fluid dynamics modeling. In collaboration with NV we will study water use and redistribution by native desert plant communities by means of weighing lysimetry, followed by expanding results to the basin-scale (ecosystem) scale.Obj.1.5: Applications of soil physics and biophysics in ecology and agriculture. In collaboration with CA and DW we will conduct experimental and modeling studies to investigate the role of rhizosphere scale processes, including rhizodeposition and microbial EPS production, on mitigation of water and nutrient stresses.Obj.1.6: Transport and transformations of solutes, colloids, and emerging contaminants. In collaboration with WA, CA, DE, VA, and ND we will investigate interactions of colloids with interfaces, and fate and transport of potential agricultural and emerging contaminants by conducting a combination of laboratory column experiments, numerical modeling, greenhouse studies, and field scale research. Microscopic (electron and confocal microscopy, tensiometry) and macroscopic (goniometry, light scattering, column experiments) techniques will be used to investigate and quantify the interactive processes. The mechanisms controlling colloid fate and transport in the vadose zone will be incorporated into mathematical models (HYDRUS).Obj.2.2: Quantifying near-surface processes with instruments and analyses. In collaboration with UT and ID we will develop multi-functional measurements for soil property determination including physically-based approaches for predicting evaporation rates from thermal surface signatures. These rates will be tested based on weighing lysimeters experiments in Arizona and Nevada. In collaboration with CA and MT we will develop new measurement protocols, techniques, and instruments to measure soil water content and nutrient/salt fluxes under varying environmental conditions and atmospheric emissions of soil fumigants.Obj.2.3: Quantifying Soil Structure. In collaboration with NV, KY and ND we will examine soils of different texture with respect to soil structural indices to improve the indirect estimation of soil functional properties (hydraulic conductivity function). This task is relevant for improving PTFs. Here, auxiliary variables in combination with PTFs and their spatial covariance structure will be investigated with respect to their support of capturing field scale spatial variability of soil hydraulic properties.Obj.3: To extend our knowledge of scale-appropriate methodologies to improve stakeholder-management of soil and water resources that benefit agricultural, natural resource and environmental sustainability. We will continue developing interdisciplinary meetings and special publications. Experimental methodologies and instruments (large-scale soil property determination) and sampling designs targeted at geostatistics and applied statistical time series analyses will be adapted and developed for agricultural and ecological applications. In collaboration with UT and ID we will apply geophysical measurements for improved understanding of watershed and forest ecological processes.

Progress 10/01/14 to 09/30/19

Outputs
Target Audience:The target audience for our research contributions includes academia (faculty and students), researchers working for federal agencies such as the USDA, the USGS, or the USFS, agricultural industries, policy makers, and environmental NGOs. Changes/Problems: Nothing Reported What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Karletta Chief: Developed a new partnership with Navajo Technical University as part of a NSF NRT proposal entitled "Indigenous Food, Energy, and Water Security and Sovereignty. Trained 30 Native American technicians in hydrology instrumentation where they spent a month at the University of Arizona. Trained 25 Dine' College students and 30 Dine' Tribal environmental professionals on springs monitoring. Trained 2 Dine' College students in my lab for the summer and they focused on the Gold King Mine Spill impacts on the Navajo Nation. Hosted the Vice President of the Navajo Nation at the University of Arizona for one day where he toured the environmental labs and met with faculty. Hosted 4 Dine' Community members on campus to meet with SWES faculty and to present their perspectives on the Gold King Mine Spill. The project provided numerous opportunities for graduate and undergraduate student participation in field and laboratory activities, and data synthesis. Craig Rasmussen: The project provided opportunities for graduate and undergraduate student participation in field and laboratory activities, and data synthesis. The project provided advanced training for a postdoctoral fellow. Marcel Schaap: The project provided opportunities for graduate and undergraduate student participation in field and laboratory activities, and data synthesis. Markus Tuller: The project provided opportunities for graduate and undergraduate student participation in field and laboratory activities, and data synthesis. The project provided advanced training for a postdoctoral fellow. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Research results have been disseminated in collaboration with various involved groups through numerous peer-refereed international journal publications, conference contributions, and presentations to relevant stakeholder groups. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? Nothing Reported

Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals? Karletta Chief: Developed the framework for an educational module on uranium mining for a tribal college Conducted experiments on lysimeter soil to determine water retention characteristics using HYPROP. Collected over 1,000 environmental samples (river sediment, river water, agricultural soil, irrigation water, and irrigation sediment samples) to investigate the impacts of the Gold King Mine Spill on the Navajo Nation. Conducted experiments on lysimeter soil to determine water retention characteristics. Through a $3M NSF NRT Grant secured in 2017, 12 new Graduate Students were recruited and admitted and began their research in Indigenous Food, Energy, and Water Security and Sovereignty. Completed analysis of 850 environmental samples collected in Navajo Farming Communities within one year after the Gold King Mine Spill of 2015. Craig Rasmussen: Quantified the role of energy and mass fluxes on Quaternary soil evolution and development of subsurface structure, geochemistry, and mineral assemblage. Studied the interaction among climate, landscape position, and soil physical properties on the storage and stabilization of soil organic carbon. Developed data quantifying soil amendment control on microbial community composition and biogeochemical cycling in mining systems. Quantified the linkage between Quaternary climate cycling and soil evolution on development of soil physical properties. Studied the soil physical and mineralogical property control on the storage and stabilization of soil organic carbon. Developed and improved digital soil mapping models for 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional spatial variation in soil properties. Marcel Schaap: Worked with researchers from Brazil on estimating hydraulic properties and spatial relations in tropical soils. Worked on python code for an improved model for estimating soil hydraulic properties. An initial analysis was made on estimating bias in several widely-used pedotransfer functions using a global soils database. Worked with graduate student Larsen on fundamental aspects of colloid transport in simple ideal porous media (USDA/NIFA funded research). Published a new method for calibration of vadose zone models for transport of water and solutes in agricultural soils. Obtained new insights regarding pore-scale aspects of colloid transport. Developed code for physically-based pore-scale transport of colloids (also relevant for transport of nanoparticles and viruses). Generated multi-model global maps of soil hydraulic properties (including covariances and uncertainty estimates). These maps are available at a resolution of 1 km^2. Identified Earth-orbital forcing of global soil formation at the scale of tens-of thousands of years in collaboration with Rasmussen. Identified 3D chemical structure of watershed soils in montane environment in collaboration with Rasmussen. Established GitHub repository for Physical model for colloid mobility at the pore-scale Markus Tuller: Modified and applied the ParSWMS parallelized code for solving 3-D water and solute transport. The code was modified to accommodate nonlinear solute adsorption and to support multi-species solute simulations for optimization of soilless greenhouse substrates. Developed a method for semi-automated multiphase segmentation of 4-D Micro-Computed Tomography (mCT) data of porous media and refined a physical framework for generation of artificial porous materials with precisely known phase distributions to test and improve segmentation algorithms. Initiated field experiments with a one-of-a-kind robotic phenotyping scanner to develop physical relationships between SWIR reflectance and actual evapotranspiration in collaboration with Utah State University (Morteza Sadeghi and Scott Jones). Refined predictive capabilities for soil specific surface area based on the Guggenheim-Anderson-Boer sorption model in collaboration with Aarhus University in Denmark. Collaborated with Utah State University to develop a new analytical radiative transfer model to explain effects of particle size on SWIR soil surface reflectance. Collaborated with Utah State University to develop new means to measure soil aggregate stability with SWIR imaging. Developed a framework for delineation of dust emission source zones based on satellite remote sensing observations. Developed approach to quantify soil vapor sorption hysteresis. Developed a framework to generate high-resolution plant available moisture maps from unmanned aircraft system (UAS) observations and ground soil moisture measurements to aid precision irrigation management. Developed a new analytical model for estimation of land surface net water flux from near-surface soil moisture observations. Physically and hydrologically characterized the TERRAPHENOTYPING - REFERENCE (TERRA-REF) field site at 15-cm voxel resolution to establish a comprehensive database for the discovery and modeling of fundamental relationships between soil and plant reflectance, soil water status, and evapotranspiration. Evaluated the applicability of the ecoTech Tensiomark matric potential sensor for in situ determination of the soil water characteristic (SWC). Beta-tested the Campbell SoilVUE TDR soil moisture profiling probe for different soils and boundary conditions. Validated our OPtical TRApezoid Model (OPTRAM) with sub-cm resolution Vis-NIR and SWIR observations obtained with the TERRA-REF platform for potential precision agriculture applications in collaboration with the University of Minnesota and Utah State University. Collaborated with the University of Minnesota and Utah State University to expand our analytical model for estimation of land surface net water flux from near-surface soil moisture observations to the global scale. Developed new approach to determine soil specific surface area from Vis-NIR reflectance spectra and water vapor adsorption isotherms in collaboration with Aarhus University.

Publications

  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2019 Citation: NR Regmi, EV McDonald, C Rasmussen. 2019. Hillslope response under variable microclimate. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 44:2615-2627.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2019 Citation: S Xie, E Gallant, PH Wetmore, PM Figueiredo, LA Owen, C Rasmussen, R Malservisi, TH Dixon. 2019. A new geological slip rate estimate for the Calico Fault, eastern California: implications for geodetic versus geologic rate estimates in the Eastern California Shear Zone. International Geology Review, 13: 1613-1641.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2019 Citation: Y Olshansky, JF Knowles, GA Barron-Gafford, C Rasmussen, N Abramson, J Chorover. 2019. Soil fluid biogeochemical response to climatic events. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences 124:2866-2882.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2019 Citation: BG Moravec, AM White, R Root, A Sanchez, Y Olshansky, BK Paras, B Carr, J McIntosh, JD Pelletier, C Rasmussen, WS Holbrook, J Chorover. 2019. Resolving deep critical zone architecture in complex volcanic terrain. Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface, 125, e2019JF005189. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JF005189.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2019 Citation: T Kobayashi, C Rasmussen & Hiroaki Sumida (2019) Characterization of the perylenequinone pigments in Japanese Andosols and Cambisol, Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 65:1, 1-10, DOI: 10.1080/00380768.2018.1536846
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2019 Citation: P Figueiredo, P Wetmore, C Rasmussen, LA Owen, A Votor, TH Dixon. Long Term Slip Rate of Camp Rock Fault (Eastern California Shear Zone) and Implications for the Regional Understanding of Geological Rates. AGU Fall Meeting 2019.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2019 Citation: NJ Espinosa, DJP Moore, C Rasmussen, JS Fehmi, RE Gallery . Buried woodchips or biochar as a means of soil productivity and carbon restoration: Effects on microbial activities, soil carbon cycling and plant cover in a semiarid ecosystem. AGU Fall Meeting 2019.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2019 Citation: T McKellar, M Crimmins, MG Schaap, C Rasmussen, TPA Ferre. Using HYDRUS Soil Moisture Modeling to Improve Drought Index Usage on Arizonas Rangelands. AGU Fall Meeting 2019.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2019 Citation: J Beem-Miller, C Rasmussen, M Schrumpf, G Guggenberger, S Trumbore. Decadal cycling of mineral-associated soil carbon. AGU Fall Meeting 2019.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2019 Citation: C Rasmussen, C Shepard, L Ma, NJ Tabor. A pedogenic record of environmental change in the Upper San Pedro River basin. GSA Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, USA-2019.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2019 Citation: Zhang, Y. and Schaap, M.G., 2019. Estimation of saturated hydraulic conductivity with pedotransfer functions: A review. Journal of Hydrology, 575, pp.1011-1030.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2019 Citation: SADEGHI, M., A. EBTEHAJ, W.T. CROW, L. GAO, A.J. PURDY, J.B. FISHER, S.B. JONES, E. BABAEIAN, and M. TULLER, 2019. Global Estimates of Land Surface Net Water Flux from SMOS and SMAP Satellite Soil Moisture Data. J. Hydrometeorology. https://doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-19-0150.1
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2019 Citation: BABAEIAN, E., P. SIDIKE, M.S. NEWCOMB, M. MAIMAITIJIANG, S.A. WHITE, J. DEMIEVILLE, R.W. WARD, M. SADEGHI, D.S. LEBAUER, S.B. JONES, V. SAGAN, and M. TULLER, 2019. A New Optical Remote Sensing Technique for High-Resolution Mapping of Soil Moisture. Front. Big Data, 2:37. https://doi.org/10.3389/fdata.2019.00037
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2019 Citation: ARTHUR, E., M. TULLER, P. MOLDRUP, and L.W. DE JONGE, 2019. Clay content and mineralogy, organic carbon and cation exchange capacity affect water vapour sorption hysteresis of soil. Eur. J. Soil Sci., https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.12853
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2019 Citation: BABAEIAN, E., M. SADEGHI, S.B. JONES, C. MONTZKA, H. VEREECKEN, and M. TULLER, 2019. Ground, Proximal, and Satellite Remote Sensing of Soil Moisture. Reviews of Geophysics, 57(2):183616. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018RG000618
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2019 Citation: EFFATI, M., H-A. BAHRAMI, M. GOHARDOUST, E. BABAEIAN, and M. TULLER, 2019. Application of Satellite Remote Sensing for Estimation of Dust Emission Probability in the Urmia Lake Basin in Iran. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J., 83(4): 9931002. https://doi.org/10.2136/sssaj2019.01.0018
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2019 Citation: Zhang, Y., Schaap, M.G. and Wei, Z., 2019. Hierarchical Multimodel Ensemble Estimates of Soil Water Retention with Global Coverage. arXiv preprint arXiv:1906.03182.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2019 Citation: ARTHUR, E., M. TULLER, T. NORGAARD, P. MOLDRUP, and L.W. DE JONGE, 2019. Improved estimation of clay content from water content for soils rich in smectite and kaolinite. Geoderma, 350:40-45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2019.05.018
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2019 Citation: SADEGHI, M., M. TULLER, A.W. WARRICK, E. BABAEIAN, K. PARAJULI, M.R. GOHARDOUST, and S.B. JONES, 2019. An analytical model for estimation of land surface net water flux from near-surface soil moisture observations. Journal of Hydrology, 570:2637. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2018.12.038
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2019 Citation: ROBINSON, D.A., J.W. HOPMANS, V. FILIPOVIC, M. van der PLOEG, I. LEBRON, S.B. JONES, S. REINSCH, N. JARVIS, and M. TULLER, 2019. Global environmental changes impact soil hydraulic functions through biophysical feedbacks. Global Change Biology, 25:1895-1904. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14626
  • Type: Book Chapters Status: Published Year Published: 2019 Citation: BAR-TAL, A., U.K. SAHA, M. RAVIV, and M. TULLER, 2019. Inorganic and Synthetic Organic Components of Soilless Culture and Potting Mixtures. In: M. Raviv, H. Lieth, and A. Bar-Tal (eds.), Soilless Culture  2nd Edition, Elsevier, pp. 259-301. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-444-63696-6.00007-4
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2019 Citation: VAN HAREN, J.L.M., K. KUEHNHAMMER, A. K�BERT, M. DUBBERT, M. TULLER, E. BABAEIAN, M. BEYER, L.K. MEREDITH, and C. WERNER, 2019. Water cycling (pools and movement) through an enclosed tropical forest in response to drought. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec. 9-13, 2019.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2019 Citation: SADEGHI, M., A.M. EBTEHAJ, W.T. CROW, S.B. JONES, and M. TULLER, 2019. Estimation of Surface Water Flux from SMAP/SMOS Soil Moisture Retrievals. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec. 9-13, 2019.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2019 Citation: ARTHUR, E., M. TULLER, M. KNADEL, P. MOLDRUP, P.W. JENSEN, H. REHMAN, and L.W. DE JONGE, 2019. Investigating the Impact of Soil Organic Carbon on Soil Specific Surface Area for Samples with Different Clay Mineralogy. ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, Nov. 10-13, 2019.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2019 Citation: BABAEIAN, E., S.A. WHITE, and M. TULLER, 2019. Field Evaluation of the Tensiomark Matric Potential Sensor for Hydraulic Soil Characterization. ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, Nov. 10-13, 2019.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2019 Citation: BABAEIAN, E., M. NEWCOMB, P. SIDIKE, R. WARD, V. SAGAN, and M. TULLER, 2019. Remote Sensing of Crop Water Stress and Water Use Efficiency. ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, Nov. 10-13, 2019.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2019 Citation: REHMAN, H., N. POULADI, M. TULLER, L.W. DE JONGE, P. MOLDRUP, and E. ARTHUR, 2019. Rapid Estimation of the Atterberg Limits of Soils from Hygroscopic Water Content. ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, Nov. 10-13, 2019.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2019 Citation: SADEGHI, M., A. EBTEHAJ, W.T. CROW, L. GAO, A.J. PURDY, J.B. FISHER, S.B. JONES, and M. TULLER, 2019. Global Mapping of Land Surface Net Water Flux Using Satellite Soil Moisture Data. The 2019 National Soil Moisture Workshop: Expanding the Frontiers of Soil Moisture Measurements and Applications, Manhattan, KS, May 22-24, 2019.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2019 Citation: SADEGHI, M., A. EBTEHAJ, S.B. JONES, and M. TULLER, 2019. Analytical Models Linking Satellite Retrievals of Surface Soil Moisture and Water Fluxes. ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, Nov. 10-13, 2019.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2019 Citation: KNADEL, M.A., L.W. DE JONGE, M. TULLER, H.U. REHMAN, P.W. JENSEN, P. MOLDRUP, M.H. GREVE, and E. ARTHUR, 2019. Visible Near-Infrared Spectroscopy and Water Vapor Sorption for Soil Specific Surface Area Estimation. World Soils User Consultation Meeting, ESA ESRIN, Frascati (Rome), Italy, July 2-3, 2019.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2019 Citation: SADEGHI, M., E. BABAEIAN, M. TULLER, and S.B. JONES, 2019. Soil Texture Effects on Spectral Reflectance. SSSA International Soils Meeting, San Diego, CA, Jan. 6-9, 2019.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2019 Citation: JONES, S.B., C. NARUKE, W. SHENG, R. ZHOU, M. SADEGHI, K. PARAJULI, E. BABAEIAN, and M. TULLER, 2019. Determination and Validation of Surface Soil Moisture Using Novel Gravimetric-, Dielectric- and SWIR Reflectance-Based Approaches. SSSA International Soils Meeting, San Diego, CA, Jan. 6-9, 2019.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2019 Citation: BABAEIAN, E., R. WARD, M. NEWCOMB, M. SADEGHI, S.B. JONES, and M. TULLER, 2019. High Resolution Unmanned Aerial Systems Imaging for Soil Moisture Assessment for Precision Agriculture Applications. SSSA International Soils Meeting, San Diego, CA, Jan. 6-9, 2019.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2019 Citation: GOHARDOUST, M., and M. TULLER, 2019. Hydraulic and Aeration Properties of Soilless Greenhouse Substrate Mixtures. SSSA International Soils Meeting, San Diego, CA, Jan. 6-9, 2019.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2019 Citation: BABAEIAN, E., M. SADEGHI, S.B. JONES, and M. TULLER, 2019. Relating Evapotranspiration Rate, Soil and Plant Temperature, and SWIR Reflectance for Root Water Uptake Estimation. SSSA International Soils Meeting, San Diego, CA, Jan. 6-9, 2019.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2019 Citation: SADEGHI, M., E. BABAEIAN, M. TULLER, and S.B. JONES, 2019. Advancing Hydrological Remote Sensing Using New Principles of Soil Physics. SSSA International Soils Meeting, San Diego, CA, Jan. 6-9, 2019.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2019 Citation: ARTHUR, E., M. TULLER, P. MOLDRUP, and L.W. DE JONGE, 2019. Clay Content and Mineralogy as well as Organic Matter Affect Soil Water Vapor Sorption Hysteresis. SSSA International Soils Meeting, San Diego, CA, Jan. 6-9, 2019.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2019 Citation: Chief, K., X. Hou, J. Ingram, P. Beamer, J.D. Froyum, Y. Ornelas Van Horne, D. Billheimer and N. Teufel-Shone. 2019. To' Litso the Water Is Yellow: Arsenic and Lead in Sediment and Agricultural Soil Along the San Juan River on the Navajo Nation One Year after the Gold King Mine Spill. 2018-2019 International Soils Meeting, January 6-9, 2019, San Diego, CA.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2019 Citation: Bair, L.S., C.B. Yackulic, J.C. Schmidt, D.M. Perry, C. Kirchoff, K. Chief, and B.J. Colombi. 2019. Incorporating social-ecological considerations into basin-wide responses to climate change in the Colorado River Basin. Current opinion in environmental sustainability: 37:14-19.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2019 Citation: Chief, K., R. E. Emanuel, and O. Conroy-Ben. 2019. Indigenous symposium on water research, education, and engagement, EOS, 100, https://doi.org/10.1029/2019EO114313.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2019 Citation: Chief, K., Beamer, P.I., and J. Ingram. 2019. Community Driven University Partnerships to Assess Exposures and Risk Perceptions of Din� Communities following the Gold King Mine Spill In: It Takes All of Us to Keep Us Well! Engaging in Transdisciplinary and Community-Engaged Research to Reduce Health Disparities in Our Communities Session. Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans Annual Conference, Honolulu, HI, October 31  November 2, 2019.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2019 Citation: Chief, K., Beamer, P.I., and J. Ingram. 2019. T�L�tso, the water is yellow: Investigating short-term exposure and risk perception of Navajo communities to the Gold King Mine Toxic Spill In Water in the Native World: Water in the Native World: The Intersection of Traditional Knowledge and Hydrology Session. Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans Annual Conference, Honolulu, HI, October 31  November 2, 2019.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2019 Citation: Farley, M., K. Chief, Y. Ornelas Van Horne, N. Teufel-Shone, M. Begay, N. Yuan, D. Billheimer, and P. Beamer Risk perception of Navajo communities along the San Juan River following the Gold King Mine Spill. Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans Annual Conference, Honolulu, HI, October 31  November 2, 2019.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2019 Citation: Chief, K. 2019. My journey from the Rez to Academia and what drives me to do science. Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans Annual Conference, Plenary Session and Featured Speaker, Honolulu, HI, October 31  November 2, 2019.


Progress 10/01/17 to 09/30/18

Outputs
Target Audience:The target audience for our research contributions includes academia (faculty and students), researchers working for federal agencies such as the USDA, the USGS, or the USFS, agricultural industries, policy makers, and environmental NGOs. Changes/Problems: Nothing Reported What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Karletta Chief: The project provided opportunities for graduate and undergraduate student participation in field and laboratory activities, and data synthesis. Craig Rasmussen: The project provided opportunities for graduate and undergraduate student participation in field and laboratory activities, and data synthesis. Marcel Schaap: One PhD-level student (Joshua Larsen) completed his dissertation, and defended in November 2018. Markus Tuller: The project has provided training for 2 PhD students (Mohammad Gohardoust and Juan Gonzalez-Cena) and a postdoctoral researcher (Ebrahim Babaeian) How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Research results have been disseminated in collaboration with various involved groups through numerous peer-refereed international journal publications and conference contributions. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?We will continue to work on all 2018 research tasks contributing to all objectives of the W-3188 project and initiate new research as feasible.

Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals? Karletta Chief: Conducted experiments on lysimeter soil to determine water retention characteristics. Through a $3M NSF NRT Grant secured in 2017, 12 new Graduate Students were recruited and admitted and began their research in Indigenous Food, Energy, and Water Security and Sovereignty. Completed analysis of 850 environmental samples collected in Navajo Farming Communities within one year after the Gold King Mine Spill of 2015. Craig Rasmussen: Quantified the linkage between Quaternary climate cycling and soil evolution on development of soil physical properties; Studied the soil physical and mineralogical property control on the storage and stabilization of soil organic carbon; Developed and improved digital soil mapping models for 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional spatial variation in soil properties; Marcel Schaap: We obtained new insights regarding pore-scale aspects of colloid transport. Ensemble aggregate estimates of pedotransfer functions yield better (global) estimates of soil hydraulic properties than the best "individual" pedotransfer function. Soil formation/degradation occurs multiple timescales, consistent with orbital forcing of eccentricity, precession and axis tilt. Accessible code for physically-based pore-scale transport of colloids (also relevant for transport of nanoparticles and viruses) Multi-model Global maps of soil hydraulic properties (including covariances and uncertainty estimates). These maps are currently available at a resolution of 1 km2 (a 13 GB download). We can also generate maps with a 250x250 m resolution. Markus Tuller: Modified ParSWMS parallelized code to include simulation capabilities for nonlinear solute adsorption and multi-species solute simulations for optimization of soilless greenhouse substrates. Developed a framework for delineation of dust emission source zones based on satellite remote sensing observations. Developed approach to quantify soil vapor sorption hysteresis. Developed a framework to generate high-resolution plant available moisture maps from unmanned aircraft system (UAS) observations and ground soil moisture measurements to aid precision irrigation management. Developed a new analytical model for estimation of land surface net water flux from near-surface soil moisture observations.

Publications

  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: C. Rasmussen, K. Heckman, WR Wieder, M Keiluweit, CR Lawrence, Asmeret Asefaw Berhe, JC Blankinship, SE Crow, JL Druhan, CE Hicks Pries, E Marin-Spiotta, AF Plante, C Sch�del, JP Schimel, CA Sierra, A Thompson, R Wagai. 2018. Beyond clay: towards an improved set of variables for predicting soil organic matter content. Biogeochemistry Volume 137: 297306.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Pelletier, J. D., Barron-Gafford, G. A., Guti�rrez-Jurado, H., Hinckley, E.-L. S., Istanbulluoglu, E., McGuire, L. A., Niu, G.-Y., Poulos, M. J., Rasmussen, C., Richardson, P., Swetnam, T. L., and Tucker, G. E. 2018. Which way do you lean? Using slope aspect variations to understand Critical Zone processes and feedbacks. Earth Surf. Process. Landforms, doi: 10.1002/esp.4306.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Finley B K., P Dijkstra, C Rasmussen, E Schwartz, RL Mau, Xiao-Jun Allen Liu, N van Gestel, BA Hungate. 2018. Soil mineral assemblage and substrate quality effects on microbial priming, Geoderma, Volume 322:38-47.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Blankinship, J., Asmeret Asefaw Berhe, Susan E. Crow, Jennifer L. Druhan, Katherine A. Heckman, Marco Keiluweit, Corey R. Lawrence, Erika Mar�n-Spiotta, Alain F. Plante, Craig Rasmussen, Christina Sch�del, Joshua P. Schimel, Carlos A. Sierra, Aaron Thompson, Rota Wagai, William R. Wieder. 2018. Improving understanding of soil organic matter dynamics by triangulating theories, measurements, and models. Biogeochemistry 140:1-14.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Chang, L.L., Dwivedi, R., Knowles, J. F., Fang, Y.H., Niu, G.Y., Pelletier, J. D., et al. 2018. Why Do Large-Scale Land Surface Models Produce a Low Ratio of Transpiration to Evapotranspiration? Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 123. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JD029159
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Xie, S., E. Gallant, P.H. Wetmore, P.M. Figueiredo, L.A. Owen, C. Rasmussen, R. Malservisi, T.H. Dixon. 2018. A new geological slip rate estimate for the Calico Fault, eastern California: implications for geodetic versus geologic rate estimates in the Eastern California Shear Zone. International Geology Review, 1-29. https://doi.org/10.1080/00206814.2018.1531272.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Shepard, C., Pelletier, J. D., Schaap, M. G., & Rasmussen, C. (2018). Signatures of obliquity and eccentricity in soil chronosequences. Geophysical Research Letters, 45, 11,14711,153. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL078583
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Kobayashi, T., C. Rasmussen, H. Sumida. 2018. Characterization of the perylenequinone pigments in Japanese Andosols and Cambisol. Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, https://doi.org/10.1080/00380768.2018.1536846.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Ottoni, MV, TB Ottoni-Filho, MG Schaap, MLRC Lopes-Assad, and OC Rotunno-Filho. (2018). Hydrophysical Database for Brazilian Soils (HYBRAS) and Pedotransfer Functions for Water Retention. Vadose Zone Journal 17 (1).
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Zhang, Y., Schaap, M. G., & Zha, Y. (2018). A High-Resolution Global Map of Soil Hydraulic Properties Produced by a Hierarchical Parameterization of a Physically-Based Water Retention Model. Water Resources Research.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: GHOLOUBI, A., H. EMAMI, S.B. JONES, and M. TULLER, 2018. A Novel Shortwave Infrared Proximal Sensing Approach to Quantify the Water Stability of Soil Aggregates. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J., 82(6):1358--1366.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: HU, E., P. SUTITARNNONTR, M. TULLER, and S.B. JONES, 2018. Modeling temperature and moisture dependent emissions of carbon dioxide and methane from drying dairy cow manure. Front. Agr. Sci. Eng., 5(2), doi: 10.15302/J-FASE-2018215.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: BABAEIAN, E., M. SADEGHI, S.B. JONES, and M. TULLER, 2018. Mapping soil moisture with the OPtical TRApezoid Model (OPTRAM) based on long-term MODIS observations. Remote Sens Environ., 211:425-440, doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2018.04.029.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Shepard, C., M. G. Schaap, J. Chorover, and C. Rasmussen. 2018. Understanding Critical Zone Evolution through Predicting the Three-Dimensional Soil Chemical Properties of a Small Forested Catchment. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 82:1538-1550. doi:10.2136/sssaj2018.03.0119.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Shepard, C., Pelletier, J. D., Schaap, M. & Rasmussen, C. (2018). EP53F-1981: Signatures of obliquity and eccentricity in soil chronosequences. American Geophysical Union, Washington DC. December 2018.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Shepard, C., Pelletier, J. D., Schaap, M. & Rasmussen, C. (2018). 4-10: OBLIQUITY AND ECCENTRICITY SIGNALS FOUND IN A META-ANALYSIS OF SOIL CHRONOSEQUENCES. Geological Society of America Meetings, Baltimore, November 2018.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: SADEGHI, M., E. BABAEIAN, M. TULLER, and S.B. JONES, 2018. Particle size effects on soil reflectance explained by an analytical radiative transfer model. Remote Sens Environ., 210:375-386, doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2018.03.028.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: ARTHUR, E., M. TULLER, P. MOLDRUP, M.H. GREVE, M. KNADEL, and L.W. DE JONGE, 2018. Applicability of the GuggenheimAndersonBoer water vapour sorption model for estimation of soil specific surface area. Eur. J. Soil Sci., 69(1):245-255, doi: 10.1111/ejss.12524.
  • Type: Book Chapters Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: SADEGHI, M., E. BABAEIAN, A.M. EBTEHAJ, S.B. JONES, and M. TULLER, 2018. Remote Sensing of Environmental Variables and Fluxes. In: M. Kutz (ed.), Handbook of Environmental Engineering. Wiley, Hoboken, NJ, pp. 249-302, ISBN: 978-1-119-30443-2.
  • Type: Book Chapters Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: SADEGHI, M., E. BABAEIAN, E. ARTHUR, S.B., JONES, and M. TULLER, 2018. Soil Physical Properties and Processes. In: M. Kutz (ed.), Handbook of Environmental Engineering. Wiley, Hoboken, NJ, pp. 137-207, ISBN: 978-1-119-30443-2.
  • Type: Book Chapters Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: VOLKMANN, T.H.M., A. SENGUPTA, L.A. PANGLE, K. DONTSOVA, G.A. BARRON-GAFFORD, C.J. HARMAN, G. Y. NIU, L.K. MEREDITH, N. ABRAMSON, A.A. MEIRA NETO, Y. WANG, J.R. ADAMS, D.D. BRESHEARS, A. BUGAJ, J. CHOROVER, A. CUEVA, S.B. DELONG, M. DURCIK, T.P.A. Ferre, E.A. HUNT, T.E. HUXMAN, M. KIM, R.M. MAIER, R.K. MONSON, J.D. PELLETIER, M. POHLMANN, C. RASMUSSEN, J. RUIZ, S.R. SALESKA, M.G. SCHAAP, M. SIBAYAN, M. TULLER, J.L.M. VAN HAREN, X. ZENG, and P.A. TROCH, 2018. Controlled Experiments of Hillslope Coevolution at the Biosphere 2 Landscape Evolution Observatory: Toward Prediction of Coupled Hydrological, Biogeochemical, and Ecological Changes. In: J.-F. LIU and W.-Z. GU (eds.), Hydrology of Artificial and Controlled Experiments, pp. 25-74, IntechOpen Limited, London, 2ISBN 978-953-51-4969-9.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: BABAEIAN, E., M. NEWCOMB, R. WARD, M. SADEGHI, S.B. JONES, and M. TULLER, 2018. A New Unmanned Aircraft System-Assisted Optical Trapezoid Model for Soil Moisture Assessment. AGU International Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., Dec. 10-14, 2018.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: SADEGHI, M., W. SHENG, E. BABAEIAN, M. TULLER, and S.B. JONES, 2018. Soil-Water Content and Water Flux Pro-les Determined by SWIR Imaging and TDR Array. Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 20, EGU2018-9987, EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, Apr. 8-13, 2018.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: JONES, S.B., W. SHENG, R. ZHOU, M. SADEGHI, E. BABAEIAN, D.A. ROBINSON, and M. TULLER, 2018. High Resolution Monitoring of Near-Surface Soil Hydrodynamics Using a Novel TDR Array. Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 20, EGU2018-9120, EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, Apr. 8-13, 2018.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: ARTHUR, E., M. TULLER, P. MOLDRUP, and L.W. DE JONGE, 2018. Improving water sorption-based clay prediction models for swelling and non-swelling clay soils. Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 20, EGU2018-10053, EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, Apr. 8-13, 2018.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Chief, K. 2018. Emerging Voices of Tribal Perspectives in Water Resources. Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education 163: 1-5.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Chief, K. 2018. Emerging Voices of Tribal Perspectives in Water Resources: Tribal waters and climate change. University Council on Water Resources Emerging Voices Webinar 1, April 26, 2018. https://www.gotostage.com/channel/dad6e86f072e4d03a0347cd58cae4e56.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Chief, K. 2018. Emerging Voices of Tribal Perspectives in Water Resources: Tribal water quality and quantity. University Council on Water Resources Emerging Voices Webinar 2, May 23, 2018. https://www.gotostage.com/channel/dad6e86f072e4d03a0347cd58cae4e56.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Chief, K. 2018. Climate change impacts on Native American water resources & engaging in culture-based solutions. NSF-CNH-RCN: Amazon Dams Network: Advancing Integrative Research and Adaptive Management of Social-ecological Systems Transformed by Hydroelectric Dams Workshop Palmas 2018: Rivers, Lands and Cultures: Learning from the Tocantins Social-ecological System, Palmas, TO, Brazil, May 16, 2018.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Chief, K., E. S. Chew, K. Miranda, M.R. Gautam, and W.J. Smith Jr. 2018. Power position of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe in the Truckee River Operating Agreement, U.S.A. 12th International Symposium on Ecohydraulics (ISE), August 19-24, 2018, Nihon University, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Baur, L., K. Chief, B. Colombi, and T. Melis. 2018. Panel on Colorado River Management. NSF-CNH-RCN: Amazon Dams Network: Advancing Integrative Research and Adaptive Management of Social-ecological Systems Transformed by Hydroelectric Dams Workshop Palmas 2018: Rivers, Lands and Cultures: Learning from the Tocantins Social-ecological System, Palmas, TO, Brazil, May 16, 2018.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Chief, K. 2018. Indige-FEWSS: Trainees develop & teach FEWSS themed learning modules at a Tribal College. NRT Flash Talk. 2018 NRT Annual Meeting, September 27-28, 2018, The Double Tree-Crystal City, Virginia.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Chief, K. 2018. Traditional knowledge and climate change. Native Waters in Arid Lands Fourth Annual Summit, October 16-18, Reno, NV.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Chief, K., L. Tsinnajinnie, R. Tsosie, and C. Tully-Cordova. 2018. Water in the Native World: A case study of the intersection of Dine' traditional knowledge and hydrology. Native Waters in Arid Lands Fourth Annual Summit, October 16-18, Reno, NV.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Yazzie C., K. Chief, P. Beamer, J. Ingram, D. Billheimer, E. Torabzadehkhorasani, A. Settimo and Y. Ornelas. 2018. Incorporating Dine Perspectives in Assessing Environmental Impact of the Gold King Mine Spill in Navajo Agricultural Communities. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, December 14, 2018, Washington D.C.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Chief, K., R. Emanuel, O. Conroy-Ben, S. Pete, and R. Torres. 2018. Water in the Native World: An intersection of Indigenous Water Knowledge and Hydrologic Sciences. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, December 14, 2018, Washington D.C.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Chief, K., X. Hou, J. Ingram, P. Beamer, J.D. Froyum, Y. Ornelas Van Horne, D. Billheimer and N. Teufel-Shone. 2019. To' Litso the Water Is Yellow: Arsenic and Lead in Sediment and Agricultural Soil Along the San Juan River on the Navajo Nation One Year after the Gold King Mine Spill. 2018-2019 International Soils Meeting, January 6-9, 2019, San Diego, CA.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Perdrial, J., PD Brooks, T. Swetnam, KA Lohse, C. Rasmussen, M. Litvak, A. Harpold, X. Zapata-Rios, P. Broxton, B. Mitra, T. Meixner, K. Condon, D. Huckle, C. Stielstra, A. V�zquez-Ortega, R. Lybrand, M. Holleran, C. Orem, J. Pelletier, J. Chorover. 2018. A net ecosystem carbon budget for snow dominated forested headwater catchments: linking water and carbon fluxes to critical zone carbon storage. Biogeochemistry 138:228-243.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Regmi N. and C. Rasmussen. 2018. Predictive mapping of soil-landscape relationships in the arid Southwest United States. Catena 165:473-486.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: C. Rasmussen, H. Throckmorton, G. Liles, K. Heckman, S. Meding and W.R. Horwath. 2018. Controls on soil organic carbon partitioning and stabilization in the California Sierra Nevada. Soil Syst. 2018, 2(3), 41; https://doi.org/10.3390/soilsystems2030041.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Lybrand, RA and C. Rasmussen. 2018. Climate, topography, and dust influences on the mineral and geochemical evolution of granitic soils in southern Arizona. Geoderma 314:245-261.


Progress 10/01/16 to 09/30/17

Outputs
Target Audience: The target audience for our research contributions includes academia (faculty and students), researchers working for federal agencies such as the USDA, the USGS, or the USFS, agricultural industries, policy makers, and environmental NGOs. Changes/Problems: Nothing Reported What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Karletta Chief: Developed a new partnership with Navajo Technical University as part of a NSF NRT proposal entitled "Indigenous Food, Energy, and Water Security and Sovereignty. Trained 30 Native American technicians in hydrology instrumentation where they spent a month at the University of Arizona. Trained 25 Dine' College students and 30 Dine' Tribal environmental professionals on springs monitoring. Trained 2 Dine' College students in my lab for the summer and they focused on the Gold King Mine Spill impacts on the Navajo Nation. Hosted the Vice President of the Navajo Nation at the University of Arizona for one day where he toured the environmental labs and met with SWES faculty. Hosted 4 Dine' Community members on campus to met with SWES faculty and to present their perspectives on the Gold King Mine Spill. Craig Rasmussen: The project provided opportunities for graduate and undergraduate student participation in field and laboratory activities, and data synthesis. This work also providing professional development opportunities for a Lab Director and post-doctoral researcher. Marcel Schaap: The project has provided training for 1 PhD student (Joshua Larsen). Markus Tuller: The project has provided training for 2 PhD students (Mohammad Gohardoust and Juan Gonzalez-Cena) and a post-doctoral researcher (Ebrahim Babaeian) How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Research results have been disseminated in collaboration with various involved groups through numerous peer-refereed international journal publications and conference contributions. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?We will continue to work on all 2016 research tasks contributing to all objectives of the W-3188 project and initiate new research as feasible.

Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals? Karletta Chief: Developed the framework for an educational module on uranium mining for a tribal college Conducted experiments on lysimeter soil to determine water retention characteristics using HyPROP. Collected over a 1,000 environmental samples (river sediment, river water, agricultural soil, irrigation water, and irrigation sediment samples) to investigate the impacts of the Gold King Mine Spill on the Navajo Nation. Craig Rasmussen: Quantified the role of energy and mass fluxes on Quaternary soil evolution and development of subsurface structure, geochemistry, and mineral assemblage. Studied the interaction among climate, landscape position, and soil physical properties on the storage and stabilization of soil organic carbon. Developed data quantifying soil amendment control on microbial community composition and biogeochemical cycling in mining systems. Marcel Schaap: Marcel Schaap worked with researchers from Brazil on estimating hydraulic properties and spatial relations in tropical soils. Schaap worked with Zhang on python code for an improved model for estimating soil hydraulic properties. An initial analysis was made on estimating bias in several widely-used pedotransfer functions using a global soils database. Schaap worked with graduate student Larsen on fundamental aspects of colloid transport in simple ideal porous media (USDA/NIFA funded research). With Xu and others Schaap publised a new method for calibration of vadose zone models for transport of water and solutes in agricultural soils. Markus Tuller: Modified and applied the ParSWMS parallelized code for solving 3-D water and solute transport. The code was modified to accommodate nonlinear solute adsorption and to support multi-species solute simulations for optimization of soilless greenhouse substrates. Developed a method for semi-automated multiphase segmentation of 4-D Micro-Computed Tomography (mCT) data of porous media and refined a physical framework for generation of artificial porous materials with precisely known phase distributions to test and improve segmentation algorithms. Initiated field experiments with a one-of-a-kind robotic phenotyping scanner to develop physical relationships between SWIR reflectance and actual evapotranspiration in collaboration with Utah State University (Morteza Sadeghi and Scott Jones). Refined predictive capabilities for soil specific surface area based on the Guggenheim-Anderson-Boer sorption model in collaboration with Aarhus University (Emmanuel Arthur). Collaborated with Utah State University (Morteza Sadeghi and Scott Jones) to develop a new analytical radiative transfer model to explain effects of particle size on SWIR soil surface reflectance. Collaborated with Utah State University (Morteza Sadeghi, Azadeh Gholoubi, and Scott Jones) to develop new means to measure soil aggregate stability with SWIR imaging.

Publications

  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: GOHARDOUST, M.R., H. HARDELAUF, A. BAR-TAL, H. HELLER, M. AMICHAI, and M. TULLER, 2017. Application of the PARSWMS Parallelized Code for Simulation of Three-Dimensional Water Flow and Solute Transport in Containerized Soilless Substrates. ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting, Tampa, FL, Oct. 22-25, 2017.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: EFFATI, M., H-A. BAHRAMI, E. BABAEIAN, and M. TULLER, 2017. Application of Satellite Remote Sensing for Mapping and Monitoring of Saline Dust Emission Sources in the Urmia Lake Watershed in Iran. ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting, Tampa, FL, Oct. 22-25, 2017.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: ARTHUR, E., M. TULLER, P. MOLDRUP, M. KNADEL, and L.W. DE JONGE, 2017. Application of the Guggenheim-Anderson-De Boer Model to Estimate Soil Specific Surface Area from Water Vapor Sorption Isotherms. ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting, Tampa, FL, Oct. 22-25, 2017.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: KULKARNI, R., J.J. RODRIGUEZ, and M. TULLER, 2017. Semi-Automated Multiphase Segmentation of 4D Micro-Computed Tomography Data of Porous Media. ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting, Tampa, FL, Oct. 22-25, 2017.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: TABATABAEENEJAD, A., M. SADEGHI, M. MOGHADDAM, M. TULLER, and S.B. JONES, 2017. Retrieval of AirMOSS Root-Zone Soil Moisture Profile with a Richards⿿ Equation-Based Approach. IGARSS 2017 - IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, July 23-28, Fort Worth, Texas, USA.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: Y. Zhang, M.G. Schaap, Weighted recalibration of the Rosetta pedotransfer model with improved estimates of hydraulic parameter distributions and summary statistics (Rosetta3), JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY. 547 (2017) 39⿿53.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: S. da Silva, R.A. Armindo, A. Brito, M.G. Schaap, SPLINTEX: A physically-based pedotransfer function for modeling soil hydraulic functions, SOIL & TILLAGE RESEARCH. 174 (2017) 261⿿272.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: S. da Silva, R.A. Armindo, A. Brito, M.G. Schaap, An Assessment of Pedotransfer Function Performance for the Estimation of Spatial Variability of Key soil Hydraulic Properties, VADOSE ZONE JOURNAL. 16 (2017).
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: C. Xu, W. Zeng, H. Zhang, J. Huang, Y. Zhang, J. Wu, M.G. Schaap, Inversion of Root Zone Soil Hydraulic Parameters with Limited Calibration Data, SOIL SCIENCE SOCIETY OF AMERICA JOURNAL. 81 (2017) 734⿿746.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: Y. Zhang, M.G. Schaap, An improved Rosetta pedotransfer function and evaluation in earth system models, Oral Presentation, AGU Fall Meeting. (2017).
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: Fischer, A., Shepard, C., & Rasmussen, C. (2017, Autumn). GEOCHEMICAL DIFFERENCES IN PETROCALCIC AND CALCIC HORIZONS DUE TO SOIL PARENT MATERIAL IN SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA. 2017 Geological Society of America Meetings. Seattle, WA: Geological Society of America.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: Mahan, S. A., Sammeth, D., Rasmussen, C., & Gray, H. (2017, Autumn). ALLES CALDERA, NEW MEXICO, USA: DATING AND DEFINING THE RATE OF FORMATION OF SOILS AND WILDFIRE ACTIVITY USING LUMINESCENCE. 2017 Geological Society of America Meetings. Seattle, WA: Geological Society of America.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: Espinosa, N., Fehmi, J. S., Rasmussen, C., & Gallery, R. E. (2017). Microbial Community Activity And Plant Biomass Are Insensitive To Passive Warming In A Semiarid Ecosystem. American Geophysical Union (AGU). New Orleans, LA: AGU.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: Rasmussen, C. L. McGuire, P. Dhakal, and JD Pelletier. 2017. Coevolution of soil and topography across a semiarid cinder cone chronosequence. Catena 156:338-352.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: Crimmins, M. A., McKellar, T., Rasmussen, C., Schaap, M. G., & Ferguson, D. B. (2017, September). Evaluating Existing and Developing New Drought Indices Using Modeled Soil Moisture Time Series. Climate Assessment for the Southwest - New Project Showcase. Tucson, AZ: Climate Assessment for the Southwest.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: Shepard, C., Pelletier, J. D., & Rasmussen, C. (2017, October). A Humped Clay Production Model. 2017 Soil Science Society of America Meetings. Tampa, FL: Soil Science Society of America.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: Crimmins, M. A., McKellar, T., Schaap, M. G., Rasmussen, C., & Ferguson, D. B. (2017, March). Evaluating drought indices using modeled soil moisture time series. Climate Assessment for the Southwest Spring Meeting. Tucson, AZ: Climate Assessment for the Southwest.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: Maldonado, J., T.M.B. Bennett, K. Chief, P. Cochran, K. Cozetto, B. Gough, M. Hiza Redsteer, K. Lynn, N. Maynard, and G. Voggesser. 2016. Engagement with indigenous peoples and honoring traditional knowledge systems. Climatic Change. DOI 10.1007/s10584-015-1535-7
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: McIntosh, JC, C. Schaumberg, J. Perdrial, A. Harpold, A. Vazquez-Ortega, C. Rasmussen, D. Vinson, X. Zapata-Rios, PD Brooks, T. Meixner, JD Pelletier, L. Derry, J. Chorover. 2017. Geochemical evolution of the Critical Zone across variable time scales informs concentration-discharge relationships: Jemez River Basin Critical Zone Observatory. Water Resources Research 53: 4169-4196.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: Gebhardt, M., JS Fehmi, C Rasmussen, RE Gallery. 2017. Soil amendments alter plant biomass and soil microbial activity in a semi-desert grassland. Plant and Soil 1-18.
  • Type: Book Chapters Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: Maldonado, J., H. Lazrus, B. Gough, S. Bennett, K. Chief, L. Kruger, J. Morisette, S. Petrovic, and K. Powys Whyte. The Story of Rising Voices: Facilitating Collaboration between Indigenous and Western Ways of Knowing In Understanding Vulnerability, Building Resilience: Responses to Disasters and Climate Change (ed M. Companion, and M. Chaiken). CR Press. ISBN 9781498760966.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: Eden, S, S.B. Megdal, E. Shamir, K. Chief, and K.E. Mott Lacroix. 2016. Opening the Black Box: Using a Hydrological Model to Link Stakeholder Engagement with Groundwater Management. J. of Water, 8, 216; doi:10.3390/w8050216
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: Shepard, C., MS Schaap, JD Pelletier, C. Rasmussen. 2017. A probabilistic approach to quantifying soil physical properties via time-integrated energy and mass input. SOIL 3: 67.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: Lybrand, RA, K. Heckman, C. Rasmussen. 2017. Soil organic carbon partitioning and ?14C variation in desert and conifer ecosystems of southern Arizona. Biogeochemistry 134:261-277.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: Chief, K. and A. Meadow. 2016. Climate Conversations: Merging Traditional and Western Approaches to Risk Management. Natural Hazards Observer: Volume XL, No. 4, 4-7, April 2016.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: Chief, K., A. Meadow, and K.Whyte. 2016. Engaging Southwestern Tribes in Sustainable Water Resources Topics and Management. J. of Water. 8, 350; DOI:10.3390/w8080350
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: Chief, K., P. Beamer, N. Lothrop, J. Ingram, N. Teufel-Shone, M.A. Begay, R. Clausen, J. Yazzie, M. Begay, and D. Yazzie. 2016. Environmental Conditions of the Animas and San Juan Watersheds with Emphasis on Gold King Mine and Other Mine Waste Issues. New Mexico Water Resources Research Institute Conference, Environmental Conditions of the Animas and San Juan River Watersheds with Emphasis on Gold King Mine and Other Mine Waste Issues, May 17-19, 2016, San Juan College, Henderson Fine arts Center, Farmington, NM.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: SADEGHI, M., E. BABAEIAN, M. TULLER, and S.B. JONES, 2017. The Optical Trapezoid Model: A Novel Approach to Remote Sensing of Soil Moisture Applied to Sentinel-2 and Landsat-8 Observations. Remote Sens Environ., 198:52-68, doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2017.05.041.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: ARTHUR, E., M. TULLER, P. MOLDRUP, M.H. GREVE, M. KNADEL, and L.W. DE JONGE, 2017. Applicability of the Guggenheim⿿Anderson⿿Boer water vapour sorption model for estimation of soil specific surface area. Eur. J. Soil Sci., 69(1), doi: doi: 10.1111/ejss.12524
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: SADEGHI, M., W. SHENG, E. BABAEIAN, M. TULLER, and S.B. JONES, 2017. High Resolution Shortwave Infrared Imaging of Water Infiltration into Dry Soil. Vadose Zone Journal, doi: 10.2136/vzj2016.11.0112.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: SADEGHI, M., E. BABAEIAN, M. TULLER, and S.B. JONES, 2017. Optical Remote Sensing of Evapotranspiration. AGU International Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, Dec. 11-15, 2017.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: SHENG, W., R. ZHOU, M. SADEGHI, D.A. ROBINSON, M. TULLER, and S.B. JONES, 2017. A TDR Array Probe for Monitoring Near-surface Soil Moisture Distribution. Vadose Zone Journal, doi: 10.2136/vzj2016.11.0112.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: GOHARDOUST, M.R., M. SADEGHI, M. ZIATABAR AHMADI, S.B. JONES, and M. TULLER, 2017. Hydraulic Conductivity of Stratified Unsaturated Soils: Effects of Random Variability and Layering. Journal of Hydrology, 546:81⿿89, doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2016.12.055.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: KARUP, D., P. MOLDRUP, M. TULLER, E. ARTHUR, and L.W. DE JONGE, 2017. Prediction of the Soil Water Retention Curve for Structured Soil from Saturation to Oven-Dryness. Eur. J. Soil Sci., 68(1), doi: 10.1111/ejss.12401.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: GHAFARI, E., M. SADEGHI, E. BABAEIAN, K. DAVARY, A. FARID, S.B. JONES, and M. TULLER, 2017. New Physical Algorithms for Downscaling SMAP Soil Moisture. AGU International Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, Dec. 11-15, 2017.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: TULLER, M., E. BABAEIAN, M. SADEGHI, T. FRANZ, and S.B. JONES, 2017. Validation of SMAP Root Zone Soil Moisture Estimates with Improved Cosmic-Ray Neutron Probe Observations. AGU International Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, Dec. 11-15, 2017.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: GHOLOUBI, A., M. SADEGHI, S.B. JONES, E. BABAEIAN, and M. TULLER, 2017. A Novel Remote Sensing Approach to Quantifying Soil Stability. ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting, Tampa, FL, Oct. 22-25, 2017.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: BABAEIAN, E., M. SADEGHI, M.R. GOHARDOUST, E. ARTHUR, S.B. JONES, and M. TULLER, 2017. Application of Shortwave Infrared Imaging for Estimation of Soil Hydraulic Properties. ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting, Tampa, FL, Oct. 22-25, 2017.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: BABAEIAN, E., M. SADEGHI, S.B. JONES, and M. TULLER, 2017. Evaluation of a Novel Optical Trapezoid Model for Estimation of Large-Scale Root Zone Soil Moisture Based on MODIS Satellite Observations and Reference Cosmic-Ray Measurements. ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting, Tampa, FL, Oct. 22-25, 2017.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: SADEGHI, M., A. TABATABAEENEJAD, M. TULLER, M. MOGHADDAM, and S.B. JONES, 2017. Advancing NASA⿿s AirMOSS P-Band Radar Root Zone Soil Moisture Retrieval Algorithm via Incorporation of Richards⿿ Equation. Remote Sensing, 9(1), 17, doi:10.3390/rs9010017.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: TABATABAEENEJAD, A., M. SADEGHI, M. MOGHADDAM, M. TULLER, and S.B. JONES, 2017. Retrieval of AirMOSS Root-Zone Soil Moisture Profile with a Richards⿿ Equation-Based Approach. In: Proceedings, 2017 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, July 23-28, Fort Worth, Texas, USA, ISBN: 978-1-5090-4951-6.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: VOLKMANN, T.H.M., A. SENGUPTA, L. PANGLE, N. ABRAMSON, G. BARRON-GAFFORD, D.D. BRESHEARS, A. BUGAJ, J. CHOROVER, K. DONTSOVA, M. DURCIK, T.P.A. FERRE, C.J. HARMAN, E. HUNT, T.E. HUXMAN, M. KIM, R.M. MAIER, K. MATOS, A.A. MEIRA NETO, L.K. MEREDITH, R.K. MONSON, G-Y. NIU, J.D. PELLETIER, C. RASMUSSEN, J. RUIZ, S.R. SALESKA, M.G. SCHAAP, M. SIBAYAN, M. TULLER, J.L.M. VAN HAREN, Y. WANG, X. ZENG, and P.A. TROCH, 2017. Controlled Experiments of Hillslope Co-evolution at the Biosphere 2 Landscape Evolution Observatory: Toward Prediction of Coupled Hydrological, Biogeochemical, and Ecological change. AGU International Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, Dec. 11-15, 2017.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: SADEGHI, M., W. SHENG, E. BABAEIAN, M. TULLER, and S.B. JONES, 2017. Application of Shortwave Infrared Imaging for Estimation of Soil Water Content and Flux Profiles. ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting, Tampa, FL, Oct. 22-25, 2017.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: SADEGHI, M., E. BABAEIAN, M. TULLER, and S.B. JONES, 2017. Effects of Particle Size on Soil Reflectance. ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting, Tampa, FL, Oct. 22-25, 2017.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: SHENG, W., R. ZHOU, M. SADEGHI, E. BABAEIAN, M. TULLER, S.K. ANDERSON, and S.B. JONES, 2017. Printed Circuit Board Time Domain Reflectometry Sensors for Near-Surface Soil Moisture Measurement. ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting, Tampa, FL, Oct. 22-25, 2017.


Progress 10/01/15 to 09/30/16

Outputs
Target Audience:The target audience for our research contributions includes academia (faculty and students), researchers working for federal agencies such as the USDA, the USGS, or the USFS, agricultural industries, crop growers, native American communities, policy makers, and environmental NGOs. Changes/Problems: Nothing Reported What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?The project provided training opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students and postdoctoral associates at the University of Arizona and collaborating institutions. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Research results were disseminated in collaboration with various involved groups throughpeer-refereed international journal publications andconference contributions. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?We will continue to work on all 2016 research tasks contributing to all objectives of the W-3188 project and initiate new research on remote sensing of crop water use.

Impacts
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Publications

  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2016 Citation: BABAEIAN, E., M. SADEGHI, S.B. JONES, and M. TULLER, 2016. High-Resolution Mapping of Surface Soil Moisture with Hyperspectral Line-Scan Imaging. ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, Nov. 6-9, 2016.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2016 Citation: BABAEIAN, E., M. SADEGHI, W. SHENG, R. ZHOU, S.B. JONES, and M. TULLER, 2016. Relating Surface Reflectance and Near-Surface Soil Moisture to Improve Ground Truth Calibration of Optical Remote Sensing. ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, Nov. 6-9, 2016.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2016 Citation: GOHARDOUST, M.R., J. AN, A. BAR-TAL, H. HELLER, M. AMICHAI, T.P.A. FERRE, and M. TULLER, 2016. Application of Numerical Simulations for Optimization of Soilless Culture Systems. ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, Nov. 6-9, 2016.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2016 Citation: SHENG, W., R. ZHOU, S.B. JONES, S.K. ANDERSON, and M. TULLER, 2016. Design of a Printed Circuit Board TDR/TDT Near-Surface Soil Moisture Sensor. ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, Nov. 6-9, 2016.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2016 Citation: JONES, S.B., R. HEINSE, D. OR, M. TULLER, and G.E. BINGHAM, 2016. Considerations for Growing Plants in the Reduced Gravity of Space: Gas Percolation and Root Intrusion Effects in Porous Media. Kirkham Conference, Sede Boqer, Israel, Apr. 10-14, 2016.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2016 Citation: Chief, K., J. Yazzie, and P. Beamer. 2016. K� bee daah��n��t?: Strength through the Din� clan system to respond to the Gold King Mine Spill. Agnese Nelms Haury Foundation Challenge Grant Finalists, April 19, 2016, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2016 Citation: Chief, K., P. Beamer, N. Lothrop, J. Ingram, N. Teufel-Shone, M.A. Begay, R. Clausen, J. Yazzie, M. Begay, and D. Yazzie. 2016. Environmental Conditions of the Animas and San Juan Watersheds with Emphasis on Gold King Mine and Other Mine Waste Issues. New Mexico Water Resources Research Institute Conference, Environmental Conditions of the Animas and San Juan River Watersheds with Emphasis on Gold King Mine and Other Mine Waste Issues, May 17-19, 2016, San Juan College, Henderson Fine arts Center, Farmington, NM.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2016 Citation: Chief, K., P. Beamer, J. Ingram, N. Teufel-Shone, M.A. Begay, and D. Billheimer. 2016. Building community partnerships to quickly respond to Din� concerns regarding the Gold King Mine Spill. Native Research Network Conference 26th Native Health Research Conference, June 5-8, 2016, Harrahs Conference Center, Cherokee, NC.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2016 Citation: Chief, K. 2016. Tribal water in Arizona. University of Arizona College of Agriculture and Lie Sciences Cooperative Extension Water In-Service, Doubletree by Hilton Phoenix-Tempe.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2016 Citation: Chief, K., P. Beamer, J. Ingram, N. Teufel-Shone, M.A. Begay, and D. Billheimer. 2016. T�?�tso, the water is yellow: Investigating short term exposure and risk perception of Navajo communities to the Gold King Mine toxic spill. Tribal Environmental Health Summit 2016, June 20 & 21, 2016  Northern Arizona University, Native American Cultural Center, Flagstaff, AZ.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2016 Citation: Chief, K. 2016. Considering traditional knowledge in climate change initiatives. 2016 ITKI - UNESCO - City of Gastronomy Conference: Food and Water in Arid Lands: Dialogues across Contemporary and Traditional Knowledge, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2016 Citation: Chief, K., P. Beamer, J. Ingram, N. Teufel-Shone, M.A. Begay, and D. Billheimer. 2016. What happened at the Gold King Mine Spill and to the Navajo People? -- University Response to assist through Navajo Project Partnerships. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Environmental Health Science FEST (EHS FEST), December 5 - 8, 2016 in Durham, North Carolina.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2016 Citation: Chief, K. 2016. What happened at the Gold King Mine Spill and to the Navajo People? University Response to assist through Navajo Project Partnerships, Colorado River Water Users Association Annual Conference, December 15, 2016, Las Vegas, NV
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2016 Citation: Chief, K. and M. McCarthy. 2016. Traditional Knowledge and Climate Change. Sagebrush Ecosystem Conservation: All Hands, All Lands: Traditional Knowledges for Resource Managers, February 24, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2016 Citation: Chief, K. 2016. Traditional Knowledge and Climate Change In Climate, Water and the American Indian Farmer. American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2016 Annual Meeting, Global Science Engagement, February 11-15, Washington, D.C.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2016 Citation: ZENG, W., C. XU, J. HUANG, J. WU, and M. TULLER, 2016. Predicting Near-Surface Moisture Content of Saline Soils from NIR Reflectance Spectra with a Modified Gaussian Model. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J., 80, doi:10.2136/sssaj2016.06.0188.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2016 Citation: NAVEED, M., P. MOLDRUP, M.G. SCHAAP, M. TULLER, R. KULKARNI, H.-J. VOGEL, and L.W. DE JONGE, 2016. Prediction of biopore- and matrix-dominated flow from X-ray CT-derived macropore network characteristics. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 20:40174030, doi:10.5194/hess-20-1-2016.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2016 Citation: SADEGHI, M., B. GHAHRAMAN, A.W. WARRICK, M. TULLER, and S.B. JONES, 2016. A Critical Evaluation of the Miller and Miller Similar Media Theory for Application to Natural Soils. Water Resour. Res., 52(5):38293846, doi:10.1002/2015WR017929.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2016 Citation: ARTHUR, E., M. TULLER, P. MOLDRUP, and L.W. DE JONGE, 2016. Evaluation of Theoretical and Empirical Water Vapor Sorption Isotherm Models for Soils. Water Resour. Res., 52(1):190205, doi:10.1002/2015WR017681.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2016 Citation: Maldonado, J., T.M.B. Bennett, K. Chief, P. Cochran, K. Cozetto, B. Gough, M. Hiza Redsteer, K. Lynn, N. Maynard, and G. Voggesser. 2016. Engagement with indigenous peoples and honoring traditional knowledge systems. Climatic Change. DOI 10.1007/s10584-015-1535-7 (http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10584-015-1535-7)
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2016 Citation: Chief, K. and A. Meadow. 2016. Climate Conversations: Merging Traditional and Western Approaches to Risk Management. Natural Hazards Observer: Volume XL, No. 4, 4-7, April 2016.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2016 Citation: Zhang, Y.G, Schaap, M.G., Guadagnini, A. and Neuman S.P., 2016. Inverse modeling of unsaturated flow using clusters of soil texture and pedotransfer functions. WRR, Vol 52(10),p 7631-7644. DOI: 10.1002/2016WR019016.
  • Type: Book Chapters Status: Published Year Published: 2016 Citation: Maldonado, J., H. Lazrus, B. Gough, S. Bennett, K. Chief, L. Kruger, J. Morisette, S. Petrovic, and K. Powys Whyte. The Story of Rising Voices: Facilitating Collaboration between Indigenous and Western Ways of Knowing In Understanding Vulnerability, Building Resilience: Responses to Disasters and Climate Change (ed M. Companion, and M. Chaiken). CR Press. ISBN 9781498760966.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2016 Citation: Eden, S, S.B. Megdal, E. Shamir, K. Chief, and K.E. Mott Lacroix. 2016. Opening the Black Box: Using a Hydrological Model to Link Stakeholder Engagement with Groundwater Management. J. of Water, 8, 216; doi:10.3390/w8050216
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2016 Citation: Chief, K., A. Meadow, and K.Whyte. 2016. Engaging Southwestern Tribes in Sustainable Water Resources Topics and Management. J. of Water. 8, 350; DOI:10.3390/w8080350
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2016 Citation: Larsen, J.D., and M.G. Schaap. 2016. Colloid Mobility in Soils, Fundamental Pore Scale Mechanisms, Simplifications and Practical Relevance for Risk Analysis. Poster presented at the annual USDA-NIFA meeting October 12-13, Washington DC.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2016 Citation: Larsen, J.D. and M.G. Schaap. 2016. A pore-scale approach to colloid-surface interaction in liquid using lattice Boltzmann models. Poster presented at the AGU fall meeting, session H13H, Monday 12 December, San Francisco.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2016 Citation: TULLER, M., E. BABAEIAN, M. SADEGHI, W. SHENG, and S.B. JONES, 2016. A Comprehensive Laboratory Study to Improve Ground Truth Calibration of Remotely Sensed Near-Surface Soil Moisture. AGU International Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec. 12-16, 2016.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2016 Citation: BABAEIAN, E., M. SADEGHI, S.B. JONES, and M. TULLER, 2016. A Novel Optical Model for Remote Sensing of Near-Surface Soil Moisture. AGU International Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec. 12-16, 2016.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2016 Citation: SADEGHI, M., A. TABATABAEENEJAD, M. TULLER, E. BABAEIAN, and S.B. JONES, 2016. A New Richards' Equation-Based AirMOSS Soil Moisture Retrieval Algorithm. AGU International Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec. 12-16, 2016.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2016 Citation: ARTHUR, E., and M. TULLER, 2016. A Simple Method for Estimating Cation Exchange Capacity from Water Vapor Sorption. ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, Nov. 6-9, 2016.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2016 Citation: KULKARNI, R., M.G. SCHAAP, J.J. RODRIGUEZ, and M. TULLER, 2016. Synthesis of Sphere Packings for Evaluation of Image Segmentation Algorithms. ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, Nov. 6-9, 2016.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2016 Citation: KULKARNI, R., J.J. RODRIGUEZ, and M. TULLER, 2016. Improved Surface Area Estimation Based on Surface Curvedness. ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, Nov. 6-9, 2016.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2016 Citation: GONZALEZ CENA, J.R., D.C. SLACK, E. BABAEIAN, and M. TULLER, 2016. A Comparison of Sequential and Conventional Flood Irrigation Under Field Conditions. ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, Nov. 6-9, 2016.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2016 Citation: SADEGHI, M., E. BABAEIAN, M. TULLER, and S.B. JONES, 2016. A Novel Optical Approach to Satellite-Based Remote Sensing of Soil Moisture. ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, Nov. 6-9, 2016.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2016 Citation: SADEGHI, M., A. TABATABAEENEJAD, M. TULLER, E. BABAEIAN, and S.B. JONES, 2016. A New Solution to Richards' Equation for Application to P-Band Radar Remote Sensing of Root Zone Soil Moisture. ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, Nov. 6-9, 2016.


Progress 10/01/14 to 09/30/15

Outputs
Target Audience:The target audience for our research contributions includes academia (faculty and students), researchers working for federal agencies such as the USDA, the USGS, or the USFS, agricultural industries, policy makers, and environmental NGOs. Changes/Problems: Nothing Reported What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?The project provided training opportunities for graduate students at the University of Arizona and collaborating institutions. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Research results were disseminated in collaboration with various involved groups through 10 peer-refereed international journal publications and 8 conference contributions. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?We will continue to work on all 2015 research tasks contributing to all objectives of the W-3188 project and initiate new research on airborne and satellite remote sensing of soil moisture.

Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals? We developed a physical framework to generate artificial porous materials with precisely known phase distributions to test and improve previously developed 3D multiphase segmentation algorithms for X-Ray CT data. First Newton's equations of motion were solved for a multi particle system considering gravitational, Hertz contact, and frictional particle forces. Measured particle size distributions were used to generate media with varying porosities. The liquid phase was then introduced for various saturation states by means of lattice Boltzmann simulations. Different levels of Poisson and Gaussian noise where then introduced to the 3D volumes to mimic noise inherent to X-Ray CT data acquisition. Obtained data allow precise evaluation of the limitations of commonly applied segmentation algorithms. We are currently testing the newly developed codes to make them available to the research community. In collaboration with Utah State University (Scott Jones and Morteza Sadeghi) we started with a new NSF-funded project aimed at development of novel measurement and remote sensing techniques for characterization of near surface soil hydrology. The overall objectives of this project are to: (i) develop and employ novel in situ measurement techniques for improved understanding of near surface (NS) moisture dynamics; (ii) evaluate critical basic assumptions of remote sensing (RS) methods for NS soil moisture estimation; and (iii) develop and test novel RS algorithms to spatially determine soil hydraulic properties for more accurate land-surface and hydrologic modeling. First results were presented at the AGU Fall Meeting in San Francisco. Ebrahim Babaeian joined our group in December as a postdoctoral research associate to work on this project. In collaboration with Aarhus and Aalborg Universities (Emmanuel Arthur, Lis Wollesen de Jonge, Sheela Katuwal, and Per Moldrup) we applied our previously developed 3D multiphase segmentation capabilities to quantify soil pore network complexity with X-Ray CT and gas transport measurements. Flow and transport of gases through soils are largely controlled by pore structural attributes. The quantification of pore network characteristics is therefore essential for accurate prediction of air permeability and gas diffusivity. The pore network characteristics of structured soils were quantified with X-Ray CT and compared with functional pore characteristics estimated from measurements of air permeability and gas diffusivity. Furthermore, predictive models for air permeability and gas diffusivity were developed based on CT-derived structural parameters and compared with previously proposed predictive models. Strong correlations between functional and pore geometry parameters were observed. The consideration of CT-derived air-filled porosity, pore network tortuosity and connectivity, and minimum equivalent pore diameter in predictive gas diffusivity and air permeability models significantly improved their performance. The obtained results suggest that the application of X-ray CT-derived pore-structural parameters has great potential for predicting gas diffusivity and air permeability. In collaboration with Aarhus and Aalborg Universities (Emmanuel Arthur, Lis Wollesen de Jonge and Per Moldrup) we continued to derive soil properties from high resolution vapor sorption isotherms. In 2015 we developed a method to predict clay content from water vapor sorption isotherms considering hysteresis and soil organic matter content and determined the effects of biochar and manure amendments on water vapor sorption in soils. In another collaborative project with Aarhus and Aalborg Universities (Lis Wollesen de Jonge, Dan Jensen, and Per Moldrup) we refined a novel 2-stage approach to predict the soil water characteristic from saturation to oven-dryness from the particle size distribution. The approach combines dry- and wet-region functions to obtain the entire SWC by means of parameterizing a previously developed continuous equation. The dry region function relates gravimetric soil fractions to adsorptive forces and the corresponding water adsorbed to soil particles. The wet region function converts the volumetric particle size fractions to pore size fractions and utilizes the capillary rise equation to predict water content and matric potential pairs. The approach was tested for a large number of repacked and undisturbed soils and compared to commonly applied pedotransfer functions.

Publications

  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: ARTHUR, E., M. TULLER, P. MOLDRUP, and L.W. DE JONGE, 2015. Evaluation of Theoretical and Empirical Water Vapor Sorption Isotherm Models for Soils. Water Resour. Res., doi:10.1002/2015WR017681.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: KATUWAL, S., E. ARTHUR, M. TULLER, P. MOLDRUP, and L.W. DE JONGE, 2015. Quantification of Soil Pore Network Complexity with X-ray Computed Tomography and Gas Transport Measurements. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J., 79:1577-1589, doi:10.2136/sssaj2015.06.0227.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: SADEGHI, M., M. TULLER, M.R. GOHARDOUST, and S.B. JONES, 2015. Reply to comments on "Column-scale unsaturated hydraulic conductivity estimates in coarse-textured homogeneous and layered soils derived under steady-state evaporation from a water table" [J. Hydrol. 519 (2014), 12381248]. Journal of Hydrology, 529(3):1277-1281, doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.09.019.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: KATUWAL, S., P. MOLDRUP, M. LAMAND�, M. TULLER, and L.W. DE JONGE, 2015. Effects of CT Number-Derived Matrix Density on Preferential Flow and Transport in Macroporous Agricultural Soils. Vadose Zone Journal, 14(7), doi:10.2136/vzj2015.01.0002.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: MAS�S-MEL�NDEZ, F., L.W. DE JONGE, T.K.K. CHAMINDU DEEPAGODA, M. TULLER, and P. MOLDRUP, 2015. Effects of Soil Bulk Density on Gas Transport Parameters and Pore-Network Properties across a Sandy Field Site. Vadose Zone Journal, 14(7), doi:10.2136/vzj2014.09.0128.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: PANGLE, L.A., S.B. DELONG, N. ABRAMSON, J. ADAMS, G. BARRON-GAFFORD, D.D. BRESHEARS, P. BROOKS, J. CHOROVER, W.E. DIETRICH, K. DONTSOVA, M. DURCIK, J. ESPELETA, T.P.A. FERRE, R. FERRIERE, W. HENDERSON, E. HUNT, T.E. HUXMAN, D. MILLAR, B. MURPHY, G-Y. NIU, M. PAVAO-ZUCKERMAN, J.D. PELLETIER, C. RASMUSSEN, J. RUIZ, S. SALESKA, M.G. SCHAAP, M. SIBAYAN, P.A. TROCH, M. TULLER, J. VAN HAREN, and X. ZENG, 2015. The Landscape Evolution Observatory: A Large-Scale Controllable Infrastructure to Study Coupled Earth-Surface Processes. Geomorphology, 244:190-203, doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2015.01.020.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: SOARES, A., P. MOLDRUP, A.L. VENDELBOE, S. KATUWAL, T. NORGAARD, C. DELERUE-MATOS, M. TULLER, and L.W. DE JONGE, 2015. Effects of Soil Compaction and Organic Carbon Content on Preferential Flow in Loamy Field Soils. Soil Science, 180(1):10-20, doi:10.1097/SS.0000000000000105.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: ARTHUR, E., M. TULLER, P. MOLDRUP, and L.W. DE JONGE, 2015. Effects of biochar and manure amendments on water vapor sorption in a sandy loam soil. Geoderma, 243-244:175-182, doi:10.1016/j.geoderma.2015.01.001.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: ARTHUR, E., M. TULLER, P. MOLDRUP, D.K. JENSEN, and L.W. DE JONGE, 2015. Prediction of Clay Content from Water Vapor Sorption Isotherms Considering Hysteresis and Soil Organic Matter Content. European Journal of Soil Science, 66:206-217, doi:10.1111/ejss.12191.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: JENSEN, D.K., M. TULLER, L.W. DE JONGE, E. ARTHUR, and P. MOLDRUP, 2015. A New Two-Stage Approach for Predicting the Soil Water Characteristic from Saturation to Oven-Dryness. Journal of Hydrology, 521:498-507, doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.12.018.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: SADEGHI, M., S.B. JONES, and M.TULLER, 2015. Toward a Calibration-Free Model for Optical Remote Sensing of Soil Moisture. AGU International Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec. 14-18, 2015.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: SADEGHI, M., B. GHAHRAMAN, A.W. WARRICK, M. TULLER, and S.B. JONES, 2015. Scaling of Soil Hydraulic Functions: Revisiting the Miller and Miller Similar Media Theory. ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, Nov. 15-18, 2015.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: ARTHUR, E., M. TULLER, P. MOLDRUP, and L.W. DE JONGE, 2015. Evaluation of Water Vapor Sorption Hysteresis in Soils: The Role of Organic Matter and Clay. ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, Nov. 15-18, 2015.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: ARTHUR, E., M. TULLER, P. MOLDRUP, and L.W. DE JONGE, 2015. Modeling and Prediction of Soil Water Vapor Sorption Isotherms. ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, Nov. 15-18, 2015.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: GOHARDOUST, M.R., M. TULLER, A. BAR-TAL, and H. HELLER, 2015. Optimization of Soilless Greenhouse Substrates Based on Physicochemical Characterization and Numerical Simulations. ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, Nov. 15-18, 2015
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: GOHARDOUST, M.R., M. SADEGHI, M.Z. AHMADI, and M. TULLER, 2015. Effective Unsaturated Hydraulic Conductivity of Multilayer Soil Profiles. ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, Nov. 15-18, 2015.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: JONES, S.B., P. SUTITARNNONTR, M. TULLER, and R. MILLER, 2015. Automated Closed Chamber-Based Measurements of CO2, CH4 and NH3 Emissions from Fresh, Dried and Sludged Dairy Cattle Manure. ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, Nov. 15-18, 2015.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: SADEGHI, M., S.B. JONES, M. TULLER, and M.R. GOHARDOUST, 2015. Effective Unsaturated Hydraulic Conductivity and Characteristic Length of Layered Soils Considering Steady-State Evaporation. 2015 Spring Runoff Conference, Eccles Conference Center, Utah State University, Logan, UT, March 31 - April 1, 2015.