Session 2 Drought Effects on Semi-Arid Ecosystems

Monday, 20 June 2016: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
Arches (Sheraton Salt Lake City Hotel)
Host: 32nd Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
Cochairs:
Ankur R. Desai, Univ. of Wisconsin, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Madison, WI and Chuixiang Yi, Queens College, City University of New York, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Flushing, NY

Papers:
10:30 AM
2.1
Coherent Cycles of Summer Temperatures in the Intermountain West, and Effects on Urban Water Use
Lawrence E. Hipps, Utah State Univ., Logan, UT
Recorded Presentation

10:45 AM
2.2
Drought-Based Tipping Point for Forest Collapse with Climate Warming
Chuixiang Yi, Queens College, City University of New York, Flushing, NY; and K. Huang, G. Mu, and G. Hendrey

11:00 AM
2.3
How Changing Ecosystem Structure and Climate Alter Water Availability and its Influence on Carbon Dioxide Exchange in Semiarid Regions
Russell L. Scott, USDA-ARS Southwest Watershed Research Center, Tucson, AZ; and J. A. Biederman

11:15 AM
2.4
Ecosystem Carbon Balance During the Early 21st-Century Drought: Synthesis of Flux Observations from Semiarid Southwestern North America and Comparison with Models and Remote Sensing
Joel A. Biederman, USDA, Tucson, AZ; and R. L. Scott, G. Ponce-Campos, M. Litvak, D. Krofcheck, and G. Maurer

11:30 AM
2.5
Shifting the Plant Functional Type Paradigm to Reflect Hydraulic Properties may Improve Model Simulations of Drought and Disturbance
Ashley M. Matheny, Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH; and G. Bohrer and G. Mirfenderesgi

11:45 AM
2.6
Sequestration of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide as Inorganic Carbon in the Unsaturated Zone of Semi-Arid Forests
Murray Moinester, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; and J. Kronfeld and I. Carmi
Recorded Presentation Manuscript (621.9 kB)

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