Session: Non-Invasive Methods and Soil Physical Processes: State of the Art and New Developments

Monday, November 2, 2009: 3:15 PM-5:30 PM

Convention Center, Room 411, Fourth Floor

Presidings:

Harry Vereecken , Hans-Joerg Vogel and Jan Hopmans

Organizers:

Harry Vereecken , Hans-Joerg Vogel and Jan W. Hopmans

3:15 PM

Introductory Remarks

3:20 PM

Water Distribution at the Root-Soil Interface: Why Is There More Water Next to Roots?.
Andrea Carminati, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Res.; Ahmad Moradi, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Res.; Doris Vetterlein, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Res.; Hans-Jörg Vogel, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Res.; Sascha Oswald, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Res.

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3:40 PM

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Soil Processes: Water Flux, Tracer-Transport, and Root Water Uptake.
Andreas Pohlmeier, Res. Center Juelich

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4:00 PM

A Simulation Study of Segmentation Methods On the Soil Aggregate Microtomographic Images.
Wei Wang, Michigan State Univ.; Alexandra N. Kravchenko, Michigan State Univ.; Kateryna Ananyeva, Michigan State Univ.; Alvin J. M. Smucker, Michigan State Univ.; C.Y. Lim, Michigan State Univ.; Mark L. Rivers, Univ. of Chicago

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4:15 PM

Noninvasive Quantification of Intra-Aggregate Pore Geometries and Convective-Dispersive Flux of E. Coli, Ions and Carbon within Whole Soil Aggregates.
Alvin Smucker, Michigan State Univ.; Hyen Chung Chun, Michigan State Univ.; Kateryna Ananyeva, Michigan State Univ.; Wei Wang, Michigan State Univ.; Alexandra Kravchenko, Michigan State Univ.; Joan Rose, Michigan State Univ.

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4:30 PM

Break

4:45 PM

Identifying Soil Resource Pools within Forest Communities Using Eco-Geophysics.
Scott B. Jones, Utah State Univ.; Hiruy Abdu, Utah State Univ.; Robert Heinse, Univ. of Idaho; David A. Robinson, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology; Ronald Ryel, Utah State Univ.

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5:00 PM

Using Surface Waves for Shallow Soil Profile Exploration.
Zhiqu Lu, Natl. Center for Physical Acoustics/Univ. of Mississippi

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5:15 PM

Combining Time-Lapsed GPR and Real-Time Soil Moisture Monitoring to Detect Subsurface Lateral Flow.
Jun Zhang, Pennsylvania State Univ.; Henry Lin, Pennsylvania State Univ.; James Doolittle, USDA-NRCS

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5:30 PM

Adjourn

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