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Information - HS22 Hydrogeophysics - methods to identify properties and monitor processes governing water flow and solute transport in groundwater and vadose zones (co-listed in SSS)
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The shallow subsurface is an extremely important zone that yields much of our water resources and also serves as the repository for municipal, industrial and government waste. The near-surface environment also acts as a buffer and filter for contaminants introduced by agricultural activities. As safe and effective use of the subsurface environment is a major challenge facing our society, there is a great need to improve our understanding of the shallow subsurface. With an increasing demand for investigation methods that have both high accuracy and resolution across a variety of spatial scales, a new discipline of hydrogeophysics has evolved, which aims at combining knowledge from various disciplines such as hydrology, hydrogeology, soil physics and geophysics thereby striving to improve subsurface characterization and monitoring. Geophysical methods offer the advantage of being able to measure subsurface structures and to estimate flow and transport properties in a non-invasive and dynamic manner. The discipline of hydrogeophysics has expanded rapidly, now encompassing a wide range of standard geophysical methods and new methods developed specifically for hydrologic applications. Cutting edge contributions in this field are now focused on true integration of geophysics into hydrologic investigations through coupled measurement and modeling of hydrologic properties and hydrologic and geophysical system responses. The purpose of this section is to discuss recent research advances within the emerging discipline of hydrogeophysics, including those associated with basic theory, development of petrophysical models, geophysical instrumentation and method improvement, hydrogeophysical case studies, and geophysical, hydrologic, and joint inversion approaches. Special emphasis is placed on research related to the integrated use of measurement and modeling in forming hydrologic measurement and monitoring networks and in forming hydrologic conceptual models. This session should be of interest to researchers across a variety of disciplines, including hydrologists interested in using geophysical methods for improved characterization and monitoring of subsurface flow and transport, geophysicists interested in hydrologic applications of their research, and researchers in any field who are interested in the design of optimal measurement and monitoring networks.
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