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| 9th Plinius Conference on Mediterranean Storms |
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Information - PLC8 Soil-Vegetation-Atmosphere Interactions
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Event Information |
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Patterns of vegetation regulate the mass exchange, energy and momentum across the biosphere-atmosphere interface. These structures arise from the physical linkage between soils, vegetation, and atmosphere influencing hydrological processes through modification of rainfall interception, infiltration, evapotranspiration, surface runoff, and groundwater recharge.
In this regard, the interrelationship between ecological and geophysical determinants of surface water balance is at the forefront of a number of outstanding issues in both hydrological and ecological sciences. For example, the space-time distribution of soil moisture provides a crucial link between hydrological and ecological processes and may significantly affect the magnitude and frequency of extreme meteo-hydrological processes.
This session solicits papers that address the coupled ecological-hydrological processes governing surface water balance, basin response and vegetation dynamics in Mediterranean landscapes, with special focus on the links between soil-vegetation-atmosphere exchanges and Mediterranean extreme events (floods and droughts). We seek contributions that explore these issues through experimentation, observation, and theoretical approaches, ranging from hillslope to basin scales. Potential topics of interest include
• the impact of hydrological extremes on natural ecosystem and their mutual relationships,
• dynamics of vegetation, soil vegetation interactions impinging on soil moisture and water balance variability in time and space,
• plant community responses to variability in climate and surface hydrological processes.
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