Significant progress in public health, agricultural, industrial, and technical advancements over the past century has improved health and wellbeing of billions of people. However, increased access and consumption have increased pressures on natural resources and has taken a toll on land, air, and water resources. This stream focuses on new theoretical advancements or novel applications of environmental models for solving planetary health and environmental challenges at various spatial and temporal scales.

Schedule
2018
Monday, June 25th
9:00 AM

Developing a coupled SWAT-MODFLOW model assessing groundwater depletion in the Republican River Basin

Soheil Nozari, Colorado State University - Fort Collins
Ryan Bailey, Colorado State University - Fort Collins

9:00 AM - 10:20 AM

New Developments for the U.S. Geological Survey Groundwater and Surface-Water Flow Model (GSFLOW)

Robert Regan, USGS
Richard G. Niswonger, United States Geological Survey
Eric D. Morway, USGS
Enrique Triana, RTI
Murphy Gardner, USGS

9:00 AM - 10:20 AM

QSWATMOD: A QGIS-based graphical user interface for application and evaluation of SWAT-MODFLOW models

Seonggyu Park, Dept. Civil-Env. Eng., Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States.
Anders Nielsen, Aarhus University, Department of Bioscience, Vejlsøvej, Silkeborg, Denmark.
Ryan Bailey, Dept. Civil-Env. Eng., Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States.
Dennis Trolle, Aarhus University, Department of Bioscience, Vejlsøvej, Silkeborg, Denmark.
Katrin Bieger, Blackland Research & Extension Center, Texas A&M AgriLife, Temple, TX, United States

9:00 AM - 10:20 AM

SWAT+/MODFLOW: a new model for simulating surface-subsurface hydrological processes at the watershed scale

Ryan T. Bailey, Colorado State University - Fort Collins
Seonggyu Park, Colorado State University - Fort Collins
Katrin Bieger, Blackland Research & Extension Center, Texas A&M AgriLife
Jeffrey Arnold, Grassland Soil and Water Research Laboratory, USDA-ARS, Temple, TX

9:00 AM - 10:20 AM
10:40 AM

A Coupled Stream-Aquifer System Model to Simulate Nonpoint Source Pollutants across Irrigated Regions

Christopher D. Shultz
Ryan T. Bailey
Timothy K. Gates

10:40 AM - 12:00 PM

An integrated SWAT-MODFLOW model for estimating nitrate transport from agricultural practices for a watershed in North Carolina

Riyana Ayub
Gnanamanikam Mahinthakumar, North Carolina State University at Raleigh

10:40 AM - 12:00 PM

Estimating spatio-temporal patterns of groundwater-surface water interactions and solute transport in an irrigated stream-aquifer system

XIAOLU WEI, Colorado State University - Fort Collins
Ryan T. Bailey, Colorado State University - Fort Collins

10:40 AM - 12:00 PM

Modeling the Fate and Transport of Nitrate, Selenium, and Uranium Using a Coupled Stream-Aquifer Reactive Transport Model

Ibraheem A. Qurban, Colorado State University - Fort Collins
John T. Cox, Colorado State University - Fort Collins
Abdullah Bin Javed, Colorado State University - Fort Collins
Saman Tavakoli Kivi, Colorado State University - Fort Collins
Timothy K. Gates, Colorado State University - Fort Collins
Ryan T. Bailey, Colorado State University - Fort Collins

10:40 AM - 12:00 PM
2:00 PM

Exploring the Spatial Connection Between Groundwater, Soil Moisture and Evapotranspiration in Platte River Basin in Nebraska

Foad Foolad, University of Nebraska-lincoln
Trenton E. Franz, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Tiejun Wang, Tianjin University
Ayse Kilic, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Richard G. Allen, University of Idaho, Kimberly
Azar M. Abadi, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Ian Ratcliffe, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

2:00 PM - 3:20 PM

Improved simulation of riparian wetland processes using SWAT+

Ann van Griensven
Katrin Bieger, Blackland Research & Extension Center, Texas A&M University, US
Linh Hoang, Hunter College, City University of New York
Jeffrey Arnold, Grassland Soil and Water Research Laboratory USDA-ARS

2:00 PM - 3:20 PM

New Module to Simulate Groundwater-Surface Water Interactions in Small-Scale Alluvial Aquifer Systems

Luke Flores
Ryan T. Bailey, Colorado State University - Fort Collins

2:00 PM - 3:20 PM

Rationalising Systems Analysis for the Evaluation of Adaptation Strategies in Complex Human-Water Systems

Carlos Dionisio Pérez-Blanco PhD, CMCC
Arthur Hrast Essenfelder PhD, CMCC

2:00 PM - 3:20 PM

Understanding water quality and quantity changes due to land use and climate changes in a karst watershed

Patricia Spellman

2:00 PM - 3:20 PM
Tuesday, June 26th
3:40 PM

An Economic Evaluation of Peak Flow Management on the Rio Chama

Suzanne Stradling, University of New Mexico
Janie M. Chermak, University of New Mexico
Dagmar Llewellyn, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Mark Stone, University of New Mexico

3:40 PM - 5:00 PM

Development of a Binational Geospatial Decision Support System to Protect Water Quality in the Lower Rio Grande: An Innovative Use of Open Source Geographic Information System Software

Alexander Sun
Roger M. Miranda

3:40 PM - 5:00 PM

Development of a Decision Support Tool to Improve Binational Water Quality Planning in the Lower Rio Grande/Río Bravo

Roger Miranda
Alexander Sun

3:40 PM - 5:00 PM

Socio-Ecological Modeling for guiding water management: Application of the ENVISION framework for the Rio Grande/Bravo Basin

Sophie Plassin, University of Oklahoma, Department of Geography and Environmental Sustainability
Jennifer Koch, University of Oklahoma, Department of Geography and Environmental Sustainability
Kellie B. Vaché, Oregon State University, Biological and Ecological Engineering
Stephanie Paladino, University of Oklahoma, Center for Applied Social Research
Kyndra Hanson, University of Oklahoma, Department of Geography and Environmental Sustainability
Jack R. Friedman, University of Oklahoma, Center for Applied Social Research

3:40 PM - 5:00 PM

Stakeholder driven watershed modeling to inform drought-adaptive water management in the Rio Grande Project Area

Maryam Samimi, Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Texas at El Paso
Ali Mirchi, Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Texas at El Paso
William L. Hargrove, Center for Environmental Resource Management, The University of Texas at El Paso
Josiah Heyman, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Texas at El Paso
Nolan Thomas Townsend, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico
David Gutzler, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico
So Ra Ahn, Texas A&M AgriLife Research Center
Zhuping Sheng, Texas A&M AgriLife Research Center

3:40 PM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday, June 27th
9:00 AM

Evaluation of Forest Fire Fighting Simulator

Ferat Mantar, Havelsan A.S.
Ahmet Birol Cavdar, Havelsan A.S.
Osman Bilir, Havelsan A.S.
Ertugrul Bilgili, Karadeniz Technical University

9:00 AM - 10:20 AM

Identifying Model Structure using Catchment Characteristics

Bruce Tran, The University of Sydney
R.W. Vervoort, The University of Sydney
Floris F. van Ogtrop, The University of Sydney

9:00 AM - 10:20 AM

Spatial scale dependency issues in the application of the Modified Universal Soil Loss Equation (MUSLE)

David Gwapedza, Institute for Water Research, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
Denis A. Hughes, Institute for Water Research, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
Andrew R. Slaughter, Institute for Water Research, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa

9:00 AM - 10:20 AM
10:40 AM

Addressing Curse of Dimensionality in Global Sensitivity Analysis of Large Environmental Models: An Automated Grouping Strategy

Razi Sheikholeslami, Global Institute for Water Security, School of Environment and Sustainability, University of Saskatchewan
Saman Razavi, Global Institute for Water Security, University of Saskatchewan
Hoshin Vijai Gupta, Department of Hydrology and Water Resources, University of Arizona
William Becker, European Commission Joint Research Centre, Institute for the Protection and Security of the Citizen
Amin Haghnegahdar, Global Institute for Water Security, School of Environment and Sustainability, University of Saskatchewan

10:40 AM - 12:00 PM

Coupled Global Optimization and Sensitivity Analysis: Application to Model Calibration

Masoud Asadzadeh, University of Manitoba
Mohammad Semnani, University of Manitoba

10:40 AM - 12:00 PM

Quantification of Uncertainty Sources in Hydraulic Modelling in a Climate Change Impact Framework

Gordon Aitken, Heriot-Watt University
Lila Collet
Lindsay Beevers Prof, Heriot-Watt University
Claire Maravat, Universite Montpellier 2

10:40 AM - 12:00 PM

Revisiting the Fundamental Basis of Global Sensitivity Analysis for Dynamical Environmental Models

Saman Razavi, University of Saskatchewan
Hoshin Gupta, University of Arizona

10:40 AM - 12:00 PM
2:00 PM

Evaluating uncertainty in stormwater control measures (SCMs) using the EPA Stormwater Management Model linked with Markov Chain Monte Carlo uncertainty technique

Tyler Dell, Colorado State University - Fort Collins
Alfy Joseph George, Colorado State University - Fort Collins

2:00 PM - 3:20 PM

Methodology for quantifying model factor sensitivity, uncertainty, and estimation for integrated groundwater/surface water hydrologic models

Seonggyu Park, Dept. Civil-Env. Eng., Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States.
Ryan Bailey, Dept. Civil-Env. Eng., Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States.

2:00 PM - 3:20 PM

Space-time Uncertainty Propagation of Input Precipitation across a coupled Rainfall-Runoff Urban Drainage Model

Arturo Torres-Matallana, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology
Ulrich Leopold, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology

2:00 PM - 3:20 PM

Spatial Uncertainty Propagation in Ecosystem Service Assessment Modelling under change of scale

Ulrich Leopold, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology
Benoit Othoniel, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology
Benedetto Rugani, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology

2:00 PM - 3:20 PM
3:40 PM

Multiobjective optimization approach to compare evapotranspiration methods in the Cotton2K agroecosystem model

Kelly R. Thorp, USDA-ARS
Gary W. Marek, USDA-ARS
Kendall C. DeJonge, USDA-ARS

3:40 PM - 5:00 PM

Toward Improved Reservoir Management via Hydrologic Uncertainty Quantification

Joseph Kasprzyk, University of Colorado Boulder

3:40 PM - 5:00 PM

Uncertainty and sensitivity analysis for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from wastewater treatment plant

Giorgio Mannina, Universita di Palermo
Alida Cosenza, University of Palermo
Taise Ferreira Rebouças, University of Palermo

3:40 PM - 5:00 PM