Open AccessStrategies to Observe and Understand Processes and Drivers in the Biogeosphere
Author(s) -
Vereecken Harry,
Young Michael,
Troch Peter,
Bertsch Paul
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1002/2014eo020004
Subject(s) - biogeochemical cycle , environmental science , scale (ratio) , environmental resource management , earth science , ecosystem , hydrology (agriculture) , ecology , geography , engineering , geology , cartography , geotechnical engineering , biology
Chapman conferences are intended for deeper discussions of specific topical areas of scientific interest. This Chapman conference was organized to review and discuss new strategies to observe and understand processes and drivers in the biogeosphere, particularly those related to coupled biogeochemical and hydrological processes in terrestrial systems. The topics presented at the meeting included transport and exchange processes of organic and gaseous compounds across the soil‐water and soil‐plant interfaces, monitoring strategies of soil‐mediated processes and drivers from the local to the catchment scale, and the impact of soil formation and functions on ecosystem services. These topics were addressed and intensively discussed by participants covering the fields of soil systems sciences, hydrology, and biogeosciences.