Joint Meeting of the Second International Soil Sensing Technology Conference, the Soil Physics Technical Committee Annual Meeting, and the ASA Sensor-based Water Management Community

January 3-7, 2012

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

 

 

Meeting Location: The meeting will take place at the University of Hawai'i Manoa's Campus Center Ballroom. Campus Center IS the student union of the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

The student union offers the university community and the public a wide variety of meeting, dining and entertainment options to enrich campus life and the educational experience. Campus Center, located in the heart of the University.

 

For individuals providing their own transportation, please park at our main Parking Structure during the conference. The University's Parking Structure has a flat rate fee of $4.00 payable to the entry kiosks. For additional information, please visit our UH Parking Website. Additional Driving directions for the Field Trip and other locations are also available here.

 

Abstract description & details may be viewed in the Abstract Tab or click the Abstract's Title in the Program listed below.

 

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Most of this day's activity will be devoted to:

The Business meeting of the W2188 Soil Physics Multi-State Research Project.

 

Those who are not active members of the W2188 working group will have the opportunity to attend. Program will start at 09:00am and ends at 05:00pm. The location of the meeting on Tuesday is at 1955 East West Rd., in the Agricultural Science Building room 209.

 

The training was cancelled because of lack of interest from the participants. We will give you additional details about this later on.

 

Wednesday, January 4, 2012
08:00am - 08:30pm

Conference Opening Session

 

8:00 – 8:05 Welcoming comments, Dr. Sylvia Yuen, Interim Dean of CTAHR

 

8:05 – 8:15 Some of the major water issues facing Hawaii, Mr. Bill Tam, Hawaii Water Commission Deputy Director

 

8:15 – 8:25 USDA-NIFA National Programs and Opportunities on Soil Water Sensing and Related issues, Dr. Ray Knighton National Program Leader-Air Quality USDA-NIFA

 

8:25- 8:30 Break

Session I: Novel Soil Moisture Sensors

Moderator: Ali Fares

No.
Time
First Author
Presentation Title
Presenting Author
1
08:30am - 09:10am

Keynote Speaker:

Marek Zreda

Measuring area-average soil moisture using cosmic rays
Marek Zreda
2
09:10am - 09:30am

Tyson Ochsner
Calibration and Validation of a Mobile Cosmic-ray Soil Moisture Observing System
Tyson Ochsner
3
09:30am - 09:50am
Hala Al-Jassar
Micorwave Satellite and Field Measurements of soil moisture in Kuwait Desert
Hala Al-Jassar
4
09:50am - 10:10am
M. Meadows
Comparing methods for quantifying soil moisture in the southern Sierra Nevada, California.
M. Meadows
10:10am - 10:30am
Coffee Break: Coffee and Snacks will be provided

Session II: Watershed Scale Sensor Calibration

Moderator: Scott Jones

5
10:30am - 10:50am
Farhat Abbas
Watershed Scale Calibration of Different Soil Water Content Measuring Sensors
Ali Fares
6
10:50am -11:10am
Gary C. Heathman
Application of observation operators for field scale soil moisture averages and variances in agricultural landscapes
Gary C. Heathman

7
11:10am - 11:30am
Susmitha Nambuthiri
Field Calibration of Soil Water Capacitance Probe and Space-Time Field of Soil Water Storage in a Farmer's Field
Ole Wendroth
8
11:30am - 11:50pm
Thijs Kelleners
Determining Water Retention in Seasonally Frozen Soils Using Hydra Impedance Sensors
Thijs Kelleners
11:50pm - 01:00pm
Lunch Break: Lunch on Your Own

Session III: Environmental Applications

Moderator: Thijs Kelleners

9
01:00pm - 01:20pm
Yurui Sun
A Novel Method to Determine The Volume of Influence for Soil Moisture Sensors
Yurui Sun
10
01:20pm - 01:40pm
Z. Fred Zhang
Colloid-Facilitated Radionuclide Transport at Hanford Washington
Z. Fred Zhang
11
01:40pm - 02:00pm
Ofer Dahan
Application of Soil Sensors to Deep Vadose Zone as a Tool for Groundwater Protection and Optimization of Remediation Strategies
Ofer Dahan
12
02:00pm - 02:20pm
Mark Phillip
Automated Moisture Measurements: The Basis for Mining Industry Operational and Reclamation Decisions
Mark Phillip
02:20pm - 02:40pm
Coffee Break: Coffee and Snacks will be provided

Session IV: Calibration

Moderator: Kelly Morgan

13
02:40pm - 03:00pm

Viviane

Santos Silva Terra

Calibration of Frequency Domain Reflectometry (FDR) Equipment in a Red-Yellow Argisol, in Southern Region of Brazil
Carlos Reisser
14
03:00pm - 03:20pm
Tadaomi Saito
Calibration of temperature dependence of dielectric probes using time series of field data
Tadaomi Saito
15
03:20pm - 03:40pm
E.R. Ojo
Field Calibration Issues for Frequency Domain Reflectometry Soil Moisture Probes
E.R. Ojo
16
03:40pm - 04:00pm
Joan Wu
Watershed Analysis Using Online WEPP: Mashel River, Nisqually River Basin
Joan Wu
04:00pm - 04:20pm
Ali Fares
Summary and Discussion of the day's session
Ali Fares
04:20pm - 06:00pm
Free time
06:00pm - 06:30pm
Travel to reception
06:30pm - 09:00pm
Reception Dinner at Casablanca Restaurant: Kailua

 

Thursday, January 5, 2012
No.
Time
First Author
Presentation Titles
Presenting Author
08:00am - 08:05am
Introduction

Session V: Remote Sensing

Moderator: Tom Jackson

17
08:05am - 08:50am

Keynote Speaker:

Peggy O'Neill

The NASA Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) Mission: Overview and Relevance to In Situ Soil Moisture Sensing

Peggy O'Neill

18
08:50am - 09:10am
Reza Khanbilvardi
The NOAA CREST Microwave Observation Unit for the monitoring of soil moisture and snow in Northeastern U.S.
Marouane Temimi
19
09:10am - 09:30am
Scott Hensley
Effect of Soil Moisture on Polarimetric-Interferometric Repeat Pass Observations by UAVSAR During 2010 Canadian Soil Moisture Campaign
Scott Hensly
20
09:30am - 09:50am
Yandong Zhao
Optimal Control Algorithm for Precision Irrigation Based on a Wireless Dual-Sensor Control System
Yandong Zhao
09:50am - 10:10am
Coffee Break: Coffee and Snacks will be provided

Session VI: Multiple Soil Moisture Sensors

Moderator:

Colin S. Campbell
21
10:10am - 10:30am
Tamir Kamai
Heat Pulse Soil Moisture Sensor for Field Applications
Tamir Kamai
22
10:30am - 10:50am
Wang Yajing
Heat-pulse Method for Soil Water Content Measurement: Re-evaluation of the Uncertainties
Wang Yajing
23
10:50am - 11:10am
W.W Miller
Potential for Soil Moisture Estimation Using Spatially Distributed Temperature Sensing
W.W. Miller
24
11:10am - 11:30am
Christopher Small
Spectroscopic and Thermal Constraints on Moisture Darkening
Christopher Small
25
11:30am - 11:50am
William Philpot
Preliminary model of the spectral reflectance of wetted soils
William Philpot
11:50am - 01:00pm
Lunch Break: Lunch on Your Own

Session VII: Soil Moisture Sensor for Water and Nutrient Management

Moderator: Hala Al-Jassar

26
01:00pm - 01:20pm
Kelly Morgan
Validation of the Agricultural Irrigation and Nutrient Decision Support Model
Kelly Morgan
27
01:20pm - 01:40pm
Sergio Fuentes
Spatio-temporal monitoring of water and nutrient dynamics within the grapevines root-zone scale
Sergio Fuentes
28
01:40pm - 02:00pm
Kyle McDonald
Relationships Between Microclimate, Vegetation and Soil Temperature, and Initiation of Growing Season During Seasonal Freeze/Thaw Transitions in A Boreal Forest
Kyle McDonald
29
02:00pm 02:20pm
Peter Buss
New Irrigation Scheduling Software combining ETo and soil water dynamics to improve the measurements of daily crop water use, Kc factors and the onset of crop water stress of a flood irrigated alfalfa crop
Peter Buss
02:20pm - 02:40pm
Coffee Break: Coffee and Snacks will be provided

Session VIII: Soil Moisture Sensor for Water and Nutrient Management

Moderator: Tyson Ochsner

30
02:40pm - 03:00pm
Ali Fares
Improved Performance and Accuracy of Three New Soil Moisture Sensors in a Hawaiian Oxisol
Ripendra Awal
31
03:00pm - 03:20pm
Carlos Vaz
Comparison of Commonly-Applied Electromagnetic Sensors for Soil Water Content and Electrical Conductivity Measurements in Mineral, Organic and Saline Soils
Scott Jones
32
03:20pm - 03:40pm
Katalin Szlavecz
Life Under Your Feet: Monitoring the Soil Ecosystem with Wireless Sensor Network
Katalin Szlavecz
33
03:40pm - 04:00pm
Heinse, R.
Through a geophysical lens:  Case studies of field-scale soil-moisture measurements using electric and electromagnetic methods
Heinse, R.
34
04:00pm - 04:20pm
Kosuke Noborio
Evaluation of a frequency phase shift soil moisture and electrical conductivity sensor
Kosuke Noborio
04:20pm - 04:30pm
Scott Jones
Summary and Discussion of the Day
Scott Jones

 

Friday, January 6, 2012
No.
Time
First Author
Presentation Title
Presenting Author
08:00am - 08:05am
Introduction (Ali Fares)

Session IX: Remote Sensing

Moderator: Ripendra Awal

35
08:05am - 08:40am

Keynote Speaker:

Alan Robock

Using Soil Moisture Observations as Ground Truth for Remote Sensing
Alan Robock
36
08:40am - 09:00am
Tom Jackson
In Situ Soil Moisture Networks in the Development and Validation of the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) Satellite
Tom Jackson
37
09:00am - 09:20am
Michael A. Palecki
US Climate Reference Network Soil Moisture Measurement Approach
Michael A. Palecki
38
09:20am - 09:40am
Alexander Gruber
Quality characterization of the in-situ soil moisture observations within the International Soil Moisture Network
Alexander Gruber
39
09:40am - 10:00am
Paolo Castiglione
A homogeneous equivalent model for the soil dielectric permittivity spectrum
Paolo Castiglione
10:00am - 10:20am
Coffee Break: Coffee and Snacks will be provided

Session X: Development and Applications

Moderator: Peter Buss

40
10:20am - 10:40am
Douglas R. Cobos
Can a dielectric soil moisture sensor really measure volumetric water content to within 2% VWC in all soils?
Douglas R. Cobos
41
10:40am - 11:00am
Colin S. Campbell
Assessing soil moisture sensor accuracy and repeatability using dielectric standards
Colin S. Campbell
42
11:00am - 11:20am
Ryan E. North
In-Situ Measurement of Soil Complex Dielectric Permittivity from 10 MHz to 1 GHz in the Shallow Subsurface
Ryan E. North
43
11:20am - 11:40am
Xiufu Shuai
Models for vector network analyzer to determine soil dielectric properties
Xiufu Shuai
44
11:40am - 12:00pm
Scott Anderson
Waveguide-Integrated Generation and Time Domain Analysis of EM Waveforms Result in Accurate, Low Cost Volumetric Water Content Measurement
Scott Anderson
12:00pm - 12:30pm
Ali Fares
Final Discussion: where to go from here
Ali Fares
12:30pm
Adjourn

 

Saturday, January 7, 2012

Field Trip and Scenic Views

08:00am
Departure from Waikiki
08:20am - 09:00am
09:15am - 11:30am
11:45am
12:15pm
01:00pm - 02:00pm
02:00pm