3rd ISMC Conference
3rd ISMC Conference - Advances in Modeling Soil Systems
Date and location for the next meeting of the next ISMC conference are agreed:
September 24-27, 2020 at University of Tianjin, China
The call for session is open. In case you wish to convene a session, please submit title, description (max 300 words), and conveners to Prof. Dr. 王铁军 Tiejun Wang, tiejun.wang@tju.edu.cn and Dr. Roland Baatz, r.baatz@fz-juelich.de
The ISMC Executive Board will review the sessions submitted for drafting again an exciting and balanced conference programme.
Session Conveners and the ISMC Executive Board will form the Scientific Programme Committee.
ISMC already appreciates the commitment and support in preparation of the 3rd ISMC Conference to
Organizing Committee:
Tiejun Wang Tianjin University
Xi Chen Tianjin University
Guanhua Huang College of Water Resources and Civil Engineering, China Agricultural University
Siliang Li Tianjin University
Xinhua Peng State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture; Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Henry Hui Teng Tianjin University
Genxu Wang Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yonggen Zhang Tianjin University
Special Issue in Fronties in Soil Modeling
Microscale Modelling of Soil Processes: Recent Advances, Challenges, and the Path Ahead
This Research Topic is co-edited by Valérie Pot, Kirill Gerke, Ali Ebrahimi, Patricia Garnier, and Philippe Baveye.
Over the last 15 years researchers have increasingly recognized that in order to understand many soil processes, and be able to predict their future evolution, the traditional macroscopic approach would not do, and a microscopic perspective needed to be adopted instead.
This conclusion has been particularly clear for soil processes involving microorganisms. Several key studies have demonstrated that to better understand what controls the growth and activity of microorganisms, one needed to make observations at their scale, i.e., with a resolution of at most a few microns. The shift in emphasis from the macroscale to the microscale has been rendered possible by tremendous technological advances, such as the advent of dedicated table-top X-ray computed tomography scanners, and the development of various synchrotron-based techniques (such µXRF or NEXAFS) as well as NanoSIMS. Experimental research in this field has been very active and is currently undergoing a major expansion around the world.
In parallel with the experimental work that has been carried out, a significant amount of research has also been devoted to the mathematical modelling of soil processes at the microscale....
More information here: https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/9970/microscale-modelling-of-soil-processes-recent-advances-challenges-and-the-path-ahead
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Calendar
Aug 27-30 Wageningen Soil Conference
Aug 30 Abstract deadline ICT for Adapting Agriculture to Climate Change in Popayán (Colombia) on November 20-22, 2019
Aug 26-29 Chapman Conference on Understanding Carbon Climate Feedbacks
Sep 5 EGU2020 Public call-for-session-proposals 25 June–5 September 2019
Sep 26 Registration SSSA meeting
Nov 10-13 SSSA Annual Meeting 2019 ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting
Nov 25 Soil and the SDGs: challenges and need for action in Brussels
Dec 8 ISMC General Assembly & Early Career Workshop
Dec 9-13 AGU Fall Meeting