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Modeling soil processes: Review, key challenges, and new perspectives
Vereecken, H.; Schnepf, A.; Hopmans, J. W. et al.
2016In Vadose Zone Journal, 15 (5), p. 1-57
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Keywords :
Climate change; Climate models; Ecosystems; Knowledge management; Uncertainty analysis; Biological process; Feedback mechanisms; Integration of knowledge; Knowledge and experience; Observation and measurement; Quality of predictions; Science disciplines; Scientific discipline; Soils
Abstract :
[en] The remarkable complexity of soil and its importance to a wide range of ecosystem services presents major challenges to the modeling of soil processes. Although major progress in soil models has occurred in the last decades, models of soil processes remain disjointed between disciplines or ecosystem services, with considerable uncertainty remaining in the quality of predictions and several challenges that remain yet to be addressed. First, there is a need to improve exchange of knowledge and experience among the different disciplines in soil science and to reach out to other Earth science communities. Second, the community needs to develop a new generation of soil models based on a systemic approach comprising relevant physical, chemical, and biological processes to address critical knowledge gaps in our understanding of soil processes and their interactions. Overcoming these challenges will facilitate exchanges between soil modeling and climate, plant, and social science modeling communities. It will allow us to contribute to preserve and improve our assessment of ecosystem services and advance our understanding of climate-change feedback mechanisms, among others, thereby facilitating and strengthening communication among scientific disciplines and society. We review the role of modeling soil processes in quantifying key soil processes that shape ecosystem services, with a focus on provisioning and regulating services. We then identify key challenges in modeling soil processes, including the systematic incorporation of heterogeneity and uncertainty, the integration of data and models, and strategies for effective integration of knowledge on physical, chemical, and biological soil processes. We discuss how the soil modeling community could best interface with modern modeling activities in other disciplines, such as climate, ecology, and plant research, and how to weave novel observation and measurement techniques into soil models. We propose the establishment of an international soil modeling consortium to coherently advance soil modeling activities and foster communication with other Earth science disciplines. Such a consortium should promote soil modeling platforms and data repository for model development, calibration and intercomparison essential for addressing contemporary challenges. © Soil Science Society of America 5585 Guilford Rd., Madison, WI 53711 USA. All rights reserved.
Disciplines :
Environmental sciences & ecology
Earth sciences & physical geography
Author, co-author :
Vereecken, H.;  Agrosphere Inst, IBG-3, Inst. of Bio-geosciences, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany, Centre for High-Performance Scientific Computing in Terrestrial Systems, HPSC TerrSys, Geoverbund ABC/J, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Germany
Schnepf, A.;  Agrosphere Inst, IBG-3, Inst. of Bio-geosciences, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany
Hopmans, J. W.;  Dep. of Land, Air, and Water Resources, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Univ. of California, Davis, CA 95616, United States
Javaux, M.;  Earth and Life Inst, Environmental Sciences, Université catholique de Louvain, Croix du Sud, 2, L7.05.02, Louvain-la-Neuve, 1348, Belgium
Or, D.;  Soil and Terrestrial Environmental Physics, ETH-Zürich, Universitätstrasse 16, Zürich, CHN F 29.1.8092, Switzerland
Roose, T.;  Bioengineering Sciences Research Group, Faculty of Engineering and Environment, Univ. of Southampton, University Road, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom
Vanderborght, J.;  Agrosphere Inst, IBG-3, Inst. of Bio-geosciences, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany
Vanderborght, J.;  Centre for High-Performance Scientific Computing in Terrestrial Systems, HPSC TerrSys, Geoverbund ABC/J, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Germany
Young, M. H.;  Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, Univ. of Texas at Austin, United States
Amelung, W.;  Agrosphere Inst, IBG-3, Inst. of Bio-geosciences, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany
Amelung, W.;  Univ. of Bonn, INRES- Inst. of Crop Science and Resource Conservation, Soil Science and Soil Ecology, Nußallee 13, Bonn, 53115, Germany
Aitkenhead, M.;  The James Hutton Inst, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen, AB15 8QH, United Kingdom
Allison, S. D.;  Ecology and Evolutionary Biology School of Biological Sciences, Univ. of California, Irvine, United States
Assouline, S.;  Dep. of Environmental Physics and Irrigation Inst. of Soils, Water and Environment Sciences A.R.O- Volcani Center, PO Box 6, Bet Dagan, 50250, Israel
Baveye, P.;  Unité EcoSys, AgroParisTech-INRA, Université Paris-Saclay, Avenue Lucien Brétignières, Thiverval-Grignon, F-78850, France
Berli, M.;  Div. of Hydrologic Sciences, Desert Research Institute, 755 E. Flamingo Road, Las Vegas, NV 89119, United States
Brüggemann, N.;  Agrosphere Inst, IBG-3, Inst. of Bio-geosciences, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany
Finke, P.;  Dep. of Geology and Soil Science, Ghent Univ, Krijgslaan 281 WE13, Ghent, B9000, Belgium
Flury, M.;  Soil Physics/Vadose Zone Hydrology, Dep. of Crop and Soil Sciences, Washington State Univ, 2606 W Pioneer, Puyallup, WA 98371-4922, United States
Gaiser, T.;  Univ. of Bonn Inst. of Crop Science and Resource Conservation, Katzenburgweg 5, Bonn, 53115, Germany
Govers, G.;  Dep. of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Div. of Geography, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200E, Leuven, 3001, Belgium
Ghezzehei, T.;  Life and Environmental Science School of Natural Science, 5200 North Lake Road, Merced, CA 95343, United States
Hallett, P.;  Inst. of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Univ. of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, AB24 3UU, United Kingdom
Franssen, H. J. H.;  Agrosphere Inst, IBG-3, Inst. of Bio-geosciences, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany, Centre for High-Performance Scientific Computing in Terrestrial Systems, HPSC TerrSys, Geoverbund ABC/J, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Germany
Heppell, J.;  Bioengineering Sciences Research Group, Faculty of Engineering and Environment, Univ. of Southampton, University Road, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom
Horn, R.;  Inst. for Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, Hermann Rodewaldstr. 2, Kiel, 24118, Germany
Huisman, J. A.;  Agrosphere Inst, IBG-3, Inst. of Bio-geosciences, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany, Centre for High-Performance Scientific Computing in Terrestrial Systems, HPSC TerrSys, Geoverbund ABC/J, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Germany
Huisman, J. A.;  Agrosphere Inst, IBG-3, Inst. of Bio-geosciences, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany, Centre for High-Performance Scientific Computing in Terrestrial Systems, HPSC TerrSys, Geoverbund ABC/J, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Germany
Jacques, D.;  Inst. for Environment, Health and Safety, Belgian Nuclear Research Centre (SCK-CEN), Mol, Belgium
Jonard, François  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de géographie > Systèmes d'information géographiques
Kollet, S.;  Agrosphere Inst, IBG-3, Inst. of Bio-geosciences, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany, Centre for High-Performance Scientific Computing in Terrestrial Systems, HPSC TerrSys, Geoverbund ABC/J, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Germany
Kollet, S.;  Agrosphere Inst, IBG-3, Inst. of Bio-geosciences, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany, Centre for High-Performance Scientific Computing in Terrestrial Systems, HPSC TerrSys, Geoverbund ABC/J, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Germany
Lafolie, F.;  INRA, UMR1114 EMMAH, Avignon Cedex 9, F-84914, France
Lamorski, K.;  Inst. of Agrophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Doświadczalna Str. 4, Lublin, 20-290, Poland
Leitner, D.;  Univ. of Vienna, Computational Science Center, Oskar Morgenstern-Platz 1, Vienna, 1090, Austria
Mcbratney, A.;  Dep. of Environmental Sciences, The Univ. of SydneyNSW 2006, Australia
Minasny, B.;  Dep. of Environmental Sciences, The Univ. of SydneyNSW 2006, Australia
Montzka, C.;  Agrosphere Inst, IBG-3, Inst. of Bio-geosciences, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany
Nowak, W.;  Universität Stuttgart, Institut für Wasser- und Umweltsystemmodellierung (IWS), Lehrstuhl für Stochastische Simulation und Sicherheitsforschung für Hydrosysteme, Germany
Pachepsky, Y.;  Environmental Microbial and Food Safety Laboratory, USDA ARS Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, MD 20705, United States
Padarian, J.;  Dep. of Environmental Sciences, The Univ. of SydneyNSW 2006, Australia
Romano, N.;  Univ. of Naples Federico II, Dep. of Agronomy, AFBE Division, Via Universita' n. 100, Portici, Napoli, 80055, Italy
Roth, K.;  Inst. of Environmental Physics, Im Neuenheimer Feld 229, Heidelberg, 69120, Germany
Rothfuss, Youri ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département GxABT > Echanges Eau - Sol - Plantes
Rowe, E. C.;  Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Environment Centre Wales, Deiniol Road, Bangor, LL57 2UW, United Kingdom
Schwen, A.;  Institut für Hydraulik und landeskulturelle Wasserwirtschaft, Nußdorfer Lände 11, Wien, 1190, Australia
Šimůnek, J.;  Dep. of Environmental Sciences, Univ. of California Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, United States
Tiktak, A.;  PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, Leeuwenhoeklaan 9, Bilthoven, 3721 MA, Netherlands, PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, PO Box 303, Bilthoven, 3720 AH, Netherlands
Van Dam, J.;  WU Environmental Sciences, Soil Physics and Land Management, PO Box 47, Wageningen, 6700AA, Netherlands
van der Zee, S. E. A. T. M.;  WU Environmental Sciences, Soil Physics and Land Management, PO Box 47, Wageningen, 6700AA, Netherlands, School of Chemistry, Monash Univ, Melbourne, VIC 3800, Australia
Vogel, H. J.;  Dep. Soil Physics, UFZ, Theodor-Lieser- Straße 4, Halle (Saale), 06120, Germany
Vrugt, J. A.;  Dep. of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Dep. of Earth System Science, Univ. of California, Irvine, CA, United States
Vrugt, J. A.;  Inst. for Biodiversity and Ecosystem dynamics, Univ. of Amsterdam, Netherlands
Wöhling, T.;  Technische Universität Wöhling Dresden, Dep. of Hydrology, Dresden, 01069, Germany, Water and Earth System Science (WESS) Competence Cluster, Univ. of Tübingen, Inst. for Geoscience, Tübingen, 72076, Germany, Lincoln Agritech Ltd, Ruakura Research Centre, Hamilton, 3240, New Zealand
Wöhling, T.;  Technische Universität Wöhling Dresden, Dep. of Hydrology, Dresden, 01069, Germany, Water and Earth System Science (WESS) Competence Cluster, Univ. of Tübingen, Inst. for Geoscience, Tübingen, 72076, Germany, Lincoln Agritech Ltd, Ruakura Research Centre, Hamilton, 3240, New Zealand
Wöhling, T.;  Technische Universität Wöhling Dresden, Dep. of Hydrology, Dresden, 01069, Germany, Water and Earth System Science (WESS) Competence Cluster, Univ. of Tübingen, Inst. for Geoscience, Tübingen, 72076, Germany, Lincoln Agritech Ltd, Ruakura Research Centre, Hamilton, 3240, New Zealand
Young, I. M.;  School of Environmental and Rural Science, Univ. of New England, Australia
Tiktak, A.;  PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, Leeuwenhoeklaan 9, Bilthoven, 3721 MA, Netherlands, PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, PO Box 303, Bilthoven, 3720 AH, Netherlands
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Language :
English
Title :
Modeling soil processes: Review, key challenges, and new perspectives
Publication date :
2016
Journal title :
Vadose Zone Journal
ISSN :
1539-1663
Publisher :
Soil Science Society of America
Volume :
15
Issue :
5
Pages :
1-57
Peer reviewed :
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