2024 Strasbourg, France SWAT Conference Agenda

8-12 July - National School for Water and Environmental Engineering (ENGEES), 1 Cour des Cigarières, 67000 Strasbourg

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Monday, 8 July

08:00 - 09:00
Workshop participant check-in
ENGEES Hall (near the entrance)

Map

09:00 - 17:00
SWAT+ Workshop
Room 106
Instructed by Chris George & Natalja Čerkasova
09:00 - 17:00
SWAT+ gwflow Workshop
Room 102
Instructed by Ryan Bailey & Laia Estrada
09:00 - 17:00
SWAT+ Toolbox Workshop
Room 101
Instructed by Celray James Chawanda
09:00 - 17:00
SWAT-CUP Workshop
Room 201
Instructed by Karim Abbaspour
09:00 - 17:00
CE-QUAL-W2 Workshop
Room 202
Instructed by Todd Steissberg & Lauren Melendez

Tuesday, 9 July

08:45 - 09:00
Workshop participant check-in
ENGEES Hall (near the entrance)
09:00 - 17:00
Workshops Continued
09:00 - 12:00
SWAT+ Development Panel Discussion
Room 103

Session 1. SWAT+ CODE OVERVIEW – Jeff Arnold

  • SWAT+101: Objects, Modules, I/O structure, SoftCal, Decision Tables, etc
  • Common Syntax and Structure

Session 2. CASE STUDY PRESENTATION – Jaehak Jeong, Mike White, Arun Bawa

  • Enhancing SWAT+ for simulating paddy rice management. (J. Jeong)
  • From Local Fields to National Scope: Building Advanced SWAT+ Models for the United States. (M. White)
  • Leveraging SWAT+ for Global Modeling: The Critical Role of Workflows in Scaling Up. (C.J. Chawanda presented by A. Bawa)

Session 3. FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES, UPDATES AND GENERAL DISCUSSION - Srini

  • Standard testing protocols, Developers manual, Github for code maintenance (Jeff/Nancy)
  • Documentation updates, collaboration with interface developers (Jaclyn/Chris)
  • SWAT+ interfaces and calibration and uncertainty tools (Srini)
  • Regional and global models, HAWQS interface (Srini)
17:00 - 18:00
Ice Breaker Aperitif
ENGEES Hall (near the entrance)

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Please join us for an ice breaker aperitif to meet with other participants and check into the conference early.

Wednesday, 10 July

08:00 - 09:00
Participant check-in and registration
ENGEES Hall (near the entrance)

Map

09:00 - 10:00
Opening session
Amphitheatre Eau
09:00 - 09:05
Jean-Marc Willer, Director of ENGEES: National School for Water and Environmental Engineering of Strasbourg
Introduction
09:05 - 09:25
Matthias Wantzen, EUCOR Chair of Excellence "Water and Sustainability" at the University of Strasbourg and UNESCO Chair "Rivers and Heritage"
Keynote: Soil, water, carbon and biocultural diversity - challenges for SWAT
09:25 - 09:35
Raghavan Srinivasan
SWAT Community Updates
09:35 - 09:50
Jeff Arnold
SWAT+ Current Developments
09:50 - 10:00
Karim Abbaspour
Introducing SWATchat
10:00 - 10:30
Group photo and coffee break
10:30 - 12:00
Session A1: Hydrology using SWAT+ gwflow Research
Room 103
Moderated by Javier Senent Aparicio, Catholic University of Murcia (UCAM)
10:30 - 10:50
Laia Estrada Verdura
Application of the SWAT+gwflow module in water-scarce Mediterranean basins to assess water quantity and quality
10:50 - 11:10
Gerardo Castellanos Osorio
Assessing surface-groundwater interactions using a coupled geohydrological model for environmental flow estimation
11:10 - 11:30
Haniyeh Salmani
Integrating hydrological and economic modeling to assess the impacts of adaptation policies
11:30 - 11:50
Elad Ben-Zur
Modeling surface and groundwater flows of a heterogeneous basin – the Lake Kinneret Watershed, Israel
10:30 - 12:00
Session A2: Agricultural and Climate Change Scenarios for a Sustainable Future (OPTAIN) Environmental Applications
Amphitheatre Terre
Moderated by Mikołaj Piniewski, Warsaw University of Life Sciences
10:30 - 10:50
Mikołaj Piniewski
Application of a new, scripted SWAT+ modelling workflow in 14 small agricultural catchments in Europe: from input data to scenario output
10:50 - 11:10
Michael Strauch
Effectiveness of water and nutrient retention measures in small agricultural catchments – Insights from the German OPTAIN case study
11:10 - 11:30
Péter Braun
Expected future hydrological conditions and crop productivity under selected climate scenarios in a Pannonian case study
10:30 - 12:00
Session A3: Nutrients, Pesticides, Emerging Contaminants and Bacteria Research
Room 104
Moderated by Hendrik Rathjens, Stone Environmental
10:30 - 10:50
Hendrik Rathjens
Advancing Pesticide Exposure Assessments with SWAT+: An Evaluation of Plant Uptake, Metabolites, and Landscape Dynamics
10:50 - 11:10
Anne-Kathrin Wendell
Comparison of different parameter settings on the transport of pesticides and their transformation products in a small-scale catchment
11:10 - 11:30
Henrike T. Risch
Evaluation of Sediment and Phosphorus Dynamics with SWAT+: Experiences from a German lowland catchment
11:30 - 11:50
Mike Devin Fuchs
Estimating high resolution exposure at landscape scale – on the implementation of the DAD-drift model into a SWAT+ model of an agriculturally dominated catchment
10:30 - 12:00
Session A4: Machine Learning for Improved Decision Making Tools
Amphitheatre Eau
Moderated by Nicola Fohrer, Christian-Albrechts-University
10:30 - 10:50
Osvaldo Luis Barresi Armoa
Development of reservoir operation functions in SWAT+ using a generic data-driven reservoir operation model
10:50 - 11:10
Sara Asadi
Coupling SWAT+ with LSTM for improved streamflow estimation in the Tagus Headwaters River Basin, Spain
11:10 - 11:30
Daniela Maria Fernandes Tavares Remote
Implications of land use change on hydrological responses in the watershed of the Pajeú River - Pernambuco – Brazil
11:30 - 11:50
Mohammad Reza Eini
Model-based drought indicators improve the reliability of crop yield simulations with a statistical model in Poland
12:00 - 13:00
Lunch
13:00 - 14:30
Session B1: Model Development and Application in SWAT+ gwflow Tools
Amphitheatre Eau
Moderated by Ryan Bailey, Colorado State University
13:00 - 13:20
Ryan Bailey
Recent advancements in the SWAT+ gwflow module for coupled surface/subsurface hydrologic modeling
13:20 - 13:40
Rafael Navas
Enhancing water quality assessment tools for a sustainable future: Part II, surface water–groundwater simulation by the coupled SWAT+ and GWFLOW
13:40 - 14:00
Ehsan Qasemipour
Impact of different soil databases on flow prediction uncertainty and parameter sensitivity in a SWAT+ model with coupled groundwater module (gwflow)
14:00 - 14:20
Jose Manuel Rodriguez Castellanos
Coupling gwflow to SWAT+ in a geologically heterogeneous catchment: preliminary results
13:00 - 14:30
Session B2: Agricultural and Climate Change Scenarios for a Sustainable Future Environmental Applications
Room 103
Moderated by Yiannis Panagopoulos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
13:00 - 13:20
Anna Apostel
Evaluating field- and watershed -scale water quality benefits of agricultural conservation practices in the Maumee River watershed using a high-resolution SWAT model
13:20 - 13:40
Monireh Faramarzi
Application of SWAT model to assess hydrological imapcts of virtual water export under extreme event conditions in Canada
13:40 - 14:00
Lamprini Kokkinaki
Evaluation of the impact of agricultural Best Management Practices on water quality: the case of Pinios river basin, Thessaly, Greece
14:00 - 14:20
Maria Sismanidi
Assessment of switchgrass implementation in Pinios River Basin in Thessaly, Greece
13:00 - 14:30
Session B3: SWAT+ U.S. National Agroecosystem Model Environmental Applications
Amphitheatre Terre
Moderated by Natalja Čerkasova, Texas A&M AgriLife Research
13:00 - 13:20
Natalja Čerkasova
The power of SWAT+ in conservation policy: the National Agroecosystems Model for the US
13:20 - 13:40
Katrin Bieger
Estimating the Gross External Damages of Water Pollution in the United States using a national integrated assessment model
13:40 - 14:00
Katherine Merriman
A framework to compare water-balance components, streamflow, and nutrient export from CONUS-scale watershed models, applied to the Illinois River Basin
14:00 - 14:20
Kelly Thorp
Evaluation of Evapotranspiration Simulations from the U.S. National Agroecosystem Model using OpenET Data
13:00 - 14:30
Session B4: Hydrology Research
Room 104
Moderated by Hans Estrup Andersen, Aarhus University
13:00 - 13:20
Xiaowei Liu
Hydrological drought propagation analysis of the transboundary Lauter River (France/Germany) in this century using SWAT
13:20 - 13:40
Shana L. Ederer Remote
A comparison of downscaled daily weather projections (LOCA 1 and LOCA 2) in SWAT modeling of future hydroclimatic impacts on municipal water sources of New England
13:40 - 14:00
Carlos Antonio Fernandez Palomino
Understanding Hydrological Dynamics in the Tropical Andes of Peru and Ecuador and Their Responses to Climate Change
14:00 - 14:20
Ibrahim AL Khoury Remote
Applicability of precipitation products for rainfall-runoff modeling in a data-scarce karst catchment using the ISPEEKH model
14:30 - 15:00
Coffee break
15:00 - 16:30
Session C1: Hydrology using the Hydrologic and Water Quality System (HAWQS/SUPer) Research
Room 103
Moderated by Katie Mendoza, Texas A&M AgriLife Research
15:00 - 15:20
Katie Mendoza
Illinois River Basin Calibration and Load Reduction Strategies using OK-HAWQS
15:20 - 15:40
Sagarika Rath
Benefits of forests for water: Exploring Effects of Land Use Change in the San Jacinto Watershed, Texas
15:40 - 16:00
Juliana Barros Remote
Assessment of Water Balance Scenarios Before and After the Construction of the Eastern Axis of the Transposition São Francisco River, Brazil
16:00 - 16:20
Josicleda Galvincio
Enhancing Precipitation Gap Filling in SWAT: A Comparative Analysis with Cubist Method and Artificial Intelligence
15:00 - 16:30
Session C2: Model Development in SWAT/SWAT+ Tools
Amphitheatre Eau
Moderated by Katrin Bieger, Aarhus University
15:00 - 15:20
Timo Schaffhauser
SWAT-GL – Benefits, Challenges and the Way Forward
15:20 - 15:40
Osvaldo Luis Barresi Armoa
Large wetlands Representation in SWAT+: the case of the Pantanal in the Paraguay River Basin
15:40 - 16:00
Kristin Peters
Stream temperature simulations improved by hydrological and energy process representation for SWAT+
16:00 - 16:20
Alejandro Sánchez Gómez
Simulating water management using SWAT+: application of the water allocation module and reservoirs release decision tables in a highly managed catchment.
15:00 - 16:30
Session C3: Sensitivity Calibration and Uncertainty Tools
Room 104
Moderated by Eugenio Molina-Navarro, University of Alcalá
15:00 - 15:20
Eugenio Molina-Navarro
Evaluation strategies to identify the best simulation after a zonal calibration process using SWAT+: Application to the Tagus headwaters
15:20 - 15:40
Jungang Gao
Parallel Calibration of SWAT+ Model at Large Scale Using Dynamically Dimensioned Search Algorithm
15:40 - 16:00
MuhammadJehanzeb Masud Cheema
Assessing the Impact of different Precipitation Data Sources on River Flow Simulations in the Transboundary Indus Basin Using SWAT+ Hydrological Model
16:00 - 16:20
Celray James Chawanda Remote
Introducing CALSI for SWAT+: A Brute Force Approach to Calibration with Dynamic Parameter Ranges
15:00 - 16:30
Session C4: InStream Processes, Sediment, Nutrient and Pollutant Transport Environmental Applications
Amphitheatre Terre
Moderated by Ann van Griensven, Vrije Universiteit Brussel/IHE Delft
15:00 - 15:20
Ann van Griensven
How good is SWAT+ in representing Nature based Solutions?
15:20 - 15:40
Oliu Llorente
Modelling instream transport and fate of priority pollutants with SWAT+
15:40 - 16:00
Julius Kipkemboi Kollongei
Application of SWAT for Water Quality Modelling in a Changing Catchment and Climate Context of River Sosiani in Western Kenya
16:00 - 16:20
François Guillory
Modeling cesium-137 concentrations in a global fallout affected watershed by coupling SWAT outputs with a trace metal transfer equation : the case of the Ardèche river (South of France).
16:30 - 18:00
Session P: Posters
ENGEES Hall (near the entrance)
1
Sang-Soo Baek
Sensitivity of hydrological machine learning prediction accuracy to information quantity and quality using SWAT and machine learning
2
Andreas Bauwe
Assessing the impact of SWAT+ model version on water balance and flow components: A comparative study in a mesoscale lowland river basin
3
Enrico Antonio Chiaradia
Evaluation of different land management scenarios for water conservation using object oriented approach and SWAT+ model
4
Simon Chidodo
Integrating SOLIM for Enhanced Soil Mapping and Database Development in Hydrological Modeling with SWAT: A Case Study of the Sigi River Watershed in the Eastern Usambara Mountains, NE Tanzania
5
Kyung Hwa Cho
The impact on cascade weirs on hydrological responses in a changing climate: A case study of the Nakdong River
6
Soonkun Choi
Introducing the Development Concept and Evaluation Results of the SWAT+ Paddy Module
7
Brent Dalzell
Farming Energy: Simulating the Impacts of Agrivoltaic Systems on Energy Production and Water Quality in the U.S. Corn Belt.
8
Marisol Dominguez
Improving Water Accounting in Transboundary Arid Regions by Assimilating SWOT Data into Hydrologic SWAT Model
9
Monireh Faramarzi
Coupling SWAT and MODFLOW to simulate snow drought, groundwater drought, and their feedback mechanism in Western Canada
10
Alexander Folz
Deriving indicators of anthropogenic pressure on water and natural resources from a resource consumption-updated SWAT model: A Leman Lake case study
11
Josicleda Galvincio
Trends of the number of temperature stress days in Pernambuco
12
Philip Gassman
The Environmental Policy Integrated Climate (EPIC) model: Historical Development, Applications and Contributions to Other Models, and Future Directions
13
Paula Farina Grosser
Investigating the Impacts of Climate Change on Hydrological Processes in a Low Mountain Range Catchment Using SWAT+
14
Edgar Arturo Hernández Olivera
Environmental and economic evaluation of emission control scenarios for contaminant loads that produce hypoxic conditions in a watershed dominated by urban wastewater
15
Sang-Min Jun
Evaluation of Characteristics Changes in Non-point Source Pollution under climate change in Agricultural Watersheds Using SWAT+
16
Jens Kiesel
Navigating Complexity: Translating multi-purpose Reservoir Management into SWAT+ Model Logic
17
Tarekegn Dejen Mengistu
Assessing Watershed Hydrological Responses to River-Aquifer Interactions
18
Sanghun Park
Real-time water quality simulation toolkit development with machine learning and an application programming interface (API)
19
JongCheol Pyo
Modification of SWAT model for simulating algal dynamics.
20
Katri Rankinen
Climate Smart WATer Management and Sustainable DEVelopment for food and agriculture in North-East Africa – WATDEV toolbox
21
Francisco Segura Méndez
Incorporating Baseflow Contributions for Calibration Guidelines to assess surface-groundwater interactions using SWAT+ gwflow
22
Mojtaba Shafiei
Proposal for SWAT+ NBS (Nature-Based Solutions) community in the context of science-policy-practice nexus
23
Mojtaba Shafiei
Simulation of catchment-NBS (Nature-Based Solutions) interactions using SWAT+: challenges and results from a Norwegian catchment
24
Aditya Sharma
An integrated approach of climate, land, and water to simulate hydrological responses using the SWAT model in the semi-arid river basin of western India
25
Aditya Sharma
Intesification of precipitation extremes with drought characteristic and water availability using SWAT Model in the Mahi River basin, India
26
Edward Smit
A review of soil information in SWAT: Challenges and Opportunities
27
Jose Pablo Teran Orsini
The impact of deforestation and precipitation regimes on sediment yield in a Peruvian catchment with hydropower operations
28
Simon Terweh
Mobilization of suspended sediments and organic micropollutants by heavy rain events – A case study on the Moselle river catchment.
29
Cristina Vasquez
Scaling plot and hill slope level conservation agriculture practices to a Lower Austrian watershed
30
Paweł Wilk
Effectiveness of filter zones in the context of climate change for an agricultural catchment in Central Europe
17:45 - 19:00
Poster Session Aperitif
ENGEES Hall (near the entrance)

Thursday, 11 July

09:00 - 10:30
Session D1: Ukraine Environmental Restoration Special Session - Part I Environmental Applications
Amphitheatre Eau
Moderated by Billy Johnson, LimnoTech Inc
09:00 - 09:20
Boris Faybishenko Remote
Ukraine's emerging problems of climatic impact and war require extending climate and water resource monitoring
09:20 - 09:40
Valeriy Osypov
Water Resources of Ukraine Under Future Climate Scenarios
09:40 - 10:00
Billy Johnson
Post War Recovery Planning with Integrated Natural Systems
10:00 - 10:20
Terry Nipp
Optimizing Ukrainian Water Resources to Revive Irrigated Agricultural Land, Improve Productivity, and Build Soil Health While Mitigating and Adapting to Climate Change
09:00 - 10:30
Session D2: Agricultural and Climate Change Scenarios for a Sustainable Future Environmental Applications
Amphitheatre Terre
Moderated by Monireh Faramarzi, University of Alberta
09:00 - 09:20
Haley Kujawa
Creating user-friendly climate adaptation tools by coupling R-Shiny and SWAT+
09:20 - 09:40
Diana Hincapié
Land use planning methodology to improve the regulation of the hydrological cycle
09:40 - 10:00
Héctor González-López
Robust Decision-Making Under Deep Uncertainty: Hydro-economic Multi-model Ensemble in Water Resource Management
10:00 - 10:20
Miguel Rodrigues
Nature-based solutions as climate change adaptation measures in Mediterranean watersheds
09:00 - 10:30
Session D3: Transdisciplinary Integrated Assessment Modeling Environmental Applications
Room 103
Moderated by José Miguel Sánchez-Pérez, CNRS
09:00 - 09:20
Léonard Bernard-Jannin
Assessment of the impact of different land use management scenarios on nutrient loading using SWAT+ and their consequences for eutrophication control in a Danish coastal lagoon.
09:20 - 09:40
Celina Aznarez
Ecosystem services supply-demand mismatches under chronic hydrological stress: a case study of the Segura River Basin using the SWAT+ model
09:40 - 10:00
Nicole Tatjana Scherer
Model framework based on weighted WEFE indicators for climate- and socio-economic resilient water governance for the Upper Main catchment
10:00 - 10:20
Lorenzo Villani
An efficient approach for simulating the effect of small agricultural reservoirs on water management with SWAT+
09:00 - 10:30
Session D4: Anthropogenic Impacts on Water and Natural Resources Research
Room 104
Moderated by Sabine Sauvage, CNRS
09:00 - 09:20
Virginia López-Linares
Addressing Environmental Challenges in the Mar Menor: Simulation and Monitoring of the Albujon Watershed (SE Spain)
09:20 - 09:40
Marianna Leone
Assessment of the water footprint of the olive growing system in response to climate change (Puglia, Italy)
09:40 - 10:00
Erasto Benedict Mukama
Unravelling the hydrologic impact of climate change in the Great Ruaha River Basin (Tanzania)
10:00 - 10:20
Yinan Ning
Droughts and drought–flood abrupt alternations under the operation of cascading reservoirs over 40 years
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee break
11:00 - 12:30
Session E1: Ukraine Environmental Restoration Special Session - Part II Environmental Applications
Amphitheatre Eau
Moderated by Billy Johnson, LimnoTech Inc
11:00 - 11:20
Lauren Melendez
Advancing Temperature and Nutrient Flow Simulation Across Watershed Scales: Water Quality Model Integration
11:20 - 11:40
Todd Steissberg
Advancing Water Quality Modeling for Effective Prediction and Management of Harmful Algal Blooms
11:40 - 12:00
Herman Mossur
How to Develop a User-Friendly Interface for SWAT-Based Solutions?
12:00 - 12:30
Billy Johnson, Terry Nipp
Wrap Up Discussion on Future Steps
11:00 - 12:30
Session E2: Hydrology Research
Room 103
Moderated by Katherine Merriman, USGS
11:00 - 11:20
Lucas Alcamo
Robust Parameter Estimation in a High-Mountainous Catchment using Spotpy
11:20 - 11:40
Markus Disse
Intercomparison of the SCS-CN and Green & Ampt Methods for Runoff Generation in three small Experimental Watersheds in Southern Bavaria
11:40 - 12:00
Fabian Merk
The Role of Plant-Growth Modelling on the Evapotranspiration Estimation in SWAT-T for Characteristic Land Cover Types of Western Africa
12:00 - 12:20
Alice Carlotta Tani
SWAT+ ecohydrological modeling of the Cervaro river basin in southern Italy
11:00 - 12:30
Session E3: Model Development in SWAT/SWAT+ Tools
Amphitheatre Terre
Moderated by Jaehak Jeong, Texas A&M AgriLife Research
11:00 - 11:20
Seonggyu Park
Assessment of Spatial and Temporal Variability of Mercury Transport in an Industrial Complex Watershed
11:20 - 11:40
Seonggyu Park
Development of Rice Paddy module in SWAT+ to address unique characteristics and management practices in agricultural watersheds
11:40 - 12:00
Sangeetha K Remote
COMPARISON OF TWO MODELING APPROACHES (GRID Vs GRIDLESS TECHNIQUE) FOR INTEGRATED SURFACE AND GROUND WATER INTERACTIONS
12:00 - 12:20
Shyma M. Remote
Need for improvement in irrigation management options and process simulation in SWAT model for Rice Paddy
11:00 - 12:30
Session E4: Anthropogenic Impacts on Water and Natural Resources Research
Room 104
Moderated by Philip Gassman, Iowa State University
11:00 - 11:20
Philip Gassman
Application of the Soil and Water Assessment Tool {SWAT) Model to Assess Mitigation Strategies for Diffuse Nutrient Pollution in Iowa, United States
11:20 - 11:40
Juan Pablo Pacheco
Coupling SWAT+ and GOTM-WET to assess the role of agricultural Best Management Practices in mitigating Harmful Algal Blooms in a semi-arid coastal lagoon
11:40 - 12:00
Sven Frederik Grantz
Modelling climate resilience measures with SWAT+ - Impacts of land use and land management adaptations on water retention
12:30 - 13:30
Lunch
13:30 - 15:00
Session F1: Model Development in SWAT/SWAT+ (OPTAIN) Tools
Amphitheatre Terre
Moderated by Christoph Schürz, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
13:30 - 13:50
Christoph Schürz
SWATmeasR - a flexible tool to implement BMPs in SWAT+ model setups
13:50 - 14:10
Svajunas Plunge
Tune your SWAT+ model with SWATtunR
14:10 - 14:30
Piroska Kassai
Model-based evaluation of Natural/Small Water Retention Measures: Insights from the Felső-Válicka case study in Hungary
14:30 - 14:50
Brigitta Szabó
Advancing catchment-scale environmental modelling in Europe: Integrating open-source soil datasets and pedotransfer functions
13:30 - 15:00
Session F2: Urban Processes and Management Environmental Applications
Room 103
Moderated by Tássia Brighenti, Iowa State University
13:30 - 13:50
Tassia Brighenti
Integrating Sub-Daily SWAT Model and LID Practices for Large-Scale Application: A Case Study in Iowa, U.S.
13:50 - 14:10
Katherine Merriman
Urban Waters: Development of a SWAT+ Model of Green Infrastructure in the Bronx River watershed, New York
14:10 - 14:30
Diana Hincapié
Zoning of the threat from torrential floods in municipalities of Colombia.
14:30 - 14:50
Olaf David
SWAT+ for Field-Scale Assessment of Soil Carbon and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
13:30 - 15:00
Session F3: Global Changes Research
Room 104
Moderated by Jaehak Jeong, Texas A&M AgriLife Research
13:30 - 13:50
Celray James Chawanda Remote
Global Collaboration in SWAT+ Modelling: Is CoSWAT the Next Step?
13:50 - 14:10
Albert Nkwasa
A high-resolution community global SWATplus water quality model
14:10 - 14:30
David Gustafson
Recommendation: Embrace the Possibility of Multi-Model Ensemble Approaches to Soil Carbon and GHG Emissions
14:30 - 14:50
Hiyaw Hatiya
Assessing Hydrological Response to Land Use and Land Cover Changes in Forest-Dominated Watershed
13:30 - 15:00
Session F4: Machine Learning for Improved Decision Making Tools
Amphitheatre Eau
Moderated by Arun Bawa, Texas A&M AgriLife Research
13:30 - 13:50
Arun Bawa
Application of a Machine Learning Approach to Estimate Constituent Loads
13:50 - 14:10
Nerea Bilbao-Barrenetxea
Advancing Seasonal Hydrological Prediction in the Upper Tagus Basin (Central Spain) through Global Climate Model Integration and Machine Learning Techniques
14:10 - 14:30
Juliana Barros Remote
Hydrological Modeling for Water Quality Assessment in a Reservoir in the Brazilian Semiarid Region
14:30 - 14:50
Rodrigo de Queiroga Miranda Remote
Gapfilling precipitation data for Brazil using machine learning techniques, and its potential for Brazilian SWAT models, Brazil
16:00 - 17:45
Boat tour (group 1)
BATORAMA Embarcadère de la cathédrale, Pl. du Marché aux Poissons

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Due to having a large group, we will split the boat tour into two boats. The first will carry the first 131 participants and leave at 16:30h; boarding is at 16:15hr, so we suggest arriving at 16:00hr.

17:30 - 19:15
Boat tour (group 2)
BATORAMA Embarcadère de la cathédrale, Pl. du Marché aux Poissons

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The second boat will carry the remaining participants and leave at 18:00h; boarding is at 17:45hr, so we suggest arriving at 17:30hr.

19:15
Dinner gala
Restaurant Ancienne Douane, 6 Rue de la Douane

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Friday, 12 July

09:00 - 10:30
Session G1: Database and GIS Application and Development Tools
Room 103
Moderated by Adrián López Ballesteros, Catholic University of Murcia (UCAM)
09:00 - 09:20
Adrián López-Ballesteros
Efficient SWAT+ input maps generation with an open-source QGIS-Google Earth Engine plugin
09:20 - 09:40
Marilyn Gambone
US and European Field Boundary Extraction Tools for SWAT Modeling Using ArcGIS Pro with Image Analyst
09:40 - 10:00
Philip Gassman
The SWAT Literature Database: Current Status and Future Directions
09:00 - 10:30
Session G2: Hydrology Research
Amphitheatre Terre
Moderated by Kyung Hwa Cho, Korea University
09:00 - 09:20
Mohammad Reza Eini
Assessing the effectiveness of water-saving plans at the farm and basin level using agro-hydrological modeling and water accounting approaches
09:20 - 09:40
Daniel Whitehurst
The impact of surface mining and mine reclamation on surface runoff and flood risk in Appalachia
09:40 - 10:00
Mohammed Laaboudi Remote
Evaluation of the SWAT model for simulating flow and water balance in Oued Cherraa basin (North-East Morocco)
10:00 - 10:20
Houda Lamane
Improvement of SWAT simulations of streamflow and suspended sediments by spatial calibration/validation in the semi-arid Bouregreg watershed
09:00 - 10:30
Session G3: Remote Sensing and Modeling Application and Development Tools
Room 104
Moderated by Valeriy Osypov, Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Institute
09:00 - 09:20
Valeriy Osypov
SWAT Model and IBM Weather Forecast Integration for Drought Prediction
09:20 - 09:40
W. N. Shanali M. Fernando
Assessing the Impact of Soil Data Resolution on Streamflow Prediction with SWAT in a Mesoscale Headwater Basin of Sri Lanka
09:40 - 10:00
Jeba Princy Rathinaraj Remote
Enhancing Hydrologic Model Parameterization with Satellite-Derived Land Surface Information for Comprehensive Hydrological Impact Assessment
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee break
11:00 - 12:30
Session H1: Transdisciplinary Integrated Assessment Modeling Environmental Applications
Amphitheatre Eau
Moderated by Leccia-Phelpin Odile, INRAE, UR ETTIS
11:00 - 11:20
Odile Phelpin
Enhancing Water Resource Sustainability in a Coastal River Basin through Integrated SWAT Modeling
11:20 - 11:40
David Serrano
Assessing the Impact of Land Use Changes on Groundwater Recharge and Summer Low Flows in a Drying Watershed
11:40 - 12:00
Emanuel Escobar
SWAT supporting cost-effectiveness of riparian forests for river water quality improvement
12:00 - 12:20
Petr Krpec
Examining Water Flow Regulation Ecosystem Services in Natura 2000 Sites of the Czech Republic
11:00 - 12:30
Session H2: Anthropogenic Impacts on Water and Natural Resources Research
Room 103
Moderated by Ryan Bailey, Colorado State University
11:00 - 11:20
Hua Xie
Assessing Sustainability of Expanding Groundwater Irrigation in Sub-Saharan Africa Using SWAT: Progress and Challenges
11:20 - 11:40
Lidiane dos Santos Lima
Transdisciplinary and Integrated Assessment of the Impacts of the Fundão Dam Disaster on Watersheds: The Case of the Rio Doce
11:40 - 12:00
Daniela Maria Fernandes Tavares Remote
Analysis of flow estimation through changes in land use in a river basin in the semi-arid region of Pernambuco, Brazil
12:00 - 12:20
Daniela Maria Fernandes Tavares Remote
Water stress in the watersheds of the state of Pernambuco
11:00 - 12:30
Session H3: Nutrients, Pesticides, Emerging Contaminants and Bacteria Research
Amphitheatre Terre
Moderated by Clément Fabre, Tour du Valat
11:00 - 11:20
Clément Fabre
Using SWAT-C to predict organic carbon dynamics in a large French catchment under multiple anthropogenic pressures
11:20 - 11:40
Inmaculada Jiménez Navarro
Analysis of future climate scenarios to assess regulatory and cultural ecosystem services using an integrated SWAT+ and GOTM-WET model.
11:40 - 12:00
Nicolò Pella
Integrated assessment of Lake Pusiano (Northern Italy) water quality and quantity through numerical modelling with low-frequency environmental data
11:00 - 12:30
Session H4: Hydrology Research
Room 104
Moderated by Mike White, USDA/ARS
11:00 - 11:20
Ayenew Desalegn Ayalew
Unveiling Hydrological Dynamics in Data-Scarce Regions: A Comprehensive Integrated Approach
11:20 - 11:40
Imane El Kasimi Remote
Hydrological streamflow modeling in a Moroccan watershed using SWAT
11:40 - 12:00
Edward Smit
Using hydropedology as soft data to reflect hydrological processes in SWAT+
12:30 - 13:30
Lunch
13:30 - 15:00
Session I1: Global Changes Research
Room 103
Moderated by Paul Wagner, Kiel University
13:30 - 13:50
Clément Fabre
Climate change impacts on the river-sea interface of a large French catchment delta undergoing multiple anthropogenic pressures
13:50 - 14:10
Paul Wagner
Drought induced land use change impacts on hydrology: A SWAT+ study in the Harz mountains, Germany
14:10 - 14:30
Arun Rajasekaran SankarBalaji Remote
Assessment of various representation of cascading system of small and medium reservoirs in a hydrologic model and its impact on process simulation and parameter uncertainty
13:30 - 15:00
Session I2: Hydrology Research
Room 104
Moderated by Seonggyu Park, Texas A&M AgriLife Research
13:30 - 13:50
Mauricio Zambrano-Bigiarini
Evaluation of soil clustering techniques to characterise hydrological soil processes at the catchment scale with SWAT+
13:50 - 14:10
Sreeraj Sreenivas
A comparison of the Reservoir Operational Module of SWAT and SWAT+ models in the Cedar Creek Watershed
14:10 - 14:30
Magna Moura Remote
Assessment of soil water availability and its relation to soil water content in the Caatinga Biome using hydrological modeling
14:30 - 14:50
Rodrigo de Queiroga Miranda Remote
Improvements on SWAT flow calibration for the São Francisco Basin, Brazil
13:30 - 15:00
Session I3: Agricultural and Climate Change Scenarios for a Sustainable Future Environmental Applications
Amphitheatre Terre
Moderated by Hua Xie, International Food Policy Research Institute
13:30 - 13:50
Manon Picot
Predicting the quantitative and qualitative evolution of water ressources of an agricultural catchment under contrasted climate change scenarios, using SWAT+
13:50 - 14:10
Pablo Sarmiento
Analyzing hydrological and crop responses to climate change scenarios of an ungauged catchment in Kenya
14:10 - 14:30
Sheng DING
Multi-scale Optimal Management Measures of Jinjiang River Basin under the Background of Climate Change
14:30 - 14:50
Li-Chi Chiang
Assessing climate change impacts on crop yield and water footprint
15:00 - 16:00
Closing session
Amphitheatre Eau