2025 Colorado SWAT Conference Agenda
Workshops, conference sessions, lunches, and coffee breaks will take place in the Lory Student Center (LSC) on campus (circled white in the campus map image). The Gala dinner will also be held at the LSC in Ballroom 350 A-B. View an interactive campus street map as well as a room map for the Lory Student Center.
The conference and SWAT+ Developers workshop on Tuesday will be streamed online for anyone to join using Microsoft Teams. Links to join each session will be added to this page on Monday. We hope to see you there!
Monday, 20 October
| 08:00 - 09:00 |
Workshop participant check-in
Outside Ballroom 350 A-B
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| 09:00 - 17:00 |
SWAT+ Beginner Workshop
Room 304-306
Instructed by Arun Bawa, Natalja Čerkasova, and Katie Mendoza
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| 09:00 - 17:00 |
SWAT+ Toolbox Workshop
Room 308-310
Instructed by Celray James Chawanda
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| 13:00 - 17:00 |
SWAT+ Soil Carbon Modeling using an Open Source Model Service and API
Room 386
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Tuesday, 21 October
| 08:30 - 09:00 |
Workshop participant check-in
Outside Ballroom 350 A-B
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| 09:00 - 17:00 |
SWAT+ Beginner Workshop
Room 304-306
Instructed by Arun Bawa, Natalja Čerkasova, and Katie Mendoza
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| 09:00 - 17:00 |
SWAT+ Toolbox Workshop
Room 308-310
Instructed by Celray James Chawanda
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| 09:00 - 17:00 |
SWAT+ Developer Workshop
Room 386
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Wednesday, 22 October
| 08:00 - 09:00 |
Participant check-in and registration
Outside Ballroom 350 A-B
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| 09:00 - 10:00 |
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09:00 - 09:10
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Welcome
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09:10 - 09:40
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Carrie Vollmer-Sanders, Field to Market President
Keynote Presentation: Progress in Agriculture: Iteration, Insight, Impact
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09:40 - 09:50
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Dr. Jeff Arnold, Texas A&M AgriLife Research (retired USDA-ARS)
SWAT+ Current Developments
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09:50 - 10:00
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Dr. Raghavan Srinivasan and Dr. Arun Bawa, Texas A&M AgriLife Research
SWAT Community Updates
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| 10:00 - 10:30 |
Group photo and coffee break
Ballroom 350 A-B
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| 10:30 - 12:00 |
Moderated by Arun Bawa, Texas A&M AgriLife Research
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10:30 - 10:50
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Terry Nipp
A SWAT-Based Framework for Understanding Sediment and Nutrient Dynamics Under Best Management Practices in the NYC Watershed
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10:50 - 11:10
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Arun Bawa
Assessing the Utility and Limitations of OpenET for SWAT Model Calibration in Arid and Semiarid Landscapes of the Western United States
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11:10 - 11:30
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Galen Richards
Investigating the Effects of Land Cover Change on Water Use Within an Irrigation District Using the SWAT Model
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11:30 - 11:50
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Wubneh Belete Abebe
Hydrological Alterations of Pine Creek and Their Impacts on Rainbow Trout: A SWAT+ Modeling Study in the Eagle Lake Watershed, California
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| 10:30 - 12:00 |
Moderated by Efrain Noa-Yarasca, Texas A&M AgriLife Research
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10:30 - 10:50
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Javier Osorio Leyton
Future Spatiotemporal Patterns of Corn Soil Organic Carbon Use Efficiency in the U.S. Corn Belt: Insights from CMIP6 Projections (2010-2099)
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10:50 - 11:10
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Efrain Noa-Yarasca
Reinforcement Learning Frameworks for Optimizing Crop Planting Dates under Climate Variability
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11:10 - 11:30
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Michael Winchell
Simulating greenhouse gas emissions, carbon sequestration, soil health, and nutrient loss with APEX in Vermont agricultural systems
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11:30 - 11:50
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Terry Nipp
SWAT Models in a National Intercomparison of Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics - AgMIP
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| 12:00 - 13:00 |
Lunch
Ballroom 350 A-B
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| 13:00 - 14:30 |
Moderated by Cibin Raj, The Pennsylvania State University
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13:00 - 13:20
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Muhammad Jehanzeb Masud Cheema
Process-Based SWAT+ Model Development for the Transboundary Indus Basin: Multi-Source Calibration of Streamflow and Evapotranspiration
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13:20 - 13:40
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Nada Jumaa
Emulating SWAT+ for Hydrological and Water Quality Prediction: A Multi-Stage Random Forest Approach
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13:40 - 14:00
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Cibin Raj
Hybrid Infrastructure Modeling System for regional flood and water quality analysis
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14:00 - 14:20
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Adnan Rajib
HydroFlame: A new NASA platform using SWAT for wildfire-hydrology modeling
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| 13:00 - 14:30 |
Moderated by Alejandro Sánchez Gómez, University of California Davis
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13:00 - 13:20
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Fouad Jaber
Development of a stage-discharge curve for bioretention areas for integration into SWAT+
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13:20 - 13:40
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Alejandro Sánchez Gómez
SWAT+ application to simulate and evaluate water management actions impacts on model performance and streamflow regime
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13:40 - 14:00
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Adnan Rajib
Transforming SWAT for Global Flood Risk Modeling
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14:00 - 14:20
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Ethiopia Zeleke
Using a Standardized Event-Based Tool for Drought Analysis: Application to Propagation Predictability Patterns
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| 14:30 - 15:00 |
Coffee break
Ballroom 350 A-B
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| 15:00 - 16:30 |
Moderated by Ethiopia Zeleke, Florida International Universtiy
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15:00 - 15:20
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Meghna Babbar-Sebens
A Modified SWAT Model for Evaluation of Prior Appropriation Water Rights
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15:20 - 15:40
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Natalja Cerkasova
Assessing Conservation Practice Benefits (CRP) and crop yield trade-offs with the National Agroecosystems Model (NAM)
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15:40 - 16:00
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Jose P. Teran
Towards better representation of water bodies and water management on the Community SWAT + Global Water Model
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16:00 - 16:20
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Mohamed F. Mahmoud
SWIFT: A High-Performance Framework for Nutrient Load Routing in Large Watersheds
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| 15:00 - 16:30 |
Moderated by Sushant Mehan, South Dakota State University
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15:00 - 15:20
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Kasra Khodkar
Simulating flow with high quality data using SWAT: opportunities and challenges
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15:20 - 15:40
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Siyeon Kim
Calibrating SWAT Model Parameters of an Ungaged Forested and Coastal Watershed using Regionalization: A Case Study of North Depoe Bay Creek, Oregon
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15:40 - 16:00
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Glenn O'Neil
SWAT+ Phosphorus Calibration in Western Lake Erie Basin
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16:00 - 16:20
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Mohammad Hadi Bazrkar
Assessing the Capability of SWAT for Hydrological Simulation in Snow-Dominated Regions
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| 16:30 - 18:00 | |
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Caroline Abel
SWAT Virtual Extension Assistant
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Jeff Arnold
Enhancing Water Allocation in SWAT+
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Lourdes Arrueta
Improving the simulation of several processes controlling phosphorus transport through tile drainage in the SWAT model
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Arif Asghar
Implementing Machine Learning Models in SWAT+ for Reservoir Release Simulation
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Muhammad Bilal
Effects of climate change on streamlines flow of jehlem river basin using hydrological model
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Antara Paul Bonna
Comparison of Deep Learning and Physics-based Hydrologic Models for Large-scale Streamflow Predictions
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Gerardo Castellanos Osorio
Quantifying Hydrologic Alteration in the Mississippi river Alluvial Plain using a coupled hydrologic model and an integrated assessment tool
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Hirokazu Fukui
Utilization of SWAT model to achieve effective agricultural and watershed management: Application for restraining soil and nutrient losses in north-eastern Hokkaido, Japan
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Afsaneh Kaghazchi
Improving Water Quality Through Rotational Grazing Using Virtual Fencing: An APEX and Transfer Learning Modeling Approach
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Virginia López
Application of SWAT+ gwflow in Highly Anthropized Watersheds: A Case Study of the Campo de Cartagena
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Subash Thapaliya
Time-domain and signature-domain calibration methods for spatially distributed modeling of hydrology and water quality
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Juyeong Yu
Prediction and Analysis of Harmful Algal Blooms in the Miho River Basin Using a Coupled SWAT-TOC and Deep Learning Model under Climate Change Scenarios
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Qianjin Zheng
Remote Sensing-integrated Water Quality Modeling System for the United States Powered by SWAT
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Thursday, 23 October
| 09:00 - 10:30 |
Moderated by Mukesh Kumar Mehla, Texas A&M AgriLife Research
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09:00 - 09:20
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Liliana Bettolo
Investigating the environmental impact of an increased adoption of plant-based protein production in the Northeast U.S.: Assessment of Water Quality and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
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09:20 - 09:40
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Amy S. Collick
Modifying Crop Nutrient Management Practices in SWAT-VSA to Evaluate Optimized Scenarios of Dairy Herd Size and Nutrient Loads
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09:40 - 10:00
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Shoaib Ahmed
Analysis of BMP Trends and Nutrient Loads in Black Hawk Lake Using SWAT+
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10:00 - 10:20
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Arushi Khare
SWAT for Nature Based Solutions: Quantifying Flood–Drought Risk Reduction by Non-Floodplain Wetlands at Large Basin Scales
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| 09:00 - 10:30 |
Moderated by Billy Johnson, LimnoTech Inc
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09:00 - 09:20
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Ismail Jesna
Assessing Legacy Phosphorus Contributions and Management Strategies in Agricultural Watersheds with SWAT+
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09:20 - 09:40
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Sushant Mehan
Identification of Priority Zones for Riparian Buffer Enrollment under the Seasonal Riparian Area Management Program using SWAT+
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09:40 - 10:00
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Asmita Murumkar
Bridging Science and Practice: Watershed Modeling for Nutrient Mitigation in Ohio’s Agricultural Watersheds, USA
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10:00 - 10:20
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Arun Bawa
XGBest – An extreme gradient boosting-based tool for estimating daily in-stream nutrient and sediment concentrations
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| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Coffee break
Ballroom 350 A-B
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| 11:00 - 12:30 |
Moderated by Ryan Bailey, Colorado State University
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11:00 - 11:20
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Zaichen Xiang
Estimating Groundwater Travel Time Using Hydrologic Modeling and Metolachlor Ethane Sulfonic Acid (MESA)-Based Calibration in the Choptank River Watershed
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11:20 - 11:40
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Ryan Bailey
Estimating nutrient groundwater travel time using MESA and a locally refined SWAT+ gwflow model
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11:40 - 12:00
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Emmanuel "Kwabena" Opoku
Identifying anthropogenic and natural controls on groundwater return flows in a highly managed irrigated river basin
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12:00 - 12:20
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Muhammad Raffae
Impact of irrigation methods on wetland areas in the Upper Colorado River Basin
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| 11:00 - 12:30 |
Moderated by Javier Senent-Aparicio, Desertification Research Center (CIDE-CSIC)
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11:00 - 11:20
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Vinayak Shedekar
Water and phosphorus Dynamics predictions in subsurface (tile) drained watersheds
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11:20 - 11:40
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Ismail Jesna
How dietary transitions can affect water quality: A SWAT model based regional watershed analysis
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11:40 - 12:00
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Fereshteh Kordrostami
Remote-sensing guided modeling of dynamic post-fire watershed responses in SWAT+
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12:00 - 12:20
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Javier Senent-Aparicio
Integrating IAHRIS into SWAT+ for Hydrologic Alteration Assessment: Application to the Tagus River Headwaters Case Study
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| 12:30 - 13:30 |
Lunch
Ballroom 350 A-B
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| 13:30 - 15:00 |
Moderated by Gunho Cho, Texas A&M University
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13:30 - 13:50
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Jiye Lee
Modeling Microbial Water Quality using Agricultural Policy Environmental eXtender (APEX)
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13:50 - 14:10
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Mukesh Kumar Mehla
Modeling Methane Dynamics in Agroecosystems Using Process-Based Models: A Model Comparison
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14:10 - 14:30
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Gunho Cho
Wind-Driven Sediment and Soil Organic Carbon Losses Across Conus Using the EPIC Model: A Cropland and Rangeland Comparison
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| 13:30 - 15:00 |
Moderated by Katie Mendoza, Texas A&M AgriLife Research
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13:30 - 13:50
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Arun Bawa
Enhancing Accessibility and Reproducibility of Agroecosystem Modeling Research through Open-Source Web Tools: HAWQS and XGBest
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13:50 - 14:10
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Katie Mendoza
HAWQS and HAWQS+: Recent Updates and Future Direction
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14:10 - 14:30
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Natalja Čerkasova
Advanced capabilities of SWAT+: driving the future of watershed management
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14:30 - 14:50
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Celray James Chawanda
Integrating NetCDF into SWAT+: Streamlined Weather Inputs for Large-Scale Hydrological Modelling
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| 15:30 - 17:00 |
Tour
For those who would like to join the hike tomorrow, we will have a CSU Charter bus. We will walk from the Ballroom to the pick-up location right after the afternoon session (F1/F2) ends. If you would like to take your own vehicle, there is a $10 vehicle entrance fee (there is no fee if you take the charter bus). The location is: Arthur's Rock Trailhead, 708 Lodgepole Dr, Bellvue, CO 80512 Here is the map, with directions from CSU. |
| 19:00 |
Dinner Gala
Ballroom 350 A-B
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Friday, 24 October
| 09:00 - 10:30 |
Moderated by Sagarika Rath, Texas A&M AgriLife Research
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09:00 - 09:20
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Jack Carlson
Updates to SWAT+ to Support Carbon Balance Modeling
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09:20 - 09:40
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Mohammad Hadi Bazrkar
Development of an Artificial Intelligence-based Approach for Improving Snow Simulation in SWAT
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09:40 - 10:00
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Akansha Patel
A HAWQS-LSTM Framework for Hydrologic Predictions in Ungauged Watersheds
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10:00 - 10:20
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Sagarika Rath
Navigating the Trade-Offs: A Framework for effective conservation practices in the Upper Mississippi River Basin
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| 09:00 - 10:30 |
Moderated by Seonggyu Park, Texas Tech University
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09:00 - 09:20
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Seonggyu Park
Assessing Salinity Sources and Baseflow Constraints in the Pecos River Basin Using SWAT+ gwflow
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09:20 - 09:40
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Salam Abbas
A Salinity Simulation Tool for Highly Managed Agro-Urban Watersheds
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09:40 - 10:00
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Kasra Khodkar
Calibration of SWAT-Salt Aided by Daily Prediction Intervals
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| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Coffee break
Ballroom 350 A-B
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| 11:00 - 12:10 |
Moderated by Salam Abbas, Colorado State University
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11:00 - 11:20
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Jungang Gao
Influence of Outlier Thresholds on Daily Predictions of In-Stream Nutrient and Sediment Concentrations Using Multi-Model Machine Learning
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11:20 - 11:40
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Mohammad Hadi Bazrkar
Integrating Hydrological Modeling and Life Cycle Assessment: Assessing the Role of SWAT+ in Soil Organic Carbon Estimation
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11:40 - 12:00
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Mohamed F. Mahmoud
Physics-Informed Machine Learning for SWAT-Based Nutrient Prediction
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| 11:00 - 12:10 |
Moderated by Prasad Dagupatti, University of Guelph
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11:00 - 11:20
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Prasad Daggupati
W3s: Global weather data platform, development and application
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11:20 - 11:40
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Caroline Abel
SWAT Virtual Extension Assistant
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11:40 - 12:00
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Holm Kipka
Landuse and Agricultural Management Practices web-Service (LAMPS): A tool for generating distributed model inputs
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| 12:15 - 13:30 |
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