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09:00 - 17:00

SWAT+ Developer Workshop Room 386 Watch Video Part 1 Watch Video Part 2 Sign up for an account on Github if you do not already have one Install Visual Studio Community Edition 2022 with the workload "Desktop Development with C++" Bring your laptop and ensure you have permissions to install packages.

09:00 - 10:00	Opening session Ballroom 350 A-B
09:00 - 09:10	Welcome
09:10 - 09:40	Carrie Vollmer-Sanders, Field to Market President Keynote Presentation: Progress in Agriculture: Iteration, Insight, Impact
09:40 - 09:50	Dr. Jeff Arnold, Texas A&M AgriLife Research (retired USDA-ARS) SWAT+ Current Developments
09:50 - 10:00	Dr. Raghavan Srinivasan and Dr. Arun Bawa, Texas A&M AgriLife Research SWAT Community Updates

10:00 - 10:30

Group photo and coffee break Ballroom 350 A-B

12:00 - 13:00

Lunch Ballroom 350 A-B

14:30 - 15:00

Coffee break Ballroom 350 A-B

16:30 - 18:00	Poster Session and Social Ballroom 350 A-B Join us at the poster session for drinks and appetizers.
1	Caroline Abel SWAT Virtual Extension Assistant
2	Jeff Arnold Enhancing Water Allocation in SWAT+
3	Lourdes Arrueta Improving the simulation of several processes controlling phosphorus transport through tile drainage in the SWAT model
4	Arif Asghar Implementing Machine Learning Models in SWAT+ for Reservoir Release Simulation
5	Muhammad Bilal Effects of climate change on streamlines flow of jehlem river basin using hydrological model
6	Antara Paul Bonna Comparison of Deep Learning and Physics-based Hydrologic Models for Large-scale Streamflow Predictions
7	Gerardo Castellanos Osorio Quantifying Hydrologic Alteration in the Mississippi river Alluvial Plain using a coupled hydrologic model and an integrated assessment tool
8	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
9	Afsaneh Kaghazchi Improving Water Quality Through Rotational Grazing Using Virtual Fencing: An APEX and Transfer Learning Modeling Approach
10	Virginia López Application of SWAT+ gwflow in Highly Anthropized Watersheds: A Case Study of the Campo de Cartagena
11	Subash Thapaliya Time-domain and signature-domain calibration methods for spatially distributed modeling of hydrology and water quality
12	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
13	Qianjin Zheng Remote Sensing-integrated Water Quality Modeling System for the United States Powered by SWAT

10:30 - 12:00	Session A1: Environmental Applications Room 304-306 Moderated by Arun Bawa, Texas A&M AgriLife Research
10:30 - 10:50	Terry Nipp A SWAT-Based Framework for Understanding Sediment and Nutrient Dynamics Under Best Management Practices in the NYC Watershed
10:50 - 11:10	Arun Bawa Assessing the Utility and Limitations of OpenET for SWAT Model Calibration in Arid and Semiarid Landscapes of the Western United States
11:10 - 11:30	Galen Richards Investigating the Effects of Land Cover Change on Water Use Within an Irrigation District Using the SWAT Model
11:30 - 11:50	Wubneh Belete Abebe Hydrological Alterations of Pine Creek and Their Impacts on Rainbow Trout: A SWAT+ Modeling Study in the Eagle Lake Watershed, California

13:00 - 14:30	Session B1: Large Scale Applications Room 304-306 Moderated by Cibin Raj, The Pennsylvania State University
13:00 - 13:20	Muhammad Jehanzeb Masud Cheema Process-Based SWAT+ Model Development for the Transboundary Indus Basin: Multi-Source Calibration of Streamflow and Evapotranspiration
13:20 - 13:40	Nada Jumaa Emulating SWAT+ for Hydrological and Water Quality Prediction: A Multi-Stage Random Forest Approach
13:40 - 14:00	Cibin Raj Hybrid Infrastructure Modeling System for regional flood and water quality analysis
14:00 - 14:20	Adnan Rajib HydroFlame: A new NASA platform using SWAT for wildfire-hydrology modeling

15:00 - 16:30	Session C1: Model Development Room 304-306 Moderated by Ethiopia Zeleke, Florida International Universtiy
15:00 - 15:20	Meghna Babbar-Sebens A Modified SWAT Model for Evaluation of Prior Appropriation Water Rights
15:20 - 15:40	Natalja Cerkasova Assessing Conservation Practice Benefits (CRP) and crop yield trade-offs with the National Agroecosystems Model (NAM)
15:40 - 16:00	Jose P. Teran Towards better representation of water bodies and water management on the Community SWAT + Global Water Model
16:00 - 16:20	Mohamed F. Mahmoud SWIFT: A High-Performance Framework for Nutrient Load Routing in Large Watersheds

10:30 - 12:00	Session A2: APEX-EPIC Modeling Room 308-310 Moderated by Efrain Noa-Yarasca, Texas A&M AgriLife Research
10:30 - 10:50	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)
10:50 - 11:10	Efrain Noa-Yarasca Reinforcement Learning Frameworks for Optimizing Crop Planting Dates under Climate Variability
11:10 - 11:30	Michael Winchell Simulating greenhouse gas emissions, carbon sequestration, soil health, and nutrient loss with APEX in Vermont agricultural systems
11:30 - 11:50	Terry Nipp SWAT Models in a National Intercomparison of Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics - AgMIP

13:00 - 14:30	Session B2: Urban Processes and Management Room 308-310 Moderated by Alejandro Sánchez Gómez, University of California Davis
13:00 - 13:20	Fouad Jaber Development of a stage-discharge curve for bioretention areas for integration into SWAT+
13:20 - 13:40	Alejandro Sánchez Gómez SWAT+ application to simulate and evaluate water management actions impacts on model performance and streamflow regime
13:40 - 14:00	Adnan Rajib Transforming SWAT for Global Flood Risk Modeling
14:00 - 14:20	Ethiopia Zeleke Using a Standardized Event-Based Tool for Drought Analysis: Application to Propagation Predictability Patterns

15:00 - 16:30	Session C2: Sensitivity, Calibration, and Uncertainty Room 308-310 Moderated by Sushant Mehan, South Dakota State University
15:00 - 15:20	Kasra Khodkar Simulating flow with high quality data using SWAT: opportunities and challenges
15:20 - 15:40	Siyeon Kim Calibrating SWAT Model Parameters of an Ungaged Forested and Coastal Watershed using Regionalization: A Case Study of North Depoe Bay Creek, Oregon
15:40 - 16:00	Glenn O'Neil SWAT+ Phosphorus Calibration in Western Lake Erie Basin
16:00 - 16:20	Mohammad Hadi Bazrkar Assessing the Capability of SWAT for Hydrological Simulation in Snow-Dominated Regions

09:00 - 10:30	Session D1: BMPs Room 304-306 Moderated by Mukesh Kumar Mehla, Texas A&M AgriLife Research
09:00 - 09:20	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
09:20 - 09:40	Amy S. Collick Modifying Crop Nutrient Management Practices in SWAT-VSA to Evaluate Optimized Scenarios of Dairy Herd Size and Nutrient Loads
09:40 - 10:00	Shoaib Ahmed Analysis of BMP Trends and Nutrient Loads in Black Hawk Lake Using SWAT+
10:00 - 10:20	Arushi Khare SWAT for Nature Based Solutions: Quantifying Flood–Drought Risk Reduction by Non-Floodplain Wetlands at Large Basin Scales

11:00 - 12:30	Session E1: Groundwater Hydrology Room 304-306 Moderated by Ryan Bailey, Colorado State University
11:00 - 11:20	Zaichen Xiang Estimating Groundwater Travel Time Using Hydrologic Modeling and Metolachlor Ethane Sulfonic Acid (MESA)-Based Calibration in the Choptank River Watershed
11:20 - 11:40	Ryan Bailey Estimating nutrient groundwater travel time using MESA and a locally refined SWAT+ gwflow model
11:40 - 12:00	Emmanuel "Kwabena" Opoku Identifying anthropogenic and natural controls on groundwater return flows in a highly managed irrigated river basin
12:00 - 12:20	Muhammad Raffae Impact of irrigation methods on wetland areas in the Upper Colorado River Basin

13:30 - 15:00	Session F1: APEX-EPIC Modeling Room 304-306 Moderated by Gunho Cho, Texas A&M University
13:30 - 13:50	Jiye Lee Modeling Microbial Water Quality using Agricultural Policy Environmental eXtender (APEX)
13:50 - 14:10	Mukesh Kumar Mehla Modeling Methane Dynamics in Agroecosystems Using Process-Based Models: A Model Comparison
14:10 - 14:30	Gunho Cho Wind-Driven Sediment and Soil Organic Carbon Losses Across Conus Using the EPIC Model: A Cropland and Rangeland Comparison

09:00 - 10:30	Session D2: Water Quality Room 308-310 Moderated by Billy Johnson, LimnoTech Inc
09:00 - 09:20	Ismail Jesna Assessing Legacy Phosphorus Contributions and Management Strategies in Agricultural Watersheds with SWAT+
09:20 - 09:40	Sushant Mehan Identification of Priority Zones for Riparian Buffer Enrollment under the Seasonal Riparian Area Management Program using SWAT+
09:40 - 10:00	Asmita Murumkar Bridging Science and Practice: Watershed Modeling for Nutrient Mitigation in Ohio’s Agricultural Watersheds, USA
10:00 - 10:20	Arun Bawa XGBest – An extreme gradient boosting-based tool for estimating daily in-stream nutrient and sediment concentrations

11:00 - 12:30	Session E2: Environmental Applications Room 308-310 Moderated by Javier Senent-Aparicio, Desertification Research Center (CIDE-CSIC)
11:00 - 11:20	Vinayak Shedekar Water and phosphorus Dynamics predictions in subsurface (tile) drained watersheds
11:20 - 11:40	Ismail Jesna How dietary transitions can affect water quality: A SWAT model based regional watershed analysis
11:40 - 12:00	Fereshteh Kordrostami Remote-sensing guided modeling of dynamic post-fire watershed responses in SWAT+
12:00 - 12:20	Javier Senent-Aparicio Integrating IAHRIS into SWAT+ for Hydrologic Alteration Assessment: Application to the Tagus River Headwaters Case Study

13:30 - 15:00	Session F2: Model Development Room 308-310 Moderated by Katie Mendoza, Texas A&M AgriLife Research
13:30 - 13:50	Arun Bawa Enhancing Accessibility and Reproducibility of Agroecosystem Modeling Research through Open-Source Web Tools: HAWQS and XGBest
13:50 - 14:10	Katie Mendoza HAWQS and HAWQS+: Recent Updates and Future Direction
14:10 - 14:30	Natalja Čerkasova Advanced capabilities of SWAT+: driving the future of watershed management
14:30 - 14:50	Celray James Chawanda Integrating NetCDF into SWAT+: Streamlined Weather Inputs for Large-Scale Hydrological Modelling

09:00 - 10:30	Session G1: Model Development Room 304-306 Moderated by Sagarika Rath, Texas A&M AgriLife Research
09:00 - 09:20	Jack Carlson Updates to SWAT+ to Support Carbon Balance Modeling
09:20 - 09:40	Mohammad Hadi Bazrkar Development of an Artificial Intelligence-based Approach for Improving Snow Simulation in SWAT
09:40 - 10:00	Akansha Patel A HAWQS-LSTM Framework for Hydrologic Predictions in Ungauged Watersheds
10:00 - 10:20	Sagarika Rath Navigating the Trade-Offs: A Framework for effective conservation practices in the Upper Mississippi River Basin

11:00 - 12:10	Session H1: Sediment, Nutrients, and Carbon Room 304-306 Moderated by Salam Abbas, Colorado State University
11:00 - 11:20	Jungang Gao Influence of Outlier Thresholds on Daily Predictions of In-Stream Nutrient and Sediment Concentrations Using Multi-Model Machine Learning
11:20 - 11:40	Mohammad Hadi Bazrkar Integrating Hydrological Modeling and Life Cycle Assessment: Assessing the Role of SWAT+ in Soil Organic Carbon Estimation
11:40 - 12:00	Mohamed F. Mahmoud Physics-Informed Machine Learning for SWAT-Based Nutrient Prediction

09:00 - 10:30	Session G2: Salinity Room 308-310 Moderated by Seonggyu Park, Texas Tech University
09:00 - 09:20	Seonggyu Park Assessing Salinity Sources and Baseflow Constraints in the Pecos River Basin Using SWAT+ gwflow
09:20 - 09:40	Salam Abbas A Salinity Simulation Tool for Highly Managed Agro-Urban Watersheds
09:40 - 10:00	Kasra Khodkar Calibration of SWAT-Salt Aided by Daily Prediction Intervals

11:00 - 12:10	Session H2: Database and GIS Application and Development Room 308-310 Moderated by Prasad Dagupatti, University of Guelph
11:00 - 11:20	Prasad Daggupati W3s: Global weather data platform, development and application
11:20 - 11:40	Caroline Abel SWAT Virtual Extension Assistant
11:40 - 12:00	Holm Kipka Landuse and Agricultural Management Practices web-Service (LAMPS): A tool for generating distributed model inputs

10:30 - 11:00

Coffee break Ballroom 350 A-B

12:15 - 13:30

Closing session and lunch Ballroom 350 A-B