Mississippi Alluvial Plain Groundwater Project

Tuesday, December 5, 2017: 10:40 a.m.-2:40 p.m.
101 C (Music City Center)

Moderator:
Michael Bradley
10:40 a.m.
Coupling Modeling with Monitoring to Assess Water Availability in the Mississippi Alluvial Plain

Wade Kress1, Brian Clark2 and Jeannie Barlow, PhD3, (1)Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Nashville, TN, (2)Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Fayetteville, AR, (3)Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Jackson, MS

11:00 a.m.
Quantifying Water Use in the Mississippi Alluvial Plain

Drew Westerman1, Wade Kress2 and Jeannie Barlow, PhD3, (1)Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Little Rock, AR, (2)Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Nashville, TN, (3)Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Jackson, MS

11:20 a.m.
Development of Monthly Water Budget Estimates for the CONUS and Application to the Mississippi Alluvial Plain

Meredith Reitz1, Ward E. Sanford2, Gabriel Senay3, Wade Kress4 and David Ladd5, (1)National Research Program - Eastern Branch, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA, (3)EROS Data Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Ft Collins, CO, (4)Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Nashville, TN, (5)Lower Mississippi - Gulf Water Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Nashville, TN

11:40 a.m.
Evaluation of Recharge and Evapotranspiration Estimation Methods in the Mississippi Alluvial Plain

David Ladd1, Meredith Reitz2 and Brian Clark3, (1)Lower Mississippi - Gulf Water Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Nashville, TN, (2)National Research Program - Eastern Branch, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA, (3)Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Fayetteville, AR

12:00 p.m.
Lunch (on your own)

1:20 p.m.
Characterizing Groundwater and Surface-Water Interaction in the Mississippi Delta Using Hydrograph Separation

Courtney Killian1, Jeannie Barlow, PhD2, Paul Barlow3, Wade Kress4 and Darrel Schmitz, PhD1, (1)Geosciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, (2)Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Jackson, MS, (3)U.S. Geologic Survey WRD, Northborough, MA, (4)Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Nashville, TN

1:40 p.m.
Geophysical Surveys to Characterize Geologic Controls on Aquifer Recharge and Surface Water–Groundwater Exchange

Ryan Adams1, Wade Kress2, Steven Peterson, Peterson3 and Brian Clark4, (1)Lower-Mississippi Gulf Water Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Nashville, TN, (2)Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Nashville, TN, (3)Nebraska Water Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Lincoln, NE, (4)Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Fayetteville, AR

2:00 p.m.
Initial Assessment of Agricultural Water Management Scenarios in the Mississippi Delta

Connor Haugh1 and Jeannie Barlow, PhD2, (1)Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Nashville, TN, (2)Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Jackson, MS

2:20 p.m.
Using a model’s purpose to guide model updates: The case of the Mississippi Alluvial Plain aquifer

Brian Clark1, Jeremy White2, Daniel Tebo3 and Wade Kress4, (1)Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Fayetteville, AR, (2)US Geological Survey WRD Texas Water Science Center, Austin, TX, (3)Texas Water Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Austin, TX, (4)Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Nashville, TN

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