Registrations for Workshop #3 still available via email: grzegorz.skrzypek@uwa.edu.au

We are pleased to announce an additional workshop will be held prior to IsoEcol on Sunday 3rd April 2016.

Application of water stable isotopes for estimation of evaporative losses in terrestrial environments

Place: Ito Hall Seminar Room (3F), The Univeristy of Tokyo, Hongo Campus

Time: 13:00 Sun April 3rd

Topic: Application of water stable hydrogen and oxygen isotopes for estimation of evaporative losses in terrestrial environments – an introduction to revised Craig-Gordon model and Hydrocalculator software

Cost: 3500 yen (on-site)

Invitations: Strictly limited to 20 pp; registration by email on first-come basis grzegorz.skrzypek@uwa.edu.au

Convener: Greg Skrzypek, The University of Western Australia: http://www.uwa.edu.au/people/grzegorz.skrzypek

Details:

The aim of this intro level short workshop is to familiarise yourself with some of the ways stable hydrogen and oxygen isotope compositions are used to estimate evaporative losses and distinguish water sources in the environment. You will be introduced to the revised “Craig-Gordon” model (C-G) and Hydrocalculator software [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022169415001134]. The C-G model is now a widely applied approach for estimating evaporative losses from water bodies, and can be combined with an isotope-mixing models, for estimating the contribution of water from different water sources. In our case studies, we will also show you how to use Local Meteoric Water Line (LMWL) and Local Evaporation Line (LEL) to distinguish groundwater dependent aquatic ecosystems from those not directly supported by groundwater inflow. We will discuss calculations principles, different analytical procedures and major sources of calculation uncertainties (1 hr), then we will investigate two case study during hands-on calculation exercises (1 hr).

Attention: you need to bring your PC laptop, or Mac with Windows simulator, to run exe files.