Reference number : GC-2017-Q1-03259, amendment number : , agreement type : G, recipient legal name : Si, Bing (University of Saskatchewan), recipient country : CA, recipient province : nan, recipient city : Saskatchewan, recipient postal code : nan, program name english : Discovery Grants Program - Individual, program name french : Programme de subventions à la découverte - individuelles, program purpose english : Ecohydrology of deep soil in water-limited environments 
 
Deep soil water, at depth beyond majority of roots, is a critical link in the hydrological cycle and is important for deep rooted ecosystems to preserve their biodiversity, combat persistent droughts and maintain groundwater recharge in water-limited environments. There is poor understanding of the triggers for these ecohydrological functions of deep soil water and how these functions respond to landuse- and climate-change. As a consequence, our current hydrological models lack realistic representation of deep soil water processes, impaired our ability to predict the future changes in hydrological cycles in Canada and elsewhere. 
The long term goal of my research is to develop new understanding of how deep roots and deep soils interact to affect the transpiration and hydrology of different ecosystems for improved understanding and model formulations of the hydrological processes in deep soils. The proposed work addresses the most important and fundamental impediments for moving forward in the research area to ultimately aid the development of ecohydrological models that is useful in reliably assessing, and predicting deep soil water uptake that dictates ecosystem functions, and water quality and quantity under changing environments., program purpose french : Ecohydrology of deep soil in water-limited environments 
 
Deep soil water, at depth beyond majority of roots, is a critical link in the hydrological cycle and is important for deep rooted ecosystems to preserve their biodiversity, combat persistent droughts and maintain groundwater recharge in water-limited environments. There is poor understanding of the triggers for these ecohydrological functions of deep soil water and how these functions respond to landuse- and climate-change. As a consequence, our current hydrological models lack realistic representation of deep soil water processes, impaired our ability to predict the future changes in hydrological cycles in Canada and elsewhere. 
The long term goal of my research is to develop new understanding of how deep roots and deep soils interact to affect the transpiration and hydrology of different ecosystems for improved understanding and model formulations of the hydrological processes in deep soils. The proposed work addresses the most important and fundamental impediments for moving forward in the research area to ultimately aid the development of ecohydrological models that is useful in reliably assessing, and predicting deep soil water uptake that dictates ecosystem functions, and water quality and quantity under changing environments., agreement title english : Ecohydrology of deep soil in water-limited environments, agreement title french : Ecohydrology of deep soil in water-limited environments, agreement number : RGPIN, agreement value : 160000.0, agreement start date : 2017-05-10, agreement end date : nan, description english : nan, description french : nan, expected results english : nan, expected results french : nan, additional information english : Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year. (2017-2018 to 2022-2023), additional information french : Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier. (2017-2018 à 2022-2023), owner organization : nserc-crsng, owner organization title : Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada