Conference presentations

2015

  1. Serna, J.L., Muñoz, J.F., Suárez, F. Determination of Soil Evaporation Fluxes Using Distributed Temperature Sensing Methods. AGU 2015 Fall Meeting. San Francisco, California, USA. December 14-18, 2015. Oral Presentation.
  2. Hausner, M.B., Gaines, D.B., Morrison, R., Sada, D., Scoppettone, G.G., Stone, M., Suárez, F., Tyler, S.W., Wilson, K. Physical thresholds as ecological proxies in aquatic ecosystems. AGU 2015 Fall Meeting. San Francisco, California, USA. December 14-18, 2015. Poster Presentation.
  3. Lagos, M., Fierro, V., Moreno, C., Suárez, F., Muñoz, J.F. (2015). The Effects of Salinity and Sodium Adsorption Ratio on the Water Retention and Hydraulic Conductivity Curves of Soils From The Pampa del Tamarugal, Chile. AGU 2015 Fall Meeting. San Francisco, California, USA. December 14-18, 2015. Poster Presentation.
  4. Cousiño, J.A., Suárez, F., Hausner, M.B., Victorero, F., Bonilla, C., Gironás, J., Vera, S.E., Bustamante, W., Rojas, V., Leiva, E., Pastén, P. (2015). Advantages of a Vertical High-Resolution Distributed-Temperature-Sensing System Used to Evaluate the Thermal Behavior of Green Roofs. AGU 2015 Fall Meeting. San Francisco, California, USA. December 14-18, 2015. Poster Presentation.
  5. Maass, T., Castro, L., Suárez, F., Fernández, B. (2015). Bias correction of daily precipitation in south-central Chile using NCEP CFSv2. AGU 2015 Fall Meeting. San Francisco, California, USA. December 14-18, 2015. Poster Presentation.
  6. Hausner, M.B., Wilson, K., Scoppettone, G.G., Suárez, F., Tyler, S.W. (2015). Using physical thresholds to quantify anthropogenic impacts on the Devils Hole pupfish. 47th Annual Meeting of the Desert Fishes Council. Furnace Creek, California, USA. November 18-22, 2015. Oral Presentation.
  7. Fierro, V., Muñoz, J.F., Suárez, F. (2015). Efecto del SAR en los flujos de evaporación en columnas de suelo con napa somera. XII Jornadas de Investigación en la Zona No Saturada. Madrid, España. November 18-20, 2015 Oral Presentation.
  8. Castro, L., Maass, T., Suárez, F., Fernández, B. (2015). Desarrollo de un sistema integrado para el pronóstico de caudales en cuencas de montaña para la operación de centrales hidroeléctricas. XXII Congreso Chileno de Ingeniería Hidráulica. Santiago, Chile. October 22-23, 2015. Oral Presentation.
  9. Maass, T., Castro, L., Suárez, F., Fernández, B. (2015). Corrección de sesgo de la precipitación diaria en el centro sur de chile, usando el modelo de pronósticos climáticos CFSv2. XXII Congreso Chileno de Ingeniería Hidráulica. Santiago, Chile. October 22-23, 2015. Oral Presentation.
  10. González, D., Amigo, J., Suárez, F. (2015). An investigation of solar pond configurations using the principles of constructal design. 10th Conference on sustainable development of energy, water and environment systems. Dubrovnik, Croatia. September 27-October 3, 2015. Oral Presentation.
  11. Blin, N., Sandoval, V.P., Suárez, F., Victorero, F., Bonilla, C., Gironás, J., Vera, S., Bustamante, W., Rojas, V., Pastén, P. (2015).The effect of layered substrates on green roof hydraulic performance. 10th Conference on sustainable development of energy, water and environment systems. Dubrovnik, Croatia. September 27-October 3, 2015. Poster Presentation.
  12. Suárez, F., Urtubia, R. (2015). Tackling the water-energy nexus: membrane distillation driven by solar ponds. 10th Conference on sustainable development of energy, water and environment systems. Dubrovnik, Croatia. September 27-October 3, 2015. Oral Presentation.
  13. Sandoval, V.P., Suárez, F., Vera, S., Pinto, C., Victorero, F., Bonilla, C., Gironás, J., Bustamante, W., Rojas, V., Pastén, P. (2015). Impact of the properties of a green roof substrate on its hydraulic and thermal behavior. 6th International Building Physics Conference. Torino, Italy. June 14-17, 2015. Oral Presentation.
  14. Suárez, F. (2015). Evaporation suppression in salt-gradient solar ponds and development of new measuring techniques in saline soils. International Seminar: Advances in evaporation and its impacts on the environment. Santiago, Chile. March 19, 2015. Oral Presentation.

 

2014

  1. Suárez, F., Sarabia, A., Silva, C. (2014). Use of fiber-optic DTS to investigate physical processes in thermohaline environments. AGU 2014 Fall Meeting. San Francisco, California, USA. December 15-19, 2014. Poster Presentation.
  2. Sandoval, V.P., Suárez, F., Victorero, F., Bonilla, C., Gironás, J., Vera, S.E., Bustamante, W., Rojas, V., Pastén, P. (2014). Effects of substrate properties on the hydraulic and thermal behavior of a green roof. AGU 2014 Fall Meeting. San Francisco, California, USA. December 15-19, 2014. Poster Presentation.
  3. Cousiño, J.A., Hausner, M.B., Victorero, F., Bonilla, C., Gironás, J., Vera, S.E., Bustamante, W., Rojas, V., Pastén, P., Suárez, F. (2014). Assessment of a fiber-optic distributed-temperature-sensing system to monitor the thermal dynamics of vegetated roofs. AGU 2014 Fall Meeting. San Francisco, California, USA. December 15-19, 2014. Poster Presentation.
  4. Serna, J.L., Cristi, F., Muñoz, J.F., Suárez, F. (2014). Determination of soil evaporation fluxes using distributed temperature sensing methods. AGU 2014 Fall Meeting. San Francisco, California, USA. December 15-19, 2014. Poster Presentation.
  5. Fierro, V., Cristi, F., Suárez, F., Muñoz, J.F. (2014). Impacts of salinity on soil hydraulic properties and evaporation fluxes. AGU 2014 Fall Meeting. San Francisco, California, USA. December 15-19, 2014. Poster Presentation.
  6. Cristi, F., Fierro, V., Suárez, F., Muñoz, J.F. (2014). A new TDR-waveform approach capable to measure soil moisture contents at large electrical conductivity ranges. AGU 2014 Fall Meeting. San Francisco, California, USA. December 15-19, 2014. Poster Presentation.
  7. González, D., Escauriaza, C., Suárez, F. (2014). Hacia un modelo tridimensional para representar la hidrodinámica de piscinas solares. XIII Jornadas de Mecánica Computacional. Curicó, Chile. October 2-3, 2014. Oral Presentation.
  8. Suárez, F., Sotomayor, R., Yáñez, G., Hausner, M.B., Muñoz, M. (2014). Complementando el conocimiento hidrogeológico mediante sistemas distribuidos de temperatura. XII Congreso Latinoamericano de Hidrogeología. Santiago, Chile. August 25-30, 2014. Oral Presentation.
  9. Suárez, F. (2014). Agua renovable: membranas de contacto directo acopladas a pozas solares. XXVI Congreso Latinoamericano de Hidráulica. Santiago, Chile. August 25-30, 2014. Oral Presentation.
  10. González, D., Escauriaza, C., Suárez, F. (2014). Desarrollo de un modelo tridimensional para estudiar el comportamiento de piscinas solares. XXVI Congreso Latinoamericano de Hidráulica. Santiago, Chile. August 25-30, 2014. Oral Presentation.
  11. Reyes, F.R., Vera, S., Gironás, J., Bustamante, W., Rojas, M.V., Victorero, F., Pastén, P., Suárez, F., Bonilla, C. (2014). Manejo del riego en cubiertas vegetales: análisis de sustentabilidad en un clima semiárido. XXVI Congreso Latinoamericano de Hidráulica. Santiago, Chile. August 25-30, 2014. Oral Presentation.
  12. Sandoval, V., Suárez, F., Victorero, F., Bonilla, C., Gironás, J., Vera, S.E., Bustamante, W., Rojas, V., Pastén, P. (2014). Efecto de las propiedades de un sustrato de una cubierta vegetal sobre su comportamiento hidráulico y térmico. XII Congreso Latinoamericano de Hidrogeología. Santiago, Chile. August 25-30, 2014. Oral Presentation.
  13. Cristi, F., Fierro, V., Suárez, F., Muñoz, J.F. (2014). Análisis de aplicabilidad de sensores TDR en suelos salinos. XII Congreso Latinoamericano de Hidrogeología. Santiago, Chile. August 25-30, 2014. Oral Presentation.
  14. Hausner, M.B., Wilson, K.P., Gaines, D.B., Suárez, F., Scoppettone, G.C., Tyler, S.W. Physical and ecological responses to climate change in Devils Hole. 2014 Devils Hole Workshop. Furnace Creek, California, USA. April 30- May 2, 2014. Oral Presentation.
  15. Suárez, F., Hausner, M.B., Loayza, M.A., Victorero, F., Pastén, P., Bustamente, W., Rojas, M.V., Gironás, J., Bonilla, C., Vera, S. Green roofs in semi-arid environments: The need for better predictive tools. CEDEUS International Conference: Sustainable Urban Development, Concepts and Methods 2014. Santiago, Chile. January 22-24, 2014. Oral Presentation.
  16. Leiva, E., Reyes, R., Suárez, F., Victorero, F., Bustamante, W., Rojas, V., Gironás, J., Bonilla, C., Vera, S.E., Pastén, P. Greening the startup of a green roof: improvement or degradation of water quality? CEDEUS International Conference: Sustainable Urban Development, Concepts and Methods 2014. Santiago, Chile. January 22-24, 2014. Oral Presentation.
  17. Bonilla, C., Reyes, R., Vera, S., Gironás, J., Bustamante, W., Rojas, M.V., Victorero, F., Pastén, P., Suárez, F. Green Roof Irrigation in Semi-Arid Climates: An Integrative Approach to Sustainable Urban Environments. CEDEUS International Conference: Sustainable Urban Development, Concepts and Methods 2014. Santiago, Chile. January 22-24, 2014. Oral Presentation.
  18. Victorero, F., Azorin, G., Vera, S., Bustamante, W., Bonilla, C., Gironás, J., Rojas, M.V., Pastén, P., Suárez, F. (2014). A New Laboratory for Experimental Evaluation of Building’s Vegetative Infrastructure in Semiarid Climates of Chile: An interdisciplinary approach. CEDEUS International Conference: Sustainable Urban Development, Concepts and Methods 2014. Santiago, Chile. January 22-24, 2014. Oral Presentation.
  19. Vera, S., Pinto, C., Victorero, F., Bustamante, W., Bonilla, C., Gironás, J., Rojas, M.V., Pastén, P., Suárez, F. (2014). A Parametric Study of the Impact of Green Roofs on a Retails’ Building Thermal Performance in a Semi-arid Climate. CEDEUS International Conference: Sustainable Urban Development, Concepts and Methods 2014. Santiago, Chile. January 22-24, 2014. Oral Presentation.

 

2013

  1. Suárez, F., Ruskowitz, J.A., Tyler, S.W., Childress, A.E. (2013). Increasing the collected energy and reducing the water requirements in salt-gradient solar ponds. AGU 2013 Fall Meeting. San Francisco, California, USA. December 9-13, 2013. Poster Presentation.
  2. Hausner, M.B., Wilson, K.P., Gaines, D.B., Suárez, F., Tyler, S. W. (2013). Cyprinodon diabolis: prospects for an endangered desert pupfish in a changing climate. AGU 2013 Fall Meeting. San Francisco, California, USA. December 9-13, 2013. Poster Presentation.
  3. Fierro, V., Hernández, M.F., Cristi, F., Braud. I., Gironás, J., Hausner, M.B., Suárez, F., Muñoz, J.F. (2013). Impacts of evaporation from saline soils on soil hydraulic properties and water fluxes. AGU 2013 Fall Meeting. Poster Session. San Francisco, California, USA. December 9-13, 2013. Poster Presentation.
  4. Cristi, F., Hernández, M.F., Fierro, V., Hausner, M.B., Suárez, F., Muñoz, J.F. (2013). Evaluation of TDR sensors to estimate moisture content in a highly saline soil from northern Chile. AGU 2013 Fall Meeting. San Francisco, California, USA. December 9-13, 2013. Poster Presentation.
  5. Muñoz, J.F., Vásquez, C., Ortiz, C., Suárez, F. (2013). Modelling groundwater flow in highly saline aquifers considering geochemical processes that modify the aquifer’s physical properties. AGU 2013 Fall Meeting. San Francisco, California, USA. December 9-13, 2013. Poster Presentation.
  6. Suárez, F. (2013). Estudio experimental y numérico de una poza solar a escala de laboratorio. XXI Congreso Chileno de Ingeniería Hidráulica. Concepción, VIII Región, Chile. October 23-25, 2013. Oral Presentation.
  7. Suárez, F., Muñoz, J.F., Fernández, B., Dorsaz, J.M., Hunter, C.K., Gironás, J. (2013). Integrated water resource management and energy requirements for water supply in the Copiapó River basin. 8th Conference on sustainable development of energy, water and environment systems. Dubrovnik, Croatia. September 22-27, 2013. Oral Presentation.
  8. Muñoz, J.F., Briones, E., Ortiz, C., Jones, J.P., Suárez, F. (2013). Stream-aquifer interactions in a hyper-arid region of northern Chile using Modflow streamflow-routing package. Modflow and More 2013: Translating Science into Practice. Golden, Colorado, USA. June 2-5, 2013. Poster Presentation.

 

2012

  1. Hausner, M.B.,Wilson, K.P.,Gaines, B., Suarez, F., Tyler, S.W. (2012). Temporal Changes in the Thermal Regime of Devils Hole, Death Valley National Park. AGU 2012 Fall Meeting. San Francisco, California, USA. December 3-7, 2012. Oral Presentation.
  2. Muñoz, J.F., Hernández, M.F., Braud, I., Gironás, J., Suárez, F. (2012). Impact of groundwater levels on evaporation and water-vapor fluxes in highly saline soils. AGU 2012 Fall Meeting. San Francisco, California, USA. December 3-7, 2012. Poster Presentation.
  3. Suárez, F., Guzmán, E., Muñoz, J.F. (2012). Transport of simazine in undisturbed soils from the Casablanca valley, Chile. AGU 2012 Fall Meeting. San Francisco, California, USA. December 3-7, 2012. Poster Presentation.
  4. Suárez, F. (2012). Aplicación de un modelo de difusión doble de calor y sales en piscinas solares. Jornada de Mecánica Computacional 2012. Valparaíso, Chile, 4-5 October. Oral Presentation.
  5. Suárez, F. (2012). Destilación en membranas energizada por piscinas solares. III Seminario Internacional de Desalación ALADYR 2012. Antofagasta, Chile, 1-2 October. Oral Presentation.
  6. Ruskowitz, J.A., Suárez, F., Tyler, S.W., Childress, A.E. (2012). Evaporation suppression from a salt-gradient solar pond to increase fresh water production. NWEA 2012 Annual Conference – “Looking to the Future” New Technologies for Water, Wastewater & Stormwater. Sparks, Nevada, USA. April 24-25, 2012. Oral Presentation.

 

2011

  1. Suárez, F., Vinyard, C.J., Williams, S.H., Hausner, M.B., Tyler, S.W., Glander, K. (2011), Innovative use of Distributed Temperature Sensing and Meteorological Data to Understand Thermoregulation of Free-Ranging Howling Monkeys. AGU 2011 Fall Meeting. San Francisco, California, USA. December 5-9, 2011. Poster Presentation.
  2. Hausner, M.B., Wilson, K.P., Gaines, D.B., Suárez, F., Tyler, S. W. (2011), Climate change, shifting seasons, and the ecohydrology of Devils Hole, Death Valley National Park. AGU 2011 Fall Meeting. San Francisco, California, USA. December 5-9, 2011. Poster Presentation.
  3. Lucas, R.G., Conklin, M.H., Tyler, S.W., Suárez, F., Moran, J.E., Esser, B.K. (2011), Physical and biogeochemical controls on polymictic behavior in Sierra Nevada stream pools. AGU 2011 Fall Meeting. San Francisco, California, USA, 5-9 December. Poster Presentation.
  4. Thompson, C.L, Glander, K.E., Williams, S.H., Suárez, F., Teaford, M.F., Vinyard, C.J. (2011), A preliminary look at the relationships among temperature, feeding behavior and social rank in mantled howling monkeys (Alouatta palliata) at Hacienda La Pacifica, Costa Rica. MPIG 2011 Annual Meeting. Kent, Ohio, 14-15 October. Oral Presentation.
  5. Hausner, M.B., Wilson, K.P., Gaines, D.B., Suárez, F., Tyler, S. W. (2011), Devils Hole: The Intersection of Groundwater and Surface Waters as an Indicator of Climate Change, 2011 GSA Annual Meeting. Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, 9–12 October. Oral Presentation.
  6. Ruskowitz, J.A., Suárez, F., Tyler, S.W., Childress, A.E. (2011). Evaporation suppression in laboratory scale thermal collectors for freshwater production. 15th Annual Water Reuse & Desalination Research Conference. Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. May 16-17, 2011. Oral Presentation.
  7. Hausner, M.B., Wilson, K.P., Gaines, D.B., Suárez, F., and Tyler, S.W. (2011). Impacts of diel convection on the shallow shelf of Devils Hole. Devils Hole Workshop. Pahrump, Nevada, USA. May 4-6, 2011. Oral Presentation.
  8. Suárez, F., Tyler, S.W., Selker, J.S. (2011), The Center for Transformative Environmental Sensing Programs: opportunities of fiber-optic temperature and acoustic distributed sensing in soils. 14th Annual Landmine Detection & Buried Explosive Object Research Review Meeting. Washington, District of Columbia, USA. February 2-3, 2011. Oral Presentation.

 

2010

  1. Suárez, F., Tyler, S.W., Childress, A.E. (2010), Renewable Water: Direct Contact Membrane Distillation Coupled With Solar Ponds. AGU 2010 Fall Meeting. San Francisco, California, USA. December 13-17, 2010. Poster Presentation.
  2. Lucas, R.G., Conklin, M.H., Tyler, S.W., Suárez, F. (2010), Polymictic pool behavior in Sierra Nevada Streams. AGU 2010 Fall Meeting. San Francisco, California, USA. December 13-17, 2010. Poster Presentation.
  3. Suárez, F., Childress, A.E., Tyler, S.W. (2010), Temperature Evolution of an Experimental Salt-Gradient Solar Pond. IWA World Water Congress and Exhibition. Montreal, Quebec, Canada. September 19-24, 2010. Oral Presentation.
  4. Suárez, F., Tyler, S.W., Childress, A.E. (2010), A Direct Contact Membrane Distillation Module Coupled to a Salt-Gradient Solar Pond for Water Production. IWA World Water Congress and Exhibition. Montreal, Quebec, Canada. September 19-24, 2010. Oral Presentation.
  5. Suárez, F., Aravena, J.E., Hausner, M.B., Childress, A.E., Tyler, S.W. (2010), Monitoring the temperature profile in a solar pond using a vertical high-resolution distributed-temperature-sensing system. CUAHSI 2nd Biennial Colloquium on Hydrologic Science and Engineering. Boulder, Colorado, USA. July 19-21, 2010. Poster Presentation.

 

2009

  1. Tyler, S.W., Hausner, M.B., Suárez, F., Selker, J.S. (2009), Closing the Energy Budget: Advances in assessing heat fluxes into shallow lakes and ponds. AGU 2009 Fall Meeting. San Francisco, California, USA. December 14-18, 2009. Oral Presentation.
  2. Suárez, F., Tyler, S.W., Childress, A.E. (2009). Measuring the Temperature Profile in a Salt-Gradient Solar Pond Using a Fiber-Optic Distributed Temperature Sensing System. AGU 2009 Fall Meeting. San Francisco, California, USA. December 14-18, 2009. Poster Presentation.
  3. Suárez, F., Tyler, S.W., Childress, A.E. (2009). Feasibility of Using a Membrane Distillation System Coupled to a Salt-Gradient Solar Pond for Walker Lake Reclamation. International Symposium on Terminus Lakes: Preserving endangered lakes through research. Reno, Nevada, USA. October 26-29, 2009. Oral Presentation.
  4. Suárez, F., Tyler, S.W., Childress, A.E. (2009). Evaluación del Comportamiento Térmico y Estabilidad de una Piscina Solar Considerando Difusión Doble de Calor y Sales. XIX Congreso Chileno de Ingeniería Hidráulica. Valparaíso, V Región, Chile. October 21-23, 2009. Oral Presentation.
  5. Lucas, R.G., Conklin, M.H., Tyler, S.W., Moran, J.E., Bay, E., Esser, B.K., Suárez, F. (2009). Pool Dynamics in a Montane Meadow Stream. 27th Biennial Groundwater Conference and 18th Annual Meeting of the Groundwater Resources Association of California. Water Crisis and Uncertainty: Shaping Groundwater’s Future. Sacramento, California, USA. October 6-7, 2009. Oral Presentation.
  6. Suárez, F., Tyler, S.W., Childress, A.E. (2009). Producing Sustainable Freshwater Using Direct Contact Membrane Distillation Coupled to a Salt-Gradient Solar Pond. 24th Annual WateReuse Symposium. Seattle, Washington, USA. September 13-16, 2009. Oral Presentation.
  7. Suárez, F., Tyler, S.W., Childress, A.E. (2009). Evaluation of the Thermal Performance and Stability of a Salinity-Gradient Solar Pond Using a Fully-Coupled Double-Diffusive Convective Model. 33rd IAHR Congress: Water Engineering for a Sustainable Environment. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. August 9-14, 2009. Oral Presentation.

 

2008

  1. Suárez, F., Tyler, S.W., Childress, A.E. (2008). Development of a Fully Coupled Transient Double-Diffusive Convective Model: Application to a Salinity-Gradient Solar Pond. AGU 2008 Fall Meeting. San Francisco, California, USA. December 15-19, 2008. Poster Presentation.
  2. Suárez, F., Cath, T., Tyler, S.W., Childress, A.E. (2008). Saving the Terminal Lakes: Salinity-Gradient Solar Ponds. Truckee River Symposium: Headwaters to Terminus and Western U.S. Terminal Lakes: Research Needs for Policy Decisions. Nevada Water Resources Association. Reno, Nevada, USA. October 16-17, 2007. Oral Presentation.

 

2006

  1. Kogan, M., Rojas, S., Gómez, P., Alister, C., Suárez, F., Muñoz, J.F. (2006). Evaluation of six pesticides leaching index using experimental field data from a vineyard at Casablanca Valley. IV International Specialized Conference on Sustainable Viticulture: Winery Wastes and Ecology Impact Management. Viña del Mar, V Región, Chile. November, 5-8, 2006. Oral Presentation.