Water flow and multicomponent solute transport in drip-irrigated lysimeters
Water flow and multicomponent solute transport in drip-irrigated lysimeters. To view the article ==> click
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND:
2018-2023: Postdoctoral research associate. Isaya Kisekka’s lab, University of California, Davis.
Department of Land, Air and Water Resources.
2013-2018: PhD. French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands.
Under the supervision of Dr. Naftali Lazarovitch. The Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.
2011-2013: M.Sc. in Desert Studies. French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands. Cum Laude.
Under the supervision of Dr. Naftali Lazarovitch. The Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.
2008-2011: B.A. in Geography and environmental development.
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel.
PUBLICATIONS:
Woodward, E., Raij-Hoffman, I., Scow, K., Tautges., N. Alfalfa reduces winter nitrate leaching relative to organic and conventional annual vegetable systems: Resin bag field measurements and modeling with HYDRUS-1D. Accepted for publication in the Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 2022.
Raij-Hoffman, I., Miller, K., Paul, G., Yimam, Y., Mehan, S., Dickey, J., Harter, T., Kisekka, I., 2022. Modeling water and nitrogen dynamics from processing tomatoes under different management scenarios in the San Joaquin Valley of California, Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 43, 101195, ISSN 2214-5818, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2022.101195.
Domínguez-Niño, J.M., Arbat, G., Raij-Hoffman, I., Kisekka, I., Girona, J., Casadesús, J., 2020. Parameterization of Soil Hydraulic Parameters for HYDRUS-3D Simulation of Soil Water Dynamics in a Drip-Irrigated Orchard. Water, 12, 1858. DOI: 10.3390/w12071858
Raij-Hoffman, I., Jacques, D, Lazarovitch, N., 2020. Suction cup system‐dependent variable boundary condition: Transient water flow and multicomponent solute transport. Vadose Zone Journal, https://doi.org/10.1002/vzj2.20030
Raij, I., Ben-Gal, A., Lazarovitch, N., 2018. Soil and irrigation heterogeneity effects on drainage amount and concentration in lysimeters: A numerical study. Agricultural Water Management, 195, 1–10. doi:10.1016/j.agwat.2017.09.012
Raij, I., Šimůnek, J., Ben-Gal, A., Lazarovitch, N., 2016. Water flow and multicomponent solute transport in drip-irrigated lysimeters. Water Resources Research, 52, 6557–6574. doi:10.1002/2014WR015716
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS AND POSTERS
Raij, I. and Lazarovitch, N. (2013). Multicomponent solute transport in drainage lysimeters: field and numerical experiments. Student conference on “Water research in Israel”. Technion, January 31st 2013 and Dahlia Greidinger Symposium. Technion, March 4th to 7th. Poster.
Raij, I., N. Lazarovitch, A. Ben-Gal (2013). In-Situ Drainage Lysimeters for Field Crops Irrigated With Brackish Water. In Soil Science Society of America Annual Meetings, November 3rd to 6th, Tampa, Florida. Oral presentation.
Raij, I., N. Lazarovitch, A. Ben-Gal (2014). In-Situ Drainage Lysimeters for Field Crops Irrigated With Brackish Water. 3rd International Salinity Forum, June 15th to 18th, Riverside, California – USA. Oral presentation.
Raij, I., Ben-Gal, A. and Lazarovitch, N. (2015) Optimization of in-situ drainage lysimeters for fertigation efficiency. Wageningen Soil Conference 2015. Wageningen, Holland. August 24th – 27th. Oral presentation.
Raij, I., Ben-Gal, A., Šimůnek, J. and Lazarovitch, N. (2016) Multi-component solute transport in drip irrigated lysimeters. Israeli Soil Science Society annual conference. Katzrin, January 17th-18th. Oral presentation.
Raij, I., G. Bel, and Naftali Lazarovitch, Unveiling multi-dimensional water flowand solute transport using HYDRUS codes. 5th International Conference
HYDRUS Software Applications to Subsurface Flow and Contaminant Transport Problems, March 30-31 2017, Prague, Czech Republic. Poster.
Raij, I., Ben-Gal, A. and Lazarovitch, N. In-situ drainage lysimeters for fertigation efficiency: field and numerical experiments. Drylands Desert and Desertification conference. Sede Boqer, Israel. November 6th-9th, 2017. Poster.
Raij, I., Ben-Gal, A. and Lazarovitch, N. Soil and Irrigation Heterogeneity Effects on Drainage Amount and Concentration in Lysimeters: A Numerical Study. American Geophysical Union. New Orleans, USA. December 11th – 15th, 2017.
Raij-Hoffman, I., Kisekka, I., Harter, T., Hartz, T., Dickey, J. Nitrogen loading to groundwater from Central Valley irrigated lands: a multi-scale modeling study. ASABE Annual International Meeting. Boston, MA. July 7th – 10th, 2019. Oral presentation.
Raij-Hoffman, I., Mehan, S., Miller, K., Paul, G., Yimam, Y., Dickey, J., Hartz, T., Harter, T., Kisekka, I. A Multi-scale Modeling Assessment of Nitrogen Leaching from Central Valley Irrigated Processing Tomatoes. FREP-WPHA Nutrient Management Conference, Fresno, CA. October 28th -30th, 2019. Poster.
Raij-Hoffman, I., Mehan, S., Miller, K., Paul, G., Yimam, Y., Dickey, J., Hartz, T., Harter, T., Kisekka, I. Nitrogen Leaching From California’s Central Valley Irrigated Lands: A Multi-scale Modeling Study, AGU fall meeting, San Francisco, CA. December 9th – 13th, 2019 . E-lightening poster.
Raij-Hoffman, I., Jaques, D., Lazarovitch, N. Suction Cup System-Dependent Variable Boundary Condition: Transient Water Flow and Multi-Component Solute Transport, InterPore 2021 annual meeting, Online. Oral presentation.
Raij Hoffman, I., Lennon, W., Harter, T., and Kisekka, I. Evaluating nitrogen leaching in a processing tomato cropping system. Soil Science of Society Annual Meeting, 2021, Salt Lake City, Utah, 7-10 November 2021. Oral Presentation.
Raij Hoffman, I., Vanella, D., Ramirez Cuesta, J. M., Lennon, W., Harter, T., and Kisekka, I.: Detecting soil water distribution in subsurface irrigated tomato crops by coupling electrical resistivity imaging, 2D Hydrus modeling and proximal sensing techniques, EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, Austria, 23–27 May 2022, EGU22-6417, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu22-6417, 2022. Oral Presentation.
SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS
2013 – Scholarship from Yair Guron foundation
2013 – Bona Terra Excellence Prize
2013 – HIAS Israel scholarship, December
2014 – Scholarship for promoting agriculture in Ramat Hanegev
2014 – Scholarship from the Israeli Organization of Vegetable Growers
2015 – Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development scholarship – Organizm Hashalem
2015 – Scholarship for promoting agriculture in Ramat Hanegev
2016 – Molcho scholarship for agricultural research in the Negev
2016 – Research Grant, Kasel Salinity Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
2017 – Negev scholarship, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Water flow and multicomponent solute transport in drip-irrigated lysimeters. To view the article ==> click
Soil and irrigation heterogeneity effects on drainage amount and concentration in lysimeters: A numerical study/
Suction cup system-dependent variable boundary condition: Transient water flow and multicomponent solute transport. To view
Parameterization of Soil Hydraulic Parameters for HYDRUS-3D Simulation of Soil Water Dynamics in a Drip-Irrigated