From: Subject: Plan for a Sierra Nevada Hydrologic Observatory: Science Aims, Measurement Priorities, Research Opportunities and Expected Impacts Date: Sun, 22 May 2005 20:52:22 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/related; type="text/html"; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0013_01C55F10.26A17C80" X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0013_01C55F10.26A17C80 Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Location: http://www.agu.org/cgi-bin/SFgate/SFgate?language=English&verbose=0&listenv=table&application=fm04&convert=&converthl=&refinequery=&formintern=&formextern=&transquery=an%3d%22H31C-0399%22&_lines=&multiple=0&descriptor=%2fdata%2fepubs%2fwais%2findexes%2ffm04%2ffm04%7c999%7c5173%7cPlan%20for%20a%20Sierra%20Nevada%20Hydrologic%20Observatory:%20Science%20Aims%2c%20Measurement%20Priorities%2c%20Research%20Opportunities%20and%20Expected%20Impacts%7cHTML%7clocalhost:0%7c%2fdata%2fepubs%2fwais%2findexes%2ffm04%2ffm04%7c14632637%2014637810%20%2fdata2%2fepubs%2fwais%2fdata%2ffm04%2ffm04.txt Plan for a Sierra Nevada Hydrologic Observatory: = Science Aims, Measurement Priorities, Research Opportunities and = Expected Impacts
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TI: Plan for a Sierra Nevada = Hydrologic=20 Observatory: Science Aims, Measurement Priorities, Research = Opportunities=20 and Expected Impacts
AU: * Bales, R=20
EM: rbales@ucmerced.edu
AF: = University of California, School of Engineering, = Merced, 95344=20
AU: Dozier, J
AF: University of California, Bren School, Santa Barbara, = 93106=20
AU: Famiglietti, J
AF: = University of California, Earth Ssystem Science, = Irvine, 92697=20
AU: Fogg, G
AF: University of California, LAWR, Davis, 95616 =
AU: Hopmans, J
AF: University = of=20 California, LAWR, Davis, 95616
AU: Kirchner, J=20
AF: University of California, Earth = &=20 Planetary Science, Berkeley, 94720
AU: Meixner,=20 T
AF: University of California, = Environmental=20 Science, Riverside, 92521
AU: Molotch, = N=20
AF: University of Colorado, CIRES, = Boulder,=20 80309
AU: Redmond, K
AF: = Desert Research Institute, Western Regional Climate = Center, Reno,=20 NV 89512
AU: Rice, R
AF: = University of California, School of Engineering, = Merced, 95344=20
AU: Sickman, J
AF: University of Florida, Soil & Water Sciences, = Gainsville,=20 32611
AU: Warwick, J
AF: = Desert Research Institute, Hydrologic Sciences, Reno, = NV 89512=20
AB: In response to NSF's plans to = establish a=20 network of hydrologic observatories, a planning group is proposing = a=20 Sierra Nevada Hydrologic Observatory (SNHO). As argued in multiple = consensus planning documents, the semi-arid mountain West is = perhaps the=20 highest priority for new hydrologic understanding. Based on input = from=20 over 100 individuals, it is proposed to initiate a = mountain-range-scale=20 study of the snow-dominated hydrology of the region, focusing on=20 representative 1,000-5,000 km$^{2}$ river basins originating in = the Sierra=20 Nevada and tributary to the Sacramento-San-Joaquin Delta. The SNHO = objective is to provide the necessary infrastructure for improved=20 understanding of surface-water and ground-water systems, their=20 interactions and their linkages with ecosystems, biogeochemistry,=20 agriculture, urban areas and water resources in semi-arid regions. = The=20 SNHO will include east-west transects of hydrological observations = across=20 the Sierra Nevada and into the basin and range system, in four = distinct=20 latitude bands that span much of the variability found in the = semi-arid=20 West. At least one transect will include agricultural and urban = landscapes=20 of the Great Central Valley. Investments in measurement systems = will=20 address scales from the mountain range down to the basin, = headwater=20 catchment and study plot. The intent is to provide representative=20 measurements that will yield general knowledge as opposed to = site-specific=20 problem solving of a unique system. The broader, general science = question=20 posed by the planning group is: \"How do mountain hydrologic = processes=20 vary across landscapes, spanning a range of latitudes, elevations = and thus=20 climate, soils, geology and vegetation zones?\" Embodied are = additional=20 broad questions for the hydrologic science community as a whole: = (i) How=20 do hydrologic systems that are subjected to multiple perturbations = respond? (ii) How do pulses and changes propagate through the = hydrologic=20 system? (iii) What are the time lags and delays of stresses in = different=20 systems? (iv) How can the predictive ability for these responses = be=20 improved? The water resources question is then "how can new = information=20 inform decision-making aimed at achieving water resources = sustainability?"=20 The planning group is soliciting participation from the wider = community=20 with a stake in mountain hydrology and related fields, in order to = develop=20 a focused yet broadly useful infrastructure that will accelerate = science=20 scientific progress for years and decades to come.
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DE: 1719 Hydrology
SC: Hydrology [H]
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