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Project Title:
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Integrated Observations for Hydrologic and Related Sciences
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PIN:
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WSTB-U-04-03-A
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Major Unit:
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Division on Earth and Life Studies
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Sub Unit:
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Water Science and Technology Board
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RSO:
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Logan, William
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Subject/Focus Area:
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Project Scope
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a) This study will examine the potential for integrating new and existing
space-borne observations with complementary airborne and ground-based
observations to gain holistic understanding of hydrologic and related
biogeochemical and ecological processes and to help support water and related
land-resource management. These systems are closely interconnected, and a
great deal of common information is required in their study. The goal is to
focus on information that would contribute to quantifying current and projected
water availability, water quality and biogeochemical cycling, and land surface
and related ecologic conditions. The assessment would consider these goals in
the light of the capabilities of sensor and other in situ monitoring
technologies and of space-borne observation technologies. It would also look at
likely advances in these technologies. The study will:
(1) identify processes in water flow and transport, related biogeochemical
cycling, and ecological impacts where better information is needed to
understand important mechanisms, how systems integrate at watershed and larger
scales, and where new instrumentation or strategies for instrument placement
could supply the needed data.
(2) identify contributions that observations obtained by remote sensing or
other existing technology could make to understanding water flow and transport
and related biogeochemical cycles as well as for addressing water management
activities such as agricultural and municipal water supply, flood and drought
prediction, water quality, and energy production;
(3) evaluate the readiness of the scientific and technical communities to make
effective use of more precise and reliable observations of hydrologic fluxes
and states (e.g., soil moisture, snow cover, carbon and nutrient transport,
water bodies and wetlands, and water quality indicators);
(4) suggest research opportunities in these areas; and
(5) identify gaps in federal agency plans for integrating across sensors and
products obtained from either in situ or space-based observations.
b) The sponsors for this project are National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S.
Environmental protection Agency, national Science Foundation, U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers, Bureau fo Reclamation, national Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
c) The approximate starting date for the project is 12/15/2004.
d) A final report will be issued at the end of the project in approximately 18
months.
NOTE: The project duration has been extended. The final report will be issued in spring 2007.
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Project Duration:
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18 months
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