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Number of Slides in Morning Test-bed Presentations. Raw mean = 6.0 sd = 3.6 Removing skew mean = 4.2, sd = 1.2. identify and fill gaps in the scientific understanding of critical hydrological processes develop management tools firmly based on physical understanding and realism.
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Number of Slides in Morning Test-bed Presentations Raw mean = 6.0 sd = 3.6 Removing skew mean = 4.2, sd = 1.2
identify and fill gaps in the scientific understanding of critical hydrological processes develop management tools firmly based on physical understanding and realism The evolution of proto-observatory development in the NSF-STC SAHRA Integration through a Basin Focus Salt / Verde Rivers Upper Rio Grande San Pedro River Rio Conchos The Role of SAHRA Science is to significantly improve the understanding and management of water resources in semi-arid regions?
What are the effects of Vegetation and Vegetation Change on Basin-Scale Water Balance ?
Coordinated Research Efforts in Arizona and New Mexico Developing Environmental Observatories Question driven, long-term interdisciplinary investments • Winter precipitation dominant with cold, continental snowpack at elevation • Monsoon precipitation dominant without consistent winter snowcover
Observatories – Coordinated, Interdisciplinary Research in Nested Catchments • Incoming Precipitation as Rain/ Snow • Atmosphere-Land Surface H2O, • CO2, and Energy Balance • Partitioning of Precipitation into • Infiltration, Runoff, and Recharge • Vegetation Water Use/ Plant Physiological Ecology • Soil Development • Groundwater flow • Distributed data collection • Nested Catchments