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Hydrologic Observatories and HydroView: A Status Report

Hydrologic Observatories and HydroView: A Status Report. Richard P. Hooper, Executive Director Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Sciences, Inc. HydroView. Revised HydroView. HO. HIS. HMF. NCHS. From Prototype to “Test-bed”.

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Hydrologic Observatories and HydroView: A Status Report

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  1. Hydrologic Observatories and HydroView: A Status Report Richard P. Hooper,Executive DirectorConsortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Sciences, Inc.

  2. HydroView

  3. Revised HydroView HO HIS HMF NCHS

  4. From Prototype to “Test-bed” • Clarify relationship among Hydroview elements • Dependent on prototype outcome • Coordinate implementation among elements • Dependent upon funding

  5. Proposed HOs from Logan

  6. Observatory Status • Summit meeting—Friday March 4, 2005 • Engineering, Weathering, Limnology, Ecology, Carbon Cycle, and Hydrology Communities • Briefing of Assistant Directors—by early April, 2005 • Decision on proceeding with “Test bed” • Development of MREFC package

  7. Summit Results • Consensus that “HOs” are a useful part for all communities’ observatories • Common “test-bed” is feasible • Developing common science questions for eventual MREFC package

  8. Common Science Issues • Heterogeneity—human and “natural” • Episodic and extreme events • Amplification/Filtering • Scaling in time and space • Coupling and interfaces • Switches, lags and pulses

  9. Common Science Questions • How does landscape heterogeneity control the magnitude and frequency of floods and droughts? • How does landscape heterogeneity control nutrient, sediment and contaminant fluxes and impact ecosystem structure and function? • How do human activities and natural processes combine to determine the structure of landscape heterogeneity?

  10. Timeline • To MS Word

  11. Implementation Plan • HIS • Hand-off of design to CHI(?) • Support of HO’s by early 2006 • HMF • Design of facility for Dec. 2005 • HO Support through Instrumentation Panels • Geophysical “science” product

  12. Implementation Plan-2 • HO • Award—March, 2005 • Year 1—Design/Data assimilation • Year 2&3—Data collection • Year 4 & on—”Permanent facility” • NCHS • Initial working groups • Establishment of IRAs and open competition

  13. Summary • Moving from concept to prototype to facility • More precise definition raises questions of integration and roles • Coordination among HydroView elements needed • Re-engage community

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