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Southwest Collaborative Modeling Project

Southwest Collaborative Modeling Project. 16 May 2006. Agenda. Back to the beginning Brainstorm model elements Prioritize model elements Identify relationships among elements Revisit project questions. Back to the Beginning. AWSA opportunity Southwest NM model situation:

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Southwest Collaborative Modeling Project

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  1. SouthwestCollaborative Modeling Project 16 May 2006

  2. Agenda • Back to the beginning • Brainstorm model elements • Prioritize model elements • Identify relationships among elements • Revisit project questions

  3. Back to the Beginning • AWSA opportunity • Southwest NM model situation: • No surface or groundwater model • No watershed model • No ecological model (?) • Project to develop model to address gap • Year 1 of (hopefully) long-term effort

  4. Back to the Beginning • Collaborative modeling • NOT decision-maker • help understand complex systems • help ask better questions • help ensure diverse interests represented

  5. Back to the Beginning • Questions for model • Given various constraints, how much water is available from where, when and to what purpose? • Given various constraints, how much water is in demand from where, when and to what purpose? • What are the tradeoffs among various approaches to managing this water?

  6. Back to the Beginning • Models • DO NOT provide THE answer • DO NOT replace human experience • DO help clarify complexity • DO help identify tradeoffs among options • DO help users “see” differently All models are wrong. Some models are useful.—G.E. Box, 1979

  7. Brainstorming • What elements should have slider bars so that you can control them? (inputs) • What do you want to be able to “watch” over time with the model? (outputs)

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