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MARK WILLIAMS

MARK WILLIAMS. Incoming chair, Cryosphere focus group, American Geophysical Union (AGU) Co-I, initial CUAHSI planning grant Co-chair, Hydrologic Observatories committee Co-I, NWT LTER Participant, NEON Standards Workshop. HYDROLOGY AND ECOLOGY.

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MARK WILLIAMS

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  1. MARK WILLIAMS • Incoming chair, Cryosphere focus group, American Geophysical Union (AGU) • Co-I, initial CUAHSI planning grant • Co-chair, Hydrologic Observatories committee • Co-I, NWT LTER • Participant, NEON Standards Workshop

  2. HYDROLOGY AND ECOLOGY • Hydrology: community-driven discipline with little presence in DC • Ecology: strong presence in DC but lack of community involvement • NEON a vehicle to promote synergism between the two disciplines

  3. GOALS TONIGHT • CUAHSI as an example of community-based initiative that ecologists can follow • NEON and HO’s are compatible and complementary

  4. Hydrologic observatories Science Measurement technology Information systems Research infrastructure for the advancement of hydrologic science: Planning highlights & update Need for research infrastructure • Nature of hydrologic research? • Role of infrastructure? • Current infrastructure? • Limitations of current infrastructure? DOES THIS SOUND LIKE NEON? Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science

  5. Research in hydrologic sciences is geographically distributed, due in part to the Earth’s heterogeneous climate

  6. Research in hydrologic sciences addresses a diversity of questions, aimed at understanding water & chemical fluxes & reservoirs

  7. Research in hydrologic sciences depends heavily on measurements

  8. Special equipment Research watersheds ARS watersheds Field laboratories Measurement networks Current infrastructure

  9. Natural observatories: What’s new? Will enable addressing science questions at much larger scales than current ARS or USGS research catchments & larger than nearly all of NSF’s LTER’s One factor in locating the observatories will be nesting of & synergy with other natural laboratories Will involve coordinated physical, chemical & biological measurements over the long term This degree of coordination & long-term commitment is absent from nearly all existing natural laboratories

  10. Research Platform Hypothesis-driven Experiments Meteorology Physics Catchment Infrastructure Scaling Theories for Hydrological Flow and Transport Geology Applied Maths and Statistics Ecology and Biogeo-chemistry Multiscale Catchment Models of Flow and Transport

  11. Partnerships with Federal Agencies • Experimental watersheds have been operated and maintained by a number of Federal Agencies. • Build on experience acquired through time-consuming trial & error

  12. MAGNET ROLE OF LTHOs • LTHOs will act as a “magnet” to attract a broad array of additional scientific activities addressing hydrological sciences • LTHOs will provide a research platform for the hydrologic community to increases its interactions with cognate disciplines such as atmospheric sciences, ecology, biogeochemistry • LTHOs will find applications in the workof federal, state, and local agencies that manage environmental resources

  13. The road ahead Community involvement is critical • Diversity of ideas & issues • Build infrastructure & research together Initial science plan is essential • Sound science & definite initiatives • Snowbird, UT; 18-20 August 02

  14. BOTTOMS-UP APPROACH Grass roots approach Each of you need to lobby your buddies, congress, cats, dogs Anything can happen if we all work together!

  15. UNITED WE STAND • Hydrologists and ecologists need to speak with one voice • ESA, ASLO, AGU and other organizations should be in the vanguard of promoting environmental science • DEB and GeoSciences at NSF need to cooperate

  16. Current science planning process Builds on many prior efforts: • Water, Energy, Biota (WEB) working group • USGCRP Water Cycle Study Group • NAS Basic Research Opportunities in Earth Sciences (BROES report) • NAS Committee on Hydrologic Sciences (CoHS) • NAS Grand Challenges report Broadly soliciting science & implementation input NSF needs strong science justification for planning & implementing initiatives

  17. Natural observatories Information systems Measurement technology Education & outreach Applications & knowledge transfer • Characteristics: • Long term • Serve individual investigators • Accountable Elements of draft science plan

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