HR: 17:30h
AN: H12I-06 INVITED     [PDF]
TI: Implementing a Network of Hydrologic Observatories
AU: * Band, L
EM: lband@email.unc.edu
AF: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Geography, Chapel HIll, NC 27599
AU: Reckhow, K
EM: ken_reckhow@ncsu.edu
AF: Duke University, Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Durham, NC 27708
AU: Famiglietti, J
EM: jfamigli@uci.edu
AF: University of California Irvine, Earth System Science, Irvine, CA 92697
AU: Genereux, D
EM: genereux@ncsu.edu
AF: North Carolina State University, MEAS, Raleigh, NC 27095
AU: Helly, J
EM: hellyj@ucsd.edu
AF: University of California- San Diego, San Diego Supercomputer Center, La Jolla, CA 92093
AU: Hooper, R
EM: rhooper@cuahsi.org
AF: CUAHSI, 2000 Florida Ave NW, Washington, DC 20009
AU: Krajewski, W
EM: vitold-krajewski@uiowa.edu
AF: University of Iowa, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Iowa City, IA 52242
AU: McKnight, D
EM: diane.mcknight@colorado.edu
AF: University of Colorado Boulder, INSTAAR, Boulder, CO 80309
AU: Ogden, F
EM: ogden@engr.uconn.edu
AF: University of Conneticut, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Storrs, CT 06269
AU: Scanlon, B
EM: bridget.scanlon@beg.utexas.edu
AF: University of Texas, Bureau of Economic Geology, Austin, TX 78713
AU: Shabman, L
EM: shabman@rff.org
AF: Resources for the Future, 1616 P Street NW, Washington, DC 20036
AU: Duffy, C
EM: cxd11@psu.edu
AF: Pennsylvania State University, Department of Civil Engineering, University Park, PA 16802
AB: The Neuse prototyping effort will result in an implementation plan for a hydrologic observatory that will include $\bullet$ Design concepts to address both CUAHSI science drivers as well as local-interest hypotheses $\bullet$ The resulting data collection network, including an strategy for integration with existing activities within the basin $\bullet$ A coordination plan with local universities, various government agencies, and stakeholder groups (such as watershed associations to enable collection of data on private lands) $\bullet$ Detailed budget, including build-out strategies, capital, operating and staffing costs. $\bullet$ Plans to disseminate information to the community coordinated with the Hydrologic Information Science (HIS) committee, including contributions to the HIS concept of "Digital Watersheds" $\bullet$ Design of infrastructure to facilitate use of the observatories by individuals or groups of scientists by competitive proposal Two of the three data pools described by Reckhow et al. (this session) will be designed by this effort: the core data and the design data. Core data will be made public as soon as possible and will be subject to oversight by CUAHSI to achieve comparability of data among all observatories. The design data will be proprietary to the principal investigators for a reasonable period of time (e.g., 2 years) to permit interpretation and publication of results. The third data pool, the "network" pool, is data collected specifically to enable intersite comparisons to be made. The intersite studies will be awarded on a competitive basis once multiple observatories have been established. In the long run, we envision resources to be divided evenly among these three activities, although the proportions may shift in favor of the first two pools as observatories are being established. Once the Neuse plan has been reviewed by the community and comments have been received, CUAHSI will hold a competition to select approximately 10 additional groups to develop implementation plans at sites around the Nation. (The Neuse basin is not eligible for such an award.) Information gathered as part of these implementation plans will be used to develop additional "Digital Watersheds" in conjunction with the HIS group. This will extend and make further available detailed information on a set of regional watersheds to the hydrologic community. With the set of "Digital Watersheds" and implementation plans in hand, we envision a subsequent refinement of network objectives to enable a detailed description of how hydrologic observatories will advance hydrologic science. The entire network plan will be submitted to NSF for evaluation for possible funding in 2005.
DE: 1836 Hydrologic budget (1655)
DE: 1848 Networks
SC: Hydrology [H]
MN: 2003 Fall Meeting