HR: 1340h
AN: H13A-0957    [Abstracts]
TI: A Vision for Advancing Hydrologic Science: CUAHSI's Next Five Years
AU: Duncan, J
EM: jduncan@cuahsi.org
AF: Consortium for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc. (CUAHSI), 2000 Florida Avenue, N.W., washington, DC 20009,
AU: * Hooper, R
EM: exdir@cuahsi.org
AF: Consortium for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc. (CUAHSI), 2000 Florida Avenue, N.W., washington, DC 20009,
AB: The Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Sciences, Inc. (CUAHSI) is entering the second phase of its existence and we will highlight aspects of the planned vision for the next five years. The vision is broad, and based on both community input and experience gained over the last six years. The required infrastructure is divided into four mutually supportive projects: informatics (Hydrologic Information System), instrumentation (Hydrologic Measurement Facility), multi-disciplinary synthesis, and field facilities (observatories). Additionally, the community has proposed the establishment of a formal education and outreach program, and the development of user support services for software that is ready for release to the community. These activities build the community's capacity to operate large-scale infrastructure as envisioned by the WATERS Network, as well as provide valuable services to the community with intrinsic scientific merit. Major new initiatives are the planning of a Community Hydrology Modeling Platform (CHyMP) to improve efficiency of model construction for hypothesis testing and observatory design, and execution of community field campaigns to test the generality of mechanisms through systematic data collection in different field environments. Biennial membership meetings to assess progress towards these goals have also been proposed.
UR: http://www.cuahsi.org
DE: 1800 HYDROLOGY
DE: 1879 Watershed
DE: 1894 Instruments and techniques: modeling
DE: 1895 Instruments and techniques: monitoring
DE: 1899 General or miscellaneous
SC: Hydrology [H]
MN: 2007 Fall Meeting