The GEWEX Continental-scale and Large-scale Hydrological Studies and Their Relevance to Water Resources Agencies
Author: Alan James Hall
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Published: 1998
Total Pages: 62
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Author: Alan James Hall
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Published: 1998
Total Pages: 62
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 1998-07-03
Total Pages: 103
ISBN-13: 0309060818
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEfforts to understand climate variability and predict future climate change have highlighted many aspects of the hydrologic cycle and the exchange of energy and water at the atmosphere-surface interface as areas of critically needed study. The very nature of weather and climate demands that an international perspective and a comprehensive research approach be applied to understand these important issues. In response to this need, the international partners of the World Climate Research Program developed GEWEX (Global Energy and Water Experiment) as a major focus of international study. As the first of five continental-scale experiments, the GEWEX Continental Scale International Project (GCIP) was established to quantitatively assess the hydrologic cycle and energy fluxes of the Mississippi River basin. GCIP focuses on understanding the annual, interannual, and spatial variability of hydrology and climate within the Mississippi River basin; the development and evaluation of regional coupled hydrologic/atmospheric models; the development of data assimilation schemes; and the development of accessible, comprehensive databases. Improved water resource management on seasonal to interannual time scales is also a key GCIP goal. This book reviews the GCIP program, describes progress to date, and explores promising opportunities for future progress.
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 1999-08-20
Total Pages: 34
ISBN-13: 0309184657
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX) Panel of the National Research Council (NRC) was tasked by the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) to provide a rapid and succinct assessment to relevant agencies on the general merit of the GEWEX America Prediction Project (GAPP), as well as the Coordinated Enhanced Observing Period (CEOP). In addition, the panel was asked to provide guidance to the agencies on the relationships between the agencies' newly proposed hydrologic research activities, GAPP, and CEOP. Providing this guidance is critical, in part, because the federal agencies tend to have somewhat differing priorities across the wide span of GEWEX activities.
Author: World Meteorological Organization. Commission for Hydrology
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Published: 2000
Total Pages: 64
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment
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Published: 1992
Total Pages: 100
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX) Panel
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 1999-09-03
Total Pages: 19
ISBN-13: 9780309076562
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX) Panel of the National Research Council (NRC) was tasked by the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) to provide a rapid and succinct assessment to relevant agencies on the general merit of the GEWEX America Prediction Project (GAPP), as well as the Coordinated Enhanced Observing Period (CEOP). In addition, the panel was asked to provide guidance to the agencies on the relationships between the agencies' newly proposed hydrologic research activities, GAPP, and CEOP. Providing this guidance is critical, in part, because the federal agencies tend to have somewhat differing priorities across the wide span of GEWEX activities.
Author: National Weather Service Modernization Committee
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 1996-12-17
Total Pages: 63
ISBN-13: 0309589959
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFloods are by far the most devastating of all weather-related hazards in the United States. The National Weather Service (NWS) is charged by Congress to provide river and flood forecasts and warnings to the public to protect life and property and to promote the nation's economic and environmental well-being (such as through support for water resources management). As part of a modernization of its technologies and organizational structure, the NWS is undertaking a thorough updating of its hydrologic products and services and the activities that produce them. The National Weather Service Modernization Committee of the National Research Council undertook a comprehensive assessment of the NWS' plans and progress for the modernization of hydrologic and hydrometeorological operations and services. The committee's conclusions and recommendations and their related analysis and rationale are presented in this report.
Author: P. Meire
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2007-11-07
Total Pages: 355
ISBN-13: 1402065523
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIntegrated Water Management (IWM) deals with the planning and management of water resources by integrating the different issues involved, including ecological, economic, technical legislative, and transboundary. This book offers a general framework for IWM. It includes both the different environmental problems that affect the very different ecosystems and the main methodologies able to face the problem of IWM.
Author: United States. Office of Federal Coordinator for Meteorological Services and Supporting Research
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Published: 1993
Total Pages: 132
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 1991-01-01
Total Pages: 367
ISBN-13: 0309042445
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHydrologyâ€"the science of waterâ€"is central to our understanding of the global environment and its many problems. Opportunities in the Hydrologic Sciences explains how the science of water historically has played second fiddle to its applications and how we now must turn to the hydrologic sciences to solve some of the emerging problems. This first book of its kind presents a blueprint for establishing hydrologic science among the geosciences. Informative and well-illustrated chapters explore what we know about the forces that drive the global water system, highlighting promising research topics in hydrology's major subfields. The book offers specific recommendations for improving hydrologic education, from kindergarten through graduate school. In addition, a chapter on the basics of the science is interesting for the scientist and understandable to the lay reader. This readable volume is enhanced by a series of brief biographical sketches of past leaders in the field and fascinating vignettes on important applied problems, from the relevance of hydrology to radioactive waste disposal to the study of ancient water flows on Mars. The volume concludes with a report on current research funding and an outline of strategies for scientists and professional societies to advance the field. Opportunities in the Hydrologic Sciences is indispensable to policymakers in science and education, research managers in geoscience programs, researchers, educators, graduate students, and future hydrologists.