Integrating Multiscale Observations of U.S. Waters
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Integrating Multiscale Observations of U.S. Waters

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eBook - ePub

Integrating Multiscale Observations of U.S. Waters

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About this book

Water is essential to life for humans and their food crops, and for ecosystems. Effective water management requires tracking the inflow, outflow, quantity and quality of ground-water and surface water, much like balancing a bank account. Currently, networks of ground-based instruments measure these in individual locations, while airborne and satellite sensors measure them over larger areas. Recent technological innovations offer unprecedented possibilities to integrate space, air, and land observations to advance water science and guide management decisions. This book concludes that in order to realize the potential of integrated data, agencies, universities, and the private sector must work together to develop new kinds of sensors, test them in field studies, and help users to apply this information to real problems.

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Information

Publisher
National Academies Press
Year
2008
eBook ISBN
9780309177900
Edition
0
Topic
Physical Sciences

Table of contents

  1. COVER PAGE
  2. THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES
  3. COMMITTEE ON INTEGRATED OBSERVATIONS FOR HYDROLOGIC AND RELATED SCIENCES
  4. WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BOARD
  5. Preface
  6. Contents
  7. Summary
  8. 1 Introduction
  9. 2 Sensing from the Molecular to the Global Scale: New Opportunities and Challenges
  10. 3 Integrating Observations, Models, and Users
  11. 4 Case Studies on Integrated Observatories for Hydrological and Related Sciences
  12. 5 Synthesis, Challenges, and Recommendations
  13. References
  14. Appendix A Key Water Science Research Questions and Challenges
  15. Appendix B Planning, Designing, Operating, and Utilizing the Results from an Integrated Observational-Modeling System
  16. Appendix C A Complementary National Research Council Study on Earth Science and Applications from Space
  17. Appendix D Biographical Sketches Committee on Integrated Observations for Hydrologic and Related Sciences