Difference between revisions of "Main Page"

From coloradoriverscience.org
Jump to navigation Jump to search
(45 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
 
==About==
 
==About==
  
The '''Colorado River Science''' Wiki is being created to provide a web-based clearinghouse for scientific and technical information and data relevant to the Colorado River Basin and management of its water resources and related natural resources. This clearinghouse is intended to be useful to managers and other decision-makers, to researchers, to the media, and to the broader public. Its objectives are to:   
+
[[File:Basin_science_map.png|thumb|400px|'''Figure 1.''' Representation of the different models and data, and their underlying science, applied to decision-making in the Colorado River Basin. (Design: J. Lukas, adapted from L. Payton; basin map by Western Water Assessment (L. Woelders); thumbnail images from University of Washington VIC group, NOAA Colorado Basin River Forecast Center, and Reclamation)]]
 +
 
 +
The '''Colorado River Science Wiki''' is a web-based clearinghouse for scientific and technical information relevant to the Colorado River Basin and the management of its water resources and related natural resources. This clearinghouse is intended to be useful to managers and other decision-makers, to researchers, to the media, and to the broader public. Its objectives are to:   
  
 
*Share recent and ongoing Colorado River research efforts and findings
 
*Share recent and ongoing Colorado River research efforts and findings
 
*Provide up-to-date synthesis of the science relevant to management
 
*Provide up-to-date synthesis of the science relevant to management
 
*Allow one-stop access to key technical datasets and data tools
 
*Allow one-stop access to key technical datasets and data tools
*Provide guidance for the ongoing Interim Guidelines renegotiation   
+
*Provide guidance for the ongoing [https://www.usbr.gov/ColoradoRiverBasin/ Interim Guidelines] renegotiation   
 
*Engage the greater Colorado River community in a joint information-gathering effort   
 
*Engage the greater Colorado River community in a joint information-gathering effort   
  
As of April 2021, the Wiki is still in the early stages of development. We welcome your comments and questions; please see the contact information at the bottom of this page.
+
As of May 2022, the Wiki is still in the early stages of development. We welcome your comments and questions; please see the contact information at the bottom of this page.
  
 
==Outline==
 
==Outline==
  
Below is the list of topics to be covered eventually by the Wiki
+
There are 6 sections in the Wiki. Each section can be accessed via the navigation panel on the left side of the page.
 +
 
 +
 +
'''''1) Science and applications'''''
 +
 
 +
Provides up-to-date information across dozens of areas of management-relevant science. Each page contains at least the following:
 +
*Summary description of the topic
 +
*The topic's relevance to Colorado River water management
 +
*Annotated links to datasets, tools, and other information and science synthesis on that topic
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''''2) Data and tools'''''
 +
 
 +
Collates all of the annotated links to the datasets and tools from Section 1, to make them available in one place.
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''''3) New research'''''
 +
 
 +
Lists and new research studies and relevant reports published since 2020.
 +
 
 +
 +
'''''4) Water law and policy'''''
 +
 
 +
Describes the legal and policy context in which the science and applications to inform water management are implemented.
  
'''The Basin Setting'''
 
 
''Basin Overview''
 
*Physical Geography
 
*Cultural & Socioeconomic
 
 
''Water Law & Policy''
 
*Overview
 
*Prior Appropriation
 
*Law of the River
 
*Other Policy
 
*Renegotiation of Interim Guidelines
 
*Commentary on Policy
 
 
''Key Players''
 
*Overview
 
*Researchers
 
**University
 
***Ongoing projects/centers
 
**Agency
 
**Other
 
*Operations/decision-making
 
*Forecasters
 
*Water Managers
 
*Water Users
 
*Other Groups
 
 
'''Science Topics'''
 
 
''Weather & Climate'''
 
*Past and current climate
 
**Mechanisms & spatial patterns
 
**Variability & trends over time
 
***Paleoclimate
 
**Recent trends & climate change
 
*Climate monitoring
 
**Weather station networks
 
***Errors & adjustments
 
*Gridded climate products
 
*Drought monitoring
 
*Weather & Climate forecasts
 
**Overview
 
**Weather forecasts
 
**Subseasonal forecasts
 
**Seasonal forecasts
 
**Decadal climate forecasts
 
*Future climate
 
**Fundamentals of climate change
 
**Climate models
 
**Downscaling
 
**Projected future climate
 
 
''Hydrology & Water Availability''
 
*Water balance and basin water budget
 
*Snowpack
 
**Snowpack processes & patterns
 
**Snowpack monitoring
 
**Dust-on-snow
 
**Cloud seeding
 
*Soil moisture
 
**Soil moisture monitoring
 
* Evaporation and evaporative demand
 
*Groundwater
 
*Streamflow
 
**Paleohydrology
 
**Historical (gaged) records
 
**Adjusted streamflow
 
***BoR Natural Flows
 
***Other naturalized
 
**Variability & trends over time
 
**Recent trends & climate change
 
**Real-time streamflows
 
**Streamflow forecasts
 
***Short-term streamflow forecasts
 
***Seasonal streamflow forecasts
 
*Droughts
 
**Dynamics/causes
 
**Impacts
 
**Historic droughts
 
**Paleodroughts
 
**Megadrought
 
*Floods
 
**Historic
 
**Paleofloods
 
*Channel dynamics
 
*Hydrologic modeling
 
*Water operations and planning
 
**Reservoirs and infrastructure
 
**Operating rules
 
**System models
 
***24-Month Study
 
***MTOM
 
***CRSS
 
***Other models used in CRB
 
**Planning approaches
 
*Future hydrology and water availability
 
**Methods
 
**Future streamflow changes
 
**Other hydrology changes
 
*Synthesis: Future CRB water availability
 
 
''Water Use''
 
*Agricultural water use
 
**ET measurement
 
**Conservation strategies
 
*Municipal water use
 
**Conservation strategies
 
*Environmental/instream water use
 
*Other depletions
 
**Reservoir evaporation
 
**Channel/bank losses
 
**Phreatophytic vegetation
 
*Demand accounting and scenarios
 
**State/Basin reports
 
**Demand schedules
 
**Other demand scenarios
 
*Synthesis: Future CRB demand
 
 
''Water Quality & Sediment''
 
*Salinity
 
**Salinity monitoring
 
**Salinity control measures
 
*Other contaminants
 
**Uranium mining/tailings
 
*Sediment
 
**Erosion/sediment sources
 
**Reservoir sedimentation
 
**Riverbed sediment dynamics
 
 
''Ecosystems & Environment''
 
*Overview
 
*Forests
 
**Disturbances
 
***Wildfires
 
***Insect infestations/disease
 
*Riparian
 
**Tamarisk and invasive plants
 
*Aquatic
 
**T & E fish species
 
***Upper Basin
 
***Lower Basin
 
**Invasive mussels
 
*Specific hot spots
 
**Salton Sea
 
**Colorado River Delta
 
 
''Societal & Economic Issues and Research''
 
*Benefits/impacts of water
 
*Social vulnerability
 
*Other
 
 
 
 +
'''''5) Who's who'''''
 +
 +
Identifies key players in the science-to-applications (aka research-to-operations, or R2O) chain in the basin, and provides links to homepages and other resources.
  
  
 +
'''''6) Introduction to the Basin'''''
  
To obtain a login to allow editing, please contact the site administrator below.  
+
Intended mainly for users who are not familiar with the Colorado River Basin.
  
Edits are subject to review and will not be made public until approved.
+
==Contact==
 +
 +
The initial development of the Wiki is being carried out by Brad Udall (Colorado Water Center, Colorado State University), Julie Vano (Aspen Global Change Institute), and Jeff Lukas (Lukas Climate Research and Consulting).  
  
This site is under construction as of 1/21/2020. Currently, a skeleton is in place to allow prototyping and initial design.  
+
Please contact Brad (Bradley.udall @ colostate.edu) for more information.
  
Contact Brad Udall Bradley.udall @ colostate.edu for information.
+
To obtain a login to allow editing, please contact the site administrator below.  
  
 +
Edits are subject to review and will not be made public until approved.
  
  
Line 195: Line 77:
  
 
<!-- BEGIN Comment
 
<!-- BEGIN Comment
 +
 +
<[[File:Basin_science_map.png|frame|400px|'''Figure 1.''' Representation of different science applications in the Colorado River Basin. (Basemap source: Western Water Assessment)]]>
  
  

Revision as of 10:54, 9 May 2022

About

Figure 1. Representation of the different models and data, and their underlying science, applied to decision-making in the Colorado River Basin. (Design: J. Lukas, adapted from L. Payton; basin map by Western Water Assessment (L. Woelders); thumbnail images from University of Washington VIC group, NOAA Colorado Basin River Forecast Center, and Reclamation)

The Colorado River Science Wiki is a web-based clearinghouse for scientific and technical information relevant to the Colorado River Basin and the management of its water resources and related natural resources. This clearinghouse is intended to be useful to managers and other decision-makers, to researchers, to the media, and to the broader public. Its objectives are to:

  • Share recent and ongoing Colorado River research efforts and findings
  • Provide up-to-date synthesis of the science relevant to management
  • Allow one-stop access to key technical datasets and data tools
  • Provide guidance for the ongoing Interim Guidelines renegotiation
  • Engage the greater Colorado River community in a joint information-gathering effort

As of May 2022, the Wiki is still in the early stages of development. We welcome your comments and questions; please see the contact information at the bottom of this page.

Outline

There are 6 sections in the Wiki. Each section can be accessed via the navigation panel on the left side of the page.


1) Science and applications

Provides up-to-date information across dozens of areas of management-relevant science. Each page contains at least the following:

  • Summary description of the topic
  • The topic's relevance to Colorado River water management
  • Annotated links to datasets, tools, and other information and science synthesis on that topic


2) Data and tools

Collates all of the annotated links to the datasets and tools from Section 1, to make them available in one place.


3) New research

Lists and new research studies and relevant reports published since 2020.


4) Water law and policy

Describes the legal and policy context in which the science and applications to inform water management are implemented.


5) Who's who

Identifies key players in the science-to-applications (aka research-to-operations, or R2O) chain in the basin, and provides links to homepages and other resources.


6) Introduction to the Basin

Intended mainly for users who are not familiar with the Colorado River Basin.

Contact

The initial development of the Wiki is being carried out by Brad Udall (Colorado Water Center, Colorado State University), Julie Vano (Aspen Global Change Institute), and Jeff Lukas (Lukas Climate Research and Consulting).

Please contact Brad (Bradley.udall @ colostate.edu) for more information.

To obtain a login to allow editing, please contact the site administrator below.

Edits are subject to review and will not be made public until approved.