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This page is no longer maintained, but may still appear in some search results. The best way to find up-to-date descriptions of past and ongoing Colorado River-related research projects is to go to the Research programs section of the Who's who page, and visit the webpages of those research programs.

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-<big>'''This page provides information on current multi-person and/or multi-entity projects focussed on generating physical and social science applicable to the Colorado River Basin.'''</big>
+This page is no longer maintained, but may still appear in some search results. The best way to find up-to-date descriptions of past and ongoing Colorado River-related research projects is to go to the [https://coloradoriverscience.org/Who%27s_who#Research_programs Research programs] section of the [[Who's who]] page, and visit the webpages of those research programs.
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 == Current Projects ==
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 Scientific team: Greg Pederson (USGS, Bozeman MT), Greg McCabe (USGS, Denver CO), Steph McAfee (University of Nevada, Reno), Adam Csank (University of Nevada, Reno), and Steve Gray (USGS, Anchorage AK)
 Collaborative partnerships with water management agencies: Bureau of Reclamation; Salt River Project; Denver Water; Colorado River District; NOAA Colorado Basin River Forecast Center
+==== Time Period ====
 ==== Publications and Presentations ====
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-=== Utah State University / Other Name ===
+=== Future of the Colorado River - Utah State University ===
 ==== Project Summary ====
+This project explores alternative Colorado River water supply and river management strategies. Our goals are threefold:
+to develop new tools and approaches by which the river-ecosystem outcomes of water-supply decisions can be considered;
+to explicitly evaluate a range of water-supply management approaches that meet water-supply security and reliability needs of Colorado River water users; and,
+to identify, articulate, and evaluate alternative water-supply management approaches offered by traditional and non-traditional Colorado River stakeholders. Evaluations will be conducted from the perspectives of water supply and of river ecosystems, using traditional and non-traditional modeling approaches.
+This project is being conducted in recognition of the impending re-negotiation of the Colorado River Interim Guidelines for Lower Basin Shortages and Coordinated Operations of Lake Powell and Lake Mead. Formal discussion of those Guidelines is to begin in 2020. The Future of the Colorado River (FCR) project is organized within the Center for Colorado River Studies at Utah State University.
 ==== Scientific Team ====
+Jack Schmidt, Utah State University <br>
+David Rosenberg, Utah State University<br>
+Bethany Neilson, Utah State University<br>
+David Tarboton, Utah State University<br>
+Lael Gilbert, Utah State University<br>
+Kevin Wheeler, Oxford<br>
+Brad Udall, Colorado State University<br>
+==== Time Period ====
 ==== Publications and Presentations ====
+White Paper 1. Fill Mead First – A Technical Assessment
+[https://qcnr.usu.edu/coloradoriver/news/wp2 Water Resource Modeling of the Colorado River: Present and Future Strategies]
+White Paper 3. Managing the Colorado River for an Uncertain Future
 ==== Website ====
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 ==== Point of Contact ====
+Jack Schmidt, Utah State University
 ==== Funding Information ====
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 === Colorado River State of the Science ===
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 ==== Scientific Team ====
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 ==== Publications and Presentations ====
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-=== Reclamation Science Efforts ===
+=== Reclamation Colorado River Science Efforts ===
+[https://www.usbr.gov/lc/region/programs/ongoing-research.html Reclamation's Ongoing Research Projects]
-==== New VIC Model Runs ====
+[https://www.usbr.gov/lc/region/programs/CRB-R2O-homepage.html Reclamation's Colorado Research to Operations] (Includes past projects)
+==== Current Projects (described in uppermost link above) ====
+#Exploration of Robust Planning Techniques in the Colorado River Basin
+#Exploring the Feasibility and Benefits of Incorporating Additional Data Sources into the Colorado Basin River Forecast Center’s Consumptive Use Modeling
+#Using ICAR and En-GARD to Explore the Implications of Using Different Downscaling Methods to Generate CMIP5-Derived Streamflow Projections
+#Generating and Evaluating Temperature-Conditioned Colorado River Basin Streamflow Ensembles
+#Exploring Climate and Hydrology Projections from the CMIP5 Archive
+#Identifying Future Climatological Ensembles and their Impacts on Colorado River Reservoir Operations
-==== Other ====
 ==== Point of Contact ====
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-=== Open ET ===
-==== Project Summary ====
-Filling the Biggest Data Gap in Water Management
+=== Kathy Jacobs Scenario Building ===
-Sustainable water management is one of the most challenging issues of our time, especially in arid regions like the western U.S. The health of communities, rivers and wildlife depends on adequate water supplies, and nothing is more important to agriculture’s ability to produce food for the world’s growing population. Maximizing the benefits of our water supplies requires careful measurement of their availability and use. For irrigated agriculture, evapotranspiration (ET) is a measure of the water used to grow food, and is the biggest water use in most arid environments around the world. However, access to this data has been limited and expensive, keeping it out of the hands of most water users and decision-makers.
+==== Project Summary ====
-OpenET aims to provide open and easily accessible ET data for improved water management.
 ==== Scientific Team ====
+==== Time Period ====
+==== Publications and Presentations ====
 ==== Website ====
-[https://etdata.org Open ET]
 ==== Point of Contact ====
 ==== Funding Information ====
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-=== Kathy Jacobs Scenario Building ===
+=== Colorado River Research Group ===
 ==== Project Summary ====
 ==== Scientific Team ====
+==== Time Period ====
 ==== Publications and Presentations ====
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 ==== Point of Contact ====
+Doug Kenney
 ==== Funding Information ====
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-=== Colorado River Research Group ===
+=== Open ET ===
 ==== Project Summary ====
+Filling the Biggest Data Gap in Water Management
+Sustainable water management is one of the most challenging issues of our time, especially in arid regions like the western U.S. The health of communities, rivers and wildlife depends on adequate water supplies, and nothing is more important to agriculture’s ability to produce food for the world’s growing population. Maximizing the benefits of our water supplies requires careful measurement of their availability and use. For irrigated agriculture, evapotranspiration (ET) is a measure of the water used to grow food, and is the biggest water use in most arid environments around the world. However, access to this data has been limited and expensive, keeping it out of the hands of most water users and decision-makers.
+OpenET aims to provide open and easily accessible ET data for improved water management.
+Note: OpenET is not Colorado River specific.
 ==== Scientific Team ====
-==== Publications and Presentations ====
+==== Time Period ====
 ==== Website ====
+[https://etdata.org Open ET]
 ==== Point of Contact ====
-Doug Kenney
 ==== Funding Information ====
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 == Past Projects ==
 These are older, notable projects.
+=== Reconciling Colorado River Flows ===
+This study reconciled different climate change projections for Colorado River flows. It resulted in several publications including...
 === Severe and Sustained Drought Study ===
 ? era study on how the basin would respond to a long term drought. This was mostly ignore by decision makers.
+Papers were published in a [https://wrrc.arizona.edu/sites/wrrc.arizona.edu/files/severe_sustained_drought_w_0.pdf special edition] of the Water Resources Bulletin of the American Water Resources Association.
+Chapters included
+# Hydrology
+# Economics
+# ETC
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