Colorado River Science Wiki

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Welcome to the Colorado River Science Wiki, 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. We welcome your feedback; please use this form to send us suggestions, or reach us at the contact information on About this wiki.

Resources

• Data and tools
• Who's who
• Current conditions
• About the river
• Events calendar

Publications

• New research (since 2020)
• Searchable database (Zotero library)
  • 2021 SECURE Water Act reports
  • 2020 CRB State of the Science
  • 2018 CRB Tribal Water Study
  • 2012 Colorado River Basin Study

Topics

Weather and climate

• Climate patterns and variability
• Recent climate change
• Weather and climate monitoring
• Weather and climate forecasts
• Projected future climate
• Colorado River extremes

Hydrology and water availability

• Snowpack
• Soil moisture
• Evapotranspiration (ET)
• Streamflow
• Paleohydrology
• Seasonal streamflow forecasts
• Floods
• Hydrologic modeling
• Projected future hydrology

Water operations and planning

• Dams, reservoirs, and other infrastructure
• River system models
  • Colorado River Mid-term Modeling System (CRMMS)
  • Colorado River Simulation System (CRSS)

Water Use

• Consumptive uses and losses
  • Agricultural water use
  • Municipal water use
  • Reservoir evaporation

Water quality

• Salinity
• Metals and acid mine drainage

Ecosystems and environment

• Wildfire and water
• Tamarisk and invasive plants
• Threatened and endangered fish species
• Invasive mussels
• Salton Sea
• Colorado River Delta

Societal context

• Water law and policy

Photos at top: Fieldwork in the East River watershed near Gothic, CO for the Sublimation of Snow (SoS) project (Emilio Mateo)