[[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)]]
[[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 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:2025 4 panel Plot Udall.jpg|thumb|400px|link=Current_conditions#The_Colorado_River_.274-panel_plot.27|'''Figure 2.''' The "4-panel plot" showing trends in Colorado River Basin reservoir storage, natural streamflow, precipitation, and temperature, through Water Year 2025. Click on the figure for a larger version. (Figure: Brad Udall; Data: Reclamation - reservoir storage and streamflow; NOAA NCEI - precipitation and temperature)]]
*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 [https://www.usbr.gov/ColoradoRiverBasin/ Interim Guidelines] renegotiation
*Engage the greater Colorado River community in a joint information-gathering effort
As of February 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==
Below is the outline of topics to be covered by the Wiki. Our intention is to create a separate page for each bullet items in the lists below, though multiple topics may end up being combined on one page.
As pages are developed, links to them will be activated in the topic outline below.
There are 6 sections, which can be accessed by the navigation on the left of the page.
'''''1) Science and applications'''''
This section comprises the bulk of the Wiki.
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 resources on that topic
*New research on that topic (since 2020)
The content on datasets and tools, and on new research, is also compiled and made available in Sections 2 and 3 of the Wiki, respectively.
'''''2) Data and tools'''''
This section will collate all of the annotated links to the datasets and tools from Section 1, and make them available in one place.
'''''3) New research'''''
This section is lists and highlights new studies and reports
'''''4) Water law and policy'''''
While this Wiki is focused on the science and its application to water management in the Colorado River Basin, it is helpful to describe the legal and policy setting in which those applications are implemented. No policy preferences or prescriptions are implied by the inclusion, or exclusion, of any information in this section.
*Overview
*Prior appropriation
*Law of the River
*Other policy
*Renegotiation of Interim Guidelines
*Commentary on policy
'''''5) Who's who'''''
Scientific research relevant to the basin, and its subsequent applications, involve thousands of individuals at hundreds of different organizations. This section identifies many of the 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.
*Overview
*Researchers
**University
***Ongoing projects/centers
**Agency
**Other
*Operations/decision-making
*Forecasters
*Water Managers
*Water Users
*Other Groups
'''''6) Introduction to the Basin'''''
This section is mainly intended for users who are not familiar with the Colorado River Basin. For those users who are--who knows, you still might learn something.
*Basin overview
*Physical setting
*Human setting
==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.
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.
We welcome your feedback; please use this [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfVXdC1lZde88uk5Nld1qnDDtzXQr1XaDIjFo1KlQ1shCY20A/viewform form] to send us suggestions, or reach us at the contact information below.
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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)Figure 2. The "4-panel plot" showing trends in Colorado River Basin reservoir storage, natural streamflow, precipitation, and temperature, through Water Year 2025. Click on the figure for a larger version. (Figure: Brad Udall; Data: Reclamation - reservoir storage and streamflow; NOAA NCEI - precipitation and temperature)
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.
We welcome your feedback; please use this form to send us suggestions, or reach us at the contact information below.
