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*Evaporation and evaporative demand
*Evaporation and evaporative demand
*Groundwater
*Groundwater
*Streamflow
*Historical streamflow data
**[[Paleohydrology]]
*Real-time streamflow data
**Historical (gaged) records
*[[Paleohydrology]]
**Adjusted streamflow
*Hydrologic variability and trends
***BoR Natural Flows
*[[Seasonal streamflow forecasts]]
***Other naturalized
**Variability & trends over time
**Recent trends & climate change
**Real-time streamflows
**[[Seasonal streamflow forecasts]]
*Droughts
*Droughts
**Dynamics/causes
**Impacts
**Historic droughts
**Paleodroughts
**Megadrought
*Floods
*Floods
**Historic
**Paleofloods
*Channel dynamics
*Channel dynamics
*Hydrologic modeling
*Hydrologic modeling
*Water operations and planning
*Future hydrology and water availability
**Reservoirs and infrastructure
**Operating rules
'''Water operations and planning'''
**[[River system models]]
*Reservoirs and infrastructure
***[[Colorado River Mid-Range Modeling System (CRMMS)]]
*Operating guidelines and rules  
***[[Colorado River Simulation System (CRSS)]]
*[[River system models]]
***Other models used in the basin
**[[Colorado River Mid-Range Modeling System (CRMMS)]]
**Planning approaches
**[[Colorado River Simulation System (CRSS)]]
*Future hydrology and water availability
*Planning approaches
**Methods
**Future streamflow changes
**Other hydrology changes
*Synthesis: Future basin water availability
'''Water Use'''
'''Water Use'''
*Agricultural water use
*Agricultural water use
**ET measurement
*Municipal water use
**Conservation strategies
*Environmental/instream water use
*Municipal water use
*Reservoir evaporation
**Conservation strategies
*Channel and bank losses
*Environmental/instream water use
*Demand accounting and scenarios
*Other depletions
*Future basin demand
**Reservoir evaporation
**Channel/bank losses
**Phreatophytic vegetation
*Demand accounting and scenarios
**State/basin reports
**Demand schedules
**Other demand scenarios
*Synthesis: Future basin demand
'''Water quality'''
'''Water quality'''
*Salinity
*Salinity
**Salinity monitoring
*Uranium mining and tailings
**Salinity control measures
*Other contaminants
*Other contaminants
**Uranium mining/tailings


'''Geomorphology and sediment'''
'''Geomorphology and sediment'''
*Channel geomorphology
*Erosion and sediment sources
*Erosion/sediment sources
*Riverbed sediment dynamics
*Riverbed sediment dynamics
*Reservoir sedimentation
*Reservoir sedimentation
'''Ecosystems and environment'''
'''Ecosystems and environment'''
*Overview
*Vegetation change
*Forests
*Wildfires
**Disturbances
*Insect infestations and disease
***Wildfires
*Tamarisk and invasive plants
***Insect infestations/disease
*T&E fish species - Upper Basin
*Riparian
*T&E fish species - Lower Basin
**Tamarisk and invasive plants
*Invasive mussels
*Aquatic
*Traditional Ecological Knowledge
**T&E fish species
*Salton Sea
***Upper Basin
*Colorado River Delta
***Lower Basin
**Invasive mussels
*Traditional Ecological Knowledge
*Specific hot spots
**Salton Sea
**Colorado River Delta
'''Societal and economic issues'''
'''Societal and economic issues'''
*Benefits of water
*Benefits of water
*Impacts of shortage and drought
*Impacts of shortage and drought
*Social inequity and vulnerability
*Social inequity and vulnerability
*Other


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Revision as of 12:07, 29 March 2022

Overview

This section of the wiki covers a broad set of topics pertaining to science that is relevant and/or applied to Colorado River management, as well as specific applications of the science, such as streamflow forecasting.

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 resources on that topic

Topics

Cross-cutting reports

Weather and climate

Hydrology and water availability

  • Water balance and basin water budget
  • Snowpack
  • Soil moisture
  • Evaporation and evaporative demand
  • Groundwater
  • Historical streamflow data
  • Real-time streamflow data
  • Paleohydrology
  • Hydrologic variability and trends
  • Seasonal streamflow forecasts
  • Droughts
  • Floods
  • Channel dynamics
  • Hydrologic modeling
  • Future hydrology and water availability

Water operations and planning

Water Use

  • Agricultural water use
  • Municipal water use
  • Environmental/instream water use
  • Reservoir evaporation
  • Channel and bank losses
  • Demand accounting and scenarios
  • Future basin demand

Water quality

  • Salinity
  • Uranium mining and tailings
  • Other contaminants

Geomorphology and sediment

  • Erosion and sediment sources
  • Riverbed sediment dynamics
  • Reservoir sedimentation

Ecosystems and environment

  • Vegetation change
  • Wildfires
  • Insect infestations and disease
  • Tamarisk and invasive plants
  • T&E fish species - Upper Basin
  • T&E fish species - Lower Basin
  • Invasive mussels
  • Traditional Ecological Knowledge
  • Salton Sea
  • Colorado River Delta

Societal and economic issues

  • Benefits of water
  • Impacts of shortage and drought
  • Social inequity and vulnerability
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