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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:

• 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 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.

Outline

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/DM 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 water budget Snowpack Snowpack processes & patterns Snowpack monitoring Dust-on-snow Cloud seeding Soil moisture SM monitoring ET and E0 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 forecasts Seasonal 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 CR Delta

Society & Economy Benefits/impacts of water Social vulnerability Other

Policy & Laws Overview Law of the River Other Policy Renegotiation of Interim Guidelines Commentary on Policy

Research and Decisionmaking [move to top?] Overview Researchers University Ongoing projects/centers Agency Other Operations/DM Forecasters Water Managers Water Users Other Groups

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.

This site is under construction as of 1/21/2020. Currently, a skeleton is in place to allow prototyping and initial design.

Contact Brad Udall Bradley.udall @ colostate.edu for information.