Colorado River Science Wiki: Difference between revisions

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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.

Cross-cutting reports

Weather and climate

Hydrology and water availability

Water balance and basin water budget
Snowpack
Soil moisture
Evapotranspiration (ET)
Groundwater
Streamflow
Paleohydrology
Hydrologic variability and trends
Seasonal streamflow forecasts
Droughts
Floods
Channel dynamics
Hydrologic modeling
Projected future hydrology

Water operations and planning

Dams, reservoirs, and other infrastructure
Operating guidelines and rules
River system models
- Colorado River Mid-term Modeling System (CRMMS)
- Colorado River Simulation System (CRSS)
Planning approaches

Water Use

Consumptive uses and losses
- Agricultural water use
- Municipal water use
- Reservoir evaporation
- Channel and bank losses
Instream flows
Demand accounting and scenarios
Future basin demand

Water quality

Salinity
Metals and acid mine drainage
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
Threatened and endangered fish species
Invasive mussels
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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 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.
+<div style="column-count:3;-moz-column-count:3;-webkit-column-count:3">
+'''Cross-cutting reports'''
+*'''[[2021 SECURE Water Act reports]]'''
+*'''[[2020 CRB State of the Science]]'''
+*'''[[2018 CRB Ten Tribes Partnership Tribal Water Study]]'''
+*'''[[2012 Colorado River Basin Study]]'''
+'''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'''
+*Water balance and basin water budget
+*'''[[Snowpack]]'''
+*'''[[Soil moisture]]'''
+*'''[[Evapotranspiration (ET)]]'''
+*Groundwater
+*'''[[Streamflow]]'''
+*'''[[Paleohydrology]]'''
+*Hydrologic variability and trends
+*'''[[Seasonal streamflow forecasts]]'''
+*Droughts
+*'''[[Floods]]'''
+*Channel dynamics
+*'''[[Hydrologic modeling]]'''
+*'''[[Projected future hydrology]]'''
+'''Water operations and planning'''
+*'''[[Dams, reservoirs, and other infrastructure]]'''
+*Operating guidelines and rules
+*'''[[River system models]]'''
+**'''[[Colorado River Mid-term Modeling System (CRMMS)]]'''
+**'''[[Colorado River Simulation System (CRSS)]]'''
+*Planning approaches
+'''Water Use'''
+*'''[[Consumptive uses and losses]]'''
+**'''[[Agricultural water use]]'''
+**'''[[Municipal water use]]'''
+**'''[[Reservoir evaporation]]'''
+**Channel and bank losses
+*Instream flows
+*Demand accounting and scenarios
+*Future basin demand
+'''Water quality'''
+*'''[[Salinity]]'''
+*'''[[Metals and acid mine drainage]]'''
+*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]]'''
+*'''[[Threatened and endangered fish species]]'''
+*'''[[Invasive mussels]]'''
+*'''[[Salton Sea]]'''
+*'''[[Colorado River Delta]]'''
+'''Societal and economic issues'''
+*Benefits of water
+*Impacts of shortage and drought
+*Social inequity and vulnerability
+</div>
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