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'''Cross-cutting reports'''
'''Cross-cutting reports'''
*[[2021 SECURE Water Act reports]]
*'''[[2021 SECURE Water Act reports]]'''
*2020 CRB State of the Science  
*2020 CRB State of the Science  
*2012 Colorado River Basin Study  
*2012 Colorado River Basin Study  
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'''Weather and climate'''
'''Weather and climate'''
*'''[[Climate patterns and variability]]'''
*'''[[Climate patterns and variability]]'''
*[[Recent climate change]]
*'''[[Recent climate change]]'''
*[[Weather and climate monitoring]]
*'''[[Weather and climate monitoring]]'''
*[[Weather and climate forecasts]]
*'''[[Weather and climate forecasts]]'''
*[[Projected future climate]]
*'''[[Projected future climate]]'''
'''Hydrology and water availability'''
'''Hydrology and water availability'''
*Water balance and basin water budget
*Water balance and basin water budget
*[[Snowpack]]
*'''[[Snowpack]]'''
*Soil moisture
*Soil moisture
*Evaporation and evaporative demand
*Evaporation and evaporative demand
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*Historical streamflow data
*Historical streamflow data
*Real-time streamflow data
*Real-time streamflow data
*[[Paleohydrology]]
*'''[[Paleohydrology]]'''
*Hydrologic variability and trends
*Hydrologic variability and trends
*[[Seasonal streamflow forecasts]]
*'''[[Seasonal streamflow forecasts]]'''
*Droughts
*Droughts
*Floods
*Floods
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*Reservoirs and infrastructure
*Reservoirs and infrastructure
*Operating guidelines and rules  
*Operating guidelines and rules  
*[[River system models]]
*'''[[River system models]]'''
**[[Colorado River Mid-Range Modeling System (CRMMS)]]
**'''[[Colorado River Mid-Range Modeling System (CRMMS)]]'''
**[[Colorado River Simulation System (CRSS)]]
**'''[[Colorado River Simulation System (CRSS)]]'''
*Planning approaches
*Planning approaches

Revision as of 12:16, 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