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| − | *Channel and bank losses | + | *Instream flows |
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*Future basin demand | *Future basin demand | ||
Revision as of 12:07, 30 January 2023
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
In the list below, the bolded items are links to active wiki pages on that topic. The other items are planned future pages.
Topics
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
- Reservoirs and infrastructure
- Operating guidelines and rules
- River system models
- 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
- Traditional Ecological Knowledge
- Salton Sea
- Colorado River Delta
Societal and economic issues
- Benefits of water
- Impacts of shortage and drought
- Social inequity and vulnerability