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Hydrologic Effects of a Changing Forest Landscape

By: National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Water Science and Technology Board,Committee on Hydrologic Impacts of Forest Management

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Hydrologic Effects of a Changing Forest Landscape

By: National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Water Science and Technology Board,Committee on Hydrologic Impacts of Forest Management

Of all the outputs of forests, water may be the most important. Streamflow from forests provides two-thirds of the nation's clean water supply. Removing forest cover accelerates the rate that precipitation becomes streamflow; therefore, in some areas, cutting trees causes a temporary increase in the volume of water flowing downstream. This effect has spurred political pressure to cut trees to increase water supply, especially in western states where population is rising. However, cutting trees for water gains is not sustainable: increases in flow rate and volume are typically short-lived, and the practice can ultimately degrade water quality and increase vulnerability to flooding. Forest hydrology, the study of how water flows through forests, can help illuminate the connections between forests and water, but it must advance if it is to deal with today's complexities, including climate change, wildfires, and changing patterns of development and ownership. This book identifies actions that scientists, forest and water managers, and citizens can take to help sustain water resources from forests.

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Hydrologic Effects of a Changing Forest Landscape

By: National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Water Science and Technology Board,Committee on Hydrologic Impacts of Forest Management

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Toward a New Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service (AHPS)

By: National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Water Science and Technology Board,Committee to Assess the National Weather Service Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service Initiative

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Toward a New Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service (AHPS)

By: National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Water Science and Technology Board,Committee to Assess the National Weather Service Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service Initiative

The National Weather Service (NWS) is responsible for providing flood forecasts and warnings in the United States. The agency established the Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Services (AHPS) program in 1997 to advance technology for hydrologic services, specifically to provide accurate forecasts that support timely warnings for all users of hydrologic predictions. AHPS strives to provide information at the right time to facilitate adequate responses to mitigate damages to life, livelihoods, and property. AHPS is slated to be fully implemented nationwide in 2013. With seven years still remaining in its development and implementation timeline, a review of the program now is critical to providing NWS with information it needs to maximize the effectiveness of the AHPS program. This report assesses AHPS in respect to hydrologic science and technology research, river routing and mechanics, "systems" engineering aspects, and implementation. Overall, this report finds AHPS to be an ambitious program that promises to provide services and products that are timely and necessary. The report calls for AHPS to develop a detailed and comprehensive, multi-year implementation plan and for the program's goals and budget to be brought into closer alignment.

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CLEANER and NSF's Environmental Observatories

By: National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Water Science and Technology Board,Committee on the Collaborative Large-scale Engineering Analysis Network for Environmental Research (CLEANER)

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CLEANER and NSF's Environmental Observatories

Degradation of the nation's water resources threatens the health of humans and the functioning of natural ecosystems. To help better understand the causes of these adverse impacts and how they might be more effectively mitigated, especially in urban and human-stressed aquatic systems, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has proposed the establishment of a Collaborative Large-scale Engineering Analysis Network for Environmental Research (CLEANER). This program would provide a platform for near-real-time and conventional data collection and analysis; improve understanding and prediction of processes controlling large-scale environmental and hydrologic systems; help explain human-induced impacts on the environment; and help identify more effective adaptive management approaches to mitigate adverse impacts of human activities on water and land resources. At NSF's request, the National Academies undertook a review this proposed program. The resultant report recommends that NSF proceed with its planning, implementation, and intra- and interagency coordination activities for the program, as a successful environmental observatory network could transform the environmental engineering profession and increase its already considerable contributions to society.

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Hydrologic Effects of a Changing Forest Landscape

Hydrologic Effects of a Changing Forest Landscape

Hydrologic Effects of a Changing Forest Landscape

Hydrologic Effects of a Changing Forest Landscape

Toward a New Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service (AHPS)

Toward a New Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service (AHPS)

CLEANER and NSF's Environmental Observatories

CLEANER and NSF's Environmental Observatories

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