Challenges and Opportunities in the Hydrologic Sciences

Committee on Challenges and Opportunities in the Hydrologic Sciences, Water Science and Technology Board, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

200 Seiten

2012
National Academies Press (Verlag)
978-0-309-22283-9 (ISBN)

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New research opportunities to advance hydrologic sciences promise a better understanding of the role of water in the Earth system that could help improve human welfare and the health of the environment. Reaching this understanding will require both exploratory research to better understand how the natural environment functions, and problem-driven research, to meet needs such as flood protection, supply of drinking water, irrigation, and water pollution. Collaboration among hydrologists, engineers, and scientists in other disciplines will be central to meeting the interdisciplinary research challenges outline in this report. New technological capabilities in remote sensing, chemical analysis, computation, and hydrologic modeling will help scientists leverage new research opportunities.

1 Front Matter; 2 Summary; 3 1 The Hydrologic Sciences; 4 2 The Water Cycle: An Agent of Change; 5 3 Water and Life; 6 4 Clean Water for People and Ecosystems; 7 5 Hydrologic Sciences: A Path Forward; 8 Appendix A: Contributors to the Report: Challenges and Opportunities in the Hydrologic Sciences; 9 Appendix B: Biographical Information: Committee on Challenges and Opportunities in the Hydrologic Sciences

Verlagsort	Washington
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Hydrologie / Ozeanografie
ISBN-10	0-309-22283-4 / 0309222834
ISBN-13	978-0-309-22283-9 / 9780309222839
Zustand	Neuware