Collaborative Large-Scale Engineering Analysis Network for Environmental Research (CLEANER): Grand Challenges in Water Quality and Water Resources for the Science Plan

国家研究委员会（NRC）的水科学与技术委员会（WSTB）是在国家科学院和国家工程院的支持下，与水资源有关的各个方面的研究的焦点。WSTB的目标是改善科学和技术基础，以解决与有效管理和利用地下水和地表水资源有关的重要国家问题和问题。委员会在履行其职责和为国家利益服务时，通过对水资源的具体和一般问题进行特别研究，响应有关评价和咨询意见的要求。在这种情况下，这个项目是世界自然科学基金会分两部分工作的第一步，它向国家科学基金会提供有关科学计划的建议，以及拟议的环境观测站网络的其他方面的建议，该网络由环境局和地球地质局联合实施，将两个局的清洁和水文观测站计划结合起来。WSTB将成立一个委员会，就适合CLEANER-HOI项目的关键科学挑战召开会议，并为NSF撰写一份共识报告，该委员会还将就环境观测方法在环境研究中的普遍用途提供自己的观点和建议。

0531446 Parker The Water Science and Technology Board (WSTB) of the National Research Council (NRC) is the focal point for studies related to all aspects of water resources under the aegis of the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering. The WSTB's objective is to improve the scientific and technological basis for resolving important national questions and issues associated with the efficient management and use of ground and surface water resources. In carrying out its responsibilities and in serving the national interest, the Board responds to requests for evaluations and advice through ad hoc studies concerning specific and generic issues in water resources. In this context, this project is the first step in a two-part effort by the WSTB to provide advice to NSF on the science plan and other aspects of the proposed joint program of the ENG and GEO directorates for an environmental observatory network that combines the CLEANER and Hydrologic Observatory initiatives of the two directorates. The WSTB will form a committee that will meet and write a consensus report for the NSF on key science challenges appropriate for the CLEANER-HOI program to address, and it also will provide its perspective and advice regarding the general usefulness of the environmental observatory approach for doing environmental research.