COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: WSC CATEGORY: 1 COUPLED OBSERVATION OF THE WATER ENVIRONMENT -- A NATIONAL SURVEY PROGRAM

该项目将为国家调查方案奠定基础，以收集关于人和社会机构的数据，补充正在进行和预期的水文和生态数据收集工作，并能够回答两个基本科学问题：是什么推动了人类的行为，制度，和基础设施的决定，影响耦合水系统的功能，在自然和社会的范围，美国国内的政治环境？和Q2：面对气候的不确定性、对水资源日益增长的需求和不断进步的技术，保护与水有关的生态系统服务和未来水供应的机会和限制是什么？该项目将：（1）提高科学界对调查目标和设计的认识，并接受科学界的投入;（2）与使命机构合作（例如，（3）组织和举办一次设计/范围界定讲习班，侧重于具体的研究目标和数据收集与整合战略;（4）就调查开发和设计的进一步步骤提出建议。

This project will lay the groundwork for a national program of surveys to collect data on people and social institutions that complement ongoing and anticipated hydrologic and ecological data collection efforts and are capable of answering two fundamental science questions:Q1: What drives the human behavioral, institutional, and infrastructural decisions that affect the functioning of coupled water systems across the range of natural and socio-political environments found within the U.S.?; andQ2: What are the opportunities for and limits to protection of water-related ecosystem services and future water supplies in the face of climate uncertainty, growing demands on water resources, and advancing technologies?The project will: (1) build awareness in and receive input from the scientific community concerning survey objectives and design; (2) engage with mission agencies (e.g., NOAA, USEPA, USDA, USGS, BLS) to explore opportunities to draw on existing sources of physical, biological, and social data; (3) organize and conduct a design/scoping workshop focusing on specific research goals and strategies for data collection and integration; and (4) recommend further steps in survey development and design.