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Adaptation to Climate Change in the Lake Champlain Basin: New Understanding through Complex Systems Modeling

尚普兰湖盆地适应气候变化：通过复杂系统建模的新认识

基本信息

批准号：
1101317
负责人：
Judith Van Houten
金额：
$ 2000万
依托单位：
University of Vermont & State Agricultural College
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Cooperative Agreement
财政年份：
2011
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2011-09-01 至 2016-11-30
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1101317&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
Adaptation Climate Change Lake Champlain

项目摘要

ABSTRACTProposal Number: EPS-1101317Proposal Title: Adaptation to Climate Change in the Lake Champlain Basin:New Understanding through Complex Systems ModelingInstitution: University of Vermont & State Agricultural CollegeProject Director: Judith Van HoutenThis Research Infrastructure Improvement (RII) proposal from Vermont EPSCoR (VT EPSCoR) is focused on understanding the effects of changing climate and land use on the Lake Champlain Basin through the creation of two centers, the Center for Research on Adaptation to Climate Change (RACC) and the Center for Workforce Development and Diversity (CWDD). Funded participants include Johnson State College (JSC), Middlebury College (MC), St. Michael?s College (SMC), and University of Vermont (UVM). The Community College of Vermont (CCV) is an unfunded partner.The project will build transdisciplinary teams of social and natural scientists to study the Lake Champlain Basin as a coupled human and natural system affected by climate change, with an emphasis on complex systems modeling. Scientists will investigate the relative importance of endogenous in-lake processes (e.g. internal loading, ice cover, and hydrodynamics) versus exogenous to-lake processes (e.g. land use change, snow/rain timing, storm intensity, land management) to algal blooms. Scientists will use extensive scenario testing to investigate how adaptive management can be designed and implemented to respond to climate change and land use. The central theme of ecosystem and water research aligns well with Vermont State Science and technology (S&T plan), as well as national and international interest.Intellectual MeritThis project will address how the interaction of climate change and land use alter hydrological processes and nutrient transport within the Lake Champlain Basin, and investigate the resulting implications for adaptive management strategies. The RACC will leverage existing watershed studies and biophysical and add significant value through its integration of those studies with socio-economic and governance studies. The project will combine extensive observations and monitoring with modeling of two of the contributing watersheds and 10 smaller catchments. Broader ImpactsManagement of water resources in response to climate and land use changes is a scientific issue that has broad applicability across the US and internationally. The project?s multi-scale approach has the potential to be broadly applicable, in that it includes the investigation of broader global environmental issues of climate change, urban/agricultural change, and the socio-ecological interfaces. The project will be continuing VT?s very successful Streams project for outreach to high school students and teachers and undergraduates, which has shown a significant impact in workforce development and in encouraging underrepresented minorities in STEM to pursue science careers. The CWDD will integrate workforce and diversity efforts, and will offer an extensive suite of approaches to outreach to the general public and work with small businesses to encourage economic development across the state.

建议编号：EPS-1101317建议标题：在尚普兰盆地适应气候变化：通过复杂系统建模的新理解机构：佛蒙特州大学和州立农业学院项目主任：朱迪思·范·豪斯佛蒙特州EPSCoR(VT EPSCoR)提出的这项研究基础设施改善(RII)建议侧重于通过创建两个中心，即适应气候变化研究中心(RACC)和劳动力发展和多样性中心(CWDD)，了解气候和土地利用变化对尚普兰盆地的影响。资助的参与者包括约翰逊州立学院(JSC)、米德尔伯里学院(MC)、圣迈克尔？S学院(SMC)和佛蒙特州大学(UVM)。佛蒙特州社区学院(CCV)是一个没有资金的合作伙伴。该项目将建立由社会和自然科学家组成的跨学科团队，将尚普兰盆地作为一个受气候变化影响的人与自然耦合系统进行研究，重点是复杂系统建模。科学家们将调查内源湖内过程(例如，内部负荷、冰盖和水动力学)与外源过程(例如，土地利用变化、雪/雨时间、风暴强度、土地管理)对藻类水华的相对重要性。科学家们将使用广泛的情景测试来调查如何设计和实施适应性管理来应对气候变化和土地利用。生态系统和水研究的中心主题与佛蒙特州的科学和技术(S和T；T计划)以及国家和国际利益相一致。该项目将探讨气候变化和土地利用的相互作用如何改变尚普兰湖流域内的水文过程和养分运输，并调查由此产生的适应性管理战略的影响。区域协调委员会将利用现有的分水岭研究和生物物理学，并通过将这些研究与社会经济和治理研究相结合来增加重大价值。该项目将把广泛的观测和监测与对两个起作用的流域和10个较小的集水区进行建模结合起来。更广泛的影响应对气候和土地利用变化的水资源管理是一个科学问题，在美国和国际上都具有广泛的适用性。项目？S多尺度方法具有广泛应用的潜力，因为它包括对气候变化、城市/农业变化以及社会生态界面等更广泛的全球环境问题的调查。该项目将继续VT？S非常成功的STREAMS项目，面向高中生、教师和本科生，该项目在劳动力发展和鼓励STEM中代表性不足的少数族裔追求科学事业方面产生了重大影响。CWDD将整合劳动力和多样性努力，并将提供一套广泛的方法来接触普通公众，并与小企业合作，以鼓励全州的经济发展。