Catchment Science: Interactions of Hydrology, Biology and Geochemistry

流域科学：水文学、生物学和地球化学的相互作用

• 批准号: 1523781
• 负责人: Kathleen Weathers
• 金额: $ 5.85万
• 依托单位: Gordon Research Conferences
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-02-15 至 2016-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1523781&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Catchment; Science; Interactions; Hydrology; Biology

Catchments (also known as watersheds) are fundamental landscape units that contain interpretable physical, chemical, and biological signals in their plants, soils, drainage waters, and ecosystems. Catchments are responsive to the local, regional and global environment: the effects of climate variability, atmospheric deposition, land use shifts, episodic events, and other drivers of global change can often be detected in catchment water, soils, and plants. Catchment Science, which is the focus of a June 2015 Gordon Research Conference (GRC) and associated Gordon Research Seminar (GRS, for early career scientists), is a truly interdisciplinary and international endeavor conducted by (among others) hydrologists, ecologists, engineers, soil scientists, and biogeochemists, whose goal is to explore and understand catchment processes and responses to chronic and episodic signals in order to better anticipate the future challenges facing water and ecosystem managers. It is critical to improve understanding of catchments in the face of predictions for serious threats to water resources in the future.The purpose of this upcoming GRC is to bring together established and developing (early career) experts from around the world in the field of Catchment Science, from academic institutions, research institutes, and government agencies, in order to share the results of cutting-edge research, develop new collaborations, and assess the current and future state of catchments and catchment science. The Catchment Sciences GRC has taken place bi¬annually since 1991 and continues to represent a unique opportunity for scientists in this field as there are no other focused conferences related to this topic. Indeed, while large catchment network programs such as CUAHSI and the Critical Zone Network have workshops for their program participants, scientists from those programs find that attendance at the Catchment Sciences GRC is their opportunity to interact with a broader range of catchment scientists and to expand their vision beyond focused programs. Importantly, the GRS provides the opportunity for new catchment scientists to initiate lifelong collaborations with their peers as well as to network-- and have substantial interactions with and mentoring from experts in their field. This kind of networking has been shown to be of crucial importance in advancing the science and early career scientists.

集水区（也称为流域）是基本的景观单元，包含可解释的物理，化学和生物信号，在其植物，土壤，排水沃茨和生态系统。 集水区对当地、区域和全球环境都有反应：气候变化、大气沉降、土地利用变化、偶发事件和其他全球变化驱动因素的影响往往可以在集水区的水、土壤和植物中检测到。集水科学，这是2015年6月戈登研究会议（GRC）和相关戈登研究研讨会的重点（GRS，为早期职业科学家），是一个真正的跨学科和国际性的奋进，由（其中包括）水文学家、生态学家、工程师、土壤科学家和地球化学家，其目标是探索和了解集水过程以及对长期和偶发信号的反应，以便更好地预测水和生态系统管理者未来面临的挑战。面对未来水资源面临的严重威胁，提高对集水区的认识至关重要。来自世界各地的集水科学领域的专家，来自学术机构，研究机构和政府机构，以分享前沿研究成果，发展新的合作，并评估集水区和集水区科学的当前和未来状况。集水科学研讨会自1991年以来每两年举行一次，并继续为该领域的科学家提供独特的机会，因为没有其他与该主题相关的重点会议。事实上，虽然大型集水网络计划，如CUAHSI和临界区网络为他们的计划参与者举办了研讨会，但这些计划的科学家发现，参加集水科学GRC是他们与更广泛的集水科学家互动的机会，并将他们的视野扩展到重点计划之外。重要的是，GRS为新的流域科学家提供了与同行开展终身合作以及建立网络的机会，并与其领域的专家进行了大量的互动和指导。 事实证明，这种网络对于推动科学和早期职业科学家的发展至关重要。