U.S.-Chile Program: Integrated Water Resource Analysis of the Secano Interior and Secano Costero of Chile

0203787这个美国-智利奖项将资助俄勒冈州立大学的John S.Selker博士和Richard H.Cuenca博士、俄勒冈州立大学的David E.Rupp先生和约翰霍普金斯大学的Mark B.Parlange博士与奥斯卡·雷克曼博士、农业调查研究所、Samuel Ortega、Talca大学和智利加托利卡大学的Eduardo Varas博士合作的项目。他们的项目将是对一个具有地中海气候和高坡度、低渗透性土壤、智利塞卡诺内陆和塞卡诺·科斯特罗的地区的水收支进行建模和表征。该系统的研究将涉及野外测量和建模的集成，利用数据分析、计算方法的重要进展，以及即将推出的高分辨率全球数字高程模型。这一国际合作将促进我们在确定半干旱地区水资源平衡的时空分布方面的科学知识。智利人将在水资源分析的新方法和仪器方面获得技术专长，并增进他们对本国贫困地区的水文通量的了解。

0203787SelkerThis US-Chile award will fund a collaborative project between Drs. John S. Selker and Richard H. Cuenca of Oregon State University, Mr. David E. Rupp, Oregon State, and Dr. Mark B. Parlange of Johns Hopkins University, in collaboration with Drs. Oscar Reckmann, Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agropecuarias, Samuel Ortega, Universidad de Talca, and Eduardo Varas, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. Their project will be to model and characterize the water budget in a region with a Mediterranean climate and high-slope, low permeability soils, the Chilean Secano Interior and Secano Costero. The investigation of this system will involve the integration of field measurement and modeling, taking advantage of important advances in methods of data analysis, computation, and the upcoming availability of high resolution global digital elevation models.This international collaboration will advance our scientific knowledge in determining the spatial and temporal distribution of the water budget in semi-arid regions. The Chileans will gain technical expertise in new methods and instrumentation for water resource analysis and increase their understanding of the hydrologic fluxes in an impoverished region of their country.