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

该项目将为国家调查计划奠定基础，收集有关人和社会机构的数据，以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：Q1：是什么驱动了人类行为、制度和基础设施决策，这些决策影响了美国境内自然和社会政治环境中耦合水系统的功能；面对气候的不确定性、对水资源日益增长的需求和技术的进步，与水有关的生态系统服务和未来的水供应保护的机遇和限制是什么？该项目将：(1)提高科学界对调查目标和设计的认识，并听取科学界的意见；(2)与任务机构（如NOAA、USEPA、USDA、USGS、BLS）合作，探索利用现有物理、生物和社会数据来源的机会；(3)组织并开展设计/范围界定研讨会，重点讨论数据收集和整合的具体研究目标和策略；(4)建议进一步的调查开发和设计步骤。

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.