2013 Catchment Science GRC/GRS, June 16-21, 2013 at Proctor Academy, Andover, New Hampshire

流域是基本的景观单元，在其土壤、排水和生态系统中包含可解释的物理、化学和生物信号，并记录气候变暖、大气沉积、土地利用变化、灾难性事件和其他全球变化驱动因素的影响。流域科学是戈登研究会议(GRC)和戈登研究研讨会(GRS)的焦点，我们为其寻求资金支持，它是由水文学家、生态学家和生物地质化学家开展的真正跨学科和国际性的努力，目标是探索和了解流域响应信号，以便更好地预测未来水和生态系统管理者面临的挑战。这次会议的目的是汇聚流域科学领域的知名和发展中的专家，分享前沿研究的结果，发展新的合作，并评估我们所处的位置和我们需要向何处去，以便在全球变化的时代了解流域的未来。本次GRC/GRS的主题是“透过镜面收集：从显微镜到望远镜”。有令人信服的证据表明，全球变化正在影响世界许多地区的物理、化学和生物资源，而流域科学越来越站在推动我们理解全球变化的许多影响的前沿。作为流域科学家，我们每个人都有自己独特的视角和优势，我们从这些角度来看待我们的科学方法，并解释我们的数据。GRC/GRS将汇集该领域的顶尖专家，他们将解释他们独特的愿景和研究环境如何塑造了他们尖端研究的方向，以及他们的方法如何对该领域工作的其他科学家和最终用户有用和适用。GRC/GRS将侧重于四个分主题，横跨流域科学的广泛视角：1)“纬度的变化，态度的变化”，我们将在其中评估在极地、北方、温带、干旱和热带环境中开展流域科学的异同以及社会影响和应用；“感知的门”，它将从微观的整体角度考虑我们的科学透镜的规模如何塑造我们对流域的理解；“动物、植物、矿物”，我们将探索生物群和地球表面之间千丝万缕的联系，帮助确定集水功能和可持续性，特别是在气候变化问题下；以及“你可以使用的工具”，它将展示使该领域发生革命性变化的新颖分析技术和概念性方法。GRC为促进包括集水科学在内的各种研究方法的更好交流和理解提供了理想的形式，使人们能够更专注于确定的问题，并改善未来的国际合作。我们在未来成功开展集水科学以应对全球变化的能力很大程度上取决于我们培养下一代集水科学家的能力。在这次GRC之前，我们将举行第二次为期两天的戈登研究研讨会(GRS)，参与者将主要是来自流域科学各个领域的研究生和最近获得高级学位的人，以及将担任导师和讨论领导者的资深科学家。我们预计所有GRS参与者将参加下周的GRC会议，结果是年轻科学家大大增加了对流域科学GRC系列的参与。我们预计，GRS可能会增加GRC的种族多样性，这证明了《流域科学》中不断变化的人口统计数据。此外，我们邀请的演讲者和讨论负责人几乎都是半身汉，这反映了我们在我们的计划中促进性别多样性的努力。这些努力的成果包括加强各级和各领域集水科学家之间的交流，以及在更广泛的科学界传播新思想。

Catchments are fundamental landscape units that contain interpretable physical, chemical andbiological signals in their soils, drainage waters and ecosystems and record the effects ofclimate warming, atmospheric deposition, land use shifts, catastrophic events and other globalchange drivers. Catchment Science, the focus of the Gordon Research Conference (GRC) andGordon Research Seminar (GRS) for which we seek financial support, is a truly interdisciplinaryand international endeavor conducted by hydrologists, ecologists and biogeochemists whosegoal is to explore and understand catchment response signals in order to better anticipate futurechallenges facing water and ecosystem managers. The purpose of this conference is to bringtogether established and developing experts in the field of Catchment Science to share theresults of cutting-edge research, develop new collaborations, and assess where we are andwhere we need to go in order to understand the future of catchments in an era of global change.Intelletual Merit. The theme of this GRC/GRS is "Catchments Through the Looking Glass:From Microscopes to Telescopes". There is compelling evidence that global change is affectingthe physical, chemical, and biological resources of catchments in many parts of the world, andCatchment Science is increasingly at the forefront of driving our understanding of the manyimplications of global change. As catchment scientists, we each have our own uniqueperspectives and vantage points from which we view our scientific approach and interpret ourdata. This GRC/GRS will bring together leading experts in the field who will explain how theirparticular vision and research environment have shaped the direction of their cutting-edgeresearch and how their approaches can be useful and applicable to other scientists and endusersworking in the field. The GRC/GRS will focus on four sub-themes that span a broad rangeof Catchment Science perspectives: 1) "Changes in latitudes, changes in attitudes", where wewill assess the similarities and differences of conducting catchment science in polar, boreal,temperate, arid and tropical settings as well as the societal implication and application; "Doorsof perception", which will consider how the scale of our scientific lens, from microscopic totelescopic and with different levels of stakeholder involvement, shapes our understanding ofcatchments; "Animal, vegetable, mineral", where we will explore the inextricable linkagesbetween biota and the Earth's surface that help to determine catchment function andsustainability, particularly under climate change concerns; and "Tools you can use", which willshowcase novel analytical techniques and conceptual approaches that have revolutionized thefield. The GRC provides the ideal format for promoting better communication and understandingof the various research approaches comprising Catchment Science, allowing a more focusedattack on identified issues and improved international collaboration in the future.Broader Impacts. Our ability to successfully conduct Catchment Science in the future inresponse to global change rests largely in our ability to nurture the next generation of catchmentscientists. This GRC will be immediately preceded by our second two-day Gordon ResearchSeminar (GRS), the participants of which will be mainly graduate students and recent advanceddegree recipients from the various fields of Catchment Science, as well as senior scientists whowill serve as mentors and discussion leaders. We expect all GRS participants will attend theGRC conference the following week, with the result of greatly increased participation of youngscientists in the Catchment Sciences GRC series. We anticipate that the GRS is likely toincrease the ethnic diversity of the GRC, attesting to the continually changing demographics inCatchment Science. In addition, our invited speakers and discussion leaders are nearly halffemale, reflecting our efforts to promote gender diversity in our program. The products of theseefforts include increased communication among all levels and fields of catchment scientists, aswell as the dispersal of new ideas throughout the broader scientific community.