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CURRENT RESEARCH PLANNING EFFORTS (**)

  1. NRC "Committee on Hydrologic Science," Chair - Dara Entekhabi, MIT, darae@mit.edu
    Frontier: Hydrology with ecology, chemistry, microbiology, mathematics, meteorology, etc.
    Mission: Stimulate intellectual discourse to foster broader connections with other sciences to become more effective in solving hydrologic puzzles.
  2. NRC Panel on the Earth Sciences, Hydrology Representative - Stephen Burges, Univ. of Washington, sburges@u.washington.edu
    Frontier: Hydrology with other NSF programs in earth sciences.
    Mission: Position hydrology as an effective contributor to teams working to gain understanding of cycling and structure within the total Earth system.
  3. NRC Panel on Environmental Challenges, Hydrology Representative - Steven Gorelick, Stanford Univ., gorelick@pangea.stanford.edu
    Frontier: Hydrology with current environmental issues.
    Mission: Guide integration of hydrology with biological sciences so that managers will be better informed to protect the environment against a wide diversity of growing threats.
  4. NRC, Water Science and Technology Board: Water Initiative - Convener - Henry Vaux, Univ. of California System, henry.vaux@ucop.edu
    Frontier: Hydrology with the social and economic sciences.
    Mission: Guide integration of hydrology with the social sciences (including economics & law) in evolving a national research agenda that can be consistently effective in addressing major water issues.
  5. "Water, Earth, Bios: WEB," Chair - Vijay Gupta, Univ. of Colorado, gupta@terra.colorado.edu
    Frontier: Interfaces among scales, theory and data collection to address watershed and larger scale issues at all the above frontiers, education so that researchers are better able to address these issues.
    Mission: Define theory and infrastructure for measuring and organizing data that expedites this needed breadth in hydrologic research. Conceive a "pilot facility" for getting started.
  6. "Water Cycle Science," Chair - George Hornberger, Univ. of Virginia, gmh3k@unix.mail.virginia.edu
    Frontier: Short-term expansion of hydrologic science given the current state of the art.
    Mission: Define specific science and infrastructure to pursue over the next few years.
  7. "Water Cycle Research Implementation," An inter-agency group chaired by Rick Lawford, NOAA, lawford@ogp.noaa.gov
    Frontier: Hydrologic science with existing agency programs.
    Mission: Specify specific roles by agency in pursuing tasks prioritized for Water Cycle Science.
  8. "Sustainability of Water Resources in Semi-Arid Regions," An NSF-supported Science and Technology Center (STC) directed by Soroosh Sorooshian, Univ. of Arizona, soroosh@hwr.arizona.edu
    Frontier: Hydrologic science with practical needs for water management in semi-arid regions.
    Mission: Identify opportunities for hydrologic science to resolve pressing water management issues and foster research, applications, and public understanding so that limited water supplies will be better able to satisfy growing needs.
  9. "Hydrology for Environment, Life and Policy," An international group with the US Coordinator James Shuttleworth, Univ. of Arizona, shuttle@hwr.arizona.edu Frontier: Hydrology in the United Stated with activities worldwide.

(**) Further information can be obtained from : James, L. D. 2000: Multiple frontiers in hydrology, EOS (In Press).