Red Butte Creek and the Wasatch Environmental Observatory: A Mountain to Urban Research Facility in the Semi-arid Western US.

Paul D Brooks1, James R Ehleringer2, Brenda B. Bowen3, Gabriel J Bowen3, David R Bowling4, Steven J Burian3, Philip E Dennison5, Jennifer Follstad Shah3, Gannet Gannet Hallar6, Sarah Hinners3, John C Lin7, Diane E Pataki8, Courtenay Strong7, S. McKenzie Skiles5 and Douglas Kip Solomon1, (1)University of Utah, Geology and Geophysics, Salt Lake City, UT, United States, (2)Univ Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States, (3)University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States, (4)University of Utah, School of Biological Sciences, Salt Lake City, UT, United States, (5)University of Utah, Geography, Salt Lake City, UT, United States, (6)Desert Research Institute Reno, Reno, NV, United States, (7)University of Utah, Atmospheric Sciences, Salt Lake City, UT, United States, (8)University of Utah, Department of Biology, Salt Lake City, UT, United States