PA060
The Catchments behind the Data and the Process behind the Catchments
The Catchments behind the Data and the Process behind the Catchments
Session ID#: 83669
Session Description:
Befitting AGU’s 100th anniversary, we celebrate another legacy – the catchment study! Catchment studies have shaped transdisciplinary science, environmental policy, and management of ecosystems. Despite the legacy, some long-term catchments have been decommissioned, others face funding cuts. Given that catchment studies underpin process-oriented research in a non-stationary world, we need them more than ever. The catchment science community needs to re-examine the scientific merit and societal relevance of the studies. Our goals: (1) provide overviews of catchment studies, including site characteristics, data, experiments, and key findings; (2) engage the community to share data, synthesize findings, and catalyze transformative ideas in service to science and society; and (3) evaluate current policy and funding frameworks to justify and expand catchment studies in today’s socio-political milieu. Put your catchment on the map and demonstrate how long-term catchment research is vibrant, relevant, and irreplaceable.
Co-Organized:
- B - Biogeosciences
- H - Hydrology
Index Terms:
0439 Ecosystems, structure and dynamics [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
1848 Monitoring networks [HYDROLOGY]
6329 Project evaluation [POLICY SCIENCES & PUBLIC ISSUES]
6610 Funding [PUBLIC ISSUES]
Primary Convener: Stephen D Sebestyen, USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station, Vallejo, CA, United States
Conveners: Theresa Blume, GFZ German Research Centre, Potsdam, Germany, Jonathan M Duncan, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, Ecosystem Science and Management, University Park, PA, United States and James B Shanley, USGS, Montpelier, VT, United States
Primary Liaison: Stephen D Sebestyen, USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station, Vallejo, CA, United States
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