H023
Advancing Multiscale Integrated Modeling for Prediction and Assessment of Water Availability
Advancing Multiscale Integrated Modeling for Prediction and Assessment of Water Availability
Session ID#: 162002
Session Description:
In a nonstationary world, traditional approaches of extrapolating observed hydro-terrestrial system behavior to inform future investments and management practices is increasingly ineffective and yet viable alternatives are lacking. This session will focus on advancing multiscale predictive models of integrated hydro-terrestrial systems, including natural and human system components, to enable robust assessments of water availability (quantity, quality, and use) and improved management of water resources. Topics of interest include: Community approaches to model development and testing, using open-science principles, which extend across national, regional, and basin scales; the use of modern software engineering principles to enable flexible and interoperable model configurations and process representation (e.g., mechanistic and data-driven approaches); reproducible and extensible modeling workflows, calibration, evaluation, and validation methods; generation of consistent hydrometeorological forcings, land-use/land-cover information, and scenarios to drive integrated hydro-terrestrial modeling experiments and assessments to identify tipping points, modes of system failure, and illuminate sustainable and resilient development pathways.
Index Terms:
1807 Climate impacts [HYDROLOGY]
1834 Human impacts [HYDROLOGY]
1847 Modeling [HYDROLOGY]
1876 Water budgets [HYDROLOGY]
Primary Convener: Timothy Schneider, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States
Convener: David P Lesmes, USGS, Water Mission Area, Reston, United States
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