Review of USGCRP plan for a new science initiative on the global water cycle / Committee on a Review of A Plan for a New Science Initiative on the Global Water Cycle, Water Science and Technology Board, BOard on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on a Review of a Plan for a New Science Initiative on the Global Water Cycle.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

U.S. Global Change Research Program.

Climatic changes--Research--United States.

Climatic changes.

Global environmental change--Research--United States.

Global environmental change.

Water-supply--Research.

Water-supply.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (46 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In 2001, the U.S. Global Change Research Program produced the report A Plan for a New Science Initiative on the Global Water Cycle. This report was designed to represent a research strategy and scientific plan for investigating the global water cycle, and its interactions with climate and for developing an enhanced understanding of the fundamental processes that govern the availability and biogeochemistry of water resources. The USGCRP managers are currently considering how to move forward with implementation of this ambitious, broad, and potentially very fruitful plan on an interagency basis, and it requested that the National Research Council (NRC) advise them in this regard. This report, Review of USGCRP Plan for a New Science Initiative on the Global Water Cycle, provides comments on the water cycle science plan as related to its recommended scientific initiatives and goals, and it provides comments on the usefulness of the water cycle science plan to the USGCRP agencies in developing a coordinated global water cycle implementation plan.

Contents:

Intro

Preface

Contents

1 Introduction

2 Overview A Plan for A New Science Initiative on the Global Water Cycle

3 Responsiveness of the Water Cycle Science Plan to the USGCRP Charge

4 Findings and Recommendations

References

Appendix A Letter from USGCRP Requesting Review of Water Cycle Initiative Science Plan

Appendix B Biographical Sketches of Committee Members.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780309169721

0309169720

9780309500494

0309500494

OCLC:

56119919