Welcome to the Synthesis Project Website

Summer Institute 2009 Students

Welcome to the Web home for the NSF-funded research project “Water Cycle Dynamics in a Changing Environment: Advancing Hydrologic Science through Synthesis,” based within the Center for Water as a Complex Environmental System and the Institute for Sustainability of Intensively Managed Landscapes at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. This page is designed to inform the scientific community, and society-at-large about the purpose, objectives and impacts for this project, as well as the people and research centers involved.

In 2009 , the project hosted a six week summer institute at the University of British Columbia. A diverse selection of 11 students (8 full-time, photo at right) and 12 rotating mentors spent 6 weeks carving new paths using "hydrologic synthesis". This team used a patterns-based approach to demonstrate the feasibility of developing a novel, unified and robust predictive framework that is focused on the cascading of hydrologic variability across a range of scales (local-- hillslope -- watershed --river basin), and their impact on nutrient transport and export.

Are you a graduate student?
 Learn more about the 2010 Hydrologic Synthesis Summer Institute. (Application deadline has been extended to February 28, 2010.)

Purpose

The aim of this project is to conduct a range of synthesis activities that will produce transformational outcomes in the critical research area of “improving predictability of water cycle dynamics in a changing environment,” which will serve as an effective model of synthesis within the hydrological community.

Site Navigation

  • About - Information about the project, its purpose, organization and partners.
  • Activities - Meeting summaries, activity group presentations and project calendar
  • Reports - Annual project reports and recommendations of review committee
  • Contact - How to connect with project PIs and key participants
  • Blog - Updates for the community on our products and progress

Get Involved

Collaboration between researchers from institutions throughout the United States and the world is fundamental to project success and ultimately, 'synthesis' within the hydrologic community. To connect with the synthesis team and receive our newsletter, please send an email to the project coordinator.

 

Website updated: February 1, 2010

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