Activities

This project aspires to understand and improve predictability in hydrologic systems through focused, self-sustaining synthesis activities.

Synthesis Activity Groups

Following the September 2007 kick-off meeting, the project team formed five synthesis groups to undertake key activities at varying scales. Fundamentally, the work of all groups centers on predictability. For each group, a PowerPoint presentation overview is provided.

  • Group 1 - Hydromorphology (.ppt)
  • Group 2 - Interactions between hydrosphere and biosphere processes (.ppt)
  • Group 3 - Interactions of landscape processes within intensively managed landscapes (.ppt)
  • Group 4 - Evolution, structure and function of hydrologic subsystems in hillslopes (.ppt A | .ppt B)
  • Group 5 - Stochastic transport (.ppt)

Project Calendar

Date
Location
Event
Meeting Documents
September 12-14, 2007 Monticello, IL Project Kick-Off Meeting
  1. Strawman (.doc)
  2. Meeting Summary (HTML)
  3. Presentation Abstracts (.doc)
November 4-7, 2007 Lake Tahoe, NV Group 5 Meeting
  1. Conference Web site (HTML)
November 18-19, 2007 Tucson, AZ Group 4 Meeting
  1. Meeting Summary (.doc)
December 9, 2007 San Francisco, CA Informal Meeting

 
December 10-14, 2007 San Francisco, CA @ AGU
  1. Presentations List (.doc)
February 20-22, 2008 Evanston, IL Group 3 Meeting
  1. Agenda (.doc)
  2. Meeting Summary (.doc)
March 12-14, 2008 Tucson, IL Group 4 Meeting
  1. Agenda (PDF)
April 2, 2008 Urbana, IL Informal presentation
  1. Abstract (HTML)
  2. Presentation (.ppt)
August 28-29 Arlington, VA NSF Reverse Site Visit  
October 6, 2008 Boulder, CO Group 2 Meeting See Synthesis Team Meeting, October 7-8, 2008
October 7-8, 2008 Boulder, CO Synthesis Team Meeting
  1. Agenda (.doc)
December 14, 2008 San Francisco, CA Informal Meeting
  1. Meeting Notes (.doc)
Weekly in Winter/Spring 2009 teleconference Group 2 Meetings Selection of notes available on the cybercollaboratory
Weekly in Winter/Spring 2009 teleconference Group 3 Meetings Selection of notes available on the cybercollaboratory
Weekly in Winter/Spring 2009 teleconference "Water Cycle Dynamics Agenda" Meetings  
February 11-12, 2009 Urbana, IL Informal Meeting of Group 3 (partial) Notes available on the cybercollaboratory
February 17-19, 2009 Oracle, AZ Writing Meeting for Group 4  
February 27, 2009 Urbana, IL Informal Meeting of Group 2 (partial) Notes available on the cybercollaboratory
March 11, 2009 webinar Overview of the Summer Institute
  1. Presentation (.ppt)
March 23-26, 2009 West Lafayette, IN Informal Meeting of Group 3 (partial)  
April 7-9, 2009 Tucson, AZ Informal Meeting of Group 2 (partial)  
May 8 – June 5, 2009 teleconference Planning Meetings for Summer Institute
  1. Session 1 Webinar (.ppt)
  2. Session 2 Webinar (.ppt)
  3. Session 3 Webinar (.ppt)
  4. Session 4 Webinar (.ppt)
  5. Various planning documents available on the cybercollaboratory
June 21 - August 2, 2009 Vancouver, BC Summer Institute
  1. Agenda (.doc)
  2. Introductory Remarks (.ppt)
  3. Notes and working products available on the cybercollaboratory
August 3-5, 2009 Vancouver, BC Summer Institute Capstone Symposium
(co-sponsored by CUAHSI)
  1. Agenda (.doc)
  2. Introductory Remarks (.ppt)
  3. From Synthesis to Consilience (.ppt)
  4. Additional presentations available on the cybercollaboratory
August 20-21, 2009 Arlington, VA NSF Reverse Site Visit
  1. Abstract (.doc)
  2. Introductory Remarks (.pptx)
  3. Results from "Theme 1" (.ppt)
  4. Results from "Theme 2" (.ppt)
  5. Concluding Remarks (.pptx)
  6. Update from Biosphere 2 (.ppt)
  7. Update from STRESS group (.ppt)
  8. Results from internal assessment (.pdf)
October 9, 2009 webinar

CUAHSI Cyberseminar:

"Sediment and contaminant dynamics across scales: Landscapes as cascading hydrologic and biogeochemical filters"

  1. Slides (.pptx)
  2. Recorded Presentation (WRF file requires plug-in)
November 4-6, 2009 Lake Tahoe, NV 2nd STRESS workshop
  1. Conference Web Site (HTML)
November 13, 2009 webinar

CUAHSI Cyberseminar:

"Water balance portioning at the catchment scale: Hydrosphere-biosphere Interactions"
  1. Slides (.ppt)
  2. Recorded Presentation (coming soon)