Welcome to the Synthesis Project Website

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. Biosphere 2 in Oracle, Arizona is just one facility where project activities are underway (photo at right).
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
Interaction
Collaboration between University partners is fundamental to project success and ultimately, 'synthesis' within the hydrologic community. To this end, a cybercollaboratory, hosted by the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, for project participants is available. To connect with the synthesis team and receive a twice-monthly newsletter, please send an email to the project coordinator.
Partners
This synthesis project involves researchers from institutions throughout the United States and the world.

Website updated: September 9 , 2008