The water cycle across scales

David Gochis, Bruce Anderson, Ana Barros, Andrew Gettelman, Junhong Wang, John Braun, Will Cantrell, Yang Quan Chen, Neil Fox, Bart Geerts, Weiqing Han, Michael Herzog, Paul Kucera, Robert Kursinski, Arlene Laing, Changhai Liu, Eric D. Maloney, Steve Margulis, David Schultz, Steven SherwoodAdam Sobel, Holger Vömel, Zhien Wang

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Abstract

Despite the importance of water and a tremendous body of work researching its processes, critical questions regarding the global water cycle remain. These questions range from fundamental details of the spectroscopy of water, to the forecasting of precipitation, to closing the budget of the hydrological cycle on many scales. This paper discusses integrating themes and strategic opportunities identified during the first National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Early Career Scientist Association Junior Faculty Forum on Future Scientific Directions in June 2003. These include: transport and transformations (atmospheric convection as prototype issue); developing collaborative research; fostering operational-research linkages; the role of observations in water-cycle research; and improved metrics for evaluating theories and models.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1743-1746
Number of pages4
JournalBulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Volume86
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2005
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Atmospheric Science

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