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"Contemporary water operations are ideally served when engineers and hydrologists work closely with biologists, geomorphologists, and regulatory planners"   Mathematical optimization in and of itself is no guarantee that the coding/algorithms accurately capture existing hydrologic and hydraulic processes, let alone any of intricate and multiple relationships among and between related fields.  This highly desirable integration in fact, can become particularly challenging when rapid hydrologic shifting continues under accelerating climatic forcings.   Water operations managers are faced with the age-old conundrum of balancing the benefits and disadvantages between PRECISION models and models that are physically ACCURATE.    All too often, however, the model(s) become the inadvertent focus of future planning whereas, what should be first established is the empirical science and how rapidly (and, in some cases, radically) changing hydrologic baselines can alter the process/form relationships so many of our geomorphic principles are based upon.   Society likes to talk about the virtues of technical and scientific “integration” in water resources, yet the vast majority of existing operational water manuals and rules are developed with little or no genuine input from biologists, geomorphologists, botanists, climatologists, etc.     For helpful background context, try reviewing the just released study by Horváth et al. (2024) in WRR, “How to Choose Suitable Physics-Based Models Without Tuning and System Identification for Model-Predictive Control of Open Water Channels?”

📊 The next publication in our #TopicalResearch campaign presents a rapid review of literature which assess the effects of #NBS on #water quality with the help of modelling methods. 🔗 Read this inspiring paper, co-authored by Fábio Matos here: https://bit.ly/3YIGdIm

Added another research article on my page follow the link to read https://lnkd.in/dJxjffau

Last reminder for our #AGU23 session! Submit your research that considers uncertainties in water allocation decision-making using watershed models (e.g., WEAP) by this Wednesday, Aug 2nd. Thank you to our invited speakers Joaquin Esquivel, Chair of the CA State Water Resources Control Board, and Mohammed Basheer, Research Fellow at the Humboldt University of Berlin. This session welcomes contributions on the following topics: · Advances in watershed modeling tools and approaches for water allocation · Evaluation of uncertainty in water allocation decisions and strategies, and methods to quantify and communicate uncertainty · Best practices for integrating watershed modeling into decision-making processes, including stakeholder engagement · Case studies demonstrating water allocation modeling (e.g., WEAP) in different regions and contexts For more information and to submit your abstract, you can visit our session link at https://lnkd.in/eSpUFvb7. Laura Forni, Alvar Escriva-Bou, Samuel Sandoval Solis #water #research #SEI

Last day to submit an abstract to the #AGU23 session I am co-convening with Marina Reyes Lopez Mautner, PhD, Laura Forni and Samuel Sandoval Solis on decision tools for water allocation under uncertainty. Please, consider submitting an abstract if you work on these issues!

Researchers need your help to understand the major soil issues, knowledge gaps, and research and extension opportunities across Australia. Take this 20-minute survey of multichoice questions about the soil practices on your farm or in your working region. Results from this survey will help inform the design and delivery of targeted soil interventions to address priorities under the National Soil Strategy. Scan QR code or go to https://lnkd.in/gSjRpbWC Australian Government #NationalLandcareProgram Soil Science Australia

📣📣📣💧🆕 NEW PUBLICATION ALERT Read about our dataset CaRDS - the statewide California Residential water Demand and Supply open dataset - in our latest paper in Scientific Data Nature Portfolio. You can read the #openaccess paper here: https://lnkd.in/da7MGSur This is the first outcome of Marie-Philine Gross's PhD research - we learned a lot from Alvar Escriva-Bou and Erik Porse while building this dataset together. Also, check out the dataset and download it from Hydroshare: https://lnkd.in/dKSB_Z-Q CaRDS encompasses nine years (2013-2021) of monthly water supply and demand time series for 404 water suppliers in California, USA, compiled from different open-access data sources. Access to detailed temporal and spatial water supply operations and demands at the state-level can be useful to researchers and practitioners to realize applications such as evaluating the effectiveness of water conservation policies and discovering regional differences in water resilience measures. It's great that we can publish our research open access thanks to the Projekt DEAL Technische Universität Berlin Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc. (CUAHSI), Einstein Center Digital Future #water #data #open #digitalfuture #california

Researchers need your help to understand the major soil issues, knowledge gaps, and research and extension opportunities across Australia. Take this 20-minute survey of multichoice questions about the soil practices on your farm or in your working region. Results from this survey will help inform the design and delivery of targeted soil interventions to address priorities under the National Soil Strategy. Scan QR code or go to https://lnkd.in/gDeAe5YR Australian Government #NationalLandcareProgram Soil Science Australia