COLLABORATION WORKSHEET

last altered November 12, 1997

1. Research Area/Topic:

Quantify fluxes of water and energy to better understand land/biosphere/atmosphere interactions and surface water/ground water interactions

2. Individuals/Institutions participating:

• Ken Bishop-University of Kansas email
• Arden Davis-South Dakota School of Mines email
• Ralph Davis-University of Arkansas email
• Claude Duchon-University of Oklahoma email
• Mark Hjelmfelt-South Dakota School of Mines email
• Karen Humes-University of Oklahoma email
• David Maidment-University of Texas email
• G. Padmanabhan-North Dakota State University email
• Jeffrey Peake-University of Nebraska at Omaha email
• Clint Rowe-University of Nebraska-Lincoln email
• Gabriel Senay-Oklahoma State University email
• Kate Webb-South Dakota School of Mines email

3. What is the research need/opportunity?

Provide input parameters and boundary conditions (e.g. evapotranspiration rates, recharge rates, soil moisture) to hydrologic models (both surface and ground water) and mesoscale atmospheric models.

4. What strengths will each member bring to the alliance?

• Bishop
  • group collaborative software
  • visualization
  • computer modeling support
  • boundary flux matching
• A. Davis
  • atmospheric/surface water/ground water interactions
  • ground water simulations
• R. Davis
  • surface/ground water interactions
  • tracer work
• Duchon
  • precipitation inputs
  • surface flux modeling
  • radiation budget
• Hjelmfelt
  • coupled models
  • atmospheric mesoscale modeling
  • cloud physics
• Humes
  • estimation of surface energy fluxes with remote sensing
• Maidment
  • Texas water balance
• Padmanabhan
  • hydrologic modeling
• Peake
  • radiation budget
  • evapotranspiration
  • microclimate
  • remote sensing
• Rowe
  • mesoscale atmospheric models
  • surface energy fluxes
• Senay
  • evapotranspiration and soil moisture
  • remote sensing and gis
• Webb
  • geochemistry
  • water quality;

5. What weaknesses/conflicts have been identified and how will they be resolved?

• Problems
  • no leader yet
  • challenge of distance
• Solution
  • virtual community on web
  • periodic face to face meetings at central location

6. Which organizations are potential funders?

• NSF
  • Hydroscience
  • WEAVE Program
  • STC
  • Water and Watersheds
• NASA
  • Hydrology Program (MTPE)
  • EPSCoR
• EPA
  • Great Plains Alliance
• Western Governors Alliance

7. Which groups are likely to be significant competitors?

• not an issue

8. What are the projected outcomes of the alliance?

• funding for virtual center
• funding for workshops/meetings
• recognition by supercomputing center as a distinct entity
• cooperative regional alliance (Great Plains Science-Hydrology?)
• development of a coupled model

9. What are the added values from the alliance to help realize these outcomes?

• multiple personnel talents
• extended infrastructure
• flywheel effect

10. Why is this need/opportunity attractive at the present time?

• emerging knowledge that water is critical to Great Plains economy and life
• technology is available to solve science and collaboration problems

11. Will the alliance members' institutions be supportive? How?

• Yes, but variable
  • Ken Bishop will supply NCSA relations
  • Jeff Peake will supply a web site and act as web master.

12. What outcomes/decisions have been agreed to?

Agreed to form a virtual community with the purpose of extending and developing research theme and maintain momentum. Will seek funding for periodic meetings via EPSCoR.

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