Papers Published

1. Gochis, David and Anderson, Bruce and Barros, Ana and Gettelman, Andrew and Wang, Junhong and Braun, John and Cantrell, Will and Chen, YangQuan and Fox, Neil and Geerts, Bart and Han, Weiqing and Herzog, Michael and Kucera, Paul and Kursinski, Robert and Laing, Arlene and Liu, Changhai and Maloney, Eric D. and Margulis, Steve and Schultz, David and Sherwood, Steven and Sobel, Adam and Vomel, Holger and Wang, Zhien, The water cycle across scales, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, vol. 86 no. 12 (2005), pp. 1743 - 1746 [BAMS-86-12-1743] .
   (last updated on 2007/04/08)

   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.

   Keywords:
   Water;Earth atmosphere;Ecosystems;Hydrology;Water resources;Heat convection;Flow interactions;