Community
CUAHSI’s multidisciplinary community consists of students, educators, researchers, volunteer scientists, outreach coordinators, environmental and watershed organizations, and corporate entities. Our goal is for all who are involved in water science, water-resources management or water-resources protection and enhancement to find a place in the CUAHSI community.
We facilitate the sharing of resources, information, and expertise across a diverse range of disciplines to collaboratively solve problems from different perspectives. Resources and programs of interest relevant to the broader water science community are compiled here. Please contact us at email hidden; JavaScript is required if you have a resource that you would like to make available to the community or if you are interested in partnering on a project. Please fill out this form if you have a job you'd like posted on the CUAHSI job board.
CZNet
The Critical Zone Collaborative Network
CUAHSI is the Coordinating Hub for the Critical Zone Collaborative Network (CZNet), the next phase of NSF’s Critical Zone research program. The CZNet is comprised of nine Thematic Clusters with a wide range of geological, climatic, and land use settings that provide an opportunity to better understand the critical zone. CUAHSI's CZ Hub activities enhance existing CUAHSI water data services, broaden the CUAHSI community, and build on CUAHSI's strengths of education and community support.
News
Water resources management by Indigenous Peoples in the U.S. is a complex issue hindered by the lack of reliable and accessible high-quality databases. To address this challenge, we have initiated a research project to evaluate the availability of water-related databases for reservation lands in the U.S. The project focuses on the discoverability and reusability assessment of these databases in terms of both water quality and quantity variables with the goal of environmental justice for Indigenous communities.
The Environmental Responsibility 5-R Framework provides researchers across disciplines with a valuable toolbox for critically evaluating and mitigating the environmental impacts of their work. This framework provides actionable methods to this end by providing resources for incorporating data and computational costs into their research recognition, refining research questions through open-source data platforms, and optimizing codes for minimal resource usage. With the 5-R Framework in practice, we believe that scientists can pursue environmentally responsible practices while leveraging the power of data science and informatics.
2023 CUAHSI Biennial Recap
CUAHSI would like to thank everyone who participated in the 2023 Biennial Colloquium, held from June 11-14 at the Granlibakken Resort in Tahoe City, CA.
Understanding the driving mechanisms of droughts is critical for reducing and minimizing their impact. In this blog post, we employ a deep learning algorithm to predict the drought propagation mechanism over CONUS based hydrocliamte characteristics of NHDPlus catchments. We use HyRiver to retrieve and process the required input data including climate time series and catchment attributes and PyTorch Tabular to predict the drought propagation mechanisms.
Digital transformation stands to transform the operation and design of urban water networks. However, fundamental socio-technical knowledge gaps must be answered before these systems become commonplace. In this post, I make a case that open-source philosophy can help address some of these challenges and create accessible and equitable digital water technologies.
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Upcoming Events
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Deadline to Submit Proposals for WaterSciCon24
The Water Science Conference (WaterSciCon) brings the water community together every two years to share research, collaborate, and plan for the future. WaterSciCon 2024 will be held the week of 23 June 2024 in St. Paul, Minnesota.
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The What, Why, and How of Building Your Personal Research Brand – Part I: Panel Webinar
2023 Navigating Academic Waters Series with AGU H3S: Finding your Niche. All early career hydrologists (ECR) have a personal brand. The question is, how well developed it is, and does it align with their personal and professional goals? Through a moderated panel discussion with researchers that have well-developed personal brands, we will define what a personal brand is and explain why it matters. We will also identify multiple strategies to help ECRs craft, build, and develop the personal brand that they desire.
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GSA Connects 2023
The Geological Society of America is holding its annual fall meeting, GSA Connects 2023, in Pittsburgh, PA from October 15-18, 2023. Visit the event website for more details.
