Review of USGCRP Plan for a New Science Initiative on the Global Water Cycle (2002) / Chapter Skim
Currently Skimming:
2 Overview: A Plan for a New Science Initiative on the Global Water Cycle
2 Overview: A Plan for a New Science Initiative on the Global Water Cycle
Pages 3-6
The Chapter Skim interface presents what we've algorithmically identified as the most significant single chunk of text within every page in the chapter.
Select key terms on the right to highlight them within pages of the chapter.
From page 3... ...
In addition, water exerts a profound influence on human activities and natural environmental processes. Global change related to anthropogenic effects on climate, land use, and water use increases the uncertainty in forecasts of the water cycle, especially as these forecasts relate to the management of water resources and mitigation of natural hazards.
|
From page 4... ...
Pillar Initiative 2: Determine the deeper scientific understanding needed to substantially reduce the losses and costs associated with watercycle calamities such as droughts, floods, and coastal eutrophication, and incorporate it into prediction systems. Pillar Initiative 3: Develop the scientifically based capacity to predict the effects of changes in land use, land cover, and cryospheric processes on the cycling of water and associated geochemical constituents.
|
From page 5... ...
In comparing the science questions posed in Table 2.1 to the water cycle science plan's chapters, we note that there is a direct correspondence between the central three chapters (Chapters 2-4) and the three questions; in fact, the chapters provide the background and rationale for the science questions.
|
Key Terms
This material may be derived from roughly machine-read images, and so is provided only to facilitate research.
More
information on Chapter Skim is available.