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From page 304...
... Hydrologic science has not had the benefit of this organized infrastructure, however, as it has grown in response to and been constrained by the evolving engineering and management needs of contemporary societal water problems: first water supply, then flood control, and more recently pollution abatement. Development of hydrology as a science is vital to the current effort to understand the interactive behavior of the earth system because of the key role that the hydrologic cycle is now known to play therein.
From page 305...
... At the graduate level, this committee recommends establishment of special research fellowships in the hydrologic sciences. These should be designed to train students for research in a specific branch of
From page 308...
... for other teachers. Summer institutes for especially talented science and mathematics students should be established at colleges and universities to stimulate interest in careers in the hydrologic sciences by providing hands-on problem-solving activities.
From page 309...
... Timely study of these isolated phenomena could be facilitated if funding agencies had a mechanism for releasing funds on extremely short notice to put investigators into the field. It should be the responsibility of universities and government agencies to inculcate the necessary planning and observational skills for all these modes of research through a steadfast, long-term commitment to the teaching and financial support of field work in the hydrologic sciences.
From page 310...
... Societies such as the American Geophysical Union, the American Meteorological Society, and the Ecological Society of America can draw attention to the problems and needs of hydrologic science through such activities as preparing, disseminating, and advocating positions on issues of hydrologic science that are of public interest; sponsoring graduate fellowships; generating educational material for use in secondary schools; publishing review articles about hydrologic science directed at readers from allied sciences; and facilitating the organization of international scientific research programs.
From page 312...
... The primary existing outlet for hydrologic science in the United States is Water Resources Research, which is arguably the premier journal in the world for a broad spectrum of water research from science to application and policy. It is not widely read in the broader geosciences community, however.
From page 313...
... RESOURCES AND STRATEGIES 313 · Stimulate joint meetings and symposia among the relevant scientific societies concerning issues of hydrologic science in order to foster interdisciplinary understanding and cooperation. · Review, in five years, the progress toward achieving the goals elaborated in this report, assessing the vitality of the field, surveying the changes that have occurred, and making recommendations for further action.


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