2020 soil moisture at a glance
Why does soil moisture matter?
Soil moisture is one of the key factors in determining volume of spring runoff, forming…
Resources
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A community-supported weather and soil moisture monitoring database of the Roaring Fork catchment of the Colorado River Headwaters
A data note describing instrumentation, data collection, and data management methods for AGCI’s Roaring Fork Observation Network (iRON).
On frost and fretful stations
It was a breathtakingly beautiful morning today, 10ºF by the thermometer on my dashboard as we parked and prepared to hike…
Long-Term Planning in the Colorado River Basin: The Challenge of Deep Uncertainty
The Colorado River is critically important--it supplies water to over 40 million people, irrigates over 5 million acres of agriculture, and supports hydropower, environmental, and recreational resources. The Colorado River Basin is also incredibly complex--it spans seven U.S. states and two Mexican states, has highly variable hydrology, and is overallocated. Long-term planning in the Colorado River Basin has always been challenging due to uncertainties in hydrology, demand, policy, and different management priorities among stakeholders. These challenges are now exacerbated by the need to account for potential impacts of climate change. This context is best described as deep uncertainty, where a wide range of assumptions about future conditions are plausible, multiple management perspectives are expressed, and it is impossible to identify the best assumptions about conditions or priorities.
This talk presents studies conducted by Bureau of Reclamation's Colorado River Basin Modeling and Research Team that demonstrate uncertainty in climate and hydrology and explore Decision Making under Deep Uncertainty (DMDU) techniques to help address planning challenges.