CLEANER and NSF's environmental observatories /
Degradation of the nation's water resources threatens the health of humans and the functioning of natural ecosystems. To help better understand the causes of these adverse impacts and how they might be more effectively mitigated, especially in urban and human-stressed aquatic systems, the Natio...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Autores Corporativos: | , |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington, D.C. :
National Academies Press,
©2006.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Preface
- Contents
- Summary
- 1 Introduction
- CLEANER
- Scope and Purpose of this Report
- 2 CLEANER and the Observatory Approach
- Value of the Observatory Approach
- Can CLEANER Be Transformative63;
- How Can CLEANER Fill in the Gaps63;
- Summary
- 3 Grand Water Challenges and Research Questions
- Research Criteria
- Research Areas
- Summary
- 4 Implementing Environmental Observatories
- Coordination of Environmental Observatories
- CLEANER Cyberinfrastructure Issues
- Dissemination44; Outreach44; and Education
- Some Necessary Conditions
- Summary
- References
- Acronyms
- Appendixes
- Appendix A Water Science and Technology Board
- Appendix B Biographical Sketches for Committee on the Collaborative Large45;scale Engineering Analysis Network for Environmental Research 40;CLEANER41;
- Last Page.