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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...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Authors: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on the Collaborative Large-scale Engineering Analysis Network for Environmental Research, National Research Council (U.S.). Water Science and Technology Board
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2006.
Subjects:
Environmental protection > United States.
Laboratories > United States.
Laboratoires > États-Unis.
SCIENCE > Environmental Science (see also Chemistry > Environmental)
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Environmental Policy.
Environmental protection
Laboratories
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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