Reynolds Creek Experimental Watershed and Critical Zone Observatory

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dc.contributor.authorSeyfried, Mark S.en
dc.contributor.authorLohse, Kathleen A.en
dc.contributor.authorMarks, Dannyen
dc.contributor.authorFlerchinger, Geralden
dc.contributor.authorPierson, Freden
dc.contributor.authorHolbrook, W. Stevenen
dc.contributor.departmentGeosciencesen
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-09T14:18:10Zen
dc.date.available2020-03-09T14:18:10Zen
dc.date.issued2018-12-13en
dc.description.abstractThe Reynolds Creek Experimental Watershed (RCEW) was established in 1960 as an "outdoor hydrological laboratory" to investigate hydrological processes of interest in the interior northwestern part of the United States. Initial emphasis was on installing and testing instrumentation and data collection and dissemination. The initial instrumentation network sampled the climatic gradient within the 239-km(2) watershed and focused on specific subwatersheds for intensive instrumentation. This network has expanded and supported ad hoc research and provides a stable platform for the development of long-term programs supporting research and model development in snow hydrology, climate change, water and energy balance, land management, carbon cycling, and critical zone hydrology. Recently, the challenge taken up at the RCEW is to integrate different processes over space for applications to larger areas outside the watershed. The presence of steep local environmental gradients associated with topography in addition to more gradual, elevational gradients requires high-resolution modeling. The snow hydrology program has demonstrated the potential for high-resolution, process-based modeling across large landscapes. The direct linkage of biogeochemical processes with hydrological processes ultimately requires a multidisciplinary approach that has been adopted at the RCEW since inclusion in the Critical Zone Observatory program. We think that coupling of these processes will lead to a better understanding and management of natural resources on the landscape.en
dc.description.adminPublic domain – authored by a U.S. government employeeen
dc.description.notesThis work was partially funded by NSF RC CZO Cooperative Agreement no. EAR 1331872.en
dc.description.sponsorshipNSF RC CZO [EAR 1331872]en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.2136/vzj2018.07.0129en
dc.identifier.issn1539-1663en
dc.identifier.issue1en
dc.identifier.other180129en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/97259en
dc.identifier.volume17en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.rightsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedicationen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/en
dc.titleReynolds Creek Experimental Watershed and Critical Zone Observatoryen
dc.title.serialVadose Zone Journalen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
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