G1: Water Resources State and Change
Moderators: Robert Heinse, University of Idaho; Amanda White, Los Alamos National Laboratory; Caiti Steele, New Mexico State University
This session's aim is to create an inventory and venue for continuing and fostering inter-disciplinary research efforts. Within the common theme of water resources, presentations will help facilitate discussion centered on leitmotifs of interdisciplinary approaches, and provide a showcase and opportunity to educate the Tri-State community about exciting new initiatives.
Presentations:
Jose' Rivera, University of New Mexico: Acequia water systems linking culture and nature- the Rio Chama Basin as a case study in interdiciplinary and transformative research | | Thomas Piechota, University of Nevada, Las Vegas: Vulnerability and resilience of urban water systems under uncertain changing climate scenarios | | John Mejia, Desert Research Institute: Evaluation of three climate downscaling techniques in forcing a coupled hydrological model in a snow-dominated watershed in the Lake Tahoe Basin |