Community Modeling and Long-Term Predictions of the Integrated Water Cycle. Report from the September 2012 Workshop

Abstract

PrefaceWater is a key component of the earth and human systems due to its strong interactions with the energy cycle and its vital roles in the energy-water-land system. Uncertainties in predicting the integrated water cycle can limit our abilities to address the energy and environmental challenges today and in the future. Modeling the integrated water cycle contributes to the Department of Energy's (DOE) core competencies in integrative modeling, drawing from unique and highly relevant research on cloud, aerosol, terrestrial ecosystem, carbon cycle, and subsurface processes, as well as climate and earth system modeling and integrated assessment modeling. Synthesizing new process knowledge and innovative computational methods in integrated models of the human-earth system can advance predictive capabilities relevant to DOE missions. This report describes the DOE workshop onCommunity Modeling and Long-Term Predictions of the Integrated Water Cycle, held September 2012 in Washington DC. The workshop serves as a launching point and major organizing event to identify challenges and plan the development of nextgeneration human-earth system models for improving long-term predictions of the regional-scale integrated water cycle. More specifically, the workshop aims to: Community Modeling and Long-Term Predictions of the Integrated Water Cycle