Linkages

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Linkages

• Biogeochemistry C, N, P
• Contaminants
• Sediments
• Atmosphere
• Ocean
• Terrestrial and aquatic ecology
• Engineered infrastructure
• Land use
• Water use
• Economics and water management policy

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CHyMP Focus

• Infrastructure to support modeling process,
  including these linkages
• Linkages require multiple spatial and temporal
  scales local to continental spatial scale
• Run coupled models
• Research should include support for understanding
  and testing impacts in alternative scenarios for
• Hypoxia, nutrient cycling/loadings
• Climate change
• Biofuels

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CHyMP Focus (Contd.)

• Need fully coupled linkages with models from
  hydrology and other disciplines to do this
• For applications to policy and other outreach,
  need
• Mechanism for vetting models and transitioning
  research models to models with community
  acceptance as state of the art
• Periodic reporting on state of the nations water
  (water census), for both quality and quantity
• Include other water disciplines in planning to
  address linkages
• Invite them and discuss how to be inclusive at
  next workshop.