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Analysis and synthesis of headwater streamflow modeling and downstream effects
Citation:
Christensen, J., H. Golden, C. Lane, D. Mahoney, K. Jaeger, AND R. Sando. Analysis and synthesis of headwater streamflow modeling and downstream effects. Powell Center workshop for Headwater Modeling, Fort Collins, CO, July 31 - August 04, 2023.
Impact/Purpose:
Headwater streams are important to ecosystem health, are challenging to characterize, and regulatory policies vary in their protection of these systems. this workshop is to bring together top scientists to discuss, review and synthesize approaches to modeling headwater dynamics. A better understanding of both the spatial and temporal dynamics of headwaters is important to defining their role in healthy watersheds and how such characterizations might inform regulatory policies.
Description:
There is a critical need for improved headwater stream modeling, as headwaters are vulnerable to loss, destruction, or hydrologic alterations. Advancing the science of headwater hydrology and their connections and effects downstream will better inform management of these systems. To help meet this need, an EPA-USGS Joint Headwaters Research Working Group will organize an analysis and synthesis of modeling headwater streamflow and downstream effects across CONUS, identify where gaps and challenges exist in our current streamflow modeling and consider downstream hydrological effects. While we hope to have multiple in-person meetings, the first meeting will focus on developing the perceptual framework and synthesizing the current state of the science on process-based and empirical hydrological models for headwater streamflow characterization.
