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WaDE: Watershed Dynamics and Evolution

Watersheds such as the Tennessee River Basin are changing rapidly because of human impacts on the environment including changes in the way we use land. These changes can alter water storage and the impact of rainfall runoff at a time when rain events are becoming more frequent and intense. The Watershed Dynamics and Evolution project aims to better predict the consequences of intense precipitation and changes in land use on how watersheds function.

Keywords	biogeochemistry, biogeochemistry Studies the cycle of key elements like carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus within Earth's systems. It explores how these elements interact and the factors influencing their cycles. Source: Oak Ridge Biogeochemical Dynamics Source high performance computing, high-performance computing (HPC) High-performance computing – the most powerful and largest scale computing systems – enables researchers to study systems that would otherwise be impractical, or impossible, to investigate in the real world due to their complexity or the danger they pose Source: DOE Office of Science Source land-use and land cover change, precipitation, water, watershed
TYPE	Scientific Focus Area

Keywords

biogeochemistry, high performance computing, land-use and land cover change, precipitation, water, watershed

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Scientific Focus Area

Principal Investigator (PI)

Eric Pierce

Lead Institution

Other Collaborators

Colorado School of Mines Kansas State University Oregon State University University of Colorado at Boulder University of Florida Virginia Tech

Conceptual diagram of research activities focused on improving our predictive understanding of watershed function under changing land use and climate conditions. (Image credit: Oak Ridge National Lab)

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