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The report identifies key variables to be monitored and data-managed in terms of river science. Specific ideas include enhancements in streamflow, biological, and sediment monitoring and include establishing multidisciplinary, integrated reach-scale monitoring sites and a comprehensive national sediment monitoring program. The USGS is encouraged to be at the forefront of new technology application, including airborne lidar and embedded, networked, wireless sensors.
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River Science at the U.S. Geological Survey
Consensus Study Report
·2007
Rivers provide about 60 percent of the nation's drinking water and irrigation water and 10 percent of the nation's electric power needs. The multiple and sometimes incompatible services demanded of rivers often lead to policy and management conflicts that require the integration of science-based inf...
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