Freshwater Integration study (FWI) Working Groups

WORKING GROUP FORMATION
As a direct outcome of the initial Breakout Group Discussions and subsequent Plenary at the 2004 FWI All-Hands Meeting, two Working Groups were formed to play a central role in synthesis and integration activities over the course of the next year and beyond. Participants decided to focus on the Three Original Questions posed in the NSF-ARCSS Arctic Freshwater Cycle Announcement of Opportunity (AO) and to constitute and organize the groups around these questions:

The Budgeteers Working Group will focus on the first part of Q1, Quantifying Stocks and Fluxes, while the Changes & Attributions Working Group will focus on the remaining questions. Chairs were selected for each of the Working Sub-groups (i.e., Atmosphere, Land, Ocean, and Global Processes), and these individuals are listed in the boxes above.

The working groups should independently work for now, but realize that we will later come together to combine synthesis findings. The activities and findings of the working groups will form the core of the 2005 FWI All-Hands Synthesis Talks.

Additional information for the Working Groups will be posted soon, including presentations from the FWI All-Hands Woods Hole Meeting and timelines and milestones.