We Design and Apply Computer Simulation Models to:
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Estimate how ecosystem services and water resources will respond to environmental change and human actions
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Integrate data from diverse sources (remote sensing, field observations, chemicals, flow rates) with mechanistic understanding
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Visualize the invisible movement of water, and materials through the environment
RHESSys: The Regional Hydro-Ecologic Simulation System
- A GIS-based, hydro-ecological modeling framework designed to simulate carbon, water, and nutrient fluxes
- Combines a set of physically-based process models and a methodology for partitioning and parameterizing the landscape
- Models the spatial distribution and spatio-temporal interactions between different processes at the watershed scale