My first summer in the Sierra

Muir, John

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“…The upper Tuolumne River Watershed was made famous by John Muir's “first summer in the Sierra” in 1870 [ Muir , ] and became protected as part of Yosemite National Park in 1890. The summer headquarters of the Sierra Club from 1912 to 1973 were located in Tuolumne Meadows beside the river [ O'Neill , ], and the watershed drains to the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir behind the O'Shaughnessy Dam, which was initially constructed in 1923, completed in 1938, and provides hydropower and drinking water to the city of San Francisco and other cities on the San Francisco peninsula.…”

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Yosemite Hydroclimate Network: Distributed stream and atmospheric data for the Tuolumne River watershed and surroundings

Lundquist

Roche

Forrester

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Water Resources Research

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Regions of complex topography and remote wilderness terrain have spatially varying patterns of temperature and streamflow, but due to inherent difficulties of access, are often very poorly sampled. Here we present a data set of distributed stream stage, streamflow, stream temperature, barometric pressure, and air temperature from the Tuolumne River Watershed in Yosemite National Park, Sierra Nevada, California, USA, for water years 2002–2015, as well as a quality‐controlled hourly meteorological forcing time series for use in hydrologic modeling. We also provide snow data and daily inflow to the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir for 1970–2015. This paper describes data collected using low‐visibility and low‐impact installations for wilderness locations and can be used alone or as a critical supplement to ancillary data sets collected by cooperating agencies, referenced herein. This data set provides a unique opportunity to understand spatial patterns and scaling of hydroclimatic processes in complex terrain and can be used to evaluate downscaling techniques or distributed modeling. The paper also provides an example methodology and lessons learned in conducting hydroclimatic monitoring in remote wilderness.

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Yosemite Hydroclimate Network: Distributed stream and atmospheric data for the Tuolumne River watershed and surroundings

Lundquist

Roche

Forrester

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Water Resources Research

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“…As John Muir noted generations ago, “When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe”; [8] and research, practice, and policy are no exception. These areas are intrinsically linked through dynamic interrelationships, which are characterized by synergies, resonance, and reciprocity.…”

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Creating a healthier tomorrow through research, practice, and policy

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2010

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“…Many nonscientists, too, have experienced their own transformative moments over the past 30 years, as globalization of economies, instant worldwide communication, and rapid transport of goods have altered old relations among nations and enterprises. John Muir's quote from 1911, "When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe," applies today as we recognize that the phenomenal economic expansion and improved public health of the past few decades have come with environmental costs, some of which may threaten the survival of humanity (Muir, 1911). In fact, the impact of mankind on the planet has expanded to the extent that we live today in what some have called the "Anthropocene"-a new geologic epoch in which humankind has emerged as a globally important force capable of reshaping the face of the planet (Crutzen, 2002;Clark and…”

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Facing tomorrow’s challenges—U.S. Geological Survey science in the decade 2007–2017

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In 1996, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) drafted a strategic plan that considered the internal and external drivers and challenges we faced at that time. It was intended as a 10year view of the future, establishing goals that would guide the USGS into the next century. It served its purpose well-but the drivers and challenges the Nation faces today are markedly different from those of 1996, and by 2006 the USGS needed a new strategic science vision. The science strategy presented in this document was prepared by the Science Strategy Team (SST), a group of USGS scientists selected for its broad range of expertise, experience in strategic thinking, and proven customer relationship-building skills. The charter (see Appendix) tasked the SST to develop "… a comprehensive vision, with science goals and priorities that unite all bureau capabilities toward challenges for the future …." The major objective was to guide planning over the next decade by identifying opportunities for the USGS to better use its remarkable scientific capabilities to serve the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) and the Nation. The resulting high-level strategy does not reflect all aspects of USGS work; in fact, it does not directly deal with the details of many things that the USGS does extremely well and that are critical to the mission. The intent is that the science strategy will outline areas where natural science can make substantial contributions to the well-being of the Nation and the world. This strategy is intended to inform long-term approaches to USGS program planning, technology investment, partnership development, and workforce and human capital strategies. This science strategy builds upon a hierarchy of planning documents. It provides a science-based response to the overarching DOI strategic plan and is a follow-up to the 1993 publication, "The U.S. Geological Survey: A Vision for the 21st Century." The present document differs from two previous strategic plans (those of 1995-2005 and 2000-2009), which were heavily operational in their focus. The current portfolio of USGS monitoring and research efforts has evolved under comprehensive planning processes at a variety of organizational levels. Planning documents have been produced at the discipline, program, center, team, and project levels. All of these previous planning efforts contributed to this report. The process of developing the strategy was launched at a meeting of the full SST in early February 2006. Team members initially reviewed a range of strategy documents from a spectrum of governmental and nongovernmental sources. Within the USGS, the SST sought input from USGS program coordinators, senior scientists, an advisory group of about 50 USGS researchers selected for their breadth of expertise, a USGS leadership training class, and ultimately, the entire USGS workforce. Subsets of the SST met with groups of employees at several USGS worksites. A Customer Listening Session that focused on developing the science strategy was held in Washington, D.C., May 1, 2006, and S...

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My first summer in the Sierra

Cited by 208 publications

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Yosemite Hydroclimate Network: Distributed stream and atmospheric data for the Tuolumne River watershed and surroundings

Yosemite Hydroclimate Network: Distributed stream and atmospheric data for the Tuolumne River watershed and surroundings

Creating a healthier tomorrow through research, practice, and policy

Facing tomorrow’s challenges—U.S. Geological Survey science in the decade 2007–2017

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