Ryan E. Emanuel (Lumbee), Associate Professor, Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University - September 2016
UCAR Congressional Briefing
Water influences ecological processes and patterns; ecosystems influence water quantity and quality; ecohydrology focuses on these water-life interactions.
UCAR Congressional Briefing
Edward P. Clark, Director, Geo-Intelligence Office of Water Prediction, National Water Center - September 2016
UCAR Congressional Briefing
The National Water Model is a collaborative effort, with hydrography data developed by the USGS and EPA, modeling framework developed by NCAR, and testing and deployment supported by CUAHSI and the National Water Center. The National Water Center - opened in 2015 - is the nation's first facility dedicated to water forecasts, research, and collaboration across federal water science and management agencies.
Richard P. Hooper, Executive Director, Consortium for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc. (CUAHSI) - September 2016
UCAR Congressional Briefing
The new National Water Model gives the university research community a framework for collaboration that supports interdisciplinary research. This new framework will also help move research to operations, providing a testbed for different process representations and connecting different scales for a more integrated view.
John McHenry, Chief Scientist, Advanced Meteorological Systems, Baron Services - September 2016
UCAR Congressional Briefing
Commercial weather companies partner with research community and government agencies to develop and deploy critical weather intelligence with the goal of reducing harm to people and property. The newly deployed National Water Model has significant promise for reducing flood-related disaster risks.
David J. Gochis, Scientist, National Center for Atmospheric Research - September 2016
UCAR Congressional Briefing
WRF-Hydro, a powerful NCAR-based computer model developed by a collaborative community drawing from academia, federal labs, and private industry, is the first nationwide operational system to provide continuous predictions of water levels and potential flooding in rivers and streams from coast to coast. NOAA's new Office of Water Prediction selected it last year as the core of the agency's new National Water Model. WRF-Hydro is designed to provide adaptable modeling for assimilation and prediction of precipitation, soil moisture, snowpack, groundwater, streamflow, and inundation.
SWaRMA_IRBM_Module2_#1, Tools and approaches for understanding biophysical dr...ICIMOD
This presentation is the part of 12-day (28 January–8 February 2019) training workshop on “Multi-scale Integrated River Basin Management (IRBM) from the Hindu Kush Himalayan Perspective” organized by the Strengthening Water Resources Management in Afghanistan (SWaRMA) Initiative of the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), and targeted at participants from Afghanistan.
Edward P. Clark, Director, Geo-Intelligence Office of Water Prediction, National Water Center - September 2016
UCAR Congressional Briefing
The National Water Model is a collaborative effort, with hydrography data developed by the USGS and EPA, modeling framework developed by NCAR, and testing and deployment supported by CUAHSI and the National Water Center. The National Water Center - opened in 2015 - is the nation's first facility dedicated to water forecasts, research, and collaboration across federal water science and management agencies.
Richard P. Hooper, Executive Director, Consortium for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc. (CUAHSI) - September 2016
UCAR Congressional Briefing
The new National Water Model gives the university research community a framework for collaboration that supports interdisciplinary research. This new framework will also help move research to operations, providing a testbed for different process representations and connecting different scales for a more integrated view.
John McHenry, Chief Scientist, Advanced Meteorological Systems, Baron Services - September 2016
UCAR Congressional Briefing
Commercial weather companies partner with research community and government agencies to develop and deploy critical weather intelligence with the goal of reducing harm to people and property. The newly deployed National Water Model has significant promise for reducing flood-related disaster risks.
David J. Gochis, Scientist, National Center for Atmospheric Research - September 2016
UCAR Congressional Briefing
WRF-Hydro, a powerful NCAR-based computer model developed by a collaborative community drawing from academia, federal labs, and private industry, is the first nationwide operational system to provide continuous predictions of water levels and potential flooding in rivers and streams from coast to coast. NOAA's new Office of Water Prediction selected it last year as the core of the agency's new National Water Model. WRF-Hydro is designed to provide adaptable modeling for assimilation and prediction of precipitation, soil moisture, snowpack, groundwater, streamflow, and inundation.
SWaRMA_IRBM_Module2_#1, Tools and approaches for understanding biophysical dr...ICIMOD
This presentation is the part of 12-day (28 January–8 February 2019) training workshop on “Multi-scale Integrated River Basin Management (IRBM) from the Hindu Kush Himalayan Perspective” organized by the Strengthening Water Resources Management in Afghanistan (SWaRMA) Initiative of the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), and targeted at participants from Afghanistan.
Rainwater Harvesting in Australia Can Sustain Up To 99% of Freshwater Needs...Billy_Swain
In 2014, researchers from the University of Western Sydney studied the reliability and cost-benefit ratio of rainwater harvesting systems for peri-urban regions in Greater Sydney. They found that rainwater collection can supply up to 99% of toilet and laundry needs during the wet season and 69-90% during the dry season.
Apwa presentation july 2013 water conservation with meter technology rev 2Jason Bethke
Presentation provided by FATHOM at the American Public Works Association Congress in Chicago 2013. Demonstrating how the latest meter technology for water utilities provides us the opportunity to increase revenue, decrease costs, delight our customers and save our most important resource.
Ecohydraulics. Environmental Flow Assessment and river restoration. Habitat suitability models for fish and aquatic invertebrates. Studies of habitat-biota relationships at microhabitat, mesohabitat and macrohabitat (distribution) scale.
Application and adaptation of the physical habitat simulation and habitat analyses in rivers and wetlands of different regions of the globe.
Ecological modelling. Statistical techniques and machine learning are used to develop habitat suitability models for native, non-native and invasive fish species, as well as for macroinvertebrate's taxa.
Modelling relations between Flow regime and Riparian vegetation.
EVALUATION OF GROUNDWATER QUALITY OF VAIPPAR BASIN, TAMIL NADU, INDIA: A GEOI...SagarChougule11
The Vaippar Basin, one of the important basins of Tamil Nadu is located between 9° 0' 05" & 9° 44' 56" N latitudes and 77° 23' 25" & 78° 17' 02" E longitudes with an area of 5339 sq.km. Groundwater samples were collected from 91 different locations in the Vaippar basin, Tamil Nadu, India. Groundwater quality data for the period of 30 years (1983 to 2013) of both pre-monsoon and post-monsoon periods were used to analyze the groundwater quality aspects of the Vaippar basin. The physico-chemical parameters such as Total Dissolved Solids (TDS), pH, HCO3-, Ca2+, Mg2+, Na+, K+, SO4-, NO3- and Cl have been analyzed to determine the geological and non-geological source of contamination. An overall hydrogeochemical analytical study using Electrical Conductivity, Sodium Adsorption Ratio (SAR), Sodium percentage (Na%) and Residual Sodium Carbonate (RSC) values reveals that most of the groundwater samples collected from the study area are suitable for drinking, irrigation, and industrial purposes.
Rainwater Harvesting in Australia Can Sustain Up To 99% of Freshwater Needs...Billy_Swain
In 2014, researchers from the University of Western Sydney studied the reliability and cost-benefit ratio of rainwater harvesting systems for peri-urban regions in Greater Sydney. They found that rainwater collection can supply up to 99% of toilet and laundry needs during the wet season and 69-90% during the dry season.
Apwa presentation july 2013 water conservation with meter technology rev 2Jason Bethke
Presentation provided by FATHOM at the American Public Works Association Congress in Chicago 2013. Demonstrating how the latest meter technology for water utilities provides us the opportunity to increase revenue, decrease costs, delight our customers and save our most important resource.
Ecohydraulics. Environmental Flow Assessment and river restoration. Habitat suitability models for fish and aquatic invertebrates. Studies of habitat-biota relationships at microhabitat, mesohabitat and macrohabitat (distribution) scale.
Application and adaptation of the physical habitat simulation and habitat analyses in rivers and wetlands of different regions of the globe.
Ecological modelling. Statistical techniques and machine learning are used to develop habitat suitability models for native, non-native and invasive fish species, as well as for macroinvertebrate's taxa.
Modelling relations between Flow regime and Riparian vegetation.
EVALUATION OF GROUNDWATER QUALITY OF VAIPPAR BASIN, TAMIL NADU, INDIA: A GEOI...SagarChougule11
The Vaippar Basin, one of the important basins of Tamil Nadu is located between 9° 0' 05" & 9° 44' 56" N latitudes and 77° 23' 25" & 78° 17' 02" E longitudes with an area of 5339 sq.km. Groundwater samples were collected from 91 different locations in the Vaippar basin, Tamil Nadu, India. Groundwater quality data for the period of 30 years (1983 to 2013) of both pre-monsoon and post-monsoon periods were used to analyze the groundwater quality aspects of the Vaippar basin. The physico-chemical parameters such as Total Dissolved Solids (TDS), pH, HCO3-, Ca2+, Mg2+, Na+, K+, SO4-, NO3- and Cl have been analyzed to determine the geological and non-geological source of contamination. An overall hydrogeochemical analytical study using Electrical Conductivity, Sodium Adsorption Ratio (SAR), Sodium percentage (Na%) and Residual Sodium Carbonate (RSC) values reveals that most of the groundwater samples collected from the study area are suitable for drinking, irrigation, and industrial purposes.
Water is the primary need for all vital life processes. Water itself is an environment, which support large number of organisms. However, it is highly affected due to increased population, industrialization and unplanned urbanization that makes pure water scanty to human beings. Day by day, water bodies are being highly contaminated and are becoming biological deserts. At the same time, the quality of standing water is becoming more and more unfit for humankind due to unwise use, negligence and mismanagement. The quality of life is linked with the quality of environment, hence biological components of fresh water depend solely on better physico-chemical conditions, and therefore, analysis of physic-chemical parameters of water is essential. The present study was conducted at two different stations in the Rangawali Dam, from tribal area. Samples were collected between June 2007 and May 2009 on a monthly basis and evaluated quantitatively. The study carried out for two years included following physicochemical parameters of the water samples. The regional climate at the site of study is distinctly marked in to three seasons, namely Monsoon (June to September) winter (October to January) and summer (February to May). The physico-chemical parameters like Rain Fall , Atmospheric temp, Water temp, pH, Dissolved Oxygen, Dissolved carbon dioxide, Calcium, Magnesium Chlorides and Sulphates were studied on seasonal basis, since the climatic changes seem to influence the ecological factors, and physicochemical parameters.
Dr. Jay Famiglietti - 21st Century Water Security and Implications for Animal...John Blue
21st Century Water Security and Implications for Animal Agriculture - Dr. Jay Famiglietti, Associate Professor at University of California, Irvine and Senior Water Scientist at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, from the 2015 NIAA Annual Conference titled 'Water and the Future of Animal Agriculture', March 23 - March 26, 2015, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
More presentations at http://www.trufflemedia.com/agmedia/conference/2015_niaa_water_future_animal_ag
Gokhan Danabasoglu, Senior Scientist and Community Earth System Model Chief Scientist, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
UCAR Congressional Briefing - April 2018
Ben Kirtman, Director, Cooperative Institute for Marine & Atmospheric Studies, University of Miami, Rosentiel School for Marine and Atmospheric Science
UCAR Congressional Briefing - April 2018
Alicia Karspeck, Climate Scientist and Associate Director of Research Partnerships, Jupiter Technology Systems, Inc.
UCAR Congressional Briefing - April 2018
Rebecca Morss, Senior Scientist and Deputy Director, Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology Laboratory of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) - November 2017 UCAR Congressional Briefing
Fuqing Zhang, Professor, Department of Meteorology and Department of Statistics; Director, Penn State Center for Advanced Data Assimilation and Predictability Techniques;
Pennsylvania State University - November 2017 UCAR Congressional Briefing
Today's wildfires are far outside the historic range of variability, with lasting consequences for our forests and open lands. Understanding the three fundamental forces governing fire behavior - fuel, topography, and weather - remains key to predicting how fires may behave in coming decades.
Fire modeling occurs over many scales. Many disparate communities are involved, from foresters and ecologists to engineers, atmospheric scientists, and remote sensing specialists. There are challenges obtaining good observational data. Researchers are working to build better physical models to help understand how wildfires spread, to fill in missing data, and to improve observations from a variety of sources.
Wildland fires are exceedingly complex phenomena. No human can integrate all the interacting factors in real-time. More sophisticated tools are needed that capture interactions between the fire and the local atmosphere. Research is yielding emerging wildfire decision support technologies that are primed to be transitioned to operations.
Scott McIntosh, Director, High Altitude Observatory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado
June 2016 - UCAR Congressional Briefing on Predicting Space Weather
Video of this presentation will be available soon.
Thomas Zurbuchen, Professor of Space Science and Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
June 2016 - UCAR Congressional Briefing on Space Weather Prediction
Video of this presentation will be available soon.
Vice Admiral (Retired) Conrad Lautenbacher, CEO, GeoOptics Inc., Pasadena, CA
June 2016 - UCAR Congressional Briefing on Space Weather Prediction
Video of this presentation will be available shortly.
Bruce Carmichael, Director, Aviation Applications Program, National Center for Atmospheric Research
February 2016 - UCAR Congressional Briefing on Aviation Weather Safety
Video of this presentation: https://president.ucar.edu/government-relations/washington-update/3594/aviation-weather-safety-ucar-congressional-briefing
Julienne Stroeve, Senior Scientist, National Snow and Ice Data Center - September 2015
UCAR Congressional Briefing
As shipping routes through the Arctic open, the need for short-term seasonal predictions of sea ice extent increases as well.
Video of this presentation: https://president.ucar.edu/government-relations/washington-update/851/state-arctic-ucar-congressional-briefing
Dr. David W. Titley, Rear Adm USN (ret) - Sept 2015
UCAR Congressional Briefing
The Arctic is changing, and not in a vacuum. It's time to get ready to address our security, access, and sovereignty.
Video of this presentation: https://president.ucar.edu/government-relations/washington-update/851/state-arctic-ucar-congressional-briefing
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Nutraceutical market, scope and growth: Herbal drug technologyLokesh Patil
As consumer awareness of health and wellness rises, the nutraceutical market—which includes goods like functional meals, drinks, and dietary supplements that provide health advantages beyond basic nutrition—is growing significantly. As healthcare expenses rise, the population ages, and people want natural and preventative health solutions more and more, this industry is increasing quickly. Further driving market expansion are product formulation innovations and the use of cutting-edge technology for customized nutrition. With its worldwide reach, the nutraceutical industry is expected to keep growing and provide significant chances for research and investment in a number of categories, including vitamins, minerals, probiotics, and herbal supplements.
Earliest Galaxies in the JADES Origins Field: Luminosity Function and Cosmic ...Sérgio Sacani
We characterize the earliest galaxy population in the JADES Origins Field (JOF), the deepest
imaging field observed with JWST. We make use of the ancillary Hubble optical images (5 filters
spanning 0.4−0.9µm) and novel JWST images with 14 filters spanning 0.8−5µm, including 7 mediumband filters, and reaching total exposure times of up to 46 hours per filter. We combine all our data
at > 2.3µm to construct an ultradeep image, reaching as deep as ≈ 31.4 AB mag in the stack and
30.3-31.0 AB mag (5σ, r = 0.1” circular aperture) in individual filters. We measure photometric
redshifts and use robust selection criteria to identify a sample of eight galaxy candidates at redshifts
z = 11.5 − 15. These objects show compact half-light radii of R1/2 ∼ 50 − 200pc, stellar masses of
M⋆ ∼ 107−108M⊙, and star-formation rates of SFR ∼ 0.1−1 M⊙ yr−1
. Our search finds no candidates
at 15 < z < 20, placing upper limits at these redshifts. We develop a forward modeling approach to
infer the properties of the evolving luminosity function without binning in redshift or luminosity that
marginalizes over the photometric redshift uncertainty of our candidate galaxies and incorporates the
impact of non-detections. We find a z = 12 luminosity function in good agreement with prior results,
and that the luminosity function normalization and UV luminosity density decline by a factor of ∼ 2.5
from z = 12 to z = 14. We discuss the possible implications of our results in the context of theoretical
models for evolution of the dark matter halo mass function.
Cancer cell metabolism: special Reference to Lactate PathwayAADYARAJPANDEY1
Normal Cell Metabolism:
Cellular respiration describes the series of steps that cells use to break down sugar and other chemicals to get the energy we need to function.
Energy is stored in the bonds of glucose and when glucose is broken down, much of that energy is released.
Cell utilize energy in the form of ATP.
The first step of respiration is called glycolysis. In a series of steps, glycolysis breaks glucose into two smaller molecules - a chemical called pyruvate. A small amount of ATP is formed during this process.
Most healthy cells continue the breakdown in a second process, called the Kreb's cycle. The Kreb's cycle allows cells to “burn” the pyruvates made in glycolysis to get more ATP.
The last step in the breakdown of glucose is called oxidative phosphorylation (Ox-Phos).
It takes place in specialized cell structures called mitochondria. This process produces a large amount of ATP. Importantly, cells need oxygen to complete oxidative phosphorylation.
If a cell completes only glycolysis, only 2 molecules of ATP are made per glucose. However, if the cell completes the entire respiration process (glycolysis - Kreb's - oxidative phosphorylation), about 36 molecules of ATP are created, giving it much more energy to use.
IN CANCER CELL:
Unlike healthy cells that "burn" the entire molecule of sugar to capture a large amount of energy as ATP, cancer cells are wasteful.
Cancer cells only partially break down sugar molecules. They overuse the first step of respiration, glycolysis. They frequently do not complete the second step, oxidative phosphorylation.
This results in only 2 molecules of ATP per each glucose molecule instead of the 36 or so ATPs healthy cells gain. As a result, cancer cells need to use a lot more sugar molecules to get enough energy to survive.
Unlike healthy cells that "burn" the entire molecule of sugar to capture a large amount of energy as ATP, cancer cells are wasteful.
Cancer cells only partially break down sugar molecules. They overuse the first step of respiration, glycolysis. They frequently do not complete the second step, oxidative phosphorylation.
This results in only 2 molecules of ATP per each glucose molecule instead of the 36 or so ATPs healthy cells gain. As a result, cancer cells need to use a lot more sugar molecules to get enough energy to survive.
introduction to WARBERG PHENOMENA:
WARBURG EFFECT Usually, cancer cells are highly glycolytic (glucose addiction) and take up more glucose than do normal cells from outside.
Otto Heinrich Warburg (; 8 October 1883 – 1 August 1970) In 1931 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology for his "discovery of the nature and mode of action of the respiratory enzyme.
WARNBURG EFFECT : cancer cells under aerobic (well-oxygenated) conditions to metabolize glucose to lactate (aerobic glycolysis) is known as the Warburg effect. Warburg made the observation that tumor slices consume glucose and secrete lactate at a higher rate than normal tissues.
A brief information about the SCOP protein database used in bioinformatics.
The Structural Classification of Proteins (SCOP) database is a comprehensive and authoritative resource for the structural and evolutionary relationships of proteins. It provides a detailed and curated classification of protein structures, grouping them into families, superfamilies, and folds based on their structural and sequence similarities.
Water for Ecosystems & Society: Mutual Benefits of the National Water Model & Watershed Ecohydrology Research
1. Ryan E. Emanuel (Lumbee)
Associate Professor, Department of Forestry and
Environmental Resources
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, North Carolina
September 13, 2016
Water for Ecosystems and Society:
The mutual benefits of the National
Water Model and watershed
ecohydrology research
2. THE NATIONAL WATER MODEL AND
WATERSHED ECOHYDROLOGY RESEARCH
Water
Quan*ty
&
Quality
Ecosystem
Responses
Ecological
Processes
Hydrological
Processes
Ecohydrology in a nutshell:
Ecohydrology
Ecosystems influence water quantity and quality.
Ecohydrology focuses on these water-life interactions.
Water influences ecological processes and patterns.
4. Water Availability and Carbon Cycling
THE NATIONAL WATER MODEL AND
WATERSHED ECOHYDROLOGY RESEARCH
Carbon
Evaporation+Transpiration
Soil Water
Mitchell, Emanuel and McGlynn, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology (2015)
Continuous, Multi-Year Record of Forest Dynamics
100’ Forest Flux Tower
5. Water Availability and Forest Health
THE NATIONAL WATER MODEL AND
WATERSHED ECOHYDROLOGY RESEARCH
Kaiser, McGlynn and Emanuel, Ecohydrology (2013)
Mountain Pine Beetle Infestation
Satellite + Airborne + Handheld Imaging Technology
Healthy
Infected
Dead
6. Ecological Processes Influence Runoff Generation
THE NATIONAL WATER MODEL AND
WATERSHED ECOHYDROLOGY RESEARCH
Nippgen, McGlynn and Emanuel, Water Resources Research (2015)
Late
Summer
Peak
Runoff
Early
Snowmelt
7. Water for Society
THE NATIONAL WATER MODEL AND
WATERSHED ECOHYDROLOGY RESEARCH
Rice, Emanuel, Vose and Nelson, Water Resources Research (2015)
Annual Streamflow Trends, 1940-2009
Minimum
Streamflow
Maximum
Streamflow
8. Water in the Native World
THE NATIONAL WATER MODEL AND
WATERSHED ECOHYDROLOGY RESEARCH
Norris and others, US Census Bureau (2012)
Interactive: http://go.ncsu.edu/TribalLands
See also:
Cozzetto and others, Climatic Change (2013)
Chief and others, Water (2016)
Present-Day Tribal Territories in the Conterminous US
9. Norris and others, US Census Bureau (2012)
Water in the Native World
THE NATIONAL WATER MODEL AND
WATERSHED ECOHYDROLOGY RESEARCH
Lumbee River
USGS Photo
Gold King Mine
USBR Photo
Lake Mead
Flickr Photo: (Lars Plougmann)
Dakota Access Pipeline