Delivering Water Resources Information 5/5/201511 Socio-Economic Needs and Benefits –Multidisciplinary social science studies with demonstrations of product and service benefits Water Resource Data Assimilation –Doppler radar dual polarization and satellite quantitative precipitation, snow, satellite vegetation, soil moisture, evaporation, tides, estuary water quality Fresh Water Forecasting –High spatial resolution water resources information grids –Daily to seasonal probabilistic forecasts –Improved forecast information for extreme events (floods and droughts) Estuary-Fresh Water Ecosystem Predictions –Fresh water forecast information directly incorporated into assessments of ecosystem stress –Routine predictions of coastal water conditions NOAA's Water Resources Themes and Objectives
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