Building a unified global platform for monitoring the planet's largest freshwater resource
In short: Researchers outlining a vision for global groundwater management found that while progress is being made, groundwater has historically been simplified or excluded from global models. They highlight the urgent need for a new, interdisciplinary platform that can integrate monitoring data with larger earth system models to better predict water distribution.
The authors identify significant technological and data challenges that currently limit our ability to model the subsurface. To succeed, they argue that a global groundwater framework must move beyond the modeling community alone, requiring an interdisciplinary approach to seamlessly connect observational datasets with global circulation models.
Why it matters: Integrating groundwater into global climate models is essential for understanding the planet's water cycle.
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- Source: Research: Condon et al. (2021). Global Groundwater Modeling and Monitoring: Opportunities and Challenges. Water Resources Research. · cc-by
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