Subsurface Hydrology

Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 171.<br /><br />Groundwater is a critical resource and the PrinciPal source of drinking water for over 1.5 billion people. In 2001, the National Research Council cited as a “grand challenge” our need to understand the processes that control water movement in the subsurface. This volume faces that challenge in terms of data integration between complex, multi-scale hydrologie processes, and their links to other physical, chemical, and biological processes at multiple scales. <p><i>Subsurface Hydrology: Data Integration for Properties and Processes</i> presents the current state of the science in four aspects:</p> <ul> <li>Approaches to hydrologie data integration</li> <li>Data integration for characterization of hydrologie properties</li> <li>Data integration for understanding hydrologie processes</li> <li>Meta-analysis of current interpretations</li> </ul> <p>Scientists and researchers in the field, the laboratory, and the classroom will find this work an important resource in advancing our understanding of subsurface water movement.</p>