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1、WATERRESOURCESRESEARCH,VOL.44,W05S02,doi:10.1029/2006WR005691,2008AbriefbackgroundontheU.S.DepartmentofAgricultureAgriculturalResearchServiceWalnutGulchExperimentalWatershed1111K.G.Renard,M.H.Nichols,D.A.Woolhiser,andH.B.OsbornReceived31October2006;revised23July2007;acce
2、pted18December2007;published6May2008.[1]Watershedresearchiscriticalforquantifyingtheuniquecharacteristicsofhydrologicprocessesworldwideandespeciallyinsemiaridregions.In1953,theUnitedStatesDepartmentofAgricultureestablishedtheWalnutGulchExperimentalWatershed(WGEW)nearTomb
3、stone,Arizona,toconducthydrologicanderosionresearch.Thismanuscript(1)providesahistoricalcontextsummarizingtheevolutionoftheSouthwestWatershedResearchCenterresearchprogram,(2)describessignificantcontributionstoinstrumentationdevelopmentandcontributionstoscience,and(3)desc
4、ribesthecurrentWGEWdatacollectionprograminthecontextofcontemporaryresearchquestions.Thedevelopmentofspecializedflumesforstreamflowmeasurementandtheestablishmentofthecoremonitoringnetworksaredescribed.WGEWdatahavebeenusedtoquantifysemiaridrainfall,runoff,infiltration,andt
5、ransmissionlosses;todevelopandvalidatesimulationmodels;andtosupportbroader,regional,basin-scaleresearch.Currently,rainfall,runoff,sediment,meteorology,andfluxdatacollectioncontinueattheWGEW,butthemonitoringnetworkhasbeenexpanded,anddatausehasevolvedtosupportseveralmultip
6、legovernmentagencies,universities,andinternationalresearchprograms.Citation:Renard,K.G.,M.H.Nichols,D.A.Woolhiser,andH.B.Osborn(2008),AbriefbackgroundontheU.S.DepartmentofAgricultureAgriculturalResearchServiceWalnutGulchExperimentalWatershed,WaterResour.Res.,44,W05S02,do
7、i:10.1029/2006WR005691.1.Introductionspecificconcernsforsoilandwaterconservationledtotheexpansionofanationalwatershedresearchprograminthe[2]Soilandwaterhavelongbeenrecognizedasfunda-1930sandagaininthe1950sthatcouldbuilduponandmentalresourcessustainingtheviabilityandprodu
8、ctivityofintegratepriorscientificadvancestoaddressnationalsoilsociety.Increasingly,conservationandeffic
