topDavid G. Tarboton—President–Elect, Hydrology
Eric F. Wood—President–Elect, Hydrology
Ying Fan—Secretary, Hydrology
Martha H. Conklin—Secretary, Hydrology
David G. Tarboton—President–Elect, Hydrology
Major interest is advancing the capability for hydrologic prediction through better process understanding, modeling, terrain analysis, and information systems. B.S. in engineering, University of Natal, Durban, South Africa, 1981. M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987. Sc.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1990. Faculty member at Utah State University since 1990. Visiting scientist, National Institute for Water and Atmospheric Research, New Zealand, 1997–1998. Member, American Society of Civil Engineers, American Water Resources Association. Forty-nine refereed publications, 18 in AGU journals. Key papers include "A new method for the determination of flow directions and upslope areas in grid digital elevation models," Water Resour. Res., 33(2), 309–319, 1997; "On the extraction of channel networks from digital elevation data," Hydrol. Processes, 5(1), 81–100, 1991; and "The fractal nature of river networks," Water Resour. Res., 24(8), 1317–1322, 1988. Water Resources Research Editor's Citation for Excellence in Refereeing, 1993. Associate editor, Water Resources Research, 1998–2003. Hydrology section surface water committee member, 1993 to present; deputy chair, 1994–1996, chair, 1996–1998. Convener of AGU special sessions on precipitation in topographically diverse regions, and snow hydrology. Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc. (CUAHSI), board of directors, 2005–2007; hosted CUAHSI National Workshop on Hydrologic Observatories, 2004. Unidata policy committee, 2006 to present. Water and Environmental Research Systems (WATERS) Network design team, 2007 to present. Member of three National Research Council committees over the past 7 years.
Statement: AGU is the top geosciences professional society in the world, and the Hydrology section is a vibrant part of this success. The Hydrology section community provides an important catalyst for the sharing and growth of hydrological knowledge. As president-elect/president of the Hydrology section, I will focus on strengths, growth areas, and opportunities. Water Resources Research (WRR) is the go-to journal in hydrology, and AGU meetings are popular, must-attend occasions for hydrology researchers worldwide. How can these be improved? I will seek opportunities for the Hydrology section to convey the excitement of research reported in WRR and at our meetings to the public and funding agencies in ways that enhance the scientific profile of hydrology and promote new approaches enabled by new technology to study the hydrologic cycle. I will encourage exploration of innovative ways to enhance AGU meetings through recording and electronic interactions to help manage growth and increase global impact without detracting from the freshness of the dialogue. As AGU becomes more international, there is the opportunity to promote a broader global understanding of hydrology through the integration of measurements from hydrologists around the world. Increasingly, hydrologists are undertaking investigations that require integration of information from multiple disciplines and sources, and relying on more data than one individual or group can gather. How can the AGU motto, "Unselfish Cooperation in Research," serve as a principle for enhancing the capability for integration and sharing needed to advance the science while appropriately recognizing and rewarding individual contributions? I will seek ways to advance this discussion in the Hydrology section. The Hydrology section is front and center in facing the challenges of growth and change, due to its size and the increasing role hydrology plays in other geosciences and social and political considerations involving the global water cycle. I will listen to community input and will work to make the Hydrology section openly and transparently serve the scientific needs of the membership. I have benefited tremendously, professionally and personally, from my association with AGU, and I will work to return these benefits to the community and the next generation through service to the Union.
Eric F. Wood—President–Elect, Hydrology
Major areas of interest include land surface modeling, remote sensing of terrestrial hydrologic processes, seasonal hydrologic forecasting, and hydrologic impacts from climate change. Twenty-five Ph.D. advisees, seven MSE advisees, and 18 postdocs. B.A.S. (honors), University of British Columbia, 1970; S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), 1972; C.E., MIT, 1973; Sc.D., MIT, 1974. Princeton University faculty member since 1976. Visiting appointments include Institute of Hydrology (UK), 1983–1984; Politecnico di Milan, 1989; University of Washington, 1995 to present; Wageningen University (NL), 2003–2004; University of British Columbia, 2004; on IPA loan to NASA Headquarters (manager, Land Surface Hydrology Program), 1998–1999. Member of American Geophysical Union, American Meteorological Society, European Geosciences Union (EGU). Total number of refereed publications, 210 (84 in AGU journals). Fellow, AGU, 1993, and American Meteorological Society (AMS), 1996; AGU Hydrology section Robert E. Horton Medal, 1977; AMS Robert E. Horton Lecturer, 2001; EGU Dalton Medal, 2007. Associate editor, Water Resources Research, 1977–1982, 2005–2008; Hydrological Processes editorial board, 2005–2008; Reviews of Geophysics associate editor, 1991–1995; AGU Water Resources Monograph Series editorial board, 1979–1985; IUGG U.S. National Report, hydrology editor, 1978–1982. At AGU: Horton Medal Committee, 2002–2004; Fall Meeting Committee, 2001–2003; Union Fellows Committee, 1994–2000 (chair, 1998–2000); Hydrology Award Committee, 2001–2003; Horton Research Committee, 1992–1995 (chair, 1995); Remote Sensing Technical Committee, 1998 to present (chair, 1998–1992); Federal Budget Review Committee, 1992. At AMS: member, AMS Council, 1999–2002; Atmospheric Awards Committee, 2003–2006; Hydrology Committee, 1987–1990, 1997–2000 (chair, 1997–2000). At EGU: Dalton Medal Committee (2008–2010). At National Research Council: Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, 1999–2002; Water Science and Technology Board, 1997–2000; Climate Research Committee, 1999–2004; Committee on Hydrologic Sciences, 1999–2008 (chair, 2002–2008), and member of five study committees over the past 15 years. At World Climate Research Programme: Coordinated Observation and Prediction of the Earth System (COPES) Task Force, 2004–2006; GEWEX/CEOP Science Implementation Team, 2005–2007; GEWEX/CEOP Hydrological Application Project, chair, 2006–2010; Climate and Cryosphere (CliC) U.S. Science Coordinating Committee, 2004. At NOAA: member, Climate Working Group (CWG) (NOAA Science Advisory Board), 2006 to present; NCEP Review Panel, 2009; member, Science Advisory Board, Climate Forecast System Reanalysis and Reforecast (CFSRR) project, 2007–2008; member, Science Advisory Group, Climate Prediction Project for the Americas (CPPA) (Climate Program Office), 2006 to present. At NASA: member, Earth Observing System (EOS) Science Steering Committee, 1985–1987; member, Bilateral NASA/NASDA science steering group, Global Precipitation Mission, 2001 to present; and a member of 18 working groups, committees, and instrument science teams over the past 20 years. On various review committees, working groups, and panels for U.S. National Science Foundation, Environmental Protection Agency, and Department of Agriculture.
Statement: The AGU Hydrology section is the world's leading society for scientific hydrology, with members worldwide. The Hydrology section has over 7700 members (13.3% of AGU members) and has usually contributed more presentations at AGU meetings than any other section. The activities and health of the section are therefore extraordinarily important to the community, and we have been lucky to have had an exceptionally qualified and dedicated series of section presidents. I am honored that the Hydrology section Executive Committee felt that I am qualified and able to lead the section if elected. Historically, the section has represented the diversity of research and applications across hydrologic sciences and water resources. This diversity has resulted in a richness of papers appearing in Water Resources Research and over 150 sessions at the 2009 Fall Meeting. Today, the section faces new challenges under the recently passed changes in AGU governance. These changes restructure the AGU Council but leave unresolved issues related to the role and relationship between the sections and focus groups, procedures governing Union honors, the structure of scientific meetings, and other issues that the new Council must resolve. Primary affiliation to focus groups is larger than in any section (14.4%). It's quite reasonable to expect that the number of focus groups will increase, which may result in the Hydrology section having less diversity and fewer sessions at our meetings. Thus one of the largest challenges is to enhance the activities within the section to promote intrasection scientific activities. Using my experience from being on the Fall Meeting committee, I will work with the technical committees to help develop joint sessions that span the diversity of research and applications within the section, with the goal of having a richer set of session offerings. I will use my experience as a member of the Union Fellows Committee to help the Council formulate new procedures about the structuring of the scientific activities of the Union and allocation of honors. If elected, I will use my experiences on AGU committees and the Hydrology Executive Committee to help guide the section in this period of change, with the goal of strengthening the section and its activities within the Union.
Ying Fan—Secretary, Hydrology
Research interest centers on global water cycle modeling. B.S. in civil engineering, Beijing Institute of Civil Engineering, 1986; M.S. in geography, University of Utah, 1988; Ph.D. in civil engineering, Utah State University, 1992; Postdoc at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1992–1994, and Princeton University, 1994–1996; Stay-at-home mom and part-time lecturer at Rutgers University, 1998–2004; assistant professor, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, 2005 to present. Author of 15 papers, with four in Water Resources Research and five in Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres. AGU service as reviewer for AGU journals.
Martha H. Conklin—Secretary, Hydrology
A.B. in physics, Mount Holyoke College, and M.S. and Ph.D. in environmental engineering science from the California Institute of Technology. Interests include interdisciplinary research on how inorganic and organic solutes move through surface water/groundwater systems, and using geochemical tracers to infer watershed-scale flow paths and residence times. Co–principal investigator of the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Southern Sierra Critical Zone Observatory, leading both a project to understand water and nutrient budgets in montane meadows and the education and outreach efforts on this multi-investigator initiative. Published over 30 papers; most highly cited work is on groundwater/surface water interactions. Served on multiple National Research Council committees and was an associate editor of Water Resources Research. Founding faculty member at University of California, Merced; built the institutions programs from the ground up and is currently the faculty chair. Before joining UC Merced in 2003, was a faculty member at Department of Hydrology and Water Resources, University of Arizona, for 16 years. Served the Hydrology section of AGU, including being on committees for the Hydrologic Science Award and the Horton Research Grants. Chaired one and served as a member of a second search committee for the Water Resources Research editor. Chair of the Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc. (CUAHSI) education and outreach committee and coauthored a strategic plan for educational activities for the hydrology community. Contributed in a similar manner to the Water and Environmental Research Systems (WATERS) Network science plan. Most recently was part of the team that developed the NSF-sponsored Earth Science Literacy Initiative.