GROUNDWATER
RECHARGE AND FLOW
Approaches and Challenges for Monitoring and
Modeling Using Remotely Sensed Data
PROCEEDINGS OF A WORKSHOP
Lauren Everett, Rapporteur
Water Science and Technology Board
Division on Earth and Life Studies
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Suggested citation: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2019. Groundwater Recharge and Flow: Approaches and Challenges for Monitoring and Modeling Using Remotely Sensed Data: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/25615.
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PLANNING COMMITTEE ON GROUNDWATER RECHARGE AND FLOW: A WORKSHOP
VENKATARAMAN LAKSHMI, Chair, University of Virginia
JAMES S. FAMIGLIETTI, University of Saskatchewan
CATHLEEN E. JONES, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
ANTARPREET JUTLA, West Virginia University
DENNIS P. LETTENMAIER, NAE, University of California, Los Angeles
KAMINI SINGHA, Colorado School of Mines
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Staff
LAUREN EVERETT, Program Officer
COURTNEY DEVANE, Administrative Coordinator (beginning July 2019)
ERIC EDKIN, Program Coordinator
CARLY BRODY, Senior Program Assistant (through July 2019)
WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BOARD
CATHERINE L. KLING, Chair, NAS, Cornell University
NEWSHA AJAMI, Stanford University
JONATHAN D. ARTHUR, Florida Geological Survey
DAVID A. DZOMBAK, NAE, Carnegie Mellon University
WENDY D. GRAHAM, University of Florida
MARK W. LECHEVALLIER, Dr. Water Consulting, LLC
MARGARET A. PALMER, University of Maryland, College Park
DAVID L. SEDLAK, NAE, University of California, Berkeley
DAVID WEGNER, Woolpert Engineering
P. KAY WHITLOCK, Christopher B. Burke Engineering, Ltd.
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Staff
ELIZABETH EIDE, Senior Board Director
LAURA EHLERS, Senior Program Officer
STEPHANIE JOHNSON, Senior Program Officer
JEANNE AQUILINO, Financial and Administrative Associate
COURTNEY DEVANE, Administrative Coordinator
ERIC EDKIN, Program Coordinator
BRENDAN MCGOVERN, Research Associate
CARLY BRODY, Senior Program Assistant (through July 2019)
RAYMOND CHAPPETTA, Senior Program Assistant/Research Assistant
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