| The First Symposium on Transboundary
Water Management was held in November 2002 in Monterrey, Mexico.
The goal of the second Symposium was to build on contacts and discussions
established at the previous gathering. The conference was held on
November 16 through 19, 2004, at the Reid Park Doubletree Hotel
in Tucson, and was hosted by SAHRA (Sustainability of semi-Arid
Hydrology and Riparian Areas). Topics ranged from water quantity
and quality management, impacts of climate fluctuations, building
flexibility and robustness into compacts, and improved sharing of
data. Market-based allocation approaches, ecological conservation,
and the need for greater hydrologic literacy among decision-makers
in the international and interstate water resources arena were also
discussed.
For more information on the Symposium, please visit http://www.sahra.arizona.edu/twm/index.html.
Mr. Mike Rosko presented "Analysis of Time-series Satellite
Images to Monitor Changes in Natural Environments." Co-authors
on this paper are Montgomery & Associates colleagues Errol L.
Montgomery and Janis Blainer-Fleming, and independent geologist
Kevin C. Horstman. Spectral reflectance data from Earth-resource
satellites have provided hydrogeologists with a new technical tool
for monitoring natural environments. Because satellite images have
been obtained for a relatively long period beginning in 1985, they
offer a unique historical baseline for areas where environmental
parameters have not previously been measured. Analyses of satellite-recorded
spectral reflectance data are particularly well suited for project
areas that cross political boundaries where data collection may
be difficult. View
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