Water Resources Research Act Program

Details for Project ID 2008FL213B

Sensitivity Analysis of South Florida Regional Modeling

Institute: Florida
Year Established: 2008 Start Date: 2008-03-01 End Date: 2011-02-28
Total Federal Funds: $39,999 Total Non-Federal Funds: $100,001

Principal Investigators: Rafael Munoz-Carpena, Gregory Kiker

Project Summary: The goal of this project is to train Ph.D. scientists and engineers working in critical areas of water resources which are targeted to meet South Floridas short- and long-term needs. The project will be led by faculty from the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering (UF/ABE) who are represented in the Hydrologic Sciences Academic Cluster (HSAC) at the University of Florida (UF). This faculty has already established strong research and teaching collaborations, and their collective expertise will provide the underpinning of the proposed program. Research to be pursued by the Ph.D. students will focus on two hydrologic and ecological modeling issues in the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) according to the existing cooperative Agreement between the SFWMD and FL-WRC. Additional synergistic activities proposed between the three project partners (including summer stays at SFWMD, participation of qualified SFWMD personnel on graduate committees, joint presentation of results at state, national and international meetings, co-authorship in peer-reviewed publications, etc.) will provide a unique opportunity for collaboration.