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2 min readMost Earth and space scientists devote so much of their energy to research, publication, staying funded, and in some cases teaching and supervising students, that it is hardly surprising many feel they have little time to address funding agencies' requirements to articulate how their proposed research will have an impact beyond academia.Even so, many in the research community acknowledge that it is in their own best interests, and that of the global environment, to communicate not just with their peers, but also with educators, students, the media, resource managers, and policy makers.Meetings c co on nt t. .o on n p pa ag ge e 1 12 29 9Research focuses on active plate boundary faults and potential submarine landslides.Caribbean c co on nt t. .o on n p pa ag ge e 1 12 26 6The Integrated Forecast and Reservoir Management (INFORM) Project was conceived to demonstrate increased water-use efficiency in Northern California water resources operations through (1) the innovative application of climate, hydrologic, and decision science, and (2) reciprocal technology transfer activities between the INFORM scientists and the staff of federal and state agencies with an operational forecast and management mandate in Northern California.Toward achieving this goal, INFORM objectives include implementing a prototype integrated forecast-management system for primary Northern California reservoirs, for individual reservoirs as well as system-wise.Project objectives also include demonstrating the utility of climate and hydrologic forecasts through near-real-time tests of the integrated system with actual data and management input.Economic and other benefits of the integrated system will be compared with those accruing from current management practices.INFORM project foci include the Folsom, Oroville, Shasta, and Trinity reservoirs and their associated water resources (Figure 1).Key operational agencies for the implementation of the demonstration project are the U.S. National Weather Service California-Nevada River Forecast Center, the California Department of
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