The Key Laboratory of Water Cycle and Related Land Surface Processes, Chinese Academy of Sciences was officially established in 1999. It has 5 main research fields: water energy flux processes in SVAT systems, soil water erosion processes, sedimentation processes in aqua-systems, basin hydrologic cycle processes and coupled water-cycle and land-surface processes.
The laboratory has more than 70 staff members. The focus is on temporally and spatially uneven distributions of precipitations, water resources shortages, frequent occurrences of floods and draughts and severe soil and water loss. The Laboratory devotes its efforts to scientific issues associated with land hydrologic cycle and related geographic processes. The laboratory also aims at the national strategic demands by studying water securities, efficient use of water in agriculture, and ecologic and environmental flows etc.
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