Integrated Hydro-Terrestrial Modeling Community

Our mission is to help establish a community of practice (CoP) in support of Integrated Hydro-Terrestrial Modeling (IHTM).

This web portal supports the multidisciplinary CoP across governmental, academic, and non-profit organizations in the United States with a shared interest in advancing national water prediction and projection capabilities. Advancing these capabilities is critical for supporting human well-being, economic growth, and national security, while sustaining healthy ecosystems.

The IHTM community aims to advance science by integrating process understanding and operational practices, enhancing national capabilities for prediction and scenario-testing, and furthering government agency missions on integrated water resources management through collaborations.

Creating a seamless national IHTM capability requires close coordination across scientific, operational, and resource management communities. As such, our CoP emphasizes the “research to operations to research (R2O2R) pipeline,” using actionable intelligence and responding to advances in science and technology to address interconnected societal challenges.