AIMS' vision and mission

AIMS’ vision is a society that recognizes and values intermittent streams as important for controlling water quality.

AIMS’ mission is to understand stream intermittency and its implications for downstream water quality, which requires untangling the hydrologic, biogeochemical, and microbiome controls at the interface of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. We will develop resources and tools to study intermittent streams, provide training and education in data science, mentor scientists from the undergraduate to the early career level, and generate insights for evidence-based policy making and land management.

AIMS之愿景在于构建一个认可并重视间歇性水流对水质调控之重要性的社会。AIMS之使命在于探究间歇性水流及其对下游水质影响的内在机制，这需要梳理陆地与水生生态系统界面处的水文、生物地球化学和微生物群落控制因素。我们将开发研究间歇性水流所需之资源和工具，提供数据科学培训与教育，指导从本科到早期职业生涯阶段的科学家，并为基于证据的政策制定和土地管理提供洞见。