Response of Kenneth J. Lanfear to the naming of the Outstanding Technology Paper Award

摘要

I am delighted AWRA has established this award for the Outstanding Technology Paper for JAWRA. And I am overwhelmed you have named it after me. Technology is an important tool for understanding water resources today. Computer models, datasets, GIS, remote sensing, and advanced instrumentation all contribute to our knowledge. But, how should we handle technology in a peer-reviewed scientific journal? How can we bui ld a knowledge base of good ideas? First of all, a journal paper is not a users manual. If you want to know how to operate technology, go to YouTube and watch a fifteen-year-old kid give you a great demo. And, of course, science journals must not promote unproven technology.