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Exposing hydrologic databases using web services
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| Title: | Exposing hydrologic databases using web services |
| Authors: | Goodall, Jonathan
Valentine, David
Maidment, David |
| Keywords: | Databases-portals
Web services
Nutrient concentrations
Information technology and hydroscience
Water quality |
| Issue Date: | 12-Sep-2006 |
| Publisher: | Michael Piasecki and College of Engineering, Drexel University |
| Citation: | Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Hydroscience and Engineering, Philadelphia, PA, September 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1860/732 |
| Abstract: | Historical and real-time hydrologic time series data including streamflow, water
quality, precipitation, and groundwater level observations are maintained by different
federal, state, and local agencies. Taken together, these observations aid scientists in
their pursuit to understand the movement of water through natural landscapes and policy
makers in their management of water resources. Although these databases are available
over the Internet free of charge, it remains difficult to quickly access and fuse the
information together into a consistent and integrated spatiotemporal framework. The
hydrologic community, through the Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of
Hydrologic Science, Inc. (CUAHSI), is addressing these data interoperability issues with
the development of a Hydrologic Information System (HIS). One of the primary
purposes of this information system is to improve the way hydrologists access and
integrate the data required to parameterize and calibration simulation models. As a case
study toward this end goal we present a water quality model for the Neuse River Basin
that leverages web services for access to federal databases. Our study highlights the
advantages of the current HIS system and suggests improvements for future versions of
the system. |
| Description: | Paper presented at The Seventh International Conference on HydroScience and Engineering (ICHE) hosted by the College of Engineering at Drexel Univeristy on September 10-13, 2006 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The conference theme was IT in the Field of HydroSciences. It included several mini-symposia that emphasized IT topics in HydroSciences and the yearly meeting of the metadata group of the International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange organization. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1860/1459 |
| ISBN: | 0977447405 |
| Appears in Collections: | Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on HydroScience and Engineering (ICHE 2006) [ISBN: 0977447405]
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