HR: 11:05h
AN: SF42A-04    [Abstracts]
TI: Interoperability Between Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences
AU: * Goodall, J L
EM: goodalljl@mail.utexas.edu
AF: Center for Research in Water Resources, Pickle Research Campus Bldg 119, MC R8000 University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712 United States
AU: Maidment, D R
EM: maidment@mail.utexas.edu
AF: Center for Research in Water Resources, Pickle Research Campus Bldg 119, MC R8000 University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712 United States
AB: The Consortium of Universities for Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc. (CUAHSI) seeks to build a Hydrologic Information System (HIS) for which hydrologic data sources will be assembled in space and time to create a digital representation of atmospheric, surface and subsurface water flow through a watershed. Unidata provides a rich stream of atmospheric data through their Internet Data Distribution system that would greatly benefit the CUAHSI HIS effort, but these data have are not typically used by the hydrologic community, in part because Unidata focuses on real-time data distribution, while hydrologic science has traditionally been based on interpretation of past information. To more effectively utilize Unidata atmospheric science information in CUAHSI HIS requires the synthesis of continuous atmospheric fields with discrete space objects like watershed boundaries and stream networks, and also a better synchronization in time between weather and hydrologic information needs and data sources. Examples are presented from the Neuse basin in North Carolina to illustrate how these goals might be accomplished.
DE: 1800 HYDROLOGY
SC: Special Focus: Advances in Data Acquisition, Management, Analysis and Display [SF]
MN: 2004 AGU Fall Meeting