Workshop for Coordination of OpenMI and HIS Development in England, spring 2008

该提案旨在通过提供旅行支持来促进水文科学，以帮助欧洲和美国的数据访问和模型集成系统领导者之间建立国际合作。美国代表团包括发展水文科学促进大学联盟的水文学家。（CUAHSI）水文信息系统（HIS）项目，该项目由国家科学基金会（GEO-06-22374）和其他研究人员开发类似的社区建模系统。这些美国科学家将与开发开放建模接口（OpenMI）的欧洲科学家和工程师会面，OpenMI是一种集成水文模拟模型的软件环境。研讨会将产生一份由美国科学家撰写的报告，该报告评估了可用于成熟的现代建模平台的数据访问方法，并描述了OpenMI的功能。该报告将有助于更好地理解为建模系统提供数据访问所面临的技术挑战，CUAHSI将考虑将其用于社区水文建模平台。本次研讨会的智力价值在于在OpenMI开发人员和美国水文学家之间建立对话并分享经验。欧洲科学家在这个项目上经过五年多的努力，在整合水文模拟模型方面取得了宝贵的经验。这种经验，特别是OpenMI开发所产生的标准和工具，可以为建模平台提供技术见解。本次研讨会的目标包括评估OpenMI作为一个建模平台和使用Web服务作为一种手段，以提供数据访问社区modelingplatforms.The更广泛的影响，这个项目包括建立跨大西洋的合作和网络水文科学家对网络基础设施的水文科学家的最终目标。很明显，通过CUAHSI水文信息系统和OpenMI等努力，美国和欧洲的科学家在集成异构数据和建模资源方面可以相互提供很多东西。本次研讨会的报告将有助于向双方通报美国和欧洲水文模拟的当前任务、剩余挑战和未来方向

This proposal seeks to advance hydrologic science by providing travel support to help create an international collaboration between leaders in data access and model integration systems from Europe and the United States. The U.S. contingent includes hydrologists developing the Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc. (CUAHSI) Hydrologic Information System (HIS) Project, which is supported by the National Science Foundation (GEO-06-22374), and other researchers developing similar community modeling systems. These U.S. scientists will meet with the European scientists and engineers that have developed the Open Modeling Interface (OpenMI), a software environment for integrating hydrologic simulation models. The workshop will result in a report written by U.S. scientists that evaluates the data access approaches that can be used with a mature modern modeling platform, as well as describing the capabilities of OpenMI. This report will contribute to improved understanding of the technical challenges to providing data access to modeling systems that will be considered by CUAHSI for a community hydrology modeling platform.The intellectual merit of this workshop is to establish a dialog and to share experiences between the OpenMI developers and U.S. hydrologists. The European scientists have gained valuable experience at integrating hydrologic simulation models over more than five years of effort on this project. This experience, in particular the standards and tools resulting from the OpenMI development, could offer technological insights into modeling platforms. The objectives of this workshop include both evaluation of OpenMI as a modeling platform and the use of web services as a means to provide data access for community modeling platforms.The broader impacts of this project include establishing transatlantic collaboration and networking for hydrologic scientists toward the eventual goal of cyberinfrastructure for the hydrologic scientists. It is clear that, through efforts like the CUAHSI Hydrologic Information System and the OpenMI, U.S. and European scientists have much to offer one another in terms of integrating heterogeneous data and modeling resources. The report resulting from this workshop will help to inform both sides as to the current undertakings, remaining challenges, and future directions for hydrologic modeling in the U.S. and Europe