Facilities Support: The CUAHSI Water Data Center

1248152 hooper该合作协议支持水文科学促进会（CUAHSI）构建和维护一个可访问网络的水数据中心（WDC），该中心以德克萨斯大学开发的水文信息系统（HIS）原型为基础。在接下来的三年里，WDC的发展将为水资源数据储备、发现工具、存档和共享/发布功能提供新的访问途径，并将建立一套一致的数据格式标准定义、数据格式翻译工具、分析软件工具、移动平台应用程序，并为用户提供培训和支持。WDC将提供对一系列水资源数据的访问，这些数据目前以多种数据格式保存，并跨越众多平台，使用截然不同的访问工具。WDC将吸收的数据包括美国地质调查局国家水信息服务中心、美国环保署和美国国家海洋和大气管理局国家气候数据中心（NCDC）的数据，其他联邦和州机构的数据，以及学术和私人基金会的水数据。WDC将整合云计算和数据服务的使用，以促进数据的发现和使用，并包括用于实时监测运行传感器网络健康状况的工具。WDC概念直接解决了NSF的数据政策，并将被整合到日益增长的地球科学信息系统服务网络中（例如，通过参与GEOs的EarthCube计划，Unidata、OpenTopography、EarthChem）。WDC pi将通过参与国际标准制定机构（例如开放地理空间联盟（OGC）和全球地球观测系统（GEOSS）），继续为水文观测网络出版物制定和采用一致的数据标准的国际努力。这些项目还计划开展一系列外联活动（与部落学院和政府合作伙伴合作），重点关注印第安人，建立和开发水资源管理数据工具，以支持部落资源管理需求

1248152 HooperThis Cooperative agreement supports the Consortium for the Advancement of the Hydrologic Sciences (CUAHSI) to construct and maintain a web-accessible water-data center (WDC) that builds off the prototype Hydrologic Information System (HIS) developed at the University of Texas. Over the next three years , WDC development will offer new access to water data holdings, discovery tools, archival and sharing/publishing capabilities and will build a consistent set of data format standards definitions, data format translators, analysis software tools, mobile platform applications and provide for user training and support. WDC will provide access to a range of water data now held in a multitude of data formats and across numerous platforms with vastly different access tools. Data to be ingested in WDC will include the data holdings of the USGS National Water Information Service, EPA and NOAAs National Climate Data Center (NCDC), other federal and state agency data holdings, and academic and private foundation water data holdings. WDC will integrate the use of cloud computing and data services to facilitate data discovery and use and include tools for real time state-of-health monitoring of operational sensor networks. The WDC concept directly addresses NSF data policies and will be integrated into in a growing network of geoscience information system services (e.g., Unidata, OpenTopography, EarthChem through participation in GEOs EarthCube initiative). WDC PIs will continue international efforts for developing and adopting consistent data standards for hydrologic observation web-base publication through participation in international standards-setting bodies (e.g., the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) and the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS)). The PIs also plan a set of outreach activates focused on Native Americans (in collaboration with tribal college and governmental partners) for building and development of water management data tools in support of the tribal resources management needs.***