Water Roundtable

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Water Roundtable

• Karl J. Dreher
• Dr. Michael Dettinger
• Mark Hamilton
• Hillary Holst
• Dr. Son Nghiem
• Sid Thurston
• David Erne

• Carmelo Rivera
• Erin Wuchte
• Dave Zilkoski
• Ray Cerrato
• Sean McGrath
• Fran Holian

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Parameters Required for Inland Water Resource
Management

• Surface Water Discharge
• Precipitation
• Snow Pack
• Soil Moisture
• Reservoir Storage
• Ground Water Levels
• Air Temperatures
• Vegetation
• Surface Temperatures
• Water Quality

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Parameters Required for Coastal Water Resource
Management

• Run Off
• Water Quality
• Wind and Waves
• Soil Erosion
• Water Levels, Tides and Currents
• Sea Level Rise
• And others similar or dissimilar to inland
  requirements

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Metadata Requirements for Interoperability

• Site Characteristics
• Accuracy Characteristics
• Consistency
• Cross Consistency
• Long Term Calibration
• Time and Space Resolution
• Timeliness of Data Availability
• Non-proprietary Open Standards

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U.S. Interoperability Initiatives

• NIDIS - National Integrated Drought Information
  System
• IOOS - Integrated Ocean Observing System
• IEOS - Integrated Earth Observation System

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Relationship to GEOSS

• NIDIS and IOOS are components of IEOS in terms of
  water issues
• IEOS, the U.S. Component of GEOSS, is not yet
  implemented
• Implementing NIDIS and IOOS present the
  opportunity for the U.S. to exercise leadership
  in executing components of IEOS and GEOSS