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Advance hydrological studies utilizing open access internet databases
Author(s) -
Sun Kerang,
Sun Kevin W.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
hydrological processes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.222
H-Index - 161
eISSN - 1099-1085
pISSN - 0885-6087
DOI - 10.1002/hyp.10997
Subject(s) - database , the internet , government (linguistics) , water resources , groundwater , water quality , public access , surface water , business , computer science , environmental resource management , environmental science , world wide web , environmental engineering , engineering , ecology , philosophy , linguistics , geotechnical engineering , biology
This paper introduces three web‐based databases relating to hydrological and water resources studies in the United States of America with the intention of promoting public awareness of their existence. These open access databases are the products of efforts taken by federal and state governments to make government‐owned data more accessible to the general public. The megadata sets of climate, surface water, groundwater, and water quality contained in these databases provide hydrologists and environmental scientists with unprecedented opportunities to conduct research across multiple regions and on different scales.