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UNEP‐GEMS/Water Programme—water quality data, GEMStat and open web services—and Japanese cooperation
Author(s) -
Barker Sabrina,
Robarts Richard,
Yamashiki Yosuke,
Takeuchi Kuniyoshi,
Yoshimura Chihiro,
Muguetti Ana Cristina
Publication year - 2007
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.6673
Subject(s) - interoperability , context (archaeology) , the internet , water quality , computer science , web service , environmental resource management , environmental science , world wide web , geography , ecology , archaeology , biology
The purpose of this paper is threefold. First, it demonstrates how monitoring stations that collect water quality data can be situated globally via satellite data from Google Earth. Important technical issues such as interoperability and Open Web Services are discussed in this context. Second, it illustrates how researchers at local levels can benefit from this global technology. The discussion draws from the online water quality database, GEMStat, which contains water quality data and sediment load calculations from around the world. These types of data, collected locally, can be shown to bear global implications through Internet technology. GEMStat has been expanded to include Open Web Services to enable interoperability with other online databases. Third, it illustrate an international framework of cooperation through GEMS/Water Japan, introducing on‐site monitoring activities as well as management of international river basin (Mekong/La Plata). Considerations for future application framework are presented in conclusion. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.