Open AccessGlobal water data: A newly endangered species
Author(s) -
Vörösmarty C.,
Askew A.,
Grabs W.,
Barry R. G.,
Birkett C.,
Döll P.,
Goodison B.,
Hall A.,
Jenne R.,
Kitaev L.,
Landwehr J.,
Keeler M.,
Leavesley G.,
Schaake J.,
Strzepek K.,
Sundarvel S. S.,
Takeuchi K.,
Webster F.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/01eo00031
Subject(s) - exploit , endangered species , the internet , data science , water sector , computer science , environmental resource management , environmental science , business , water supply , world wide web , ecology , computer security , environmental engineering , habitat , biology
Water science finds itself at an interesting and critical crossroads. Sophisticated atmospheric modeling, remote sensing, and Internet‐based exchange of data enable exciting new synergies to develop among scientists, policy‐makers, and the private sector. Paradoxically we find it evermore difficult to validate products from these high‐technology tools and to exploit their full potential due to a severe and sustained decline in available hydrologic data sets.