Open AccessUSGS introduces water data Web site
Author(s) -
Showstack Randy
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 - 10.1029/01eo00228
Subject(s) - geological survey , recreation , web site , world wide web , survey data collection , database , computer science , environmental resource management , the internet , environmental science , geology , political science , paleontology , law , statistics , mathematics
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has been collecting data about the nation's water for more than a century. Now, the survey's new National Water Information System, or NWISWeb, provides online users—including scientists, water managers, emergency managers, and recreational water users—with access to hundreds of millions of pieces of archival and real‐time data.