ICEWATER: INRA Constellation of Experimental WatershedsCyberinfrastructure to Support Publication of

Water Resources Data

Jeffery S. Horsburgh, Utah State University

David Tarboton, Utah State UniversityKim Schreuders, Utah State UniversityJim McNamara, Boise State University

Dan Ames, Idaho State UniversityLucy Marshall, Montana State University

Doug Kane, University of Alaska FairbanksAmy Tidwell, University of Alaska Fairbanks

Jan Boll, University of IdahoNancy Hinman, University of Montana

Mike Barber, Washington State University

• Inland Northwest Research Alliance (INRA) Water Research Consortium - coalition of eight universities working in cooperation with the US Department of Energy– Boise State University– Idaho State University– Montana State University– University of Alaska Fairbanks– University of Idaho– University of Montana– Utah State University– Washington State University

• ICEWATER – INRA Constellation of Experimental WATERsheds

What is ICEWATER?

ICEWATER Research Themes• Snowmelt and runoff

– Linkages between snow accumulation, snowmelt, watershed characteristics, runoff source areas, and water routing

– Water yield and flow regime and effects of land use and climate change

• Groundwater/ surface water interactions– Improved understanding of the dynamics of groundwater and

surface water interactions – Improved management of water resources

• Human altered systems– Effects of human alterations and water resources and management

infrastructure and policies on water quantity, quality, and the hydrologic functioning of watersheds

Our Goal: An ICEWATER Information System

• Advances in water research are critically dependent on the assembly and integration of water data

• Collect, organize and share water data of interest to the INRA water research community

ICEWATER Data• Point Observations

– Stream gages– Water quality sampling– Weather stations– Soil moisture– Snow monitoring– Groundwater

level/quality• Spatially Distributed

Data– Land use/cover– Terrain– Hydrography

ICEWATER Cyberinfrastructure – The CUAHSI HIS

An internet based system to support the sharing of hydrologic data comprising databases connected using the internet through web services as well as software for data discovery, access

and publication.

Web services and SchemaWaterOneFlow and WaterML

to transmit hydrologic data in a standard way

GetSitesGetSiteInfoGetVariableInfoGetValues

Discovery

Hydroseek

Analysis

MATLAB, Excel, GIS, R, …

Modeling

HydroLink + OpenMI

Access

HIS Desktop

Observatories publication and archival

of field data

store and share hydrologic data

HIS Server

ODM

Data repository Service Registry

catalog hydrologic

data services and metadata

HIS Central3rd-Party Servers

include data from others

ICEWATER CI Architecture

• Each University creates an autonomous data node

• A central node provides support services

Ongoing Data Collection

Data discovery, visualization, and analysis through Internet

enabled applications

Internet ApplicationsPoint Observations Data

Historical Data Files

GIS Data

HIS Server Data Node

Publication of Point Observations

Data• Loading Data into ODM

Databases– ODM Data Loader– ODM Streaming Data Loader

• Editing and managing data– ODM Tools

• Implementation of WaterOneFlow Web Services

ODM Data Loader

ODM Streaming Data Loader

ODM Tools

WaterOneFlowTools available at: http://his.cuahsi.org

Publication of Spatial (GIS) Datasets

• Publishing spatial datasets using ArcGIS Server– Using OGC standards that

can be consumed by a number of GIS clients

Data Discovery Via a Map Interface

• Internet Map Server using ArcGIS

• Web browser client• Combine spatial data

and observational data

• Launch data visualization tools

http://odm.usu.edu/odmmap/

Data Preview, Visualization, and Analysis

• Time Series Analyst• Web Browser Client• Multiple Database Support• Variety of plot types and

descriptive statistics• Linked to the map server

application• Enables data preview and

download

http://tsa.usu.edu/odmanalyst/

Data Node Website

• Data node description page

• Listing of published observational data services

• Listing of published GIS data services

• Links to the map server and Time Series Analyst

• Data Query and Download Page

http://littlebearriver.usu.edu

Data Node Capabilities Web Service

• Publish capabilities of each data node– Listing of published observational data services– Listing of published spatial data services

• Supports cataloging of available services at ICEWATER Central

ICEWATER Central

• Website– Description of ICEWATER

Network and purpose– Map server that shows

locations of ICEWATER sites– Description of and links to CI

components implemented at each data node

– Catalog of available data services

• Data Managers support and discussion list

http://icewater.inra.org

Get Involved – Join Us• Publish your data

in the ICEWATER Network

• Hardware and software already in place

• We can help!

Questions?