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Hydroinformatics Blog - A Set of Open-Source Python Tools for Working with River Basin Data Collections
Posted Jan 9, 2024
Many different river basin data collections exist that are useful to hydrologic modelers, such as CAMELS, GAGES-II, HCDN, MOPEX, the NOAA RFC basins, the USGS NWIS basins, and the USDA/ARS experimental watersheds. This blog post describes a new set of open-source Python utilities and resources developed in connection with NOAA's NextGen modeling framework for collating, working with, and extracting information from these various data sets.
Announcing: CUAHSI 2023-2028 Strategic Plan
Posted Dec 14, 2023
CUAHSI is excited to share the final 2023-2028 Strategic Plan. The plan was written to define the organizational strategy and direction, identify ambitious goals, and inspire a vision of CUAHSI’s role in enabling impactful collaborative water science over the next five years.
Hydroinformatics Blog - Advances in biogeochemical modeling and management of San Francisco Bay ecosystem
Posted Dec 7, 2023
San Francisco Bay (SFB) is a nutrient-enriched estuary that is at risk of experiencing adverse effects of nutrient enrichment as evidenced by harmful algal blooms. A numerical model is developed and validated for 6 water years to simulate hydrodynamics and biogeochemical processes in SFB. The model is employed to answer applied science questions related to nutrient transport and cycling and the effects of nutrients on water quality in SFB.
HYDROINFORMATICS BLOG - Hello to GroMoPo: Introducing a community Groundwater Model Portal
Posted Oct 9, 2023
Get familiar with GroMoPo - a community Groundwater Model Portal meant to help share and discover groundwater models.
Hydroinformatics Blog - FAIR and CARE Data Principles Assessment for Sustainable Water Resources Management on Reservation Lands
Posted Sep 13, 2023
Water resources management by Indigenous Peoples in the U.S. is a complex issue hindered by the lack of reliable and accessible high-quality databases. To address this challenge, we have initiated a research project to evaluate the availability of water-related databases for reservation lands in the U.S. The project focuses on the discoverability and reusability assessment of these databases in terms of both water quality and quantity variables with the goal of environmental justice for Indigenous communities.
Hydroinformatics Blog - A framework for conducting environmentally-responsible hydroinformatics research
Posted Jul 11, 2023
The Environmental Responsibility 5-R Framework provides researchers across disciplines with a valuable toolbox for critically evaluating and mitigating the environmental impacts of their work. This framework provides actionable methods to this end by providing resources for incorporating data and computational costs into their research recognition, refining research questions through open-source data platforms, and optimizing codes for minimal resource usage. With the 5-R Framework in practice, we believe that scientists can pursue environmentally responsible practices while leveraging the power of data science and informatics.
2023 CUAHSI Biennial
Posted Jun 22, 2023
2023 CUAHSI Biennial Recap
CUAHSI would like to thank everyone who participated in the 2023 Biennial Colloquium, held from June 11-14 at the Granlibakken Resort in Tahoe City, CA.
Hydroinformatics Blog - Classifying NHDPlus catchments based on drought propagation mechanism
Posted Jun 6, 2023
Understanding the driving mechanisms of droughts is critical for reducing and minimizing their impact. In this blog post, we employ a deep learning algorithm to predict the drought propagation mechanism over CONUS based hydrocliamte characteristics of NHDPlus catchments. We use HyRiver to retrieve and process the required input data including climate time series and catchment attributes and PyTorch Tabular to predict the drought propagation mechanisms.
Hydroinformatics Blog - A Case for Open Source-based Digital Water Systems
Posted May 10, 2023
Digital transformation stands to transform the operation and design of urban water networks. However, fundamental socio-technical knowledge gaps must be answered before these systems become commonplace. In this post, I make a case that open-source philosophy can help address some of these challenges and create accessible and equitable digital water technologies.
April e-Newsletter
Posted Apr 13, 2023
The CUAHSI April e-Newsletter came out today! Be sure to read on for more details about announcements, upcoming events and opportunities!