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Integrated Water Resources Database for the Southeast Ashley Frazier, Mark Brooks, and Ryan Boyles. Carolinas and Virginia Climate Conference October 20, 2009 Wilmington, NC. The Need for Water Resource Data. Drought monitoring Economically important Socially important Policy making
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Integrated Water Resources Database for the Southeast Ashley Frazier, Mark Brooks, and Ryan Boyles Carolinas and Virginia Climate Conference October 20, 2009 Wilmington, NC
Carolinas and Virginia Climate Conference - Wilmington, NC - Oct 20, 2009
The Need for Water Resource Data • Drought monitoring • Economically important • Socially important • Policy making • Decision support Carolinas and Virginia Climate Conference - Wilmington, NC - Oct 20, 2009
Water Resource Data in the Southeast • Many different data sources • Many different parameters • Many different formats • No one place to get it all Carolinas and Virginia Climate Conference - Wilmington, NC - Oct 20, 2009
... and so was born, CRONOS H2O • One digital database, one format, one interface • Multiple sources: • USGS • State level sources • USACE • TVA • NWS COOP (precip) Carolinas and Virginia Climate Conference - Wilmington, NC - Oct 20, 2009
Let’s put this into context • CRONOS • Climate Retrieval and Observations Network of the Southeast • Digital database of surface weather • Eleven weather networks, over 23,000 stations • Launched in 2003 Carolinas and Virginia Climate Conference - Wilmington, NC - Oct 20, 2009
Carolinas and Virginia Climate Conference - Wilmington, NC - Oct 20, 2009
CRONOS H2O • CRONOS + water data • Streamflow • Reservoir levels • Groundwater levels • Precipitation • Percentiles Carolinas and Virginia Climate Conference - Wilmington, NC - Oct 20, 2009
CRONOS H2O Interface • Gateway for water resources data • Designed for (un)sophisticated users Carolinas and Virginia Climate Conference - Wilmington, NC - Oct 20, 2009
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Carolinas and Virginia Climate Conference - Wilmington, NC - Oct 20, 2009
Carolinas and Virginia Climate Conference - Wilmington, NC - Oct 20, 2009
Carolinas and Virginia Climate Conference - Wilmington, NC - Oct 20, 2009
Carolinas and Virginia Climate Conference - Wilmington, NC - Oct 20, 2009
Carolinas and Virginia Climate Conference - Wilmington, NC - Oct 20, 2009
Carolinas and Virginia Climate Conference - Wilmington, NC - Oct 20, 2009
Carolinas and Virginia Climate Conference - Wilmington, NC - Oct 20, 2009
Carolinas and Virginia Climate Conference - Wilmington, NC - Oct 20, 2009
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WATER Atlas • Expanding water data to TVA states • Adding state-level data • Adding regional MPE Carolinas and Virginia Climate Conference - Wilmington, NC - Oct 20, 2009
Carolinas and Virginia Climate Conference - Wilmington, NC - Oct 20, 2009
Acknowledgements • NC Division of Water Resources • Tom Fransen, Charles Theobald, Wenli Chen, Nat Wilson • USGS • Nelson Williams, Ramona Traynor, Jeanne Robbins, Karen Ford • US ACE • Terry Brown • Duke Energy • Scott Holland, Arthur Snuggs Carolinas and Virginia Climate Conference - Wilmington, NC - Oct 20, 2009