Hydrological Data Rescue – the current state of affairs

Fry, Matthew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1142-4039. 2010 Hydrological Data Rescue – the current state of affairs. In: Servat, Eric; Demuth, Siegfried; Dezetter, Alain; Daniell, Trevor, (eds.) Global Change: Facing Risks and Threats to Water Resources. IAHS, 459-464. (IAHS Publ, 340).

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Abstract/Summary

Hydrological data are costly to record and collect, in terms of both effort and resources. Historical hydrological data records are important, nationally and internationally, for activities from water resources management to flood estimation and climate change modelling. Loss of data can have a significant impact on the ability to undertake these activities. Data rescue is the process of securing data at risk of loss through natural hazards, degradation or redundancy of storage medium, and providing access to data through digitisation and computerisation. A World Meteorological Organisation survey of National Hydrological Services worldwide requested information on current hydrological data rescue requirements. Results indicate huge volumes of data at risk. Many countries requiring data rescue are poorly represented within international flow archives. Data rescue efforts targeted towards these countries and towards capturing gauging station information would improve the data within these archives for a wide range of applications.

Item Type:	Publication - Book Section
Programmes:	CEH Topics & Objectives 2009 - 2012 > Water > WA Topic 1 - Variability and Change in Water Systems > WA - 1.4 - Management and dissemination of freshwaters data
UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:	Boorman (to September 2014)
ISBN:	9781907161131
Additional Information. Not used in RCUK Gateway to Research.:	Freely available via the Official link.
Additional Keywords:	data rescue, flow archives, international
NORA Subject Terms:	Hydrology Data and Information
Related URLs:	http://iahs.info/redbooks/340.htm
Date made live:	16 Nov 2010 15:32 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/12133

Item Type:

Publication - Book Section

Programmes:

CEH Topics & Objectives 2009 - 2012 > Water > WA Topic 1 - Variability and Change in Water Systems > WA - 1.4 - Management and dissemination of freshwaters data

UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:

Boorman (to September 2014)

ISBN:

9781907161131

Additional Information. Not used in RCUK Gateway to Research.:

Freely available via the Official link.

Additional Keywords:

data rescue, flow archives, international