Journal of Hydroinformatics Vol 08 No 4 pp 317–333 © IWA Publishing 2006 doi:10.2166/hydro.2006.007
Information infrastructure for integrated ecohydraulic and water resources modeling and assessment
R. Wallace, K. Pathak, J. P. Holland, D. Stuart, C. Butler, D. R. Richards, M. Fife, N. L. Jones and J. Harris
Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, US Army Engineer Research and Development Center, 3909 Halls Ferry RoadVicksburg, MS 39180-6199, USA
Information Technology Laboratory, US Army Engineer Research and Development Center, 3909 Halls Ferry RoadVicksburg, MS 39180-6199, USA Tel:+1 601 634 2644 jeffery.holland@us.army.mil
Environmental Modeling Research Laboratory, 242 Clyde Bldg.,Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, USA
Hydrologic Engineering Center, US Army Engineer Institute for Water Resources, 609 2nd StDavis, CA 95616-4687, USA
ABSTRACT
Watershed management increasingly requires ecohydraulic modeling and assessment within a regional context, rather than on a project-by-project basis. Such holistic modeling and assessment require evaluation capabilities across multiple temporal and spatial scales. Thus, modeling and assessment tools must be integrated in a scientifically and computationally effective infrastructure. The US Army Engineer Research and Development Center, in concert with the Hydrologic Engineering Center and its academic partners, including Brigham Young University, is establishing a comprehensive set of hydroinformatics modeling and assessment tools for ecohydraulic and water resources management applications, all linked based on a common data and information infrastructure. This paper presents the attributes of this information infrastructure and compares it with the analogous integration initiatives elsewhere.
Keywords: computational infrastructure; computer-based modeling and assessment tools; cyberinfrastructure; ecohydraulics; environmental hydroinformatics
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