Session: Water (Data) is Everywhere – So Where Do I Find What I Need? The Emerging Field of Hydro-informatics: New Ways to Share, Access, Understand and Interpret Water Data for Better Science and Societal Applications. (Science, Technology, and Diversity for a Healthy World)

Friday, October 12, 2012: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM

619 (WSCC)

Chairs:

Jennifer Arrigo, PhD, Senior Program Manager, Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Sciences, Inc and Antony Berthelote, MS, Hydrology Instructor, Salish Kootenai College

Description: Data about water come from many different sources. New and complex problems in water science, resources, and management require new ways of sharing, communicating and understanding water data. Speakers will discuss emerging technologies for sharing data, and present multidisciplinary projects that utilize these technologies for new insights and applications.

8:30 AM

Introductory Remarks

8:35 AM

Sensors, cyberinfrastructure, and water quality in the Little Bear River: Adventures in continuous monitoring
Jeff Horsburgh, PhD , Research Assistant Professor , Utah State University

8:55 AM

Cyberinfrastructure for Intelligent Watersheds
Nandita Basu, PhD , Assistant Professor , University of Iowa

9:15 AM

The Marcellus Shale Research Network: Organizing, collecting and interpreting water data to track potential impacts of Marcellus Shale Activity
Jorge Abad, PhD , Assistant Professor , University of Pittsburgh

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