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Useful Hydrology Links - Updated September 2011

(Note: This items are alphabetical with the exception of links listed under Water Resources. Please scroll through thee "W" links for additional water resource agencies.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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• ABA - American Bar Association - Water Resources Committee - http://www.abanet.org/environ/committees/waterresources/
• ACWI - Advisory Committee on Water Information - Sustainable Water Resources Roundtable - http://acwi.gov/swrr/
• ACWI - Water Information Coordination Program - http://acwi.gov/wpinfo.html
• AHPS - Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service - http://www.water.weather.gov/ahps/
• ALERT - Automated Local Evaluation in Real Time - http://www.alertsystems.org also see National Hydrologic Warning Council
• AMBER (Areal Mean Basin Estimated Rainfall) Research - http://www.erh.noaa.gov/pbz/amber.htm
• ASOS - Automated Surface Observing System - http://www.nws.noaa.gov/asos/
  • Sec 3.4 - Precipitation accumulation
  • Sec 4.3.5 - 4.3.7 - Precipitation identification sensor and algorithm
  • Sec 4.3.8 - 4.3.10 - Freezing rain sensor and algorithm information
  • Sec 5.5 - SHEF messages
• College of DuPage - METAR decoding help - http://weather.cod.edu/notes/metar.html
• Federal Meteorological Handbook No. 1 - METAR guide - http://www.nws.noaa.gov/oso/oso1/oso12/fmh1.htm
• Automated Local Flood Warning Systems Handbook - http://www.nws.noaa.gov/directives/sym/pd01009042curr.pdf
• AWRA - American Water Resources Association - http://www.awra.org/

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C_links

• CHPS - Community Hydrologic Prediction System - http://www.nws.noaa.gov/oh/hrl/chps/index.html
• CoCoRAHS - Community Collaborative Rain, Hail, and Snow Network - http://www.cocorahs.org/
• Community Systems -
  • City of Overland Park, KS, Flood Warning System - http://www.stormwatch.com
  • Denver Urban Drainage Flood Control District - http://www.udfcd.org
  • San Diego County Flood Control District - http://sdcfcd.org/
• COOP - NWS Cooperative Observer Program - http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/coop/
  • Online Data Acquisition and Dissemination - http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ohx/dad/
  • WFO Goodland Cooperative Program Information (example) - http://www.crh.noaa.gov/gld/?n=/coop/index.php
• CUAHSI - Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science - http://www.cuahsi.org/
  • CUAHSI-HIS - CUAHSI Hydrologic Information Systems - http://his.cuahsi.org/

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D_links

• Denver/Boulder WFO Hydrology page - http://www.crh.noaa.gov/bou/?n=hydro
• Denver/Boulder WFO Hydrology page - Boulder County Flood Protection Handbook - http://www.bouldercounty.org/find/library/Pages/manualsdf.aspx
• Drinking Water Resources - http://www.cyber-nook.com/

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E_links

• EPA - Environmental Protection Agency - Flooding - http://www.epa.gov/naturalevents/flooding.html

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F_links

• FEMA - Federal Emergency Management Agency - http://www.fema.gov/
• FEMA Flood (Disaster Information) page - http://www.fema.gov/hazard/flood/index.shtm
• Fire Weather - Fire Weather Forecasts (Storm Prediction Center) - http://www.spc.noaa.gov/fire/
• Fire Weather - National Fire Weather Page - http://radar.srh.noaa.gov/fire/
• Fire Weather - Rocky Mountain Center - http://fireweather.info/
• FWS - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - National Wetlands Inventory - http://www.fws.gov/wetlands/

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G_links

• Geospatial Data Gateway - (NRCS) - Natural Resources Conservation Service - http://datagateway.nrcs.usda.gov/
• GOES - Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (also see HADS) - These satellites orbit at a fixed altitude to remain "stationary" over a fixed point above the planet. Other weather and data satellites are Polar-orbiting, making multiple passes over an area several times per day.

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• HADS - Hydrometeorological Analysis Data System - http://www.nws.noaa.gov/oh/hads/
• HIC - Hydrologic Information Center - http://www.nws.noaa.gov/oh/hic/
• Hourly/Daily Rain Data from ESRL/GSD - http://esrl.noaa.gov/precip/beta/precip7.html
• Hydroseek search engine - http://www.hydroseek.org/search/

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I_links

• IBM - Smarter Water Management - http://www.ibm.com/smarterplanet/us/en/water_management/ideas/
• IBM - Deep Thunder (Weather Modeling Capability) - http://www.ibm.com/ibm/ideasfromibm/science/092506/
• IBM - Advance Water Management - http://www-935.ibm.com/services/us/gbs/bus/html/advanced-water-management-platform.html
• IFLOWS - Integrated Flood Observing and Warning System - http://afws.erh.noaa.gov/afws/national.php
• IV-ROCS - Interactive Voice Remote Observation Collection System - telephone entry system for cooperative observers
  • http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ohx/dad/coop/ivrocsinstructions.html
    
• IWRSS - Integrated Water Resources Science and Services - (Powerpoint) http://www.westgov.org/wswc/cline.pdf , 1_page_summary_http://www.nws.noaa.gov/oh/docs/IWRSS_1p_summary.pdf
  

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M_links

• MADIS - Meteorological Assimilation Data Ingest System - http://madis.noaa.gov/
• Mesonets - Mesoscale meteorology networks - examples include...
• Oklahoma Mesonet - http://www.mesonet.org/
• Texas Mesonet - http://mesonet.tamu.edu/links.php
• MesoWest - Utah and more - http://mesowest.utah.edu/index.html
• MADIS Mesonet Providers - http://madis.noaa.gov/mesonet_providers.html

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N_links

• NCDC (National Climatic Data Center) - http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/ncdc.html
• NHWC - National Hydrologic Warning Council - http://www.hydrologicwarning.org/
• NOHRSC - National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center - http://www.nohrsc.nws.gov
  • airborne and satellite snow water equivalent measurements and much more,
    including numerous GIS applications and datasets
  • National Snow Observation Database
  • Airborne Snow Surveys
  • Satellite Snow Cover Mapping
  • Snow Modeling and Data Assimilation
  • Analyses, Maps, and Interactive Visualization Tools
  • Integrated Snow Datasets for Geospatial Applications
  • Applied Snow Research
• NRCS - Natural Resources Conservation Service - http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/
  • NRCS National Water and Climate Center - http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/ .....this page has links to ...
    • Water Supply - http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/wsf/
    • SNOTEL Data - http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/snow/
    • Snow Course Data - http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/snowcourse/
    • SCAN Data - http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/scan/
    • Climate - http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/climate/
    • GIS Products - http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/gis/index.html
      
• NSIP - (USGS) - National Streamflow Information Program - http://water.usgs.gov/nsip/
  • Streamgage definitions, how streamgages work, network funding, links to date, etc.
• NWIS - (USGS) - National Water Information System - Real-Time Water Data for the Nation - http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/rt
• NWRA - National Water Resources Association - http://www.nwra.org/
• NWMC - (NRCS) - National Water Management Center - http://wmc.ar.nrcs.usda.gov/
• NWSLI - NWS Location Identifier on the Configuration Management webpage - http://cmhome.nws.noaa.gov/

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O_links

• OCWWS - Office of Climate, Water, and Weather Services (NWS) - http://www.weather.gov/os
• OCWWS - Hydrologic Services - http://www.weather.gov/os/water/index.shtml
• OCWWS - Service Hydrology Program - http://www.weather.gov/os/hod/index.shtml
• OHD - Office of Hydrologic Development - http://www.weather.gov/oh/
• OHD - Organization - http://www.weather.gov/oh/docs/OHD_Org.html

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R_links

• RAWS (Remote Automatic Weather Station) - http://raws.fam.nwcg.gov/
• Rivergages.com - (USACE) - http://www2.mvr.usace.army.mil/WaterControl/new/layout.cfm
• ROMAN - Real-time Observation Monitor and Analysis Network (MesoWest) - http://raws.wrh.noaa.gov/roman/

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S_links

• SCAN - Soil Climate Analysis Network (SCAN) - NRCS - http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/scan/
• SCAN - System for Convection Analysis and Nowcasting - http://www.nws.noaa.gov/mdl/scan/scanabfacts.htm
• Service Hydrology Program (also see OCWWS) - http://www.weather.gov/os/hod/index.shtml
• SNOTEL - data links- http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/snotel.html
• SNOTEL - Snowpack Telemetry - Brochure - http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/snotel/SNOTEL-brochure.pdf
  • NRCS SNOTEL Data and Products - http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/snow/
• Snow Survey and Water Supply Forecasting Program - see National Water and Climate Center at - http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/

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T_links

• Tides and Currents -http://www.co-ops.nos.noaa.gov/

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U_links

• USACE - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers links - http://www.usace.army.mil/Pages/Default.aspx
  • Water Resources - http://www.vtn.iwr.usace.army.mil/
  • Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory - http://chl.erdc.usace.army.mil/
  • Cold Regions Research and Engineering Lab - http://www.crrel.usace.army.mil/
  • Deep Draft Navigation - http://www.sam.usace.army.mil/ddncx/
  • ERDC - Engineer Research and Development Center - http://www.erdc.usace.army.mil/pls/erdcpub/www_welcome.navigation_page?tmp_next_page=-9999
    
  • ERDC-DOD Supercomputing Resource Center - http://www.erdc.hpc.mil/aboutUs/Who_We_Are/home
  • Flood Risk Management Center of Expertise - http://www.spd.usace.army.mil/frm-pcx/
  • HEC - Hydrologic Engineering Center - http://www.hec.usace.army.mil/
  • Hurricane and Storm Damage Reduction - http://www.nad.usace.army.mil/
  • Inland Navigation - http://inlandwaterways.lrh.usace.army.mil/
  • Institute for Water Resources - http://www.iwr.usace.army.mil/
  • Joint Airborne Lidar Bathymetry Center - http://shoals.sam.usace.army.mil/
  • RiverGages.com - http://www2.mvr.usace.army.mil/WaterControl/new/layout.cfm
  • Water Resources Remote Sensing/GIS Technology Center - http://www.crrel.usace.army.mil/rsgisc/
  • Water Supply and Reallocation - http://www.swd.usace.army.mil/pcx/index.asp

• USBR - U.S. Bureau of Reclamation - http://www.usbr.gov
  • USBR - AgriMet - http://www.usbr.gov/gp/agrimet/index.cfm
  • The Pacific Northwest Cooperative Agricultural Weather Network http://www.usbr.gov/pn/agrimet/
    
  • USBR - HYDROMET Data System Great Plains http://www.usbr.gov/gp/hydromet/
  • USBR - HYDROMET Data System Pacific Northwest http://www.usbr.gov/pn/hydromet/

• USDA - U.S. Department of Agriculture - Water and Environmental Programs Home Page - http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/UWEP_HomePage.html

• USFWS - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - National Wetlands Inventory - http://www.fws.gov/wetlands/Data/

• USGCRP - U.S. Global Change Research Program - http://www.globalchange.gov/

• Global Water Cycle - http://www.globalchange.gov/about/program-structure/program-elements/interagency-wgs/global-water-cycle

• USGS - U.S. Geological Survey - http://www.usgs.gov/
  • National Geospatial Program (USGS node) - http://www.usgs.gov/ngpo/
  • National Hydrography Dataset - http://nhd.usgs.gov/
  • NSIP - National Streamflow Information Program - http://water.usgs.gov/nsip/
• NWIS - National Water Information System - Real-Time Water Data for the Nation - http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/rt
• NWIS - Streamflow Measurements for the Nation - http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/measurements
• WICP (Water Information Coordination Program) - ACWI (Advisory Committee on Water Information) - Subcommittee on Hydrology - http://acwi.gov/hydrology/index.html
• Water Resources Division - http://water.usgs.gov/
• Water Resources Glossaries - http://water.usgs.gov/glossaries.html
• WaterWatch - Current Water Resources Conditions - http://waterwatch.usgs.gov/

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W_links

• Water Strategist Community - http://www.waterchat.com/
• Western States Water Council - http://www.westgov.org/wswc/
• WQIC - Water Quality Information Center (U.S. Dept of Agriculture / National Agricultural Library) - http://www.nal.usda.gov/wqic/
• WRCC - Western Region Climate Center - http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/
• WxCODER - Web Xmitted Cooperative Observer Data - http://wxcoder.org/wxcoder

Water Resources links

• Institute for Water Resources (USACE) - http://www.iwr.usace.army.mil/
• National Park Service - http://www.nature.nps.gov/water/
• NRCS - Natural Resources Conservation Service - http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/home
• Open Directory Project - http://www.dmoz.org/Science/Environment/Water_Resources/
• UCOWR - Universities Council on Water Resources - http://ucowr.org/
• Urban Water Resources Management - Global Development Research Center - http://www.gdrc.org/uem/water/index.html
• WRCA - Water Resources Center Archives - http://library.ucr.edu/wrca/
• Water Resources Publications, LLC - http://www.wrpllc.com/
• WHO - World Health Organization - Water Resources - http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/resources/en/
• Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_resources
• WRCC - Water Resources Research Center - http://ag.arizona.edu/AZWATER/
• WRSG - Water Resources Specialty Group (The Association of American Geographers http://www.aag.org) - http://www.esu.edu/~shu/wrsg/

• Alabama - http://www.adeca.alabama.gov/owr/default.aspx
• Alaska - http://dnr.alaska.gov/mlw/index.htm
• Arizona - http://www.azwater.gov
• Arkansas - http://www.anrc.arkansas.gov/
• California - http://www.water.ca.gov/
• Colorado - http://water.state.co.us/
• Connecticut - http://www.ct.gov/dep/cwp/view.asp?a=2719&q=325526&depNav_GID=1625&depNav=|
• Delaware - http://www.wr.dnrec.delaware.gov/Pages/Default.aspx
• Florida - http://www.dep.state.fl.us/water/
• Georgia - http://gaswcc.georgia.gov/portal/site/SWCC/
• Hawaii - http://hawaii.gov/dlnr/cwrm/
• Idaho - http://www.idwr.idaho.gov/
• Illinois - http://dnr.state.il.us/OWR/
• Indiana - http://www.in.gov/dnr/water/
• Iowa - http://www.iowadnr.gov/
• Kansas - http://www.ksda.gov/cid/2
• Kentucky - http://www.water.ky.gov/
• Louisiana - http://www.lwrri.lsu.edu/
• Maine - http://www.maine.gov/doc/nrimc/mgs/about/water.htm
• Maryland - http://www.mde.state.md.us/Pages/Home.aspx
• Massachusetts - http://www.mwra.state.ma.us/
• Michigan - http://mi.water.usgs.gov/
• Minnesota - http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/waters/index.html
• Mississippi - http://www.deq.state.ms.us/mdeq.nsf/page/Main_WaterHome?OpenDocument
• Missouri - http://www.dnr.mo.gov/env/wrc/index.html
• Montana - http://dnrc.mt.gov/wrd/
• Nebraska - http://www.dnr.state.ne.us/
• Nevada - http://water.nv.gov/
• New Hampshire - http://des.nh.gov/organization/divisions/water/
• New Jersey - http://www.nj.gov/dep/infofinder/topics/water.htm
• New Mexico - http://www.ose.state.nm.us/
• New York - http://www.agmkt.state.ny.us/soilwater/
• North Carolina - http://www.ncwater.org/
• North Dakota - http://www.swc.state.nd.us/4dlink9/4dcgi/redirect/index.html
• Ohio - http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/Water/
• Oklahoma - http://www.owrb.ok.gov/
• Oregon - http://www.wrd.state.or.us/
• Pennsylvania - http://www.depweb.state.pa.us/waterwayseng/cwp/view.asp?a=1275&q=533620
• Rhode Island - http://www.dem.ri.gov/programs/benviron/water/index.htm
• South Carolina - http://www.dnr.sc.gov/water.html
• South Dakota - http://denr.sd.gov/linkswaternav.aspx
• Tennessee - http://www.tennessee.gov/agriculture/water/index.html
• Texas - http://www.twdb.state.tx.us/home/index.asp
• Utah - http://www.water.utah.gov/
• Vermont - http://www.anr.state.vt.us/dec/dec.htm
• Virginia - http://www.deq.state.va.us/waterresources/homepage.html
• Washington - http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/wr/wrhome.html
• West Virginia - http://wvwgc.wvca.us/
• Wisconsin - http://wri.wisc.edu/
• Wyoming - http://www.wrds.uwyo.edu/

Additional State-Specific Water Resource Links

• Arkansas Waterways Commission - http://www.waterways.dina.org/
• Arizona - Environmental Education Outreach Program - Northern Arizona University - Water Resources http://www4.nau.edu/eeop/resources/res_water.asp#native
• California Data Exchange Center - http://www.water.ca.gov/floodmgmt/hafoo/hb/cdecs/
• Florida - NW Florida Water Mgmt District - http://www.nwfwmd.state.fl.us/pubsdata/hydrologicdata.html
• Kansas Water Office - http://www.kwo.org/
• Michigan - Department of Environmental Quality - http://www.michigan.gov/deq/0,1607,7-135-3313_3684_3724---,00.html
• New Mexico Office of the State Engineer - Water Information - http://www.ose.state.nm.us/water_info_index.html
• Wyoming - Water Science Center (USGS) - http://wy.water.usgs.gov/

Native American Water Agencies (please send additional sites)

• Navajo Nation - Department of Water Resources - http://www.frontiernet.net/~nndwr_wmb/
• Nooksack Tribe - Natural Resources - http://www.nooksack-tribe.org/Natural_Resource.htm
  
• Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe Environmental Department - http://plpt.nsn.us/environmental/index.htm
• Standing Rock Sioux Tribe - Department of Water Resources - http://srstwater.com/index.asp

Water Resources Research

• AGU - American Geophysical Union - http://www.agu.org/journals/wr/
• AWRI - Annis Water Research Institute - Grand Valley State University (MI) - http://www.gvsu.edu/wri/
• Elsevier - Advances in Water Resources - http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/422913/description#description
• OWRC - Oregon Water Resources Congress - http://www.owrc.org/
• Water Resources Research Institutes - by State - http://water.usgs.gov/wrri/institutes.html

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