(v1.0)

A Regional, Electronic Hydrometeorological Data Network
For the pan-Arctic Region

Charles J. Vorosmarty
University of New Hampshire (Durham NH, USA)

Bruce Peterson
Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole MA, USA)

Richard Lammers
University of New Hampshire (Durham NH, USA)

in Co-operation with

Dr. Igor Shiklomanov
State Hydrological Institute (St. Petersburg, Russia)

Dr. Alexander Shiklomanov
Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (St. Petersburg, Russia)

Goal:

Establish and test a prototype version of a World-Wide Web-based, regional hydrometeorological data bank (R-ArcticNET v1.0) to support pan-Arctic hydrological sciences and water resource assessment in the Arctic regions.

Rationale:

• With the potential sensitivity of Arctic Sea Ice formation to inputs from the terrestrial land surface there is a need to provide the Arctic scientific community with time series of river discharge data.
• This data set will provide a baseline against which Arctic system scientists can compare simulation results and which can provide a boundary condition for Ocean circulation models
• There is also an important need to inventory and make available data for water resources assessments in the context of deteriorating monitoring networks.
• The assembly and use of such hydromet data consolidates ongoing computerized data bank activities including the Global River Discharge Database (RivDIS 1.0) published recently by UNESCO as part of the Technical Documents in Hydrology series and the forthcoming Arctic River Discharge Database developed at the University of New Hampshire and to be released on CD-ROM by the National Snow and Ice Data Center, Boulder, CO
• Interactions within the regional scientific community via WWW-connectivity are necessary to promote state-of-the-art science in this area of the world.

Initial Contents:

• Version 1.0 of the data bank contains a specialized subset of the UNESCO River Discharge Data Base (RivDIS v1.0). The focus is the pan-Arctic drainage region defined as the entire land area draining into the Arctic Ocean as well as Hudson Bay, James Bay and the Northern Bering Strait.

Future Holdings:

• UNH Simulated River Networks, 30-min. spatial resolution (STN-30), a modified version of the global STN-30 created specially for the needs of Arctic system modelers.
• Legates and Willmott Temperature and Precipitation data volumes.
• Comprehensive Russian River Discharge Database

Web Site Administrators

This web site has been developed and maintained by:

• Michael Routhier (GIS, Format, Design and Layout)
• Michael Ledoux (Programming Support)
• Stanley Glidden (GIS, Format, Design and Layout)

(v1.0)

A Regional, Electronic Hydrometeorological Data Network
For the pan-Arctic Region

Charles J. Vorosmarty
University of New Hampshire (Durham NH, USA)

Bruce Peterson
Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole MA, USA)

Richard Lammers
University of New Hampshire (Durham NH, USA)

in Co-operation with

Dr. Igor Shiklomanov
State Hydrological Institute (St. Petersburg, Russia)

Dr. Alexander Shiklomanov
Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (St. Petersburg, Russia)

Goal:

Establish and test a prototype version of a World-Wide Web-based, regional hydrometeorological data bank (R-ArcticNET v1.0) to support pan-Arctic hydrological sciences and water resource assessment in the Arctic regions.

Rationale:

• With the potential sensitivity of Arctic Sea Ice formation to inputs from the terrestrial land surface there is a need to provide the Arctic scientific community with time series of river discharge data.
• This data set will provide a baseline against which Arctic system scientists can compare simulation results and which can provide a boundary condition for Ocean circulation models
• There is also an important need to inventory and make available data for water resources assessments in the context of deteriorating monitoring networks.
• The assembly and use of such hydromet data consolidates ongoing computerized data bank activities including the Global River Discharge Database (RivDIS 1.0) published recently by UNESCO as part of the Technical Documents in Hydrology series and the forthcoming Arctic River Discharge Database developed at the University of New Hampshire and to be released on CD-ROM by the National Snow and Ice Data Center, Boulder, CO
• Interactions within the regional scientific community via WWW-connectivity are necessary to promote state-of-the-art science in this area of the world.

Initial Contents:

• Version 1.0 of the data bank contains a specialized subset of the UNESCO River Discharge Data Base (RivDIS v1.0). The focus is the pan-Arctic drainage region defined as the entire land area draining into the Arctic Ocean as well as Hudson Bay, James Bay and the Northern Bering Strait.

Future Holdings:

• UNH Simulated River Networks, 30-min. spatial resolution (STN-30), a modified version of the global STN-30 created specially for the needs of Arctic system modelers.
• Legates and Willmott Temperature and Precipitation data volumes.
• Comprehensive Russian River Discharge Database

Web Site Administrators

This web site has been developed and maintained by:

• Michael Routhier (GIS, Format, Design and Layout)
• Michael Ledoux (Programming Support)
• Stanley Glidden (GIS, Format, Design and Layout)