Data integration across borders: A case study of the Abbotsford-Sumas aquifer (British Columbia/Washington State)

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 921-934

  Schuurman, Nadine ^a   Deshpande, Aparna ^a   Allen, Diana M ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cross border studies; Data integration; Ground water; Interoperability

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DECISION MAKING; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; INFORMATION THEORY; INTEGRATION; METADATA; NITRATES; ONTOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING;

AMERICAN WATER (CO); CASE STUDIES; CLASSIFICATION SCHEME (CS); CROSS BORDER; DATA BASE STRUCTURES; DATA FORMATTING; DATA HETEROGENEITY; DATA INTEGRATIONS; INTERNATIONAL (CO); LARGE DATASETS; MULTIPLE SOURCES; NITRATE CONTAMINATION; POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS; SPATIAL DATA; SPATIAL DATASETS; UNITED STATES; WATER MODELING;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

AQUIFER; DATA PROCESSING; DATA SET; DECISION MAKING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; SPATIAL DATA; WATER POLLUTION;

ABBOTSFORD-SUMAS AQUIFER; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 48249130050     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2008.00192.x     Document Type: Article

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