Managing national hydrometric data: From data to information

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn 340, Issue , 2010, Pages 451-458

  Dixon, Harry ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Data dissemination; Data management; Gauging network; Hydrometric information; Monitoring; River flow data; UK

Indexed keywords

DATA DISSEMINATION; DATA MANAGEMENT; GAUGING NETWORK; HYDROMETRIC INFORMATION; RIVER FLOW DATA; UK;

DECISION MAKING; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION SERVICES; MONITORING; NETWORK MANAGEMENT; RIVERS; STREAM FLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DATA MANAGEMENT; DATA SET; DATABASE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLOW MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; HYDROMETRY; RIVER FLOW; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79952666431     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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