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Hydro Data Sources

The document lists numerous hydrologic data sources for water quality, quantity, climate and weather data from US government agencies like USGS, NOAA and EPA. It provides links to real-time streamflow data, groundwater observations, water use statistics, soil moisture maps, weather model outputs, precipitation frequency estimates, and remote sensing datasets. Sources of Texas-specific data and global hydrologic datasets are also referenced.

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Hydro Data Sources

The document lists numerous hydrologic data sources for water quality, quantity, climate and weather data from US government agencies like USGS, NOAA and EPA. It provides links to real-time streamflow data, groundwater observations, water use statistics, soil moisture maps, weather model outputs, precipitation frequency estimates, and remote sensing datasets. Sources of Texas-specific data and global hydrologic datasets are also referenced.

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Hydrologic Data Sources

By David R. Maidment
Center for Research in Water Resources
University of Texas at Austin
4 March 2010
USGS National Water Information System (NWIS)
General introduction http://water.usgs.gov/
Real time data (15 minute streamflow for last 31 days) http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/rt
Streamflow and lake level data (daily data up to the present)
http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/sw
Streamflow measurements (individual gagings at sites)
http://nwis.waterdata.usgs.gov/usa/nwis/measurements
Peak flow data (floods) http://nwis.waterdata.usgs.gov/usa/nwis/peak
Groundwater data (observations on wells) http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/gw
Water quality data (instantaneous measurements) http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/qw
USGS Measurement sites (descriptive information on gaging, sampling sites on streams,
wells) http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/inventory
Water Use (5 year estimates of water use by counties) http://water.usgs.gov/watuse/
Unit Values (15 min data historically). http://ida.water.usgs.gov/ida/index_usgs.cfm?
ncd=5 This service enables you to get streamflow data at 15 minute intervals. Its very
good for small sites where floods pass quickly and 15 minute data are much more
instructive than daily data.
NHDPlus 1:100,000 GIS vector and raster data files for National Hydrography Dataset
http://www.horizon-systems.com/nhdplus/ For tutorial on how to use NHDPlus and gage
sites file, see http://www.ce.utexas.edu/prof/maidment/giswr2007/Ex5/Ex52007.doc
EPA Storet (Storage and Retrieval) system http://www.epa.gov/storet/dw_home.html
This site contains water quality and biological data collected to support the Clean Water
Act. Easy to use but has gaps in its coverage of the country (including Texas).
NCDC Climate Data Online http://cdo.ncdc.noaa.gov/CDO/cdo Hourly, daily,
monthly and annual weather and climate data at point observation sites. Tutorial on how
to use Climate Data Online:
http://www.ce.utexas.edu/prof/maidment/gradhydro2005/docs/ncdcdata.doc
Ameriflux http://public.ornl.gov/ameriflux/ Flux of water, heat and carbon between the
land surface and atmosphere.
NCDC Radar Rainfall Archive and viewer
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/radar/radarresources.html

Nexrad data NEXRAD Stage III Precipitation data


http://dipper.nws.noaa.gov/hdsb/data/nexrad/nexrad.html and procedures for using it
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/oh/hrl/dmip/nexrad.html
USDA NRCS National Water and Climate Center
General introduction http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/
Soil and Climate Analysis network http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/scan/ Soil water
balance at point locations
Snotel http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/snow/ Snow data from individual sites
NOAA Soil Moisture Monitoring http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/soilmst/w.shtml
(maps produced from their numerical weather forecasting model)
NOAA Hydrometeorological Design Studies Center
http://www.weather.gov/oh/hdsc/currentpf.htm Precipitation frequency atlases for the
United States
National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center http://www.nohrsc.nws.gov/
Maps of snow surveys and forecasts.
National Drought Mitigation Center http://drought.unl.edu/
Drought Monitor http://drought.unl.edu/dm/monitor.html Weekly drought severity
maps

Texas Data Sources


TRACS water quality data for Texas (like EPA Storet but for Texas only)
http://www.tceq.state.tx.us/compliance/monitoring/crp/data/samplequery.html
WIID Texas Water Information Integration and Dissemination (WIID)
http://wiid.twdb.state.tx.us/ Well stratigraphy and water observations, water use forecasts,
reservoir contents.

Gridded Weather and Climate Data


Daymet http://www.daymet.org/ NCAR Gridded historical climate in daily time steps for
1 km grid. Can be queried by point locations. Tutorial on Weather Downloader (an
ArcGIS application that downloads weather data for point feature classes)
http://www.ce.utexas.edu/prof/maidment/giswr2007/Ex6/Ex62007.doc
COMET http://www.comet.ucar.edu/ Cooperative Program for Operational Meteorology,
Education and Training distance learning education about weather and climate
Numerical Weather Prediction Model descriptions and instructional tutorials
http://www.meted.ucar.edu/nwp/pcu2/ (Requires a login) Describes variables calculated
in different weather models.

NCEP National Centers for Environmental Prediction (numerical weather forecasting for
the US) http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/products/ Definitions of variables in weather
models: http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/docs/on388/
NCAR Community Data Portal http://cdp.ucar.edu/home/home.htm Research data from
National Center for Atmospheric Research
NOMADS NOAA Operational Model Archive and Distribution System
http://nomads.ncdc.noaa.gov/ Access to historical weather model data
THREDDS http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/projects/THREDDS/ Thematic Realtime
Environmental Distributed Data Services web services technology for weather and climate data

THREDDS data server at Unidata


http://motherlode.ucar.edu:8080/thredds/catalog.html Tutorial on how to use this server
http://www.ce.utexas.edu/prof/maidment/GradHydro2007/docs/THREDDS.htm#unidata
THREDDS data server at NCDC
http://nomads.ncdc.noaa.gov/thredds/catalog.html
Tutorial on how to use this server
http://www.ce.utexas.edu/prof/maidment/GradHydro2007/docs/THREDDS.htm#ncdc

Remote Sensing Data


MOVAS http://g0dup05u.ecs.nasa.gov/Giovanni/ MODIS Online Visualization and
Analysis System NASA data from the MODIS satellite sensor
NASA Atmospheric Science Data Center http://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/ (includes new
netCDF data products)

Coastal Data
NOAA Tides and Currents http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/
Tides Online http://tidesonline.nos.noaa.gov/ Data on current and historical tidal levels.
(6 min to monthly data at some locations)
TCOON (Texas Coastal Ocean Observing Network)
http://lighthouse.tamucc.edu/TCOON/
TWDB Bay and Estuary data
http://www.twdb.state.tx.us/DATA/bays_estuaries/bays_estuary_toc.asp

Global Data
GEMStat http://www.gemstat.org/ Global water quality data and statistics
WaterGap world water resources and water use http://grdc.bafg.de/servlet/is/1890/
Global Precipitation Climate Centre http://gpcc.dwd.de
Global Runoff Data Centre http://grdc.bafg.de/

CUAHSI Data Access Systems


CUAHSI HIS http://his.cuahsi.org
HydroDesktop http://www.hydrodesktop.org
HydroExcel http://his.cuahsi.org/hydroexcel.html
HIS Central http://hiscentral.cuahsi.org

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