Dear Friends of Water Science,

I want to point you to a couple of relatively new efforts related to water data.

The Water Data Collaborative is an affiliation of eight institutions formed in 2017 with support from the Pisces Foundation to support the more than 1,700 volunteer water-monitoring organizations in the U.S. The Collaborative includes Chesapeake Commons, the Conservation Innovation Center of Chesapeake Conservancy, Izaak Walton League, the Internet of Water, River Network, River Watch of Colorado, Waterkeeper Alliance, and CUAHSI. The primary goals of the Collaborative are to increase adoption of best practices among volunteer water-data collectors and to develop and implement technology that enables volunteers to digitally capture and share data.

The Collaborative offers a variety of resources to support monitoring organizations. Of particular note is the recently-developed mobile app, The Water Reporter, which was designed to capture data and geo-located images for sharing among the water community. The app can be used for formal water-data collection in which measurements are made and recorded, or informally by the casual user who simply wants to record and share some water condition they might happen upon. Users can share information through connections with individuals, groups, or by watershed. 

The Internet of Water (IoW), about which I have written before, recently stood up a new website, and has added several new staff.  Through the jointly funded CUAHSI - IoW Moore Foundation project, newly hired CUAHSI Data Architect Rhys Ryan works twenty percent of his time for the Iow, helping ensure coordination between IoW and CUAHSI activities, including adoption of common technology and practices. We are excited about this coordination.

Finally, I am pleased to point you to a newly published paper by CUAHSI Post-Doc Katherine Schlef on the relation of extreme floods in the U.S. to atmospheric circulation patterns. This work was supported by the Technology Directorate of the Department of Homeland Security for the Flood Apex Program; processed data and code are available on HydroShare; see this for station-by-station data used in the analyses.

All the best,
Jerad

Postdoctoral Research Associate in Flood Resilience Needed
 

CUAHSI is hiring! We have a position open for one Postdoc Research Associate (RA). This individual will need experience in the general area of improving community resilience to flood disasters. The RA will conduct independent research and will be monitored by one or more faculty at the university of the RA's choosing. 

We are looking for an individual who can start immediately with an expected term of one year, and extendable to two years. The position includes full benefits, a $50,000 a year salary and $10,000 in discretionary funds. Most of which will support travel to the National Water Center in addition to any research funds that may be directed to the project by mentors. 

Qualifications and Criteria:

Requirements for the position include a Ph.D. in a field of study relevant to flooding, the ability to take initiative and work independently, and an interest in contributing to a dialogue across disciplinary boundaries. 

Application Instructions:

For more details on this position including application instructions, please submit the required items to https://proposalspace.com/calls/d/1032 by June 15, 2019. 

What's the last thing you did on HydroShare? Perhaps you were viewing a resource with an interesting Jupyter notebook, or maybe you were editing a resource you uploaded for an associated paper publication. Either way, we can get you back to where you last left off. Simpy login to HydroShare and check out your new Home Page with your "Recently Visited" Resources. You can think of this page as a less "spammy" version of your Facebook homepage, where we will eventually enable customization to align with your interests. Your homepage also includes Featured Apps, Additional CUAHSI Water Data Services, and a Getting Started section for new users. 

Let us know what you think by contacting help@cuahsi.org

 

 

New this year at the 2019 UCOWR/NIWR Water Resources Conference - CUAHSI Water Data Services Workshop!

Come out and learn about CUAHSI's Water Data Services! These services are free, open-access, and available to everyone. Learn how these services can help you and your team: 

When: Tuesday, June 11 from 1:00 p.m. - 3:50 p.m.

Where: 2019 UCOWR Annual Water Resources Conference

The workshop is limited to 30 people and is first come, first served and is free to all conference attendees! 

Before you reserve your spot, make sure you are not presenting at the same time as this workshop!

To reserve your spot, please include the following in your email:

Reserve your spot here. 

CUAHSI 2019 Conference on Hydroinformatics 

Poster Presentation Abstract Submission Deadline: June 15, 2019

    There is still time to submit an abstract for a poster presentation for the 2019 CUAHSI Conference on Hydroinformatics! The new deadline to submit an abstract is now June 15!

Travel support is available to those who present their posters at the conference! Support is given on a first come, first served basis. 

Submit your abstract here. 

This year's Conference is focused on data science and technology for water resources and hydrology. It will include a variety of hands-on sessions, as well as oral and poster presentations! This year, we have 6 Keynote Speakers: 
 

• Ni-Bin Chang, University of Central Florida 
• Tyler Erickson, Google Earth Engine and Google Earth Outreach
• Sara Larsen, Western States Water Council Water Data Exchange
• Manish Parashar, National Science Foundation 
• Gene Shawcroft, Central Utah Water Conservancy District 
• Chaopeng Shen, Pennsylvania State University 

Early Bird Registration Deadline: June 15 
Regular Registration Deadline: July 15

More information and instructions on how to register can be found here.