A WorkGroup Hydrologic Information System Implementation for the Lower Susquehannan and upper Chesapeake Bay

The proposed project will demonstrate the applicability and utility of some CyberInfrastructure components currently being developed by the Hydrologic Information System (HIS) group of CUAHSI for use by both the CLEANER and CUAHSI communities. Because of the complexity of the system components it is impossible to produce a roll-out product that would meet all the expectations from the start. Hence, it is crucial that these components are put to a test in a test-bed environment to investigate how the components behave, what pieces are missing, what additional developments need to be carried out, and most importantly whether they are effective for the purpose they were designed. The objectives are to: (1) test and demonstrate the usefulness of the envrionmental observations database (EOD) design in conjunction with the HydroObjects Library as applied to nutrient fluxes in both the Susquehanna River Basin (SRB) and Chesapeake Bay (CB) for which the group will use the SPARROW program (2) demonstrate the feasibility of using existing CI components (EOD) from CUAHSI and CyberCollaboratory from CLEANER) to meet a merged and overlapping science agenda as demonstrated on the SRB/CB test-bed, and (3) further develop and extend existing components as well as provide feedback on the design and functionality of CI components to the technology partners at SDSC and NCSA.