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Whitepaper: 5 Best Practices for Building Better Stage-Discharge Rating Curves
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As an IAHS member, Aquatic Informatics invites you to read the new whitepaper, "5 Best Practices for Building BetterStage-Discharge Rating Curves." A reliable rating curve is one that is credible, defensible, and minimizes re-work. This paper outlines 5 modern best practices used by highly effective hydrographers. Rediscover the science of building the best possible rating curves and gain the highest confidence in your calculations of flow. Read this whitepaper to learn how to: 1. Have a Plan - Modernize your approach to leverage a world-class quality management system, network design, technology, training, and data management software. 2. Understand the Science - Make better informed decisions guided by a clear understanding of the science and engineering principles behind rating curve development. 3. Systematically Analyze the Data - Use a hydraulics based approach to determine curve shape and slope, period of applicability, measurement error, and explainable deviations. 4. Manage the Variance - Understand the sources of variance, both systematic and random, by adaptively managing your monitoring plan. Mitigate for variable hydraulic conditions to provide timely, evidence-based, results. 5. Qualify the Derived Discharge Results - Qualify your results by maintaining and disclosing (1) comprehensive records of all data processing steps and (2) data approval levels and quality grades to provide evidence that the curve is reliable. Stream hydrographers are held accountable for their work. Highly skilled hydrographers follow a best practices approach, making it easier to perform, explain, and defend their work. Reliable rating curves result in better information for decision makers, enabling the optimal use, management, and protection of water resources. To learn more, read Stu’s whitepaper here. Meet the Author Read Stu's 5 Best Practices for Building Better Stage-Discharge Rating Curves to learn how you can build reliable rating curves in a timely, efficient, and effective manner. Aquatic Informatics Inc. |
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This is not an endorsement of the whitepaper or the AQUARIUS hydrological data management system.
ICCE: International Commission on Continental Erosion
Future meetings of ICCE
RSHS'14 and ICGRHWE'14
Call for abstractS
The 3rd Remote Sensing and Hydrology Symposium (RSHS'14) and the 3rd International Conference of GIS/RS in Hydrology, Water Resources and Environment (ICGRHWE'14)
Guangzhou, China, 24-27 August 2014
The conference is organized by the International Commission on Remote Sensing (ICRS) of IAHS and Sun Yat-Sen University, China; the co-organizers are the University of Swansea, UK and the University of Nebraska, USA.
Hydrological Sciences Journal Editorial Retreat
Prior to the Facets of Uncertainty meeting in Kos, the Co-editors of HSJ, Zbyszek Kundzewicz and Demetris Koutsoyiannis, convened an Editorial Retreat with 17 of the journal's Associate Editors, Frances Watkins and Cate Gardner from IAHS Press and representatives from Taylor & Francis, to focus on the journal. It was the first event of this type and made possible because T&F provided funding.
FACETS OF UNCERTAINTY, STAHY'13 Workshop
STAHY'13 Workshop, Kos Island, Greece, 17-19 October 2013
The topical workshop of the International Commission on Statistical Hydrology (ICSH-IAHS, formally STAHY) was held in Kos Island, Greece, 17-19 October 2013, jointly with two prestigious events: the annual EGU Leonardo Conference, and the Hydrofractals Conference that takes place every 10 years. Each of the above events had its own dynamic, but they all focused on a common idea: the uncertainty in natural processes. The different views of the three components were apparent during the Kos convention.