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Developing a Catalog of Open and Free Datasets for Hydrologists: A Crowdsource Initiative

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Newcomer,  Michelle
IUGG 2023, General Assemblies, 1 General, International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG), External Organizations;

Dogulu,  Nilay
IUGG 2023, General Assemblies, 1 General, International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG), External Organizations;

Iravani,  Honeyeh
IUGG 2023, General Assemblies, 1 General, International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG), External Organizations;

Dembélé,  Moctar
IUGG 2023, General Assemblies, 1 General, International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG), External Organizations;

Uysal,  Gökçen
IUGG 2023, General Assemblies, 1 General, International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG), External Organizations;

Roy,  Tirthankar
IUGG 2023, General Assemblies, 1 General, International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG), External Organizations;

Dieppois,  Bastien
IUGG 2023, General Assemblies, 1 General, International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG), External Organizations;

Dietrich,  Stephan
IUGG 2023, General Assemblies, 1 General, International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG), External Organizations;

Dwivedi,  Ravindra
IUGG 2023, General Assemblies, 1 General, International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG), External Organizations;

Tsyplenkov,  Anatoly
IUGG 2023, General Assemblies, 1 General, International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG), External Organizations;

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Newcomer, M., Dogulu, N., Iravani, H., Dembélé, M., Uysal, G., Roy, T., Dieppois, B., Dietrich, S., Dwivedi, R., Tsyplenkov, A. (2023): Developing a Catalog of Open and Free Datasets for Hydrologists: A Crowdsource Initiative, XXVIII General Assembly of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) (Berlin 2023).
https://doi.org/10.57757/IUGG23-3755


Cite as: https://gfzpublic.gfz-potsdam.de/pubman/item/item_5020789
Abstract
Data collection and management constitutes the foundation for all analysis and modeling tasks required for achieving water, food, energy, and environmental security. UN-Water identifies data and information as one of the five accelerators where efforts and investments should be concentrated to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG 6). Availability of open and free data resources can greatly contribute to enhanced implementation capacity in water research. In this context, it is crucial that data are freely accessible, openly available, and reliable. Open datasets are available online, are accessible in machine-readable formats (i.e. not pdfs or reports), and are obtainable by the public. Free refers to the availability of datasets with licenses that allow sharing at no cost to individuals, researchers, institutions, or projects. However, such datasets are dispersed across various websites and repositories. This hampers visibility and findability, which in turn results in limited use for generation of new knowledge or transferability of insights. This highlights a critical need for improving visibility of existing hydrological datasets, dedicated projects, and repositories. Crowdsourced scientific data collection efforts enable collaborative work and provide potential solutions to these issues. In this talk, we present a crowdsourced hydrology initiative aimed at establishing a global catalog of open and free datasets. This inventory will provide a database of static links, data DOIs, description of datasets along with key references and supporting information. We report on our progress and challenges in designing such an initiative with the hope that others will benefit.