The precondition of success in Iran’s water resources management: easy access to hydro-climatic data
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Easy access to hydro-climatic data is a necessary precondition for the progress and success of any water resources research project. Without (easy) access to these data, realistic and reliable assessment of a catchment under study is impossible. The aim of this note is not to discuss the importance of the collection of hydro-climatic data but to emphasise the worthiness of easy access to such data. Briefly alluding to authors' personal experiences of data access issues, a few suggestions are made in order to develop a comprehensive online database of Iran's hydro-climatic data and water resources information easily accessible to the water research community, i.e. both national and international researchers.
Easy access to hydro-climatic data is a necessary precondition for the progress and success of any water resources research project. Without (easy) access to these data, realistic and reliable assessment of a catchment under study is impossible. The aim of this note is not to discuss the importance of the collection of hydro-climatic data but to emphasise the worthiness of easy access to such data. Briefly alluding to authors' personal experiences of data access issues, a few suggestions are made in order to develop a comprehensive online database of Iran's hydro-climatic data and water resources information easily accessible to the water research community, i.e. both national and international researchers.
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Publishing year
2015
Language
English
Publication/Series
Iran-Water Resources Research
Volume
11
Issue
1
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Document type
Journal article (letter)
Publisher
Iranian Water Resources Association
Topic
- Water Engineering
Keywords
- hydro-climatic data
- data access
- data
- open-access data
- water resources management
- Iran
- water resources
- hydrology
- hydro-climatology
- water research community
Status
Published