A database mining initiative is underway to archive existing Susquehanna River Basin research resources. Below is a growing list of links to resources that will aid in planning and designing a Susquehanna Hydrologic Observatory.
The Pennsylvania
State Climate Office continues to harvest hourly data reports from numerous
networks within the state including PennDOT’s RWIS, DEP’s COPAMS,
FAA’s ASOS and to display these in real-time in a variety of formats.
The climate office web page (http://climate.psu.edu)
has an extensive archive of surface data along with hourly satellite and
radar imagery. More than 20 gigabytes of data are stored for ready use.
The interactive data archive (http://pasc.met.psu.edu/IA )
is a powerful retrieval tool for a variety of data.
Numerous projects
are underway. A comparison of site environment changes of the National Weather
Service Cooperative network during the past twenty years is half completed
(http://pasc.met.psu.edu/PA_Climatologist/cooptan/ ).
A comprehensive metadata of all hourly sites is nearing completion (http://pasc.met.psu.edu/MESONET/metadata/)
as well as storage of RWIS and DEP data into NETCDF files.
For calibrating
and validating the NRCC soil freezing depth model, soil temperature and
moisture probes are needed at several depths
Automated Surface
Observing System (National Weather Service and Federal Aviation Administration)
stations in PA and adjacent NY: http://www.faa.gov/asos/map/pa.cfm.
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Baltimore Ecosystem Study, US Long Term Ecological Research, http://lternet.edu/sites/bes/
Bankfull discharge and channel characteristics of streams in the Piedmont hydrologic region, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Annapolis Field Office. http://www.fws.gov/r5cbfo/Piedmont.pdf
Consortium for Atlantic Regional Assessment, http://www.cara.psu.edu/March2004.html
Department of Military and Veterans Affairs Environmental Stewardship at Ft. Indiantown Gap http://sites.state.pa.us/PA_Exec/Military_Affairs/ftig/environmental.html
Earth System Science Center (2004). "Soil Datasets", http://www.essc.psu.edu/soil_info/index.cgi?soil_data&statsgo
Geology of the Mid Atlantic Corridor, U.S. Geological Survey. http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/fs184-97/
GIS Hydro, University of Maryland, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering http://www.gishydro.umd.edu/
Heiberg Experimental Watershed, SUNY College of Environmental Science and
Forestry, http://hew.esf.edu/
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Maryland Environmental Resources and Land Information Network, Md DNR http://www.mdmerlin.net/
Mid-Atlantic RESAC, NASA & EPA. Water Quality and Land Cover Chesapeake Bay Watershed, Steve Prince with Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, www.geog.umd.edu/resac//
Mid-Atlantic River Forecasting Center (MARFC) http://www.erh.noaa.gov/marfc/
National Climatic Data Center (2004). "Index of /pub/data/prism100", http://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/prism100
Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory (2004). "Welcome to Century 4 Home", http://www.nrel.colostate.edu/projects/century/
New York State Museum (2004). "GIS Datasets - New York State Museum", http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/gis/
Northeast Regional Climate Center, http://met-www.cit.cornell.edu/
PA State Climatologist, http://pasc.met.psu.edu/PA_Climatologist/index.php
Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (2004). " Pennsylvania Geological Survey: Digital Bedrock
Geology", http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/topogeo/map1/bedmap.aspx
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Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access http://www.pasda.psu.edu/
Shippensburg University Burd Run Experimental Watershed, http://www.ship.edu/~geog/burdrun/
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, http://www.serc.si.edu/
Susquehanna River Basin Commission, GIS Program, http://www.srbc.net/gis/index.html
United States Geological Survey (2004a). "Major Dams of the United States", http://nationalatlas.gov/damsm.html
United States Geological Survey (2004b). "National Hydrography Dataset Home Page", http://nhd.usgs.gov/
United States Geological Survey (2004c). "NWISWeb Data for the Nation", http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis
United States Geological Survey (2004d). "USGS EDC: National Elevation Dataset Home Page", http://gisdata.usgs.gov/NED/
United States Geological Survey (2004e). "USGS getcover - physio", http://water.usgs.gov/lookup/getspatial?physio
Publication References of Research Resources
Geyer, A., and J. P. Wilshusen. (1982). Engineering Characteristics of the Rocks of Pennsylvania (Report 1), 300 pp. Pennsylvania Geologic Survey.
Kittel, T. G., N. A. Rosenbloom, T. H. Painter, and D. S. Schimel. (1995). The VEMAP integrated database for modeling United States ecosystem/vegetation sensitivity to climate change. Journal of Biography, 22(4/5), 857-862.
Nutter, L. J. (1977). Ground-water resources of Harford County, Maryland. Bulletin No. 32 44 pp. Maryland Geological Survey.
Otten, E. G., R. E. Willey, R. A. McGregor, G. Achmad, S. N. Hiortdahl, and J. M. Gerhart. (1988). Water resources and estimated effects of ground-water development, Cecil County, Maryland. Bulletin 34 133 pp. Maryland Geological Survey.
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) (2004) Framework for developing conceptual ground water flow models, Source Water Assessment and Protection Program: Bureau of Water Supply Management, Division of Drinking Water Management, Harrisburg, PA (Draft)
Peper, J. D., L. B. McCartan, J. W. Horton, and J. E. Reddy. (2001). Preliminary Lithogeochemical Map Showing Near-Surface Rock Types in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, Virginia and Maryland (Open-File Report 01-187), Denver, CO. United States Geological Survey.
Randall, A. D. (1972). Records of wells and test borings in the Susquehanna River Basin, New York. Bulletin 69 92 pp. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
