Hydrology List

1 WHYCOS World Hydrological Cycle Observing System

http://www.wmo.ch/web/homs/whycos.html

WHYCOS has been developed to complement by the World Meteorological Organization national efforts to provide the information required for wise water resource management, it will provide a vehicle not only for disseminating high quality information, but also for promoting international collaboration.

2 National Hydrological and Hydrometeorological Services

http://www.wmo.ch/web/homs/linksnhs.html

Site for national bodies in charge for operational hydrology and water resources assessment activities.

3 USGS Water Resources Information

http://water.usgs.gov/

Includes datasets, publications, and agency information. Strong resource for hydrology information for the United States including water use, spatial data, and water conditions.

4 USGS Water Resources: National Research Program

http://water.usgs.gov/wicp/acwi/hydrology/

Fractured rock hydrology which often serve as major conduits for movement of water.

5 Global Hydrology and Climate Center

http://www.ghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/

Studying the global water cycle and its effect on weather and climate Global Hydrology and Climate Center, a joint venture between government (NASA) and academia to study the global water cycle and its effect on weather and climate.

6 Great Lake Environmental Research Laboratory

http://www.glerl.noaa.gov

GLERLs mission is to conduct integrated, interdisciplinary environmental research in support of resource management and environmental services in coastal and estuarine water, with special emphasis on the Great Lakes and their research provides Federal, State, and international decision and policy makers with scientific understanding of pathways, fates, and effects of toxicants in the Great Lakes, natural hazards such as severe waves, storm surges, and ice, ecosystems and their interactio

7 Tide and Current Glossary

co-ops.nos.noaa.gov/publications/glossary2.pdf‎

A lengthy glossary of oceanographic hydrological terms used by the National Ocean Service.

8 International Association for Hydrology

http://www.hydroweb.com/

This membership associations commercial site is home for the Journal of Environmental Hydrology and has discussion forums, auctions and software related to hydrology.

9 Annotated Physics Encyclopedia: Fluid Dynamics

http://web.mit.edu/redingtn/www/netadv/material-liquids.html

The Net Advance of Physics: Physics Encyclopedia with information on fluid dynamics and liquid crystals in a virtual textbook. Advanced topics include Liquid Crystal Displays.

10 National Hydrography Dataset Home Page

http://nhd.usgs.gov/

Home page for the National Hydrography Dataset, National Mapping Division, U.S. Geological Survey which has the NHDs comprehensive set of digital spatial data that contains information about surface water features such as lakes, ponds, streams, rivers, springs and wells.

11 Wiley-VCH - International Review of Hydrobiology

http://www.wiley-vch.de/publish/en/journals/alphabeticIndex/2246/

International Review of Hydrobiology Books Journals.