Organization and Analysis of Data

         These data need to be organized, documented and quality controlled. Also, it will be necessary to estimate components of the surface radiation budget from the available surface observations using empirical methods and spatial analyses of the point observations. These empirical techniques need to be examined using data from experiments such as FIFE and HAPEX and using other data being collected by the CSEs.

         Quality control and checking will be undertaken by the hydrologists working with the data and will thus be part of the data analysis and parameter estimation. This should ensure a high degree of consistency and make this an extremely valuable asset for hydrological research.

Data Dissemination

         The MOPEX data will be placed on an FTP site in the Office of Hydrology. An electronic catalogue of the available basin data will be maintained. The data will be readily and freely available to the international research community. The data formats have yet to be determined but will take account of existing systems/formats and will be chosen for ease of use and storage efficiency. A range of formats are likely to be available for consideration as it will be necessary to accept the data in the formats used by the provider.

           Similarly, the results of the parameter estimation studies/experiments will be placed on the FTP site for dissemination to MOPEX participants and the international scientific community.

            The results of the MOPEX parameter estimation experiments will be published individually and jointly by project participants in
refereed journals.

Data Requirements

Data Types

Data Available

Data Dissmination