Dear RDA GWIIG
RDA has a very active Data Rescue Interest Group (https://www.rd-alliance.org/groups/data-rescue.html). Data rescue, particularly of historic data to extend records back in time, is often of interest to the water community, can be hugely important for research, and there is a lot of demand out there for rescuing hydrological data that’s at risk of loss.
We’re considering a joint water / data rescue session at the next RDA Plenary in Montreal in September. The aim would be to demonstrate the benefits of past data rescue activities in water, identify examples of future need, and consider how this need might be addressed in future.
Could you let me know:
a) if you’d be interested in such a session (remote attendance would be possible)
b) of any great hydrological data rescue examples, particularly where they have had a tangible research and/or societal benefit
c) of any pressing hydrological data rescue needs, again particularly where there could be research and societal benefits
d) if you have colleagues not in the RDA GWIIG who would be interested in such activities
Thanks
Matt
(GWIIG co-chair)
Matt Fry
Environmental Informatics Manager
Water Information Management Group
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