LNWB Ch03 Data Processes

Overview:
The Lower Nooksack Water Budget Project involved assembling a wide range of existing data related to WRIA 1 and specifically the Lower Nooksack Subbasin, updating existing data sets and generating new data sets. This Data Management Plan provides an overview of the data sets, formats and collaboration environment that was used to develop the project. Use of a plan during development of the technical work products provided a forum for the data development and management to be conducted with transparent methods and processes. At project completion, the Data Management Plan provides an accessible archive of the data resources used and supporting information on the data storage, intended access, sharing and re-use guidelines.

One goal of the Lower Nooksack Water Budget project is to make this “usable technical information” as accessible as possible across technical, policy and general public users. The project data, analyses and documents will be made available through the WRIA 1 Watershed Management Project website http://wria1project.org. This information is intended for use by the WRIA 1 Joint Board and partners working to achieve the adopted goals and priorities of the WRIA 1 Watershed Management Plan.

Model outputs for the Lower Nooksack Water Budget are summarized by sub-watersheds (drainages) and point locations (nodes). In general, due to changes in land use over time and changes to available streamflow and climate data, the water budget for any watershed needs to be updated periodically. Further detailed information about data sources is provided in review packets developed for specific technical components including climate, streamflow and groundwater level, soils and land cover, and water use.

Purpose:
This project involves assembling a wide range of existing data related to the WRIA 1 and specifically the Lower Nooksack Subbasin, updating existing data sets and generating new data sets. Data will be used as input to various hydrologic, climatic and geomorphic components of the Topnet-Water Management (WM) model, but will also be available to support other modeling efforts in WRIA 1. Much of the data used as input to the Topnet model is publicly available and maintained by others, (i.e., USGS DEMs and streamflow data, SSURGO soils data, University of Washington gridded meteorological data). Pre-processing is performed to convert these existing data into a format that can be used as input to the Topnet model. Post-processing of Topnet model ASCII-text file outputs is subsequently combined with spatial data to generate GIS data that can be used to create maps and illustrations of the spatial distribution of water information. Other products generated during this project will include documentation of methods, input by WRIA 1 Joint Board Staff Team during review and comment periods, communication tools developed for public engagement and public comment on the project.

In order to maintain an organized system of developing and distributing data, Lower Nooksack Water Budget project collaborators should be familiar with standards for data management described in this document, and the following issues related to generating and distributing data:
1. Standards for metadata and data formats
2. Plans for short-term storage and data management (i.e., file formats, local storage and back up procedures and security)
3. Legal and ethical issues (i.e., intellectual property, confidentiality of study participants)
4. Access policies and provisions (i.e., how the data will be made available to others, any restrictions needed)
5. Provisions for long-term archiving and preservation (i.e., establishment of a new data archive or utilization of an existing archive)
6. Assigned data management responsibilities (i.e., persons responsible for ensuring data Management, monitoring compliance with the Data Management Plan)

This resource is a subset of the Lower Nooksack Water Budget (LNWB) Collection Resource.

概览：

Lower Nooksack 水资源预算项目涉及收集与 WRIA 1 及其特别针对的 Lower Nooksack 子流域相关的各类现有数据，更新现有数据集并生成新的数据集。本数据管理计划概述了用于开发项目的数据集、格式和协作环境。在技术工作产品开发过程中采用该计划，为数据开发和管理提供了一个以透明方法与流程进行的平台。项目完成后，数据管理计划提供了一个可访问的数据资源档案，以及关于数据存储、预期访问、共享和再利用指南的支持性信息。

Lower Nooksack 水资源预算项目的一个目标是将‘可用技术信息’尽可能地提供给技术、政策和公众用户。项目数据、分析和文件将通过 WRIA 1 河谷管理项目网站（http://wria1project.org）提供。这些信息旨在供 WRIA 1 联合委员会及其致力于实现 WRIA 1 河谷管理计划采纳的目标和优先事项的合作伙伴使用。

Lower Nooksack 水资源预算的模型输出按子流域（排水区）和点位置（节点）进行汇总。通常，由于土地利用随时间的变化以及可用流量和气候数据的变动，任何流域的水预算都需要定期更新。关于数据来源的更详细信息可在为特定技术组件（包括气候、流量和地下水位、土壤和土地覆盖、水资源利用）开发的审阅包中找到。

目的：

本项任务包括收集与 WRIA 1 及其特别针对的 Lower Nooksack 子流域相关的广泛现有数据，更新现有数据集并生成新的数据集。这些数据将被用作 Topnet-水资源管理（WM）模型中各种水文、气候和地貌组件的输入，同时也将支持 WRIA 1 的其他建模工作。Topnet 模型输入的数据大部分为公共资源，并由他人维护（例如，美国地质调查局的 DEM 和流量数据、SSURGO 土壤数据、华盛顿大学网格气象数据）。对现有数据进行预处理，以将其转换为可用于 Topnet 模型的格式。随后，将 Topnet 模型的 ASCII 文本文件输出进行后处理，并与空间数据相结合，生成可用于创建水信息空间分布图和说明的 GIS 数据。本项目期间生成的其他产品还包括方法说明、WRIA 1 联合委员会工作人员团队在审阅和评论期间的输入、为公众参与和项目公众评论开发的沟通工具。

为了保持数据开发和分发系统的有序性，Lower Nooksack 水资源预算项目的合作者应熟悉本文件中描述的数据管理标准，以及以下与数据生成和分发相关的问题：
1. 元数据和数据格式标准
2. 短期存储和数据管理计划（即，文件格式、本地存储和备份程序以及安全性
3. 法律和伦理问题（即，知识产权、研究参与者的机密性
4. 访问政策和规定（即，数据如何对他人可用，所需的任何限制
5. 长期存档和保存规定（即，建立新的数据存档或利用现有存档
6. 分配的数据管理责任（即，负责确保数据管理的个人，以及监测数据管理计划的遵守情况

本资源是 Lower Nooksack 水资源预算（LNWB）资源集合的一个子集。