C.P. Kumar of the National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee provides a list of web communities on hydrology:
1. Hydrology Forum (Topica) This list aims to provide a forum for discussion of scientific research in all aspects of Hydrology including hydrologic design, surface water analysis and modelling, flood studies, drought studies, watershed development, groundwater assessment and modelling, conjunctive use, drainage, mountain hydrology, environmental hydrology, lake hydrology, nuclear hydrology, urban hydrology, forest hydrology, hydrological investigations, remote sensing and GIS applications etc. Exchange of ideas and experiences regarding use and application of hydrological softwares are also welcome. http://www.topica.com/lists/hydrology-forum/
2. Hydrology Forum This group aims to provide a forum for discussion of scientific research in all aspects of Hydrology including hydrologic design, surface water analysis and modelling, flood studies, drought studies, watershed development, groundwater assessment and modelling, conjunctive use, drainage, mountain hydrology, environmental hydrology, lake hydrology, nuclear hydrology, urban hydrology, forest hydrology, hydrological investigations, remote sensing and GIS applications etc. Exchange of ideas and experiences regarding use and application of hydrological softwares are also welcome. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hydforum/
3. Hydrological Modelling This group aims to provide a forum for discussion of scientific research in modelling of hydrologic systems including * Rainfall-Runoff Modelling * Overland Flow Modelling * Unsaturated Flow Modelling * Groundwater Flow Modelling * Solute Transport Modelling * Sea Water Intrusion Modelling * Water Quality Modelling * Other relevant aspects of Hydrology and Water Resources Development and Management. It intends to provide a forum for technical discussions; announcement of new public domain and commercial softwares; calls for abstracts and papers; conference and workshop announcements; and summaries of research results, recent publications, and case studies. Exchange of ideas and experiences regarding use and application of hydrological softwares are also welcome. http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/hydrologymodel/
4. Ground Water Modelling An email discussion group related to ground water modelling and analysis. This group is a forum for the communication of all aspects of ground water modelling including technical discussions; announcement of new public domain and commercial softwares; calls for abstracts and papers; conference and workshop announcements; and summaries of research results, recent publications, and case studies. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gwmodel/
5. Groundwater Research and Management In many regions of the world, the groundwater resource base and the social, economic and environmental systems dependent on it, are under threat from over-abstraction and pollution. Groundwater management, beyond pure development of the resource, is in its incipient phase in many countries and traditionally, management is only weakly hinged on research. When it comes to solving the problems, and putting into place management schemes, the impediments are numerous. Besides the lack of basic knowledge and information of the groundwater resource, knowledge of possible management options is also inadequate. This group aims to provide an interaction between groundwater researchers and managers to synthesize their knowledge, perceptions and ideas for improved groundwater management and research. http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/gwrm/
6. Roorkee Hydrology Group This group aims at interaction amongst professionals, academicians, research scholars and students working in the field of Hydrology and Water Resources. The Roorkee city has got unique distinction of having a number of leading organisations in the water resources sector: 1. Water Resources Development Training Centre 2. Department of Hydrology (IIT, Roorkee) 3. Department of Earth Sciences (IIT, Roorkee) 4. National Institute of Hydrology 5. Irrigation Research Institute 6. Alternate Hydro Energy Centre (IIT, Roorkee) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rhydrology/
7. Decision Support Systems in Hydrology The decision support system (DSS) includes information systems that perform data acquisition, management and visualisation; and models that perform simulation and optimisation of the system. This group aims to provide a forum for exchange of ideas and experiences regarding development and use of decision support systems in surface water planning; integrated operation of reservoirs; conjunctive surface water and groundwater planning; drought monitoring, assessment and management; water quality; and other aspects of hydrology and water resources development and management. http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/dsshydrology/
8. FEFLOW Users Group FEFLOW (Finite Element subsurface FLOW system) is a sophisticated software package for the modeling of flow and transport processes in porous media under saturated and unsaturated conditions. Integral components are interactive graphics, a GIS interface, data regionalization and visualisation tools and powerful numeric techniques. These components ensure an efficient working process building the finite element mesh, assigning model properties and boundary conditions, running the simulation, and visualizing the results. This group aims to provide a forum for exchange of ideas and experiences regarding use and application of FEFLOW software. http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/feflow/
9. Visual MODFLOW Users Group Visual MODFLOW is a proven standard for professional 3D groundwater flow and contaminant transport modeling using MODFLOW-2000, MODPATH, MT3DMS AND RT3D. Visual MODFLOW seamlessly combines the standard Visual MODFLOW package with Win PEST and the Visual MODFLOW 3D-Explorer to give a complete and powerful graphical modeling environment. This group aims to provide a forum for exchange of ideas and experiences regarding use and application of Visual MODFLOW software. http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/visual-modflow/
10. Groundwater Vistas Users Group Groundwater Vistas (GV) is a sophisticated Windows graphical user interface for 3-D groundwater flow & transport modeling. GV couples a powerful model design system with comprehensive graphical analysis tools. GV is a model-independent graphical design system for MODFLOW MODPATH (both steady-state and transient versions), MT3DMS, MODFLOWT, MODFLOW-SURFACT, MODFLOW2000, GFLOW, RT3D, PATH3D, SEAWAT and PEST, the model-independent calibration software. The combination of PEST and GV's automatic sensitivity analysis make GV a powerful calibration tool. This group aims to provide a forum for exchange of ideas and experiences regarding use and application of Groundwater Vistas software. http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/groundwater-vistas/
11. GMS Users Group GMS (Groundwater Modeling System) is an advanced, powerful, and comprehensive groundwater modeling package. GMS provides complete support for the USGS MODFLOW 3D finite difference, MODPATH 3D particle tracking, MT3DMS 3D multi-species contaminant transport, RT3D 3D bioremediation transport, SEAM3D 3D bioremediation transport, SEEP2D 2D finite element, and FEMWATER 3D finite element groundwater models. Tools are provided for site characterization, model conceptualization, mesh and grid generation, geostatistics, telescopic model refinement, automated model calibration, and output post-processing. The program allows common information to be shared among different data types and groundwater models. GMS is completely graphical, and can display a defined groundwater model in either plan view or 3D oblique view, and can be rotated interactively. Tools are provided for site characterization, model conceptualization, mesh and grid generation, geostatistics, and output post-processing. This group aims to provide a forum for exchange of ideas and experiences regarding use and application of GMS software. http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/gms-users/
12. SEAWAT Users Group The SEAWAT program was developed to simulate three-dimensional, variable- density, transient ground-water flow in porous media. The source code for SEAWAT was developed by combining MODFLOW and MT3DMS into a single program that solves the coupled flow and solute-transport equations. The SEAWAT code follows a modular structure, and thus, new capabilities can be added with only minor modifications to the main program. SEAWAT reads and writes standard MODFLOW and MT3DMS data sets, although some extra input may be required for some SEAWAT simulations. This means that many of the existing pre- and post-processors can be used to create input data sets and analyze simulation results. Users familiar with MODFLOW and MT3DMS should have little difficulty applying SEAWAT to problems of variable-density ground-water flow. SEAWAT-2000 is the latest release of the SEAWAT computer program for simulation of three-dimensional, variable-density, transient ground-water flow in porous media. SEAWAT-2000 was designed by combining a modified version of MODFLOW-2000 and MT3DMS into a single computer program. This group aims to provide a forum for exchange of ideas and experiences regarding use and application of SEAWAT software. http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/seawat/
13. Hydrology This group aims to provide a forum for discussion of scientific research in all aspects of Hydrology and modelling of hydrologic processes. Exchange of ideas and experiences regarding use and application of hydrological softwares are also welcome. http://groups.google.com/group/hydrology/
14. Groundwater Assessment and Modelling This group aims to provide a forum for discussion of scientific research in all aspects of ground water assessment and modelling. Exchange of ideas and experiences regarding use and application of groundwater softwares are also welcome. http://groups.google.com/group/groundwater/
15. Water Resources A discussion group on water resources development and management. http://groups.google.com/group/water-resources/
16. Indian Hydrology A forum for discussion of hydrological problems in India. http://groups.google.com/group/indian-hydrology/
17. MODFLOW Users Group A forum for exchange of ideas and experiences regarding use and application of MODFLOW - a modular three-dimensional finite-difference ground-water flow model. http://groups.google.com/group/modflow/
18. Modelling of Coastal Aquifers A forum for discussion of hydrological problems in coastal regions and modelling of seawater intrusion. http://groups.google.com/group/coastal/
Contact:
C. P. KUMAR Scientist 'E1' National Institute of Hydrology Jal Vigyan Bhawan Roorkee - 247667 (Uttarakhand) INDIA
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email: cpkumar@yahoo.com
