Enhydris: A free database system for the storage and management of hydrological and meteorological data
A server software offering a database system for the storage and management of hydrological and meteorological data.
Enhydris (Ενυδρίς) is a database system for the storage and management of hydrological and meteorological data. It allows the storage and retrieval of raw data, processed time series, model parameters, curves and meta-information such as measurement stations overseers, instruments, events etc.
The database is accessible through a web interface, which includes several data representation features such as tables, graphs and mapping capabilities. Data access is configurable to allow or to restrict user groups and/or privileged users to contribute or to download data. With these capabilities, Enhydris can be used either as a public repository of free data or as a fully secured – restricted system for data storage. Time series can be downloaded in plain text format that can be directly loaded to Hydrognomon (http://hydrognomon.org/), a free tool for analysis and processing of meteorological time series.
Enhydris is free software, available under the GNU Affero General Public License, and can run on UNIX (such as GNU/Linux) or Windows.
Code, downloads, bug tracking, documentation
Use the trac system installed at: http://openmeteo.org/code/ for software downloads, bug tracking etc
Documentation is available from: http://openmeteo.org/doc/
Features
See this dedicated page on Enhydris features.
Known Enhydris Installations
- The openmeteo.org/db, the international, public database with free hydro-meteorological data is an Enhydris-powered database with data available exclusively under free licenses such as Creative Commons, where anyone will be offered the possibility to upload their own data.
- The Hydrological Observatory of Athens (http://hoa.ntua.gr/), a network of ten (10) automatic meteorological stations and four (4) flow measurement stations installed at the greater area of Athens.
- The Hydroscope project is a national Greek database of hydrological and meteorological data, featuring a distributed installation of Enhydris: each participating organisation keeps its data on its own server, but all the data are accessible through a common portal (http://hydroscope.gr/)
- The Athens Water Supply Company (EYDAP) uses Enhydris (currently on its intranet only) to manage and store its data. The information system is at: http://itia.ntua.gr/eydap/db/
- WQ DREAMS (http://wq-dreams.eu/) is a database and a web application designed to store and manage water quantity data reported to the European Environmental Agency. All data are related to regions in Europe, mostly at River Basin District level.
Presentations, documents, papers
Enhydris, Filotis & openmeteo.org: Free software for environmental management [Greek text], Christofides, A., S. Kozanis, G. Karavokiros, and A. Koukouvinos, FLOSS Conference 2011, Athens, http://conferences.ellak.gr/2011/, 21 May 2011. Available at: itia.ntua.gr/1145
Enhydris: A free database system for the storage and management of hydrological and meteorological data, Christofides, A., S. Kozanis, G. Karavokiros, Y. Markonis, and A. Efstratiadis, Enhydris: A free database system for the storage and management of hydrological and meteorological data, European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2011, Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 13, Vienna, 8760, European Geosciences Union, 2011. Available at: itia.ntua.gr/1120
Contact
For any inquire, info request or assistance for the installation, send an e-mail to: openmeteo@itia.ntua.gr
Enhydris is part of the openmeteo.org, a project devoted to the development of free hydrological and meteorological software and to the collection and distribution of free hydrological and meteorological data