Data availability and accessibility
State of the art on existing data required for modelling for research purposes and for the
implementation of the Water Framework Directive
Synthesis report
Jens Christian Refsgaard; Lisbeth Flindt Jørgensen; Anker Lajer Højberg
Contact: JCR@geus.dk
Developed by: Harmoni-CA
Deliverable number: D4-7
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This report is the sole responsibility of the authors and does not represent the opinion of the European Commission, nor is the European Commission responsible for any use that might be made of the information appearing herein.| Table of Contents | |
| PREFACE | 1 |
| SUMMARY | 3 |
| 1. DATA FOR MODELLING – WHAT ARE THE PROBLEMS? | 5 |
| 1.1 WHY IS MODELLING AN IMPORTANT TOOL IN WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT. | 5 |
| 1.2 OBJECTIVES AND TARGET AUDIENCE OF THIS DOCUMENT | 5 |
| 1.3 WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE - REQUIREMENTS | 6 |
| 1.4 DO WE HAVE ENOUGH DATA FOR MODELLING? | 7 |
| 1.5 ARE THE EXISTING DATA ACCESSIBLE FOR MODELLING? | 7 |
| 2. DATA REQUIREMENTS – METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK | 8 |
| 2.1 MODELLING CATEGORIES | 8 |
| 2.2 DATA REQUIREMENTS FOR THE WFD IMPLEMENTATION | 11 |
| 2.3 DATA REQUIREMENTS FOR MODELLING | 12 |
| 2.4 HOW AND WHEN IN THE MODELLING PROCESS IS THE NECESSARY AMOUNT OF DATA ASSESSED? | 14 |
| 2.5 THE RELATION BETWEEN DATA AVAILABILITY AND MODEL PERFORMANCE | 15 |
| 2.6 CONCLUSIONS ON METHODOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING DATA REQUIREMENTS | 16 |
| 3. DATA AVAILABILITY | 18 |
| 3.1 METHODOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS | 18 |
| 3.2 INFORMATION FROM WFD ARTICLE 5 REPORTS (BASIS ANALYSIS) | 18 |
| 3.3 HARMONIRIB RIVER BASIN NETWORK | 19 |
| 3.4 DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS REGARDING DATA AVAILABILITY IN RIVER BASINS | 21 |
| 4. DATA ACCESSIBILITY | 27 |
| 4.1 ACCESSIBILITY FOR WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT | 27 |
| 4.2 ACCESSIBILITY FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES | 29 |
| 5. DATA QUALITY – UNCERTAINTY | 30 |
| 6. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS | 31 |
| 6.1 DATA AVAILABILITY | 31 |
| 6.2 DATA ACCESSIBILITY | 32 |
| 6.3 DATA QUALITY - UNCERTAINTY | 33 |
| 6.4 DATA FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES | 33 |
| 7. REFERENCES | 34 |
| APPENDIX – HARMONIRIB RIVER BASINS | 37 |