Visualisation of hydrological observations in the water data transfer format

The Bureau of Meteorology (the Bureau) and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) have developed a Water Data Transfer Format (WDTF) to support the water industry to share and deliver water data to the Bureau as required under the Water Regulations 2008. The data in WDTF is stored into database through a data ingestion process. Until the data ingestion program is completed, there is no standard way to view data of WDTF. The Visualisation Tool is intended to serve the purpose of viewing and inspecting WDTF data in the interim for quality control. This tool also allows the user to explore WDTF (and in the future WaterML) data, including plotting and comparing both time series data and ratings and gauging data. Crown Copyright 2011 Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Software availability Name of software: WDTF Visualisation Tool Developers: Geoffrey Squire and Andrew Pratt Contact address: WIRADA and CSIRO Water for a Healthy Country Flagship, CSIRO, Canberra, ACT 2600, Australia Email: [email protected] Availability and online documentation: Free download with manual and supportingmaterial at: http://www.bom.gov. au/water/regulations/wdtf/wdtfviewer.shtml Year first available: 2010 Operating system: Windows and Linux/Unix Programming language: Java 1.6