Hydro DWG Workshop Quebec City 2013

• Dates: 17 - 21 June 2013
• Venue: Geological Survey of Canada (GSC) Quebec Office and Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS), 490 de la Couronne, Quebec City, Canada, Rooms 2417-2422 (second floor)
• Purpose: This meeting will be the fourth workshop of the WMO/OGC Hydrology Domain Working Group. After very successful meetings in Ispra (2010), Delft (2011) and Reading (2012) , there are high hopes of great things from this meeting.

Attendance

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Related Activities

Groundwater IE2

Half-day session Tuesday (18 June)08 - 12:30 EDT = 14 - 18:30 hours CEST. Separate room with facilities for tele- & web conferencing if required.

WaterML2 Part 2 Ratings, Gaugings and Sections (RGS)

Half-day session on development of WaterML2 part 2, and discussion and planning a future Interoperability Experiment (Thursday afternoon). Separate room with facilities for tele- & web conferencing if required.

HDWG Tentative Agenda (more details to follow)

The Virtual OGC/TC Closing Plenary has been scheduled for 17 June from 10 am - 1 pm EDT. To enable Workshop Participants to follow the TC Plenary, the Workshop will start at 10:00 (EDT) with a 3 hour webcast of the TC Plenary.

	Session Topic	Discussant	Time
June 17	Monday: Virtual OGC TC Closing Plenary, Introduction, AIP 6, RiverML
10:00	Online Participation in the OGC TC Closing Plenary with presentation to Plenary on planned activities of the HDWG for the week. Link to OGC TC Virtual Meeting Reports		3 hrs
13:00	Lunch
14:00	Welcome, Introduction and agenda	Uli Looser	15 min
	Logistics and security issues	Eric Boisvert, Boyan Brodaric	15 min
14:30	Feedback WMO, CHy AWG Data Operations and Management: Presentation	Uli Looser, Tony Boston	30 min
15:00	GEOSS AIP-6 Water Services: Presentation (pptx)	David Arctur	60 min
16:00	Break
16:30	RiverML, a language for exchange of river information: Discussion Paper and Presentation (pptx) Remote connection details (telecon + Webex) for the ! RiverML session Warning: first-time Webex users allocate time to download an applet before the meeting	David Arctur, Stephen Jackson	60 min
17:30	Close
June 18	Tuesday: Groundwater IE 2 Model development and discussion; Presentations, CEH, SOS Profile, RiverML & HY_Features
08:30	GWIE2, Model development and discussion	Boyan Brodaric	1.5 hrs
10:00	Break
10:30	GWIE2, Model development and discussion	Boyan Brodaric	2 hrs
12:30	Lunch
13:30	Welcome message from directors of INRS-ETE and Geological Survey of Canada (Québec division)	Yves Bégin, Yves Michaud	10 min
13:40	Current developments at the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (UK)	Matt Fry	30 min
14:15	SOS Profile Presentation and Discussion	Michael Utech	50 min
15:00	Break
15:30	SOS Profile Discussion	Michael Utech	1 hrs
16:30	Discussion on RiverML and implementing HY_Features	All	30 min
17:00	Close
June 19	Wednesday: HY_Features, CHISP-1, Visit to INRS Hydraulic labs
09:00	HY_Features: applicability of the concept of catchment, basin and outfall (of HY_Features model) for GW and Meteo themes Implementation of HY_Features in Geofabric context (Australian example) Presentation	Irina Dornblut Tony Boston	1 hr
	HY_Features discussion		1 hr
11:00	Break
11:30	CHISP-1 Pilot Presentation and Presentation and Demo	Peter Vretanos, Lewis Leinenweber	1 hr
12:30	Lunch
13:30	Visit to Hydraulic Labs		2,5 hrs
16:00	Continued: CHISP-1 Pilot: Presentation of Results	Peter Vretanos, Lewis Leinenweber	1 hr
17:00	Discussion	All	30 min
17:30	Close
June 20	Thursday: Presentations by USGS & INRS, WaterML2 Part 2 Ratings, Gaugings and Sections (RGS)
09:00	1.) US Integrated Water Resources Science and Services (IWRSS) - Overview 2.) Analysis of ratings, gagings use and needs between USGS and NWS	Dave Briar, Ed Clark, Dave Blodgett Nate Booth	40 min
09:40	Presentation WaterML 2.0 Part 2 Ratings, Gaugings and Sections (RGS)	Paul Sheahan, Pete Taylor	20 min
10:00	WaterML 2.0 Part 2 (RGS) Discussion
11:00	Break
11:30	WaterML 2.0 Part 2 (RGS) Discussion		1 hr
12:30	Lunch
13:30	Hydro-informatics of watershed hydrology at INRS – Development framework and examples of data processing, editing, display, and transfer algorithms implemented in our software	Alain N. Rousseau, Alain Royer and Sebastien Tremblay (INRS)	1 hr
14:30	WaterML 2.0 Part 2 (RGS) Discussion	Paul Sheahan, Pete Taylor	30 min
15:00	Break
15:30	Separation of concerns, RiverML, WaterML2 Part 2, GWML and HY_Features	All	2hrs
17:30	Close
June 21	Friday: GRDC Metadata Concept; Presentation on the NAWW; Report back from working groups
09:00	GRDC Metadata Concept	Irina Dornblut	30 min
09:30	North American Water Watch: Data integration	Jean-Michel Fiset	30 min
10:00	Report back from working groups		1,5 hrs
11:00	Break
11:30	Report back from working groups and discussion		1 hr
12:30	Lunch
13:30	Final discussions, way forward and closing		1,5 hrs
15:00	Close

Logistics

Location

GSC/INRS Quebec office location:

The meeting will be held in INRS (Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique) building which host GSC-Quebec offices. GSC-Québec is located at 490 de la Couronne, in downtown Quebec City.

Accessing the building

• The Workshop will start at 10:00 on Monday 17th, other days at 08:00 or 09:00 (see agenda).
• A badge will be waiting for you at the front desk.
• Front desk opens at 08:00
• You will need to sign in and out and return your badge at the end of each day.

Communications

We will have wifi connection in workshop rooms (#2417 and #2422 on second floor) and teleconference equipment.

Getting to Quebec City

Quebec City (YQB) Jean Lesage International airport is relatively small therefore, direct international flights often goes through Montréal, QC (YUL), Toronto ON (YYZ) or Newark (EWR, NJ,USA) and other surrounding hubs and then you get a short leg to Quebec City. You might want to consider going to Montréal and then use a shuttle to Quebec City (2h30 trip) for about 110 C$ (roundtrip). The service is offered 5 times a day by Orléans Express from Montréal Pierre-Elliot-Trudeau International Airport to Quebec City downtown, just a few blocks from GSC office.

You might want to rent a car in Montréal and drive to Quebec City. The only problem is getting through Montréal traffic if you are unlucky enough to arrive during rush hour. The airport is at the west end on Montréal Island, and you must cross the whole city to head east.

There are 2 major highways to get to Quebec City

Autoroute 40, on the north shore of the St-Lawrence River.

When entering Quebec City, A40 will become A440 (Autoroute Charest). Just to confuse the issue, A40 does continue, but on a segment north of the city. Just follow A440 Est (East). The road will narrow gradually to become Boulevard Charest which will lead you downtown, just to the doorstep of one of the hotels.

Autoroute 20, on the south shore of the St-Lawrence River. This means you must cross either a bridge or a tunnel to get on the south shore and then go east to Quebec. You will arrive to Quebec by crossing the Pierre Laporte bridge through A73 Nord to cross the river back to the north shore. A few kilometres after the bridge, at the foot of a long hill, you can connect on A440 Est (Autoroute Charest). Just follow A440 Est (East). The road will narrow gradually to become Boulevard Charest which will lead you downtown, just to the doorstep of one of the hotels.

None of these are very scenic, just bland strips of asphalt. If you have some time, you could try Chemin du Roy (King’s road), on the north shore which follows the first road built during the french regime . It goes through a series small charming villages along the St-Lawrence river.

Accommodation

There are many hotels within walking distance of the office and Quebec is relatively affordable.

Hotel Pur (http://www.hotelpur.com). “Seductively stylish and sleek", as they advertise. Rooms are black and white with minimalist design.

Best Western, just across the street (http://www.hotelquebec.com/)

Royal William (http://www.royalwilliam.com/) There is hardly a closer place to the office. 1 block away.

Royal Palace (http://www.hotelsjaro.com/index-en.aspx) Bit further, but still walking distance (you must go up and down the hill)

Group dinner Thursday evening at 19:30

We've booked at Les Bossus, 620 Rue Saint-Joseph Est, Québec, for the dinner on Thursday at 19:30.

-- UlrichLooser - 04 Apr 2013

• Telecon_RiverML_Session.doc: Connection details (telecon + Webex) for the RiverML session on Monday June 17, 2013, 16:30, Eastern Daylight Time (New York, GMT-04:00)
• OGC_RiverML_Presentation.pptx: OGC_RiverML_Presentation.pptx
• GEOSS_Water_Services_HDWG-v2.pptx: GEOSS_Water_Services_HDWG-v2.pptx
• DataOperationsandManagement.ppt: WMO Commission for Hydrology - Data Operations and Management

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