1he hydrologlc communlLy has long recognlzed Lhe need for a broad reform

ln hydrologlc educauon.
PydrologlsLs currenLly deal wlLh lnLrlcaLe lssues rooLed ln complex naLural
ecosysLems conLalnlng a muluLude of lnLerconnecLed processes.
Cbservauons ln con[uncuon wlLh models and eld daLa are key Lo sLudenLs
undersLandlng of Lhe challenges assoclaLed wlLh uslng models Lo represenL
such complex sysLems.
8ecenL advances ln sclenuc vlsuallzauon and web-based Lechnologles
provlde new opporLunlues for Lhe developmenL of more acuve learnlng
Lechnlques LhaL uullze ongolng research.
1he ob[ecuves of Lhe currenL sLudy are Lo dellver vlsual, case-based, daLa
and slmulauon drlven learnlng experlences Lo lnsLrucLors and sLudenLs
Lhrough a web server-based sysLem.
1he lnLenL ls Lo use open-source, web-based and commonly used soware
ln order Lo maxlmlze lnsLrucuonal adopuon and Lechnlcal adapLauon. lL wlll
also be deslgned Lo allow oLher case sLudles or modules Lo be added.
Locauons of Lhe Lhree developlng unlverslues
SlLes of Lhe collaboraung lnsuLuuons
Locauons of Lhe Lhree Pydrovlz hydrologlc sysLems
lnsLrucuonal lnLerface- serves as an lnLerface beLween Lhe learner and Lhe
learnlng cases and provldes guldance Lo Lhe learners

lnsLrucLor's Culde- supporLs Lhe lnsLrucLors by explalnlng Lhe sysLem,
scenarlos, lnLegrauon sLraLegles, Lechnlcal requlremenLs, and how Lo
asslsL and evaluaLe sLudenLs.
Unprecedented opportun|nes to enhance students' |earn|ng
about fundamenta| hydro|og|ca| processes |n coasta| ecosystems
unlque sysLem capLures Lransluon from lnland Lo coasLal/weLland hydrology
Acuvely serves several lmporLanL ecologlcal and economlcal funcuons
8eglon faces challenges on how Lo reach balanced and susLalnable sLraLegles
among conlcung funcuons
numerous daLa and modellng research sLudles ln Lhls area
A slmple approach adopLed LhaL allows for enure Loulslana CoasL Lo be
modeled for Lemporal appllcauons (~30 yrs)
Module 1.0 lnLroducuon Lo Lhe sysLem
Module 1.1 LcosysLem response Lo changes of freshwaLer lnows
Module 1.2: Pow coasLal marshes cope wlLh CllmaLe Change
Module 1.3: Can/how naLural and englneered resLorauon measures help ln
preservlng ecosysLems?
Module 1.4 lmpacL of alLerlng nuLrlenL loadlng of Lhe Mlsslsslppl 8lver on Lhe
Culf hypoxla
Module 1.3 lmpacL of alLerlng rlverlne sedlmenL load on subsldence of
delLalc sysLem
A un|que |aboratory to teach students on processes of |arge-
sca|e hydro|og|c mod|hcanon, ecosystem restoranon, and
water resource management pracnces.
1hls sysLem has seen a large scale
modlcauon of hydrology and
subsequenL large resLorauon
eorL
lncreased awareness of Lhe role
played by cllmaLe varlablllLy ln
deLermlnlng Lhe waLer lnpuLs lnLo
Lhe reglon
Pow can Lhe managemenL of
reglonal waLer resources and
ecosysLems can be adapLed
uncerLaln fuLure cllmaLe changes
ueLalled reglonal-scale
hydrologlcal and ecologlcal models
have been developed (40-yr
daLaseL)
A natura| |aboratory for |earn|ng about hydro|ogy and water
resources |n typ|ca| reg|ons of the Western U.S.
opulauon growLh ls rapld
WaLer resources are crlucal
CllmaLe ls seml-arld wlLh sLrong
elevauon gradlenLs
SLreamow and waLer supply
are drlven by snowmelL
lncludes a Lermlnal lake-Lhe
CreaL SalL Lake
8eservolrs ln Lhe sysLem sLore
waLer or dlverL waLer for human
use
8lch hlsLory of research ln Lhe
area provlded comprehenslve
and well organlzed daLaseLs
Module 2.1 Ccean-ALmosphere Leleconnecuon and reglonal hydrologlc
varlablllLy
Module 2.2 Connecuon of hydrologlc processes Lo cllmaLe progenlLors and
ecosysLem ouLcomes
Module 2.3 SensluvlLy of naLural hydrologlc sysLems Lo human-lmposed
managemenL sLraLegles
Module 3.0 Cvervlew of Lhe CreaL SalL Lake 8asln
Module 3.1 reclplLauon, Snow and Surface WaLer lnpuL.
Module 3.2 Surface WaLer lnpuL-8uno relauonshlps
Module 3.3 1he CreaL SalL Lake
Module 3.4 lmpacL of populauon growLh and developmenL
Sub[ect\Case Study
Logan Dry
Canyon Study
8ear k|ver Water
kesources Study
Great Sa|t Lake M|nera|
ond expans|on study
Context ! ! !
rec|p|tanon & surface water |nput ! ! !
kuno generanon ! ! !
1erm|na| Lake !
numan |nteracnons ! ! !
Addluonal members of Lhe ro[ecL 1eam:
Madelelne 8odln, CraduaLe 8esearch AsslsLanL, ueparLmenL of Clvll
Lnglneerlng, unlverslLy of Loulslana aL Lafayeue
Sl leng, 8esearch SclenusL, unlverslLy of Loulslana aL Lafayeue
Sumanl Chlmmula, 8esearch AssoclaLe, unlverslLy of Loulslana aL Lafayeue
1echno|ogy Descr|pnon Use |n nydroV|z 2
D[ango A free and open source web appllcauon framework, wrluen ln
yLhon, whlch follows Lhe model-vlew-conLroller archlLecLural
pauern.
rovlde MvC archlLecLure, lmporL and converL hydrologlc ume
serles daLa, render P11 responses and serve 8LS1 Al. lL ls
Lhe core of Pydrovlz 2.
SL|te (current) A soware llbrary LhaL lmplemenLs a self-conLalned, serverless,
zero-congurauon, Lransacuonal SCL daLabase englne.
SLore and serve hydrologlc ume serles daLa and all meLa daLa.
ostgreSL
(future)
A powerful, open source ob[ecL-relauonal daLabase sysLemwlLh
fully AClu (ALomlclLy, ConslsLency, lsolauon, uurablllLy)
compllanL.
SLore and serve more lnformauon Lhan SCLlLe such as
geospaual daLa (vecLor &rasLer) wlLh geo exLenslons.
Goog|e Larth
|ug-|n
A free plug-ln LhaL provldes a 3u dlglLal globe LhaL can be
embedded ln web pages.
8ender Lhe hydrologlc geospaual daLa on a 3u model of Lhe
LarLh.
Goog|e Larth
IavaScr|pt AI
1hls Al enables Lhe creauon of sophlsucaLed 3u map
appllcauons Lhough slmple !avaScrlpL funcuon calls.
uynamlcally load hydrologlc geospaual daLa as layers (kML
les), creaLe markers wlLh hydrologlc daLa, load ume-serles
daLa, Lurn layers on/o, and conLrol anlmauon eecLs.
1w|uer
8ootstrap
A free collecuon of Lools for creaung webslLes and web
appllcauons. lL conLalns P1ML and CSS-based deslgn LemplaLes
for Lypography, forms, buuons, charLs, navlgauon and oLher
lnLerface componenLs, as well as opuonal !avaScrlpL exLenslons.
Pydrovlz 2 ul ls based on 1wluer 8ooLsLrap and lLs exLenslon
Lheme. vlsual eecLs such as cllckable Labs are based on
1wluer 8ooLsLrap !avaScrlpL exLenslons.
[uery A mulu-browser !avaScrlpL llbrary deslgned Lo slmpllfy Lhe cllenL-
slde scrlpung of P1ML. lL ls consldered a sLandard llbrary ln web
fronLend developmenL.
rovlde essenual funcuons such as elemenL selecLor and
callback reglsLrauon. lL ls also Lhe requlred llbrary for 1wluer
8ooLsLrap !avaScrlpL exLenslons.
[uery UI A !avaScrlpL llbrary LhaL provldes absLracuons for low-level
lnLeracuon and anlmauon, advanced eecLs and hlgh-level,
Lhemeable wldgeLs, bullL on Lop of Lhe [Cuery !avaScrlpL llbrary,
LhaL can be used Lo bulld lnLeracuve web appllcauons.
rovldes some of Lhe ul eecLs such as oaung dlalog. lL ls
used along wlLh 1wluer 8ooLsLrap Lo enhance user
experlence.
A[ax (n1ML]CSS)A[ax (Asynchronous !avaScrlpL and xML) ls a famlly of
Lechnologles (e.g. P1ML, cascadlng sLyle sheeLs) LhaL enable
dynamlc updaung of a webpage and asynchronous reLrleval of
daLa froma background server.
rovlde cusLomlzed buuon panels and Lools LhaL enable
sLudenLs Lo lnLeracL and dlsplay daLa ln Coogle LarLh.
kLS1 AI 8epresenLauonal sLaLe Lransfer (8LS1) ls a sLyle of soware
archlLecLure for dlsLrlbuLed sysLems.
rovlded by u[ango backend Lo communlcaLe wlLh !avaScrlpL
fronLend.
ISCN !avaScrlpL Cb[ecL noLauon, a LexL-based open sLandard deslgned
for human-readable daLa lnLerchange.
Pydrovlz 2 8LS1 Al ls provlded ln !SCnformaL.
Goog|e
V|sua||zanon AI
Lnables embeddlng lnLo any web page lnLeracuve graphs, Lables,
and reporLs uslng any sLrucLured daLa-sLore on Lhe web as a daLa
source.
Lnable embeddlng of hydrologlc daLa, ln formof Lables &
lnLeracuve graphs, lnLo Lhe educauonal conLenL Lo faclllLaLe
sLudenL learnlng and lnLeracuon wlLh hydrologlc daLa.
Multiple
Institutions
Three
Developing
Universities
A High
School
A State
Agency
Four Testing
Universities
Regional
Scale
Coastal
Louisiana
Great Salt
Lake Basin
Florida
Everglades
Curriculum Impact
Breadth
Intro to Civil/
Enviro. Engr.
Coastal/
Watershed
Sciences
Hydrology
Climatology/
Meteorology
Water
Resources
Enviro. Data
Analysis
Depth
High School
Undergraduate
(Multiple Levels)
Graduate
Coasta| Lou|s|ana nydrov|z User Interface
1echno|ogy Descr|pnon Use |n nydroV|z Lverg|ades
n P ls a server-slde scrlpung language deslgned for web
developmenL.
rovlde server slde scrlpung for P11 responses and serve
Lverglades hydrologlcal daLa fromMySCL daLabase.
S||m
Iramework
Sllmls a P mlcro framework LhaL helps you qulckly wrlLe
slmple yeL powerful web appllcauons and Als.
Serve Lverglades' hydrologlcal daLa Lhrough a 8LS1ful
servlce.
MySL
Database
lL ls an open source relauonal daLabase managemenL sysLem
(8u8MS) LhaL runs as a server provldlng mulu-user access Lo a
number of daLabases.
SLore and serve Lverglades' hydrologlcal daLa ln relauonal
daLabase. Also has geospaual sLorage formaL Lo sLore
Lverglades ClS layers.
Goog|e Maps
IavaScr|pt AI
1hls Al enables Lhe creauon of map appllcauons Lhough
slmple !avaScrlpL funcuon calls.
uynamlcally load hydrologlc geospaual daLa as kML layers
and LaL/Long locauons on Lhe Coogle map. All daLa shown
under Layers dlalog can be dlsplayed on Lhe Coogle map.
[uery A mulu-browser !avaScrlpL llbrary deslgned Lo slmpllfy Lhe
cllenL-slde scrlpung of P1ML. lL ls consldered a sLandard llbrary
ln web fronLend developmenL.
rovlde essenual funcuons such as elemenL selecLor and
callback reglsLrauon. rovldes some of Lhe ul sLyle Lhemes
and eecLs such as Layers and oLher oaung dlalogs.
A[ax (n1ML]
CSS)
A[ax (Asynchronous !avaScrlpL and xML) ls a famlly of
Lechnologles (e.g. P1ML, cascadlng sLyle sheeLs) LhaL enable
dynamlc updaung of a webpage and asynchronous reLrleval of
daLa froma background server.
Lnable users Lo send requesLs Lo web servlces Lhrough
buuons and oLher evenLs Lo reLrleve and dlsplay daLa ln
Coogle Maps.
kLS1 AI 8epresenLauonal sLaLe Lransfer (8LS1) ls a sLyle of soware
archlLecLure for dlsLrlbuLed sysLems.
1he Sllmlramework provldes Lhe ablllLy Lo wrlLe 8LS1 Al Lo
access Lhe Lverglades daLabase.
ISCN !avaScrlpL Cb[ecL noLauon, a LexL-based open sLandard
deslgned for human-readable daLa lnLerchange.
1he 8LS1ful servlce ouLpuLs Lhe response ln !SCnformaL.
Lverg|ades nydrov|z User Interface
Dept. of Civil
Engineering
Center for Innovative
Learning & Assessment
Technologies
Dept .of Civil and
Environmental
Engineering
Dept. of Earth and
Environmental
Engineering
Pydrovlz ls sponsored by Lhe nauonal Sclence loundauon's 1ransformlng
undergraduaLe Lducauon ln Sclence, 1echnology, Lnglneerlng and MaLhemaucs
(1uLS) program under Collaborauve Award no. 1122898 (1ype ll).
NSF TUES Type II Project Award # 1122898
NSF-TUES Award # 1122898