Blog: Project HOBBES – Assembling Water Models from Data Up
From the California WaterBlog:
“Computer modelers tasked with untangling California’s knotty water problems often find themselves entangled by incompatible or poorly organized datasets. …
“Models that quantify California’s water system are important because they give policymakers, regulators and system operators the insights needed to develop better and more adaptable solutions to water conflicts.
“With this need in mind, the UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences recently launched an initiative in the California modeling community to develop standard datasets for building and using models of California’s water system. …
“We dubbed the project HOBBES, a whimsical nod to 17th century English philosopher Thomas Hobbes’ solution to civil unrest.”
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