The NWM Research Apps Portal – A One-Stop-Shop Catalog of R2O Web Applications

In response to the need for organized access to National Water Model (NWM) research innovations, this collaborative effort between CIROH and NOAA will lead to the development of a NWM Research Apps Portal. This web-based catalog, hosted on a publicly accessible web server, will serve as an accessible, consistent, and intuitive gateway to NWM datasets, visualizations, and information synthesis innovations. The project, centered around four primary research objectives, aims to foster greater cohesion between hydrologic research and operational applications with the following specific objectives:

• Design, development, customization, and deployment of the NWM Research Apps Portal and the accompanying Apps Store, showcasing example apps.
• Integration of novel visualization and computation techniques, HydroCompute and HydroLang, to enhance NWM’s flood inundation mapping capabilities within the Tethys Platform.
• Creation and deployment of production-quality, self-documented web applications that vividly demonstrate the outcomes of CIROH and NOAA NWM research.
• Publication of additional web applications, Jupyter notebooks, and other showcases of CIROH research outcomes within the NWM Research Apps Portal and Apps Store.

Supplementary objectives encompass the dissemination of project results through technical presentations, journal articles, student mentoring, and collaborations with NOAA to ensure the mission-suitability of the project’s outcomes. This cross-disciplinary and cross-institutional endeavor not only advances the technical capabilities of the NWM but also serves as a prominent resource for showcasing collaborative achievements and promoting engagement within the broader hydrologic research community. The NWM Research Apps Portal will bridge the gap between research and application, offering a comprehensive platform for accessing, exploring, and disseminating the latest innovations in hydrologic research.