Kosi RBIS

Kosi River Basin Information System (KosiRBIS)

The KosiRBIS is a data and information management system of the Kosi River basin of the Himalayan region primarily focused on hydro-meteorological and geo datasets. The RBIS is designed with a focus on i) metadata ii) time series data iii) geodata of the basin. These three components of RBIS are interlinked with each other in the system and thereby users can easily switch between the components. In addition, the RBIS provides user-friendly interfaces for data input and output, powerful visualization components, and an adaptable set of functions for data analysis, data management, and data enrichment.

The RBIS is supported and developed by the Department of Geoinformatics, Hydrology and Modelling (DGHM), Friedrich-Schiller University (FSU-Jena).

The hydro-meteorological time series data has been obtained from the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology (DHM), Government of Nepal, and hence, the download of the data set from the KosiRBIS is prohibited for users. The geodata has been created by using SRTM DEM 90M data from the CGIAR-CSI GeoPortal (http://srtm.csi.cgiar.org/). We thank the data providers for the data set.

The KosiRBIS is a part of a PhD research project supported by the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) as part of the 'International Postgraduate Studies in Water Technologies (IPSWaT)' scholarship program.

The PhD thesis can be downloaded from the following link: download

RBIS Account

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(WARNING - the functions and the data access is restricted for the user guest.)

KosiRBIS How to download data, fill gaps, access geodata.

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Further readings:

Technical information of RBIS
RBIS Information

RBIS Instruction Guide
RBIS Manual (englisch)

The adaptive integrated data information system (AIDIS) for global water research
FLÜGEL, W.-A. (2006): The adaptive integrated data information system (AIDIS) for global water research. In: Water Resources Management (2007) Vol. 21. S. 199-210. download

Environmental Data Management with the River Basin Information System (RBIS)
Kralisch, S. and F. Zander (2009): Environmental Data Management with the River Basin Information System (RBIS) (unpublished). download

Coupling the RBIS Environmental Information System and the JAMS Modelling Framework
Kralisch, S., F. Zander, and P. Krause (2009): Coupling the RBIS Environmental Information System and the JAMS Modelling Framework, in Proceedings of the 18th World IMACS Congress and MODSIM09 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, edited by R. Anderssen, R. Braddock, and L. Newham, pp. 902-908, Cairns, Australia. download

Environmental data management with the River Basin Information System
Zander, F., Kralisch S., Busch C. and W.-A. FlÜgel (2011): Environmental data management with the River Basin Information System, in Proceedings of the 19th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, edited by Chan F., Marinova, D. and Anderssen, R-S., pp. 3191-3197, Perth, Australia. download

For further information please contact:

Santosh Nepal (santosh.nepal[at]uni-jena.de)

Dept. of Geoinformatics, Hydrology and Modelling (DGHM)
Friedrich-Schiller-University, Jena (FSU-Jena)