CONSIDERATIONS ON THE IMPLICATIONS OF ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN HYDRO-METEOROLOGICAL FORECAST

Considerations on the implications of Environmental Information Systems (EISs) in hydro-meteorological forecast. The present era that we are living can be described as the “Information Age”. No matter what area of science and technology we look at, it is more obvious that ever that we are dealing with an ‘information overflow’ without precedent in the history of humanity.In this context, Environment Sciences are no exception and recent advances in this field would have been unthinkable, unmanageable and unattainable without the support offered by modern information technology, in the sense of Environment Information Systems or, why not, Environment Informatics.The aim of the present paper is to introduce and to underline the importance of Environment Information Systems, especially in solving many environments problems, such as the problematic issues reclaimed by the hydrometeorology area. In addition, the present paper describes the possibilities to implement different software specialized in evaluation, forecasting and monitoring, in the context of complex area defined by environment protection and engineering and conditioned by the dynamics of hydrology and meteorology with a view focused on the environmental information.