An expandable web-based platform for visually analyzing basin-scale hydro-climate time series data

Growing demand from the general public for centralized points of data access and analytics tools coincides with similar, well-documented needs of regional and international hydrology research and resource management communities. To address this need within the Laurentian Great Lakes region, we introduce the Great Lakes Dashboard (GLD), a dynamic web data visualization platform that brings multiple time series data sets together for visual analysis and download. The platform's adaptable, robust, and expandable Time Series Core Object Model (GLD-TSCOM) separates the growing complexity and size of Great Lakes data sets from the web application interface. Although the GLD-TSCOM is currently applied exclusively to Great Lakes data sets, the concepts and methods discussed here can be applied in other geographical and topical areas of interest. Solution fulfills documented need in hydrological and resource management communities.Employed visualization paradigm permits easy visual analysis of Great Lakes Data.Data are downloadable for further analysis; Information about data is in application.Novel development model permits significant data and application feature expansion.