HydroC - An open source hydrological library with educational purposes

Abstract

The physical object of watershed is so important for hydrological monitoring as their concept is for education in natural disasters. The open library HydroC promotes the delineation of watersheds from relatively simple functions, developed for educational purposes. A case study was done with students of Introduction to Computer Science with an undergraduate degree in Environmental Engineering. The creation of HydroC and its delivering in a collaborative, free and open platform make this proposal an interesting alternative education resource about natural disasters.

Keywords

• Watersheds
• Open source software
• Natural disasters