SOS Levels in Above-ground Waters
This entry documents a Sensor Observation Service (SOS) providing water level data for above-ground (surface) waters in Germany. It forms part of the administrative agreement on the exchange of environmental data, covering inland surface waters under Annex I, Section 12.02, including water level, runoff, and master data for selected gauging stations. The service is published and maintained by the Bundesanstalt für Gewässerkunde (BfG), Germany's federal institute for hydrology, and has national geographic scope. It supports access to standardized hydrological sensor observations for surface water monitoring across Germany, enabling interoperable retrieval of gauge measurements and associated metadata by other data systems and authorities.This metadata set describes the sensor-observation service "Levels at above-ground waters". Within the framework of the administrative agreement on the exchange of data in the environmental field, Section 12.02. Inland surface waters of Annex I., water level, runoff and master data of selected leve…
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- https://geoportal.bafg.de/wiski-sos/sos?service=SOS&REQUEST=GetCapabilities&AcceptVersions=2.0.0
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