3. GEOGLOWS Available Data

Presenter: Dr. Michael Souffront
Date: 7 October 2025

Description:

In this session, Dr. Michael Souffront explores GEOGLOWS available data including hydrography data, retrospective, and forecasts. An explanation of each dataset is given along with a demonstration.

About the Author:

Dr. Michael Souffront is the GEOGLOWS Operations Director. He is also a program manager at Aquaveo. He specializes in modeling workflow automation and data management and visualization solutions. He completed a Ph.D. at Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA with an emphasis on Hydroinformatics. He also holds degrees from Utah State University in Logan, Utah, USA, and Universidad Central del Este in the Dominican Republic. Dr. Souffront's research contributed to a new approach to hydrologic modeling that combines advances in Information Technology (IT) and cloud computing to provide hydrologic modeling results as a service. This approach became the first iteration of the GEOGLOWS RFS. He currently leads the efforts to disseminate the GEOGLOWS streamflow service in collaboration with organizations like The World Bank and WMO.