TUSCALOOSA, Ala.— The Cooperative Institute for Research to Operations in Hydrology, or CIROH, today announced the launch of the CIROH Hub, a new centralized platform designed to provide seamless access to the consortium’s research, data, tools and community resources. The platform is now live at hub.ciroh.org.
As CIROH’s digital footprint expanded, its resources became distributed across multiple platforms, including the CIROH Portal and DocuHub, creating challenges for users seeking to navigate and access content. The CIROH Hub consolidates these systems into a single, unified destination, enhancing accessibility, usability and collaboration across the hydrology community.
“CIROH Hub represents a major step forward in how we connect research to operations,” said Arpita Patel, CIROH assistant director of IT and DevOps. “By consolidating our resources into one platform, we’re making it easier for researchers, practitioners and partners to access the tools and information they need to advance water prediction and decision making.”
The CIROH Hub integrates a wide range of resources, including datasets, applications and notebooks sourced through HydroShare, publications curated through a community Zotero collection, documentation mirrored from GitHub repositories and guidance on accessing advanced cyberinfrastructure. The platform also features a public directory of CIROH working groups, policy and governance documents and a space for community-contributed blogs and updates.
New features include a dedicated Jupyter Notebooks section, improved navigation and search capabilities and a streamlined process for contributing content. Contributors can now share datasets, tools, publications and other resources without specialized technical expertise, lowering barriers to participation and supporting CIROH’s commitment to open science.
Early engagement with the platform highlights strong community interest. In its first 28 days, the CIROH Hub recorded more than 2,100 page views from over 260 users, with particularly high engagement across datasets, publications and blog content.
The launch of the CIROH Hub also marks the transition away from the CIROH Portal and DocuHub, which will be phased out and redirected to the new platform to ensure continuity of access.
CIROH plans to continue enhancing the Hub in the coming months, including the introduction of additional accessibility features and expanded community functionality.
Researchers, partners and members of the public are encouraged to explore the platform, contribute their work and provide feedback to help shape its future.
About CIROH
The Cooperative Institute for Research to Operations in Hydrology (CIROH) is a NOAA Cooperative Institute hosted at The University of Alabama and supported by the National Weather Service. As a unique national consortium with 28 partner institutions, CIROH unites academic, government and private sector partners to co-produce research that enhances operational water prediction capabilities and informs critical decision-making for issues like floods, droughts and water quality. Through its interdisciplinary research, educational initiatives and outreach programs, CIROH advances NOAA’s water prediction services with new techniques such as artificial intelligence and remote sensing, equips the next generation of water-resource professionals with essential skills and fosters public and stakeholder engagement to support federal agency and private sector needs. CIROH transforms scientific innovations into practical solutions and operational tools that boosts the delivery of actionable water intelligence, increases effectiveness of water resources management, promotes community resilience and informs decision-makers across the United States.