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Fig. 9.5 Structure of the simulation system for hydrophysical and hydrochemical investigations
(SSHHI). Notations are given in Table 9.2

integrate information from various sources. This procedure includes the following
operations:

￿ integrating into a single system of spatial data from various sources, such as

geographic maps, satellite photographs, remote measurements, ground obser-
vations, etc.;

creation of the geometric description of the Earth surface within compatible
topological structures;

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formation of models and software for transformations between the vector and
expanded data, that is, between maps and images;

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provision of agreement between the series of hydrophysical and hydrochemical
characteristics at each level of the spatial scale of the system;

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provision of co-ordination of information fluxes of spatial, linear and point wise

data within one unit or for the whole model;

fl

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synthesis of the scattered spatial information and formation of a representative
image of either the aqua-geosystem or its fragments.

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There are elements in the SSHHI database which, according to the scheme
shown in Fig. 1.2 , cover the whole set of information levels. As a result of the