US 12,196,737 B2
Process to geographically associate potential water quality stressors to monitoring stations
Philip David Griffith, Tallahassee, FL (US); Andie Hodge, Adelphi, MD (US); Amir Naveed Lyall, Raleigh, NC (US); Kirby Ann Thomas, Tallahassee, FL (US); Srinivas Reddy Valisekkagari, Cary, NC (US); and Ryan Todd Wendt, Cary, NC (US)
Assigned to SAS INSTITUTE INC., Cary, NC (US)
Filed by SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC (US)
Filed on Sep. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/945,428.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/319,161, filed on Mar. 11, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/246,231, filed on Sep. 20, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0089011 A1, Mar. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. G01N 33/18 (2006.01)
CPC G01N 33/18 (2013.01) 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-program product tangibly embodied in a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium, the computer-program product including instructions operable to cause a computing system to:
obtain topography data for an area comprising water;
derive a topography from the topography data for the area comprising water, wherein the topography defines bounds for one or more catchments, each catchment indicating land capable of collecting or draining water based on an elevation of the catchment;
receive an indication of an identified data object, wherein the identified data object represents a stressor to the area or a first monitoring station configurable to monitor the stressor, and wherein the stressor negatively impacts a quality of the water in the area;
determine a location for the identified data object in the topography;
select, from a plurality of data objects, one or more related data objects to be related to the identified data object by:
determining a classification indicating whether the identified data object operates in water, wherein when a given stressor is a candidate to stress a water ecosystem in the area, it is classified as operating in water, and when a given monitoring station is configurable to monitor a given stressor by monitoring water in the area it is classified as operating in water;
selecting, based on the location and the classification, the one or more related data objects; and
based on the one or more related data objects selected, generate one or more user interface controls for monitoring the area, wherein the one or more user interface controls comprise selectable objects displayed on a graphical user interface that, when actuated, control a function of one or more monitoring stations configured to monitor the stressor, and wherein the instructions are operable to cause the computing system to generate the one or more user interface controls by generating a flow network based on selecting the one or more related data objects, wherein the flow network graphically represents a direction of water flow over the area through one or more flowlines and defines a relationship between multiple data objects in the area; and
wherein the one or more related data objects comprise one or more of:
a second monitoring station configurable to monitor the stressor;
a cause for the stressor to the area; and
an effect of the stressor on the area.