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Western Colorado vs. Eastern Colorado Where does your water go?. Constance L. Danner 29 November 2005. Outline. Objectives Background Data Sources Map Creation Analysis Future Work Questions. Objectives.
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Western Colorado vs. Eastern ColoradoWhere does your water go? Constance L. Danner 29 November 2005
Outline • Objectives • Background • Data Sources • Map Creation • Analysis • Future Work • Questions
Objectives • Become familiar with Arc Hydro by plotting the Colorado Headwaters and Big Thompson Watersheds. • Evaluate the precipitation, stream flow and snow depth in regards to the Continental Divide.
The West vs. The East Colorado River Basin http://waterknowledge.colostate.edu/colo_map.htm South Platte River Basin http://co.water.usgs.gov/nawqa/splt
How are they connected? Map of Colorado-Big Thompson Project http://www.ncwcd.org/project_features/location_map.asp
Colorado-Big Thompson (C-BT) Project by the Numbers http://www.ncwcd.org/project_features/cbt_by_the_numbers.asp
Data Sources • Hydrologic Unit Maps (HUC) • http://water.usgs.gov/lookup/getspatial?huc250k • National Atlas of the United States • http://www.nationalatlas.gov/atlasftp.html • DEM Data from EPA Water Science Websites • http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/ftp/basins/gis_data/huc/10190006/ • http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/ftp/basins/gis_data/huc/14010001/ • National Resources Conservation Services for Colorado • http://www.co.nrcs.usda.gov/snow/ • NNDC Climate Data Online • http://cdo.ncdc.noaa.gov/pls/plclimprod/somdmain.subquery1
What Time Frame to Choose? Missouri Basin Drought Data http://www.drought.unl.edu/whatis/palmer/missouri.gif Upper Colorado Drought Data http://www.drought.unl.edu/whatis/palmer/upco.gif
Future Work • Final Paper and Analysis