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StreamStats Update and Demo—Please Stand By. Conference line: dial 1-210-839-8503, PASSCODE: 24126 Please put your phone on mute If you don’t have a mute button, use *6 to toggle mute on/off Please don’t put your phone on hold (no tunes, please…)
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StreamStats Update and Demo—Please Stand By • Conference line: dial 1-210-839-8503, PASSCODE: 24126 • Please put your phone on mute • If you don’t have a mute button, use *6 to toggle mute on/off • Please don’t put your phone on hold (no tunes, please…) • Familiarize yourself with the interface buttons while you wait for us to start
StreamStats Progress Report July 1, 2003 Al Rea, Jacque Coles, Kernell Ries, Pete Steeves
Background • Massachusetts application • Available internally Jan. 1999 • Available to public Jan. 2001 • Numerous presentations given • Based on ArcView/ArcViewIMS/Java • National StreamStats funding • FY2001, $160,000 • FY2002, $200,000 • FY2003, $200,000, including $50,000 added recently by Bob Hirsch • Idaho StreamStats FY2002—3, $75,000
Development Team • Jacque Coles (Site administrator, ArcIMS specialist) • Al Rea (GIS specialist) • Kernell Ries (hydrologist, coordinator) • Peter Steeves (GIS specialist)
Hardware Purchased • Dell Poweredge server with dual 1.0 Ghz processors and 216 Gb storage for ArcGIS and ArcSDE • Dell Poweredge single CPU server for ArcIMS • SnapServer 300 Gb data storage module • Servers placed in ID District • TOTAL COST ~ $13,000
Software • ESRI ArcGIS • ESRI ArcIMS • ESRI ArcSDE • MS SQL Server 2000 • MS Visual Studio 6.0 Professional
StreamStats—Accomplishments: • Completed StreamStatsDB statistics database • MS Access database with user-friendly GUI • Contains published descriptive information, basin characteristics, and streamflow statistics • Replacement for the Basin Characteristics File • Data to be entered by Districts • When populated, will facilitate large regional studies • Plan to add sediment characteristics • Developed by Aqua Terra Consultants
StreamStats—Accomplishments: • Enhanced National Flood Frequency (NFF) software to serve as equation-solving engine for StreamStats • Added ability to solve low-flow as well as high-flow equations • Added weighting technique for ungaged sites • Added region-of-influence analysis • Added prediction intervals • TOTAL COST (StreamStatsDB and NFF) ~ $102,500
StreamStats—Accomplishments: • Added measurement of basin characteristics to ArcHydro • “Desktop Tool” working in ArcMap 8.2/8.3 • Basin characteristics needed for Idaho (except MCS) • Basin area • Mean elevation • Relief • Mean slope • Percent of basin area >= 30 % slope • Percent of basin area >= 30 % slope and North-facing • Mean annual Precipitation • Percent Forested area
StreamStats—Accomplishments: • Database development—Idaho • ArcHydro data for Salmon and Clearwater River basins, 18 HUCs • Partial processing completed for remaining 120 HUCs • Base map material for Web site completed, covering all Idaho plus large margin
StreamStats—Accomplishments: • Prototype Web-Based Application for ID • User interface mostly complete • Base maps complete for ID • Basic watershed delineation • Basin characteristics computation • Interfaces with NFF to solve equations • Download watershed shapefile with attributes • Print maps shown in map frame • ESRI contract, partly done through CRADA
StreamStats—To be done: • Testing, Testing, Testing • Load testing • Will multiple users crash it? • Are time-out errors acceptable? • Fix a few minor bugs • Add monthly flow exceedance estimates
StreamStats—To be done: • To take web site public we must first: • Write data-set documentation (metadata) • Write general documentation, tutorials, caveats and disclaimers • Continue verification that results are comparable to those used for development of regression equations • Complete ArcHydro data development for remainder of Idaho • Initially exclude monthly flow exceedance computations requiring main channel slope • Display gage statistics database
StreamStats—Future Developments: • Phase 2 Plans for Q4 FY 2003 • Make several improvements to the user interface • Allow user edits to watershed polygon • Better integration with NFF, improved reporting of results • Display stream-gage data from StreamStatsDB • Assess multi-user performance issues—find bottlenecks • Start on multi-state issues, implementation docs • If possible, begin serving parts of New England pilot (NH, VT, MA)
StreamStats—Future Developments: • Phase 3 Plans for FY2004 (subject to change) • Multistate issues—scaling and implementation • Address performance issues—especially in multiuser environment • Add computation of Main Channel Slope • Extending channel to divide was manual process for Idaho • ESRI implementing automated process in ArcHydro • Extensive testing needed • Batch delineation (desktop tool only) • Channel elevation profile artifact removal • Drainage-area ratio method with nearby gages • Tie to National Hydrography Dataset (NHD)
Implementation Plan • District offices will complete required work, usually through cooperative funding • StreamStats team will provide guidance and support to Districts • Everything will be served from StreamStats servers in Idaho • States will be put on line internally to check results • States will be made available to the public when results have been proven acceptable
District Responsibilities • Provide regression equations • Populate the streamflow statistics database • Develop the necessary GIS data sets • Test the application and summarize results • Potentially develop new regression equations, using GIS data to measure basin characteristics • Approve use of equations on Web
District Responsibilities—What will it take? • Building ArcHydro data sets from EDNA (experienced GIS expert) • ~30 min per 8-digit HUC interactive processing • 1—2 weeks building global and regional data sets • + 1 week learning curve for learning to do networks in GeoDatabase • Note: (ID and OR districts have people with experience, consider farming this out)
District Responsibilities—What will it take? (cont.) • ~2 weeks per state to prepare DRGs • ~1 week per state to append/prepare NHD • Optional “New England Method” Enhanced DEM processing, 3-6 hrs interactive work per HUC plus (typically overnight) CPU time • Multiply GIS total by ~2X for general data management • Multiply GIS total by ~2X—5X for less experienced GIS staff (AML and Grid experience very desirable) • Very fast PC essential for processing
District Responsibilities—What will it take? (cont.) • Hardware • Server and disk space<= $5K (to be centrally administered) • Hardware maintenance plus replacement every 3 yrs ~$2K/yr • External USB 2 Hard Drive ~$400 (will return to district) • Software licensing and site support • Assume OSW will continue to fund this • Potential future (shared) costs if OSW funding lost
Why can’t districts run their own StreamStats site? • StreamStats is a very complex application with all the following working together: • ArcGIS with ArcHydro Tools • ArcSDE • SQL Server • ArcIMS • IIS • ASP • Tomcat • Javascript and HTML
Why can’t districts run their own StreamStats site? (cont.) • Minimum Hardware & Software costs ~ $20,000 • ArcIMS and IIS security, firewall concerns • Need at least two dedicated servers, isolated from district LAN, high bandwidth WAN connection • StreamStats team = 4 part-time staff (<2 FTE) • Next 1-2 years, we will support 1 installation in Idaho serving multiple states • Longer term probably regional installations make sense
Summary • StreamStats uses cutting-edge technology to put stream information in the hands of users • Based on the ArcHydro Data Model and Tools • Design is flexible and expandable • States will need to develop funding to implement • Full implementation will likely take several years
More information • National StreamStats web page • http://water.usgs.gov/osw/programs/streamstats.html • Massachusetts StreamStats web page • http://ststdmamrl.er.usgs.gov/streamstats/ • NFF Program web page • http://water.usgs.gov/software/nff.html