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CWH 549, September 11, 2009. Comparative evaluation of GIS watershed delineation tools for multiple watersheds in the United States . Shashank Singh Master’s student Purdue University Class project Computational Watershed Hydrology CE 549 Instructor Venkatesh Marwade. Objective.
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CWH 549, September 11, 2009. Comparative evaluation of GIS watershed delineation tools for multiple watersheds in the United States Shashank Singh Master’s student Purdue University Class project Computational Watershed Hydrology CE 549 Instructor VenkateshMarwade
Objective • To delineate 8-digit watershed Upper White River Basin (UWRB) using : • ArcHydro • TauDEM • MultiwatershedDelineation (MWD) • Watershed Modeling System (WMS)
Watershed • Upper White River Watershed • 7043 km2 • Land Use • 23% Urban • 55% Row crop
Materials and tools • ArcHydro • TauDEM • Multiwatershed Delineation • Watershed Modeling System
Research • Comparative study of USGS DEM data and GDEM data on four GIS tools • Comparative study of spatial scale on delineation performance on four GIS tools • Comparative study of DEM resolution on delineation performance on four GIS tools