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Using GIS to Aid Flow Prediction in the Yampa River Basin

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Using GIS to Aid Flow Prediction in the Yampa River Basin

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    1. Using GIS to Aid Flow Prediction in the Yampa River Basin Shane Coors April 16, 2003 CVEN 689

    2. USBR Project Scope 12 month flow requirements per Colorado Department of Fish and Game at Green/Yampa Confluence Decision Support for Flaming Gorge Dam

    3. Project Goals I. Become Proficient with ArcView 3.2 II. Gain Familiarity with Yampa River Basin Explore Hydrology of Basin Explore Geography of Basin Explore Climatology of Basin III. Interface GIS with HEC-HMS

    4. Presentation Outline I. Data Acquisition II. Watershed Delineation III. Melt-Out Date Analysis IV. Problems Encountered V. Remaining Tasks VI. Potential Extensions

    5. Data Acquisition 30m DEM – USGS Seamless NED interactive data retrieval Basin Vector Data – Colorado Department of Natural Resources Climate Stations Flow Stations Streams Snotel Data - 30 year average SWE – USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service

    6. Delineate Watersheds Threshold = 2500 cells

    7. Stream Delineation Results

    8. Melt-out Date Analysis Melt-out Date is day that SWE=0 Proportional to Elevation Varies with Aspect MOD = 0 on April 1 Important because April - July flow is most critical

    9. USDA Snotel Sites

    10. Relating MOD to Elevation and Aspect MOD – based on 30 year average (April 1=1) Elevation – from DEM Aspect – from derived aspect grid 7 sites – *5 in the basin

    11. Scaled Elevation Grid (0.0626*elev – 89.1357)

    12. MOD Grid Output

    13. MOD Grid Output

    14. MOD Grid Output

    15. Aspect and Elevation Dependence

    16. Problems Encountered BIL = BAD!!! 1 – cell stream links MOD data from graphical data – tabular unavailable Grid Projections – ArcToolbox Projection Wizard

    17. Remaining Tasks Create Basin File for input into HMS Refine calculation of MOD grid (better data) Convert MOD grid to integer and then to shapefile

    18. Extensions Vectorize MOD Grid into complex polygon shapefile to calculate areas etc. Correlate 30 yr average MOD with 30 yr average stream flow in basin ??????

    19. Questions

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