Vieux Distributed Hydrologic Modeling Using GIS

Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-94-015-9710-4
Verlag: Springer Netherland
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 38, 296 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Water Science and Technology Library

During ten years serving with the USDA Soil Conservation Service (SCS), now known as the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), I became amazed at how millions of dollars in contract monies were spent based on simplistic hydrologic models. As project engineer in western Kansas, I was responsible for building flood control dams (authorized under Public Law 566) in the Wet Walnut River watershed. This watershed is within the Arkansas-Red River basin, as is the Illinois River basin referred to extensively in this book. After building nearly 18 of these structures, I became Assistant State Engineer in Michigan and, for a short time, State Engineer for NRCS. Again, we based our entire design and construction program on simplified relationships variously referred to as the SCS method. I recall announcing that I was going to pursue a doctoral degree and develop a new hydrologic model. One of my agency's chief engineers remarked, "Oh no, not another model!" Since then, I hope that I have not built just another model but have significantly advanced the state of hydrologic modeling for both researchers and practitioners. Using distributed hydrologic techniques described in this book, I also hope one day to forecast the response of the dams I built.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Vieux, Baxter E.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Distributed Hydrologic Modeling Using GIS.- 2. Data Sources and Structures.- 3. Surface Generation.- 4. Information Content and Spatial Variability.- 5. Infiltration.- 6. Hydraulic Roughness.- 7. Drainage Network and Topography.- 8. Precipitation.- 9. r.water.fea — An Introduction.- 10. Calibration.- 11. Distributed Modeling Case Studies.