Water: BASINS
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The following list is ordered according to the workshop schedule and provides a link to a ".zip" file (more on zip files
) which, when uncompressed, will provide lectures in PowerPoint format and exercises in Word documents.
All files are in .zip format
| Lecture 1 (614 K) |
Introduction to BASINS |
| Lecture 2 (1 MB) |
HSPF Overview and Case Study |
| Lecture 3 (507 K) |
BASINS Data Download Tool and Data Extensions |
| Exercise 1 (1 MB) |
Building a BASINS Project, Import Tools, and Data |
| Dataset 1 (15 K) | Predefined Delineation Shapefile |
| Lecture 4 (455 K) |
Watershed Delineation/Segmentation |
| Exercise 2 (1.5 MB) |
Manual and Automatic Watershed Delineation |
| Lecture 5 (290 K) |
WDMUtil and Weather Data |
| Exercise 3 (1.8 MB) |
WDM Utility |
| Dataset 2 (45 K) | Extra Training Files and West Branch Weather Data |
| Lecture 6 (473 K) |
Operational Aspects of HSPF |
| Lecture 7 (4.6 MB) |
Hydrologic Processes and PWATER for Wetlands |
| Lecture 8 (360 K) |
Channel Routing in HSPF |
| Exercise 4 (1.2 MB) |
Introduction to HSPF and GenScn |
| Dataset 3 (8.7 MB) | The "Modelout" Data Directory |
| Exercise 5 (914 K) |
WinHSPF Hydrology Calibration |
| Exercise 6 (1.1 MB) |
Introduction to HSPFEXP |
| Lecture 9 (405 K) |
Snow Processes, Parameters, and Calibration |
| Exercise 7 (3.2 MB) |
Simulation of Snow Accumulation and Melt |
| Lecture 10 (1.7 MB) |
Sediment Processes, Parameters, and Calibration |
| Lecture 11 (515 K) |
Nonpoint Source (NPS) Quality Processes, Parameters, and Calibration |
| Lecture 12 (2.9 MB) |
Water Quality Modeling: Temperature, Sediment, and General Constituents |
| Exercise 8 (1.9 MB) |
Sediment Erosion and Transport |
| Exercise 9 (427 K) |
Bacteria and Temperature Modeling |
| Lecture 13 (5.8 MB) |
Watershed Segmentation |
| Exercise 10 (582 K) |
Segmentation |
| Lecture 16 (207 K) |
Water Quality Modeling (RQUAL) |
| Exercise 12 (318 K) |
Nutrient, Dissolved Oxygen, and Algae Modeling |
| Lecture 17 (1.1 MB) |
Watershed Model Calibration and Validation: Issues and Procedures |
| Exercise 13 (379 K) |
Water Quality Calibration |
| Lecture 14 (1.2 MB) |
AGCHEM Processes, Parameters, and Calibration |
| Lecture 15 (217 K) |
Additional HSPF Features |
| Exercise 11 (759 K) |
AGCHEM |
| Lecture 18 (1.9 MB) |
Analysis of Alternatives: Modeling Scenarios, BMPs, and TMDLs |
| Exercise 14 (706 K) |
Modeling Alternatives Scenarios, BMPs, and TMDLs |
| Exercise 15 (545 K) |
HSPFParm Tool |
| Appendix A (6 K) |
Installing BASINS 3.1 |
| Appendix B (320 K) |
Connecting Exercise 4 to Exercise 5: Begin Hydrology Calibration |
| Appendix C (315 K) |
Calculating Observed Flow Volumes for Calibration |
| Appendix D (134 K) |
Downloading HSPEXP |
| Appendix E (1.6 MB) |
Using the TMDL USLE Tool to Estimate Sediment Loads |
| Appendix F (447 K) |
Manually Adding Temperature and Fecal Coliform |
| Appendix G (12 K) |
Pollutant Selection Tool Information |