BASINS 3.1 lectures, data sets, and exercises.
BASINS 4 lectures, data sets, and exercises (August 2010)
The following list is ordered according to the workshop schedule and provides a link to a PDF file (about PDF). The BASINS 4 Dataset (70 MB) for the exercises is in ".ZIP" format. Please read the "readme1st" file for correct placement of the folders in the BASINS directory.
| Lecture |
Title |
| Lecture 1 (1.9 MB) |
Introduction to BASINS |
| Lecture 2 (3.3 MB) |
Introduction to the HSPF Model |
| Lecture 3 (927 K) |
Watershed Delineation |
| Exercise 1 (1.7 MB) |
Building a BASINS Project and Data Download Tool |
| Lecture 4 (908 K) |
Weather Data and WDM Utility |
| Exercise 2 (2.6 MB) |
Manual and Automatic Watershed Delineation |
| Lecture 5 (655 K) |
Hydrologic Processes |
| Exercise 3 (455 K) |
WDM Utility |
| Lecture 6 (675 K) |
Channel Routing |
| Lecture 7 (1.3 MB) |
Operational Aspects |
| Lecture 8 (1.7 MB) |
Watershed Segmentation |
| Exercise 4 (879 K) |
Introduction to HSPF and GenScn |
| Exercise 5 (328 K) |
Segmentation |
| Exercise 6 (420 K) |
WinHSPF Hydrology Calibration |
| Lecture 9 (1 MB) |
Snow Processes, Parameters, and Calibration |
| Exercise 7 (431 K) |
HSPEXP |
| Lecture 10 (1.6 MB) |
Sediment Processes, Parameters, and Calibration |
| Lecture 11 (515 K) |
Nonpoint Source (NPS) Quality Processes, Parameters, and Calibration |
| Lecture 12 (1.7 MB) |
Water Quality Modeling: Temperature, Sediment, and General Constituents |
| Exercise 8 (700 K) |
Simulation of Snow Accumulation and Melt |
Exercise 9a (282 K)
Exercise 9b (277 K) |
Sediment Erosion
Sediment Transport |
Exercise 10 (257 K)
Exercise 11 (345 K) |
Bacteria and Temperature
AGCHEM |
| Lecture 13 (1.7 MB) |
AGCHEM Processes, Parameters, and Calibration |
| Exercise 12 (217 K) |
Nutrient, Dissolved Oxygen, and Algae Modeling |
| Exercise 13 (261 K) |
Water Quality Calibration |
| Lecture 14 (808 K) |
Instream Water Quality – Biochemical Reactions |
| Lecture 15 (1.5 MB) |
Watershed Model Calibration and Validation |
| Lecture 16 (1.7 MB) |
Analysis of Alternatives: Modeling Scenarios, BMPs, and TMDLs |
| Lecture 17 (412 K) |
Additional HSPF Features |
| Exercise 14 (222 K) |
Modeling Alternatives Scenarios, BMPs, and TMDLs |
| Exercise 15 (242 K) |
HSPFParm Tool |
| Appendix B (177 K) |
Connecting Exercise 4 to Exercise 5: Begin Hydrology Calibration |
| Appendix C (114 K) |
Calculating Observed Flow Volumes for Calibration |
| Appendix D (67 K) |
Downloading HSPEXP |
| Appendix E (632 K) |
Using the TMDL USLE Tool to Estimate Sediment Loads |
| Appendix F (264 K) |
Manually Adding Temperature and Fecal Coliform |
| Appendix G (45 K) |
Pollutant Selection Tool Information |
| BASINS 4 Dataset (70 MB, ZIP) |
BASINS 4 Dataset for all exercises
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Climate Assessment Tool (CAT) in BASINS 4 Tutorial
Recommended Daily Schedule for CAT Workshop:
Lecture C1: Introduction to the Climate Assessment Tool (CAT) (PDF, 3.3MB)
Lecture C2: Climate Scenario in CAT (PDF, 3.5MB)
Exercise C1: Adjusting Historic Precipitation and Air Temperature Records through CAT (PDF, 721kb)
Exercise C2: Creating Climate Scenarios Using CAT (PDF, 272kb)
Lecture C3: Endpoints in CAT (PDF, 2.4MB)
Exercise C3: Specifying Endpoints Using CAT (PDF, 185kb)
Exercise C4: Analyzing Endpoints Using CAT (PDF, 395kb)
Exercise C5 (Optional): Modeling Climate Change Impacts Using SWAT and CAT (PDF, 374kb)
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WinHSPF Calibration
Take an on-line tutorial that steps you through starting and calibrating the HSPF Model in BASINS. Or download the calibration tutorial (.zip file) to your hard drive, unzip the files to a clean directory, and open file di.htm to start the guide.
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