Chapter 17
Distributed watershed modeling
Outline:
- Definition and Objectives
- Digital Terrain Models (akak Digital Elevation Models)
- types of DTMs
- topographic attributes
- derived hydrologic indices
- flow path determination
- Channel extraction
- GIS-based model parameterization
- data input layers
- land surface characterization
- internal model parameters
- Example applications
Course Textbook:
- Chapter 9: Modelling (p. 310-331 only)
Course Reader:
- none.
Other reading:
Related web links:
- Distributed model studies (I highly recommend visiting/reading these sites)
- Distributed model software
Video Podcast: Distributed watershed modeling
This 46-minute presentation introduces the techniques used to create and evaluate a distributed hydrological model of a watershed.
- 640 x 480 (480p) format that balances speed and quality. (468 MB file)
- 1920 x 1280 (HD) format that provides larges size and best quality. (3.1 GB file)