Archive of Merced River Basin Precipitation-Runoff Modeling System, with forecasting, climate-file preparation, and data-visualization tools

The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the California Department of Water Resources (DWR), has constructed a new spatially distributed Precipitation-Runoff Modeling System (PRMS) for the Merced River Basin (Koczot and others, 2021), which is a tributary of the San Joaquin River in California. PRMS is a deterministic, distributed-parameter, physical-process-based modeling system developed to evaluate the response of streamflow and basin hydrology to various combinations of climate and land use (Markstrom and others, 2015). Although further refinement may be required to apply the Merced PRMS for official streamflow forecast operations, this application of PRMS is calibrated with intention to simulate (and...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service, Shapefile; Tags: California, Climate, Climatology, Draper Climate-Distribution Software (Draper), Geography, All tags... Hydrogeology, Information Sciences, Mariposa, Merced PRMS datasets, Merced River, Object User interface (OUI), PRMS, Precipitation Runoff Modeling System (PRMS), Scientific Investigations Report, Tenaya Lake, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Upper Merced, Water Resources, Yosemite Falls, Yosemite Valley, climate data analysis tools, climate file preparation, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, decision support methods, deterministic modeling, digital elevation models, ensemble streamflow prediction methodology, environment, geographic information systems, geoscientificInformation, geospatial datasets, hydrographic datasets, hydrology, inlandWaters, land surface characteristics, manuals, mathematical modeling, natural resources, physically-based watershed model, river reaches, scientific interpretation, scientific software, snow and ice cover, spatial analysis, streamflow, streamflow modeling and forecasting, study areas, surface-water model, topography, visualization methods, water resources, watershed management, Fewer tags

Red River Focus Area Study

The Red River Basin of New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana was chosen as a focus area study (FAS) as part of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Water Census (NWC). The objective of the NWC is to place technical information and tools in the hands of stakeholders so that they can make decisions on water availability. With this set objective, the USGS Water Science Centers in New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana conducted a study of water use and availability for the Red River Basin to improve water withdrawal estimates and investigate trends in water resources under future climate conditions and increased water withdrawals using groundwater and surface-water models (MODFLOW...

Categories: Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: MODFLOW, PRMS, deterministic modeling, ecological flows, groundwater, All tags... numerical modeling, surface water, water availability, water budget, water use, Fewer tags