Download Creating a WARMF v. 6.0 Application Using a

Table of Contents
1. INTRODUCTION......................................................................................................... 4
2. BUILD A BASINS 3.1 PROJECT............................................................................... 6
2.1 PROJECT SETUP .......................................................................................................... 6
2.2 DATA DOWNLOAD ..................................................................................................... 7
2.2.1 Default Data....................................................................................................... 7
2.2.2 BASINS Web Data Download............................................................................ 8
2.2.3 River Network Data ........................................................................................... 9
2.2.4 DEM Data........................................................................................................ 10
2.2.5 Land Use Data ................................................................................................. 12
2.2.6 Timeseries Data ............................................................................................... 16
3. WATERSHED DELINEATION ............................................................................... 18
3.1 BASINS AUTOMATIC DELINEATION ....................................................................... 18
3.2 GENERATING ASPECT DATA .................................................................................... 22
4. UNPROJECT AND EXPORT SHAPEFILES......................................................... 24
4.1 UNPROJECT USING THE PROJECTOR! EXTENSION ..................................................... 24
4.2 EXPORTING BASINS THEMES ................................................................................. 25
5. CREATE WARMF PROJECT ................................................................................. 26
5.1 INSTALL WARMF ................................................................................................... 26
5.2 CREATE PROJECT DIRECTORY .................................................................................. 26
5.3 IMPORT CATCHMENT LAYER.................................................................................... 28
5.4 IMPORT RIVER LAYER .............................................................................................. 30
5.5 LINK CATCHMENTS AND RIVERS TOGETHER ........................................................... 32
5.6 DEFINE SUBWATERSHEDS ........................................................................................ 34
5.7 SAVE WARMF PROJECT FILE (WSM FILE) ............................................................. 35
6. IMPORT LAND USE DATA..................................................................................... 36
7. IMPORT TIME SERIES DATA............................................................................... 42
7.1 METEOROLOGICAL DATA ......................................................................................... 44
7.1.1 Data sources .................................................................................................... 44
7.1.2 Importing data into WARMF ........................................................................... 46
7.2 AIR QUALITY DATA.................................................................................................. 50
7.2.1 Data sources .................................................................................................... 50
7.2.2 Importing data into WARMF ........................................................................... 51
7.3 OBSERVED HYDROLOGY .......................................................................................... 53
7.3.1 Data sources .................................................................................................... 53
7.3.2 Importing data into WARMF ........................................................................... 54
7.4 OBSERVED WATER QUALITY ................................................................................... 58
7.4.1 Data sources .................................................................................................... 58
7.4.2 Importing data into WARMF ........................................................................... 58
7.5 MANAGED FLOW...................................................................................................... 60
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