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NWM Forecast Points at Gauged Locations and Hydrofabric Parameters for Model Assessment


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Created: Aug 28, 2024 at 8:59 p.m.
Last updated: Aug 28, 2024 at 9:18 p.m.
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Abstract

Assessment of large-scale hydrological models, such as the National Water Model (NWM), requires information about the location of gauged sites, static model data like routing parameters, and channel geometry characteristics. This resource provides a dataset that merges data from three key sources: the NWM RouteLink dataset, USGS gauging station data, and NHDPlus hydrography data. This integrated dataset enables users to compare observed data with NWM simulations and assess model performance as a function of critical parameters, such as routing characteristics and channel geometry. The accompanying Jupyter notebook allows for easy access to the merged dataset, offering tools to explore and visualize the data at NWM forecast points.

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Coverage

Spatial

Coordinate System/Geographic Projection:
WGS 84 EPSG:4326
Coordinate Units:
Decimal degrees
North Latitude
49.0153°
East Longitude
-67.3176°
South Latitude
25.3369°
West Longitude
-124.6242°

Content

Readme.txt

Overview: This HydroShare resource provides a Jupyter notebook designed to facilitate the visualization of merged data from three primary sources: the National Water Model (NWM) RouteLink dataset, USGS gauging station data, and NHDPlus hydrography data. The resource allows users to access NWM RouteLink data at gauged locations, providing a comprehensive tool for assessing of the NWM hydrofabric. Users can explore the merged dataset, which combines hydrological and routing information.
The merged dataset includes information at NWM forecast points such as NWM feature ID, stream order, manning n, channel geometry, drainage area, associated USGS gauge, and features from NHDPlus dataset.
Contents:

NWM_Gauged_Locations.ipynb: This Jupyter notebook contains Python code for accessing NWM RouteLink data and NHDPlus data at USGS sites. 

Data Sources:

USGS NWIS Data-Accessible at: https://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis?
NHDPlus Data-Accessible at: https://www.epa.gov/waterdata/get-nhdplus-national-hydrography-dataset-plus-data
NWM RouteLink Dataset-Accessible at: https://www.nohrsc.noaa.gov/pub/staff/keicher/NWM_live/NWM_parameters/NWM_parameter_files.tar.gz

Data Services

The following web services are available for data contained in this resource. Geospatial Feature and Raster data are made available via Open Geospatial Consortium Web Services. The provided links can be copied and pasted into GIS software to access these data. Multidimensional NetCDF data are made available via a THREDDS Data Server using remote data access protocols such as OPeNDAP. Other data services may be made available in the future to support additional data types.

Credits

Funding Agencies

This resource was created using funding from the following sources:
Agency Name Award Title Award Number
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Federal Award Number: NA22NWS4320003; Subaward Number: A22-0305-S003

How to Cite

Abdelkader, M., M. Temimi (2024). NWM Forecast Points at Gauged Locations and Hydrofabric Parameters for Model Assessment, HydroShare, http://www.hydroshare.org/resource/eb8961f8dcc2413cbe06d85322a428cc

This resource is shared under the Creative Commons Attribution CC BY.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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