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Watershed delineation with DEMs is one of the most common and simplest methods available for automatically characterizing a watershed. Many raster GIS programs have similar capabilities, but WMS has been designed specifically with the purpose of hydrologic and hydraulic modeling in mind. One program that has been developed for delineation on a DEM is the [[WMS:TOPAZ|TOPAZ]] program. A special version of TOPAZ has been created for use with WMS that only requires an elevation grid as input and produces a flow direction grid and a flow accumulation grid as outputs. | Watershed delineation with DEMs is one of the most common and simplest methods available for automatically characterizing a watershed. Many raster GIS programs have similar capabilities, but WMS has been designed specifically with the purpose of hydrologic and hydraulic modeling in mind. | ||
One program that has been developed for delineation on a DEM is the [[WMS:TOPAZ|TOPAZ]] program. A special version of TOPAZ has been created for use with WMS that only requires an elevation grid as input and produces a flow direction grid and a flow accumulation grid as outputs. | |||
The general process of delineating a DEM is as follows: | |||
#Obtain and import a DEM. | |||
#Compute flow directions and flow accumulations. | |||
#Identify the watershed outlet and covert DEM streams to arcs. | |||
#Define interior sub-basin outlets points. | |||
#Define basins. | |||
#Convert DEM basins to polygons. | |||
#Combute basin geometric data. | |||
More details about this process are given in the [[WMS:DEM Guidelines|DEM Guidelines]] article. | |||
After defining basins with a DEM the results are converted to a drainage coverage for easier data storage and manipulation. It is also possible to [[WMS:DEM Basins|modify an existing delineation]] using [[WMS:Feature Objects|feature objects]]. | After defining basins with a DEM the results are converted to a drainage coverage for easier data storage and manipulation. It is also possible to [[WMS:DEM Basins|modify an existing delineation]] using [[WMS:Feature Objects|feature objects]]. | ||
Revision as of 18:01, 17 December 2019
Watershed delineation with DEMs is one of the most common and simplest methods available for automatically characterizing a watershed. Many raster GIS programs have similar capabilities, but WMS has been designed specifically with the purpose of hydrologic and hydraulic modeling in mind.
One program that has been developed for delineation on a DEM is the TOPAZ program. A special version of TOPAZ has been created for use with WMS that only requires an elevation grid as input and produces a flow direction grid and a flow accumulation grid as outputs.
The general process of delineating a DEM is as follows:
- Obtain and import a DEM.
- Compute flow directions and flow accumulations.
- Identify the watershed outlet and covert DEM streams to arcs.
- Define interior sub-basin outlets points.
- Define basins.
- Convert DEM basins to polygons.
- Combute basin geometric data.
More details about this process are given in the DEM Guidelines article.
After defining basins with a DEM the results are converted to a drainage coverage for easier data storage and manipulation. It is also possible to modify an existing delineation using feature objects.
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