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WMS User Manual (v9.1)

The Watershed Modeling System

1. Introduction: Introduction to WMS; WMS Screen; Overview; WMS Tutorials; What's new in WMS version 9.1; FAQ; References; Readme

1.1 Set Up: Setting Up WMS; License Agreement; Registering WMS; Graphics Card Troubleshooting; Running WMS for the first time; Command Line

2. General Information: Bugfixes WMS; General; WMS Basic Modeling Concepts; WMS Downloads; Where Can I Get Data?

2.1. Layout: Graphical User Interface (GUI); WMS Dialog Help; Plot Windows; Plot Wizard; Menu Bar; Help Strip; Pan, Zoom, and Rotate; Metadata Window

3. General Tools: Toolbars; Tool Palettes; Module Palette; Macros; Units Toolbar; Digitize Toolbar; Static Tool Palette; Dynamic Tool Palette; Drawing Tools; Get Data Toolbar; Get Data Tool; Drag and Drop; Setting up Film Loops; Frame Image; Oblique View; Plan View; Previous View; View Angle; Set Window Bounds

3.1. File and Edit Menus: File Menu; Edit Menu; Material Properties; Materials; Properties Window; Import from Database

3.2. Coordinate Systems: Coordinate Systems; Coordinate Conversions; Projections; CPP Coordinate System; Geographic Coordinate System; Local Coordinate System; Converting Coordinate Systems; Coordinate Tracking; Coordinate Systems of GIS Layers; Editing XYZ Coordinates; Local Origin Dialog; Single Point Conversion

3.3. The Display Menu and Options: Display Menu; Display Options; Lighting Options; Color Ramp; Contour Options; Z Magnification; Refresh

3.4. CAD Menu: CAD Display Options; Converting WMS Data to CAD; Deleting CAD Data; Opening CAD Files; Saving CAD Data; How to convert a floodplain boundary to a CAD drawing; Converting to TIN; Converting to Feature Objects

3.5. Hydrologic/Hydraulic Calculators: Hydrologic/Hydraulic Calculators; Lag Time and Time of Concentration; Detention Basin Calculator; Channel Calculator; Weir Calculator

3.6. Other Tools: Datasets; Dataset Zonal Classification; Dataset Zonal Classification Display; Solutions; Overview of Datasets; Deleting Data; Cross Sections; XY Series Editor; Land Use; Centerline; Edit File; Annotations
3.6.a. Trees: Building Trees; Rebuilding the Display
3.5.b. Gages: Gages; Gages Dialog
3.5.c. Hydrologic Modeling Wizard: Hydrologic Modeling Wizard Overview

3.6. Images: Images; Image Display Options; Image Preferences; Image Crop Collar; Image Gallery; BYU Image Contest; Screen Capture; Registering an Image; Exporting; Importing an Image

3.7. File Support: Text Import Wizard; ARC/INFO ASCII Grid Files; ASCII Dataset Files; Binary Dataset Files; DSS Files; DSS File I/O; DSS Files-WMS Interface; File Extension; File I/O; Image Files; Import GIS File; Export GIS File; GRASS Grid (GSSHA Maps); Land Use Files; Read Stage File; Read a Stage File; Shapefiles; WMS Native Files; WMS Non-native Files; Soil Type Runoff Coefficient Files; WMS Supported File Formats; WMS Project Files; XY Series Files

Interpolation

4. Interpolation: Interpolation Options; Linear Interpolation; Inverse Distance Weighted Interpolation; Clogh-Tocher Interpolation; Natural Neighbor Interpolation; Interpolation to Grids; Interpolating Hydraulic Model Results; Interpolate Cross Sections; Computation of Interpolation Weights; Interpolation of Rainfall to Basin Centroids; Subset Definition

Modules

5. Modules: Modules

5.1. Digital Elevation Model (DEMs): DEM Guidelines; Importing USGS DEMs; Importing Flow Directions and Accumulations; DEM to Stream Arcs; Interpolation of DEMs elevations to TINs and 2D Grids; Editing DEMs; Editing DEM Elevations; Delineation with DEMs; Smoothing DEMs; DEM Point Attributes; DEM Files; Converting DEMs; Create Reservoir in DEMs; Draw Flow Patterns in DEMs; Nodes and Vertices to Outlets; DEM Basins; Compute Basin Data; TOPAZ

5.2. MapInfo Professional Transaction File(TINs): TIN Guidelines; Creating TINs; TIN Breaklines; Streams; TIN Basins; TIN Menu; Convert TINs; Triangulation; Reservoirs; Watershed Delineation with TINs; TIN Options; Outlets; Drawing Flow Patterns; Vertices

5.3. Terrain Data Module: Terrain Data Module; Terrain Data Tools; Project Explorer Contents for Terrain Data Module

5.4. Drainage Module: Drainage Module; Drainage; Drainage Data to Feature Objects; Drainage Tools; Project Explorer Contents for Drainage Module; Arcs to Outlets

5.5. Map Module: Map Module; Map Properties; Map Tools; Mapping Tables; Conceptual Model; Mapping to Feature Objects; Project Explorer Contents for Map Module
5.5.a. Coverages: Coverages; Coverage Overlays; 1D-HYD Centerline; 1D-HYD Cross-section; Area Property Coverage; CE-QUAL-W2 Branch Coverage; CE-QUAL-W2 Observations Coverage; CE-QUAL-W2 Segments Coverage; Flood Barrier; Flow Paths and Barrier Coverages; General; Land Use Coverage; MODRAT Tc Coverage Type; NSS Region Coverage; Observation Coverage; Rain Gage; Soil; Time Computation
5.5.b. Feature Objects: Feature Objects; Feature Object Guidelines; Feature Objects Menu; Drawing Objects; Creating Grids

5.6. Hydrologic Modeling Module: Hydrologic Modeling Module; Hydrologic Modeling Tools; Project Explorer Contents for Hydrologic Modeling Module; Hydrographs; Hydrographs Topologic Tree; Hydrograph Files; Deleting Hydrographs; Displaying Hydrographs; Exporting Hydrographs; Listing Hydrographs; Reading Hydrographs; New Hydrographs; Open Hydrograph Plot; Viewing Hydrographs; Combining Arc Travel Times; Elevation Discharge Relationship; Storage Capacity Curves; Computing Area Between Elevations

5.7. River/Hydraulic Modeling Module: Hydraulic Modeling Introduction; Hydraulic Modeling Tools; Hydraulic Schematic; Hydraulic Toolbox 1.0; Mapping the Conceptual Model to a River Schematic; Project Explorer Contents for River Module; Default Hydraulic Model; Defining Roughness; Editing Cross Sections; Extract Cross Section; Extract Cross Sections; Managing Cross Sections
5.7.a. Flood Plain Delineation: Overview of Flood Plain Delineation; Differences From Earlier Versions (Version 6.0 and earlier); Delineate Flood Plain; Preparing Stage Data; Return Period to Feature Objects; Interpolation Options for Floodplain Delineation; Flood Depth Map; Flood Extent Map; Flood Impact Map; Search Radius and Flow Distance

5.8. GIS Module: GIS Module; GIS Tools; Project Explorer Contents for GIS Module; Compute GIS Attributes; Deleting GIS Data Layers; Computation Step; GIS Tables; Soil Type; Creating Watershed Models
5.8.a. ArcObjects/ArcView: Introduction to ArcObjects; ArcObjects Add Data; ArcView Data Guidelines; Feature Selection; Importing Shapefiles; Add Shapefile Data; Feature Objects to ArcHydro Geodatabase; Feature Objects to Geodatabase

5.9. 2D Grid Module: 2D Grid Module; Grid Options; 2D Grid Module Project Explorer; 2D Grid Display Options; 2D Grid Tools; Tree Contents for 2D Grid Module; Active/Inactive Cells

5.10. 2D Scatter Point Module: 2D Scatter Point Module; Project Explorer Contents for 2D Scatter Module; Scatter Point Sets; Scattered Data Tools; Data Type Conversion

Models

6. Models: Models; Model Selection; Modeling wizard; Model Documentation; How to select a model; Louisiana DOTD Modeling Overview; Maricopa County Modeling; River Tools; SWMM; Stochastic Modeling

6.1. CE-QUAL-W2: CE-QUAL-W2; CE-QUAL-W2 Menu; CE-QUAL-W2 Branches; CE-QUAL-W2 Layer Editor

6.2. Gridded Surface Subsurface Hydrologic Analysis (GSSHA): GSSHA; GSSHA Calibration; GSSHA Cell Properties; GSSHA Channel Routing; GSSHA Contaminants; GSSHA Digital Dams; GSSHA Embankment Arcs; GSSHA Feature Arcs; GSSHA Feature Nodes; GSSHA Feature Polygons; GSSHA Groundwater; GSSHA Job Control; GSSHA Join SSURGO Data; GSSHA Lakes and Wetlands; GSSHA Manage Files; GSSHA Mapping Tables; GSSHA Maps; GSSHA Model Check; GSSHA Multiple Scenarios; GSSHA Nutrients; GSSHA Observation Points; GSSHA Open Project File; GSSHA Output Control; GSSHA Overland Soil Erosion; GSSHA Precipitation; GSSHA Read Solution; GSSHA Run Simulation; GSSHA Save Project File; GSSHA Solution Analysis; GSSHA Solution Results; GSSHA Stream Arcs; Pipe and Node Parameters; Radar Rainfall

6.3. Hydrologic Engineering Center-1 (HEC-1): HEC-1 Parameters; Basin HEC-1 Cards; Routing HEC-1 Cards; Diversion HEC-1 Cards; HEC-1 Job Control; HEC-1 Input Hydrograph (QI); HEC-1 Model Check; HEC-1 NSTPS; HEC-1 Observed Hydrograph (QO); HEC-1 Reading Existing Files; HEC-1 Run Analysis; HEC-1 Saving Files; Computing Area Between Elevations; Weighted Average Precipitation
6.3.a WMLib: WMLib; WMLibFileIo; WMLibHydroTree; WMLibOutletPoint; WMLibRainfallData; WMLibSubBasin; WMLibTimeSeriesPoint

6.4. Hydrologic Engineering Center-Hydrologic Modeling System (HEC-HMS): HEC-HMS; HEC-HMS Base Flow; HEC-HMS Basin Options; HEC-HMS Convert Grids; HEC-HMS Defining the Meteorological Model; HEC-HMS Diversions; HEC-HMS Frequency Storm; HEC-HMS Gages; HEC-HMS Job Control; HEC-HMS Junctions; HEC-HMS Loss Methods; HEC-HMS Meteorological Options; HEC-HMS Opening an HMS File; HEC-HMS Post Processing; HEC-HMS Properties; HEC-HMS Reach Routing; HEC-HMS Reservoirs; HEC-HMS Run Simulation; HEC-HMS SCS Hypothetical Storm; HEC-HMS Saving an HMS File; HEC-HMS Sinks; HEC-HMS Sources; HEC-HMS Standard Project Storm; HEC-HMS Sub-Basins; HEC-HMS Transform; HEC-HMS User Hyetograph

6.5. Hydrologic Engineering Center-River Analysis System (HEC-RAS): HEC-RAS; HEC-RAS Bridges/Culverts; HEC-RAS Model Control; HEC-RAS Stochastic Modeling; HEC-RAS Unsteady Modeling; Recompute All Stations

6.6. Hydrological Simulation Program—FORTRAN (HSPF): HSPF; HSPF (Q&A); HSPF Automatic Segmentation of Land Segments; HSPF Edit Parameters; HSPF External Sources; HSPF External Targets; HSPF Getting Started; HSPF Global Options; HSPF Mass Links; HSPF Modules; HSPF Reading Existing Files; HSPF Run Simulation; HSPF Saving and Reading HSPF UCI Files; HSPF Viewing WDM Files; HSPF WDM File Interaction

6.7. MODified RATional Method (MODRAT): MODRAT; MODRAT (Q&A); MODRAT WMS Interface; MODRAT Conveyance Type; MODRAT Course Overview; MODRAT Creating Burned Simulations; MODRAT Edit Parameters; MODRAT Input/Output Hydrographs; MODRAT Job Control Parameters; MODRAT Length; MODRAT Manning's Roughness Coefficient, n; MODRAT Numbering the Tree; MODRAT Relief Drains; MODRAT Reservoirs; MODRAT Run Simulation; MODRAT Slope; Using GIS Data to Map Parameters; Saving and Reading MODRAT Files

6.8. National Streamflow Statistics Program (NSS): NSS; NSS Assigning Regression Parameters; NSS Computing Peak Discharges; NSS Hydrographs; NSS Maximum Flood Region; NSS Model Troubleshooting; NSS Overlapping Regions; NSS State; NSS State and National Urban Equations; NSS Total Basin Area; Saving and Restoring a Simulation

6.9. Orange County Unit Hydrograph: Orange County Unit Hydrograph; OC Unit Hydro Design Storms; OC Unit Hydro Effective Precipitation; OC Unit Hydro Job Control; OC Unit Hydro Post Processing; OC Unit Hydro Saving a Simulation; OC Unit Hydro Small Area Hydrographs; OC Unit Hydro Unit Hydrograph Method; OC Unit Hydro Using GIS Data; Orage County Hydrology

6.10. Orange County Rational Method: Orange County Rational Method; OC Rational Equation; OC Losses; OC Rational Initial Sub-area Time of Concentration; OC Rational Job Control; OC Rational Post Processing; OC Rational Reach Routing; OC Rational Reports; OC Rational Run Simulation; OC Rational Saving a Simulation; OC Rational Sub-area Data; OC Rational Tree Mapping

6.11. Rational Method: Rational Method; Rational Method Basin Data; Rational Method Computing Hydrographs; Rational Method Edit Parameters; Rational Method Equation; Rational Method Outlet Data; Rational Method Rainfall Intensity; Rational Method Traditional vs Route by Summing; Saving and Running a Rational Method Simulation; Dekalb Rational Hydrograph; Important Limitations; Modified Rational Hydrograph; Rational Hydrograph; Runoff Coefficient Table; Universal Rational Hydrograph; User Defined Rational Hydrograph

6.12. Storm Drain: Storm Drain; Storm Drain-Run Simulation; Storm Drain Job Control; Storm Drain Menu

6.13. Simplified Dam-Break (SMPDBK): SMPDBK; SMPDBK Dam Properties; SMPDBK Export Simulation; SMPDBK Post Processing; SMPDBK Running a Simulation

6.14. TR-20: TR-20; TR-20 (Q&A); TR-20 Area; TR-20 Base Flow; TR-20 Basin Data; TR-20 Cross Sections; TR-20 Curve Number; TR-20 Defined Cross Sections; TR-20 Direct Input Hydrographs; TR-20 Diversion Data; TR-20 Diversion Name; TR-20 Edit Parameters; TR-20 Inflow Parameters; TR-20 Input Hydrograph; TR-20 Job Control Parameters; TR-20 Kinematic Wave; TR-20 Name; TR-20 Outflow Parameters; TR-20 Outlet Names; TR-20 Output Control; TR-20 Precipitation; TR-20 Reach Length; TR-20 Reading Existing Files; TR-20 Reservoir Data; TR-20 Reservoir Name; TR-20 Reservoirs; TR-20 Routing; TR-20 Routing Data; TR-20 Routing Method; TR-20 Run Simulation; TR-20 Saving Files; TR-20 Start Routing Elevation; TR-20 Time Control; TR-20 Time of Concentration; TR-20 Title; TR-20 Unit Hydrograph Definition

6.15. TR-55: TR-55; TR-55 (Q&A); TR-55 Basin Data; TR-55 Channel Flow Equation; TR-55 Channel Travel Time; TR-55 Copying Results to the Clipboard; TR-55 Curve Number; TR-55 Drainage Area; TR-55 Edit Parameters; TR-55 Hydrographs; TR-55 Initialize Simulation; TR-55 Name; TR-55 Outlet Data; TR-55 Pond/Swamp Factor; TR-55 Rainfall; TR-55 Shallow Concentrated Flow Equation; TR-55 Sheet Flow Equation; TR-55 Time of Concentration

7. Quick Tours: Quick Tour - Getting Started; Quick Tour Channels Cutting Cross Sections; Quick Tour Channels Hydraulic Calculations; Quick Tour Computing Composite Curve Numbers; Quick Tour Culvert Hydraulics; Quick Tour Curb and Gutter Flow Analysis; Quick Tour Detention Basin Analysis/Design; Quick Tour Finding Data; Quick Tour -Floodplain Delineation; Quick Tour Hec-1; Quick Tour HEC-1 Area Between Contours; Quick Tour -HEC-1 - Curve Numbers; Quick Tour HEC-1 Lag Time and Time of Concentration; Quick Tour HEC-1 Thiessen Gage Weights; Quick Tour HEC-1 Time Area Curves; Quick Tour HEC-RAS; Quick Tour HSPF; Quick Tour LA County Hydrology in WMS; Quick Tour Maricopa County Hydrology in WMS; Quick Tour National Flood Frequency (NFF); Quick Tour National Streamflow Statistics (NSS); Quick Tour Post Processing; Quick Tour Rational; Quick Tour Rational IDF Curve Generation; Quick Tour Storm Drain; Quick Tour Support; Quick Tour TR-20; Quick Tour TR-20 Curve Numbers; Quick Tour TR-20 Lag Time; Quick Tour Travel Time Computation; Quick Tour Adding GIS Data with ArcObjects; Quick Tour Adding GIS Data without ArcObjects; Quick Tour Background Images; Quick Tour Basin Delineation; Quick Tour Basin Delineation (Flow Paths); Quick Tour Conceptual Model; Quick Tour Conceptual Model for Creating a TIN; Quick Tour Coverages; Quick Tour Creating Watershed Models Directly; Quick Tour Creating the TIN; Quick Tour DEMs; Quick Tour Draped Images; Quick Tour Feature Object Data; Quick Tour Floodplain Delineation; Quick Tour Floodplain Delineation.; Quick Tour Flow Accumulation; Quick Tour Flow Direction Vectors; Quick Tour GIS Data; Quick Tour HEC-1 Storage Capacity Curves; Quick Tour HSPF; Quick Tour HSPF.; Quick Tour Help Strip; Quick Tour Join Tables; Quick Tour Land Use; Quick Tour Layout; Quick Tour Macros; Quick Tour Modules; Quick Tour Outlet Point Creation; Quick Tour Post Processing; Quick Tour Properties Window; Quick Tour Soil; Quick Tour Storing the Results of DEM Delineation; Quick Tour Storm Drain; Quick Tour TINs; Quick Tour Terrain Data; Quick Tour Tools; Quick Tour Travel Time Computations; Quick Tour Watershed Outlet

Appendix

8. Appendix: What's new in WMS version 8.1; What's new in WMS version 8.2; What's new in WMS version 8.3; What's new in WMS version 8.4; What's new in WMS version 8.5; What's new in WMS version 9.0

Tutorial Tables 8.4

Support Knowledge Base 2

Q&A General Post-Processing Data Questions 2

Q&A General Pre-Processing Data Questions 2

Q&A Installation 2

8.1 Equations: Assigning an Equation; Customizing Equations; Repeated Use of an Equation; Variables Computed by WMS
8.1.a. Basin Data Equations: Overview of Basin Data Equations; Travel Times from Basin Data; Colorado State Lag Time Equation; Customized Lag Time Equation; Denver Lag Time Equation; Eagleson Lag Time Equation; Espey Lag Time Equations; Putnam Lag Time Equation; Riverside County Lag Time Equation; SCS Lag Time Equation; Taylor Schwartz Lag Time Equation; Tulsa District Lag Time Equation; Fort Bend Tc Equation; Kerby Tc Equation; Kirpich Tc Equation; Ramser Tc Equation
8.1.b. Map Data Equations: Overview of Map Data Equations; Travel Times from Map Data; User Defined Time of Concentration; FHWA Sheet Flow Equation; FHWA Shallow Concentrated Flow; FHWA Channel Flow; TR-55 Sheet Flow Equation; TR-55 Shallow Concentrated Flow Equation; TR-55 Channel Flow Equation; Maricopa County Time of Concentration

8.2. WMS to HY-8: Path of Data from WMS To HY8; HY8 Modeling Wizard; Project Filename; Define Project Bounds; Watershed Data; Download Data (Web Service Client); Read Data (Catalog); Define Culvert Roadway Data; Compute Flow Directions and Flow Accumulations; Choose Outlet Locations; Delineate Watershed; Select Model; HMW Job Control; Define Land Use and Soil Data; Hydrologic Computations; Define Precipitation; Clean Up Model; Run Hydrologic Model; Crossing Discharge Data; Setup Tailwater Channel; Culvert and Site Data; Run Culvert Analysis; Define Flood Inundation Polygon; Storage Capacity Data; Define Upstream Channel; Delineate Inundated Area; Define and Smooth Streams

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