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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
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
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
XY Series Editor
Land Use
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
Interpolating Hydraulic Model Results
Interpolate Cross Sections
Computation of Interpolation Weights
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
Flood Extent
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
Editing Cross Sections
Extract Cross Sections
Managing Cross Sections
River Tools
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
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
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 Multiple Scenarios
GSSHA Nutrients
GSSHA Observation Points
GSSHA Output Control
GSSHA Overland Soil Erosion
GSSHA Precipitation
GSSHA Read Solution
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
6.4. Hydrologic Engineering Center-Hydrologic Modeling System (HEC-HMS)
HEC-HMS
HEC-HMS Base Flow
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 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
Defining Roughness
Centerline
Cross Sections
6.14. TR-20
TR-20
TR-20 Edit Parameters
TR-20 Basin Data
TR-20 Diversion Data
TR-20 Reservoir Data
TR-20 Routing Data
TR-20 Job Control Parameters
TR-20 Output Control
6.15. TR-55
TR-55
TR-55 Basin Data
TR-55 Outlet Data
TR-55 Hydrographs
TR-55 Channel Travel Time
TR-55 Edit Parameters

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
May2009Webinar
Other Software
NGVD System
Publish to Web
Using Catalogs
WMS 8.2
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
Q&A Models 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