| Abstract: | The monitoring of wide-area hydrologic events requires the use of geospatial and time series data available in near-real time. These data sets must be manipulated into information products that speak to the location and magnitude of the event. Scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey Earth Resources Observation and Science (USGS EROS) Center have implemented a hydrologic modeling system which consists of an operational data processing system and the Geospatial Stream Flow Model (GeoSFM). The data processing system generates daily forcing evapotranspiration and precipitation data from various remotely sensed and ground-based data sources. To allow for rapid implementation in data scarce environments, widely available terrain, soil, and land cover data sets are used for model setup and initial parameter estimation. GeoSFM performs geospatial preprocessing and postprocessing tasks as well as hydrologic modeling tasks within an ArcView GIS environment. The integration of GIS routines and time series processing routines is achieved seamlessly through the use of dynamically linked libraries (DLLs) embedded within Avenue scripts. GeoSFM is run operationally to identify and map wide-area streamflow anomalies. Daily model results including daily streamflow and soil water maps are disseminated through Internet map servers, flood hazard bulletins and other media. |
| Genre: | USGS Numbered Series |
| ProdID: | 86174 |
| Citation Author: | Asante, Kwabena O.; Artan, Guleid A.; Pervez, Shahriar; Bandaragoda, Christina; Verdin, James P. |
| Citation Contributing Office: | Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | iv, 65 p. |
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| Citation Public Comments: | Prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Agency for International Development, Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) |
| Citation Publisher: | Geological Survey (U.S.) |
| Citation Series: | Open-File Report |
| Citation Series Code: | OFR |
| Citation Series Number: | 2007-1441 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Technical Manual for the Geospatial Stream Flow Model (GeoSFM); 2008; OFR; 2007-1441; Asante, Kwabena O.; Artan, Guleid A.; Pervez, Shahriar; Bandaragoda, Christina; Verdin, James P. |
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| Text: | Technical Manual for the Geospatial Stream Flow Model (GeoSFM); 2008; OFR; 2007-1441; Asante, Kwabena O.; Artan, Guleid A.; Pervez, Shahriar; Bandaragoda, Christina; Verdin, James P. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/usgs_thumb.jpg |
| URL (INDEX PAGE): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1441/ |
| Date Other: | Tue, 9 Sep 2008 00:00 -0500 |
| Publisher: | Geological Survey (U.S.) |
