HEC-HMS Release Notes
New Features:
HMS 4.8
- Build Walls/Burn Streams
- Subbasin Characteristics Layer Display and Export
- Junction "Snap to Downstream" and Export
- USGS Emergency Assessment Debris Model
- Los Angeles Debris Method EQ 2-5
- Flow Rate Threshold for Debris Yield Methods
- Unregulated Outputs
- New Linear Reservoir Baseflow Option when Paired with the 2D Diffusion Wave Transform Method
More detailed information can be found here.
HMS 4.7.1
- Enhanced macOS distribution
More detailed information can be found here.
HMS 4.7
2D Diffusion Wave transform
Discretizations
Basin characteristics
Expanded ASCII/GeoTIFF grid support
GIS parameter estimation
Spatial results visualization
More detailed information can be found here.
HMS 4.6.1
HMS 4.6
ASCII precipitation-frequency grid
Precipitation-frequency grid option in hypothetical storm
Depth-area analysis with precipitation-frequency grid hypothetical storm
Gumbel Distribution in Uncertainty Analysis
Standard Reports
Global Monthly Average Evapotranspiration Editor
macOS Portable Distribution
More detailed information can be found here.
Bugs Fixed:
HMS 4.8
Sample project extract from Help | Install Sample Projects
Import from projection file in Gridded Data Import Wizard
Grid cell file validation logic
Out of memory issue when Store gridded state variable results program option is turned on
Reach characteristics compute failure when reach name is null
Subbasin merge failure with self-intersecting polygons
Frequency storm re-compute failure after parameterization change
Green & Ampt display keys in Optimization Trial compute
Alphabetical sort in new global editor framework
Failure to launch from CAVI/HEC-WAT after successive launch attempts
CAVI/HEC-WAT Internet Maps issue
Missing Coordinate Reference System (CRS) for 2D Mesh
Sediment transport time series write error
Basin copy with structured discretization
More detailed information can be found here.
HMS 4.7.1
Special characters in project name when generating standard report
Notes and warnings control when called via the HMS command server
Project Save As and CWMS / HEC-WAT import missing grid cell file
Grid cell file read fails when grid cell file has no extension
Grid cell file validation fails when subbasins within the grid cell file are denoted with all caps
Characteristics compute fails when characteristic value is NaN or Infinity
Met mode tree not updated after initialization
Tool tip settings not reflected in basin map
Spatial Results file grows with each compute
2D Diffusion Wave spatial results visualization wet area fraction set incorrectly
2D Diffusion Wave discretization erroneous error message
2D Diffusion Wave computed results discrepancy
More detailed information can be found here.
HMS 4.7
Reservoir storage is incorrect when using FT:FT2 or M:M2 elevation-area function
Gridded Green and Ampt: Incorrect parameterization in the component editor
Standard Report: Incorrect Units Displayed
More detailed information can be found here.
HMS 4.6.1
Program hang after pre-processing drainage with multiple processors
"Could not delineate elements because the break points did not intersect the stream network" error with ESRI WKT projection
Terrain File path updated after import
Missing data on sediment load results from USGS Long-Term debris yield method
Statistics Report Generator - Terminates for Datasets with Elements That Did Not Have Results
Standard Report Generator - Overlapping X-Axis (Time) in Several Plots
Standard Report Generator - Incorrectly Display Time Series Plots with Missing Data for Certain Dates
More detailed information can be found here.