CWMS CAVI Orientation and Setup

Workshop Data

Project Files

Download the Initial Project Files here. Unzip in the C:\CWMS_Class directory. CWMS 3.4 was used to create the workshop files and instructions.

You should have a folder that looks like this: 

Background

The watershed you will be using for this workshop is the Russian River in Northern California. There are two reservoirs in the watershed: Coyote Lake in the northern portion and Warm Springs Lake in central portion. The Russian River flows into the Pacific Ocean at Jenner, CA. This is the watershed that most of the workshops for the CWMS PROSPECT class will use.

Objective

This workshop will provide an introduction to the Control and Visualization Interface (CAVI), navigating the different modules, and using basic features.

In this workshop you will perform the following tasks to familiarize yourself with the CAVI:

• Open a CAVI watershed
• Edit map layers and display settings
• View the availability of observed data throughout the watershed
• Run a script to acquire the latest observed data from the USGS
• Visualize time series and gridded data throughout the watershed
• Compute a forecast
• View model results

Tasks

Task 1: CAVI Startup

Task 2: CAVI Map Layers Setup

Task 3: Data Acquisition Module

Task 4: Data Visualization Module

Task 5: Modeling Module

Solution Files

Project Files

Download the Solution Data here if you would like the watershed and forecast with the full solution.