The Acquisition module allows you to examine data, evaluate the quality of data, and quickly identify problem locations for a watershed. HEC-RTS keeps you apprised of the quality of data in DSS files by displaying color bars and thumbnail plots that dynamically convey the quality of data at individual locations; uses plots and tables to provide detailed views of data; and, provides a mechanism to group gages for viewing (such as precipitation or flow), which allows you to view details for more or fewer gages than appear in the geo-referenced map display.
Once issues with data have been identified, the Data Validation Editor can be used to validate the data. The Data Validation Editor allows the user to select specific locations for validation (ad hoc mode) or to use pre-defined validation lists (list mode). The Data Validation Editor can filter data to identify and display only those data time series with questionable, missing, and/or rejected data. Additionally, the Data Validation Editor offers tools for both text-entry editing and graphical editing. With the former, the user can enter corrected values in a table. With the latter, the user can use the mouse to create line segments in a plot to replace questionable or missing data. Also, automated estimates can be used to edit data.