Date: 10-12 September 2024

Location: USACE Chicago District (LRC)

Software

Please have HEC-HMS v4.12 (Portable) on your machine prior to class. It is available here: https://www.hec.usace.army.mil/software/hec-hms/downloads.aspx

You may also want to have the most recent version of HEC-DSSVue (v3.3.29) available here: https://www.hec.usace.army.mil/software/hec-dssvue/downloads.aspx

Instructors

Agenda and Materials

StartEndDurationModuleTopicInstructorLinks to Materials

Tuesday 9/10

08:0008:3030
Welcome/Intro
08:3010:0090L1HEC-HMS GIS Delineation Tools
10:0010:1515
Break

10:1511:3075W1Applying HEC-HMS GIS Delineation Tools
Creating a Georeferenced Model using HEC-HMS GIS Tools
11:3011:4515
Review

11:4512:4560
Lunch

12:4513:4560L2HEC-HMS GIS Parameter Estimation Tools
13:4514:1530W2Applying HEC-HMS GIS Parameter Estimation Tools
Applying HEC-HMS GIS Parameter Estimation Tools
14:1514:3015
Review

14:3014:4515
Break

14:4515:4560L3Model Calibration and Validation
15:4516:4560W3

Calibrating and Validating a Single Event Model

  1. Spend 45 minutes on calibration: 2006, 1997, 1986
  2. Spend 15 minutes on validation

Calibrating and Validating a Single Event Model
16:4517:0015
Review

Wednesday 9/11

08:0008:4545L4Continuous Simulation Methodologies
Evapotranspiration
08:4510:1590W4

Calibrating a Continuous Simulation Model

  1. Introduction to Calibrating a Continuous Simulation Model
  2. Calibrate the Deficit & Constant Basin Model for a Single Water Year
  3. Calibrate the Deficit and Constant Basin Model to Observed Annual Maximum Flows
  4. Calculate Performance Metrics for Daily Flows

Bonus Material

  1. Calibrate the Soil Moisture Accounting Basin Model for a Single Water Year
  2. Calibrate the Soil Moisture Accounting Basin Model to Observed Annual Maximum Flows
  3. Validate an HEC-HMS Model using Flow Frequency

Calibrating a Continuous Simulation Model
10:1510:3015
Review

10:3011:1545L5Gridded Data Import and Manipulation
11:1512:0045W5

Gridded Data (Start)


Downloading, Importing, and Processing Gridded Data
12:0013:0060

Lunch



13:0013:3030W5

Gridded Data (Finish)



13:3013:4515

Review



13:4514:1530L6Snow Hydrology and Data
14:1514:3015
Break

14:3015:3060L7Snowmelt Modeling Methodologies
15:3016:4575W6

Snowmelt Model Calibration

  1. Calibrating Point Snowmelt: Swamp Angel Study Plot, Colorado
  2. Calibrating Gridded Snowmelt: Upper Truckee River, California

Bonus Material

  1. Calibrating Gridded Snowmelt: John Day River Watershed

Using the Snowmelt Modeling Capabilities within HEC-HMS
16:4517:0015

Review



Thursday 9/12

08:0009:0060L8Frequency and Hypothetical Storm Methodologies in HEC-HMS
09:0009:4545W7Applying the Frequency Storm Met Model in HEC-HMS
Applying the Frequency Storm Met Model in HEC-HMS
09:4510:0015
Review

10:0010:1515
Break

10:1511:1560W8Applying the Hypothetical Storm Met Model in HEC-HMS
Applying the Hypothetical Storm Met Model in HEC-HMS
11:1511:3015
Review

11:3012:1545L9Model Optimization Methodologies
12:1513:1560
Lunch

13:1515:15120W9Model Parameter Optimization
Applying Simplex and Differential Evolution Optimization to Single Event Calibration
15:1515:3015
Review

15:3015:4515
Break

15:4517:0075L10Modeling Reservoir Operations in HEC-HMS