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Hydrologic Modeling with HEC-HMS (2024)
Date: 18-22 November 2024
Location: USACE Hydrologic Engineering Center, Davis, CA
Objectives
The course provides an introduction to the Hydrologic Modeling System, HEC-HMS, focusing both on using the program and performing watershed studies. The course starts with a summary and overview of the program and the mechanics of constructing watershed models. Then, components of the software are studied in detail. Major modules include GIS tools, data entry, historic precipitation approaches, computing infiltration and excess surface runoff, transforming excess precipitation to runoff, baseflow, and channel routing. Parameter estimation techniques are taught throughout with instruction about model calibration. Instruction material is supported with workshops that illustrate the basic steps of building a model for project applications. A final project is included that ties together topics to create a calibrated model from scratch.
The table below provides the schedule of instruction. Links to lectures, workshop pages located in the HEC-HMS Tutorials and Guides spaces, and YouTube videos are provided. All workshop files can be downloaded from the workshops pages. Watching the YouTube videos prior to the class is optional. You will need HEC-HMS version 4.13 beta 3 or newer and HEC-DSSVue version 3.3.29 to open the workshop files. You can download the software from https://www.hec.usace.army.mil/software/hec-hms/downloads.aspx and https://www.hec.usace.army.mil/software/hec-dssvue/downloads.aspx.
Links to PROSPECT Forms
ULC Course #178
Session #2501
Zip of Course Files
Instructors
- Daniel Black (Course Coordinator - Black_bio_2024_Prospect.pdf)
- Avital Breverman (Breverman_bio_2024_Prospect.pdf)
- Lauren Coe (Coe_bio_2024_Prospect.pdf)
- David Ho (Ho_bio_2024_Prospect.pdf)
- Greg Karlovits (Karlovits_bio_2024_Prospect.pdf)
- Melissa Mika (Mika_bio_2024_Prospect.pdf)
Day 1
Start | End | Duration (min) | Module | Topic | Instructor(s) | Links to Materials | Supplementary Pre-recorded Lectures |
08:00 | 08:30 | 30 | Admin | Welcome, Goals, Class Structure | |||
08:30 | 09:00 | 30 | Admin | Pre-Test | See Links to PROSPECT Forms | ||
09:00 | 09:15 | 15 | Break | ||||
09:15 | 10:30 | 75 | L 1 | Introduction to HEC-HMS | Daniel Black | L1_Introduction_to_HEC-HMS_2024.pptx | |
10:30 | 11:30 | 60 | W 1 | Creating a Simple Model | |||
11:30 | 11:45 | 15 | Q 1 | Quiz covering L 1 | Daniel Black | ||
11:45 | 12:45 | 60 | Lunch | ||||
12:45 | 14:30 | 105 | L 2 | HEC-HMS GIS Delineation Tools | HEC-HMS GIS Delineation Tools | ||
14:30 | 14:45 | 15 | Break | ||||
14:45 | 16:15 | 90 | W 2 | Applying HEC-HMS GIS Delineation Tools | |||
16:15 | 16:30 | 15 | Quiz covering L 2 | David Ho | |||
16:30 | 16:45 | 15 | Review |
Day 2
Start | End | Duration (min) | Module | Topic | Instructor(s) | Links to Materials | Supplementary Pre-recorded Lectures |
08:00 | 08:30 | 30 | Review | ||||
08:30 | 09:15 | 45 | L 3 | Shared Data Components | Greg Karlovits | ||
09:15 | 09:30 | 15 | Break | ||||
09:30 | 10:15 | 45 | W 3 | Creating Shared Data Components | |||
10:15 | 10:30 | 15 | Q 3 | Quiz covering L 3 | Greg Karlovits | ||
10:30 | 10:45 | 15 | Review - Creating Shared Data Components | ||||
10:45 | 11:45 | 60 | L 4 | HEC-HMS GIS Parameter Estimation Tools | |||
11:45 | 12:45 | 60 | Lunch | ||||
12:45 | 13:15 | 30 | W 4 | Applying HEC-HMS GIS Parameter Estimation Tools | |||
13:15 | 13:30 | 15 | Q 4 | Quiz covering L 4 | |||
13:30 | 13:45 | 15 | Review HEC-HMS GIS Parameter Estimation Tools | ||||
13:45 | 15:00 | 75 | L 5 | Meteorologic Models - Historic Precipitation | |||
15:00 | 1515 | 15 | Break | ||||
15:15 | 16:15 | 60 | W 5 | Setting up a Meteorologic Model | |||
16:15 | 16:30 | 15 | Q 5 | Quiz covering L 5 | |||
16:30 | 16:45 | 15 | Review Meteorologic Models - Historic Precipitation | Avital Breverman |
Day 3
Start | End | Duration (min) | Module | Topic | Instructor(s) | Links to Materials | Supplementary Pre-recorded Lectures |
08:00 | 08:30 | 30 | Review | Melissa Mika | |||
08:30 | 09:30 | 60 | L 6 | Loss Rate Methods | |||
09:30 | 10:15 | 45 | W 6 | Applying Loss Methods | |||
10:15 | 10:30 | 15 | Q 6 | Quiz covering L 6 | |||
10:30 | 10:45 | 15 | Review | ||||
10:45 | 11:00 | 15 | Break | ||||
11:00 | 12:00 | 60 | L 7 | Transform Methods | HEC-HMS Transform Methods Playlist | ||
12:00 | 13:00 | 60 | Lunch | ||||
13:00 | 13:45 | 45 | W 7 | Estimating Clark Unit Hydrograph Parameters | |||
13:45 | 14:00 | 15 | Q 7 | Quiz covering L 7 | |||
14:00 | 14:15 | 15 | Review | ||||
14:15 | 15:00 | 45 | L 8 | Baseflow Simulation | HEC-HMS Baseflow Methods Playlist | ||
15:00 | 15:15 | 15 | Break | ||||
15:15 | 16:00 | 45 | W 8 | Applying Linear Reservoir Baseflow | |||
16:00 | 16:15 | 15 | Q 8 | Quiz covering L 8 | |||
16:15 | 16:30 | 15 | Review |
Day 4
Start | End | Duration (min) | Module | Topic | Instructor(s) | Links to Materials | Supplementary Pre-recorded Lectures |
08:00 | 08:15 | 15 | Review | ||||
08:15 | 09:45 | 90 | L 9 | Channel Routing | |||
09:45 | 10:30 | 45 | W 9 | Applying Reach Routing Methods | |||
10:30 | 10:45 | 15 | Break | ||||
10:45 | 11:00 | 15 | Q 9 | Quiz covering L 9 | |||
11:00 | 11:15 | 15 | Review | Melissa Mika | |||
11:15 | 12:15 | 60 | L 10 | Model Calibration | HEC-HMS Model Calibration Playlist | ||
12:15 | 13:15 | Lunch | |||||
13:15 | 14:00 | 45 | W 10 | Calibrating a Simple Model | |||
14:00 | 14:15 | 15 | Q 10 | Quiz covering L 10 | |||
14:15 | 14:30 | 15 | Review | ||||
14:30 | 14:45 | 15 | Break | ||||
14:45 | 15:30 | 45 | L 11 | Model Calibration - Complex Studies | |||
15:30 | 17:00 | 90 | Project | Final Project Working Session - Develop a Calibrated Model From Scratch | Basic HEC-HMS Class Final Project |
Day 5
Start | End | Duration (min) | Module | Topic | Instructor(s) | Links to Materials | Supplementary Pre-recorded Lectures |
08:00 | 09:30 | 90 | Project | Final Project Working Session - Develop a Calibrated Model From Scratch | Basic HEC-HMS Class Final Project | ||
09:30 | 10:15 | 45 | Review Final Project. | Lauren Coe | |||
10:15 | 10:30 | 15 | Break | ||||
10:30 | 11:00 | 30 | Admin | Post Test | See Links to PROSPECT Forms | ||
11:00 | 11:30 | 30 | Admin | End of Course Questionnaire | See Links to PROSPECT Forms |