Open the HEC‐MetVue Program

Launch the HEC‐MetVue executable ("metvue.exe" with the blue raindrop icon ), which is available under the "bin" directory of the HEC-MetVue package. 

HEC-MetVue Shortcut

HEC-MetVue can also be launched using the metvue.exe shortcut located in the main folder of the HEC-MetVue package. 

Open HEC‐MetVue Project.

• From the File menu, select Open Project File …
• Browse to: ...\HEC-MetVue_TimeSeriesSampling\
• Select the project file "TimeSeriesSamplingWorkshop.metvue" and Press Open.

Browse through the Map Windows and zoom to the watershed map level.

• Go to the "Sioux_James" Session.
• Select the "MBRFC Precip 1HR" Map Window.
  
• Zoom in to the Sioux River watershed in the states of South Dakota and Iowa by expanding the Session Defaults, expanding the active mapping files and right-clicking on the "Sioux_James_HUC8s.shp" shapefile and selecting "Zoom To This Map."
  
• Right-click inside the "MBRFC Precip 1Day" Map Window and select the option to "Sync Map Windows to This Map Window."
  
• Finally, go to the toolbar and click the Tile Window button tile and view all the Map Window side by side.
  
• Now that you have launched the program, opened the project, and can view the loaded datasets, proceed to the next task to review some of the Project Settings

Tasks

Part A – Introduction to the Project and Datasets

• Task A.1 – Opening the Project
• Task A.2 – Reviewing the Project Settings
• Task A.3 – Reviewing the MBRFC Datasets

Part B – Ad-Hoc Operations - Time Series

• Task B.1 – Exploring Point and Polygon Time Series Sampling Through the Ad Hoc Operations
• Task B.2 – Comparing Two Observed Precipitation Products
• Task B.3 – Comparing and Animating Two Forecasted Precipitation Products
• Task B.4 – Comparing and Animating a Forecast to Actual Observations

Part C – Mass Processing of Samples

• Task C.1 – Mass Processing of Subbasins
• Task C.2 – Mass Processing of Time Series Point Samples