Catchment Modeling and Initial Parameter Estimation for the National Weather Service River Forecast System

Catchment Modeling and Initial Parameter Estimation for the National Weather Service River Forecast System
Author: Eugene L. Peck
Publisher:
Total Pages: 92
Release: 1976
Genre: Hydrological forecasting
ISBN:

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The system (NWSRFS) of conceptual hydrologic models and other procedures, used in the operational river forecasting program of the United States National Weather Service, is briefly described. Complete information on the system as it existed in 1972 was published. However, since then the operational system has been expanded and revised frequently. Information on new procedures will be published in the technical literature. A major revision has been made in the soil moisture accounting for the catchment model. The components for soil moisture accounting of the Sacramento Model have replaced those of the modified Stanford Model as used in the original system. The conceptual features and characteristics of the Sacramento Model are discussed. The demonstration in the workshop of this symposium will be limited to the catchment model.

Assessment of Hydrologic and Hydrometeorological Operations and Services

Assessment of Hydrologic and Hydrometeorological Operations and Services
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 62
Release: 1996-12-03
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0309175038

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Floods are by far the most devastating of all weather-related hazards in the United States. The National Weather Service (NWS) is charged by Congress to provide river and flood forecasts and warnings to the public to protect life and property and to promote the nation's economic and environmental well-being (such as through support for water resources management). As part of a modernization of its technologies and organizational structure, the NWS is undertaking a thorough updating of its hydrologic products and services and the activities that produce them. The National Weather Service Modernization Committee of the National Research Council undertook a comprehensive assessment of the NWS' plans and progress for the modernization of hydrologic and hydrometeorological operations and services. The committee's conclusions and recommendations and their related analysis and rationale are presented in this report.