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The study of the movement, distribution, and quality of water on Earth and other planets, including the hydrologic cycle, water resources and environmental watershed sustainability.

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Monthly albedo data for VIC

I am trying to download Albedo data for my research area. On NASA's Earthdata website I used the MODIS product MCD43A3,. First reason why I haven't downloaded the data is because my research period is ...
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Seeking free software for rain catchment area?

I want to be able to calculate the catchment area that would feed rainwater into proposed swales. I can do this easily enough, and with sufficient accuracy--not much accuracy is really needed, on a ...
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Fill a sink with a known volume of water to obtain actual depth and extent of a pond

Using ArcMap 10.7 I have a raster with sinks in a terrain that I developed by processing a DEM dataset. Each sink has been delimited and turned into a polygon too, and its total volume was ...
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Creating flood inundation map from watermark QGIS

I have a high water elevation for a location and I want to subtract this elevation by the DEM raster to achieve a water depth raster, and I am not sure how to go about this. I am assuming a constant ...
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Population in upstream area (looping over FeatureCollection)

I want to calculate the sum of the population living in the upstream area of stations using the hydro package by gena. I think I will have to loop over the stations (using the identifier "GEMS_Stati")....
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Changing lakebed symbology to relative depth in ArcGIS 10.5 (TIN or raster file)

I have several TIN files representing empty lakebeds at altitudes ranging from 5000m to 3000m. I have calculated the TINs using ArcGIS hydrology tools and an ASTER v3 DEM projected to ...
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Get catchment delineation with multiple outlets in QGIS 3.4 or 3.8

I'm starting with a DEM, then I generate a drainage direction layer (ldd). Then I'm trying to get all the watershed basins for multiple outlet points in a QGIS plugin I'm developing. I can get them ...
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Calculating volume of several TINs in ArcGIS Desktop

I am trying to calculate the volume of several TINs using the 3D Analyst of ArcGIS 10.5. My data can be found here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ERFdsqDGLH1a_FbxwawE_gPm0Au0Q9vT For a start, I ...
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Calculating the volume of multiple lakes with ArcGIS (3D Analyst)

I have the DEM of a glacier bed and want to calculate the volume of bed depressions that could form lakes. Data is available here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ERFdsqDGLH1a_FbxwawE_gPm0Au0Q9vT I'...
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Using ArcGIS to quantify sink volume in glacier bed (“sink” and “fill” tools)

I am trying to identify sinks/overdeepenings in glacier beds and quantify their volume. If you take a look at my data (https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ERFdsqDGLH1a_FbxwawE_gPm0Au0Q9vT?usp=...
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QGIS Grass 7 r.fill.dir

The following layers were not correctly generated.C:/Users/JIM/AppData/Local/Temp/processing_e2688a45d8934d16a2269a7ef6af8cbd/7eefcc8d13144f598fa7ab5bb5d657b8/output.tifYou can check the 'Log Messages ...
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Calculating drainage density

How can I calculate drainage density in QGIS if I have length for stream and grid line 1 km2? I need to calculate density per km2.
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Create catchments/subbasins for specific nodes

I have an XPSWMM model of a neighborhood storm drainage system. Nearly all of the drainage is above ground through a network of ditches and culverts. I still need to create catchments for the ...
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Vector map (rivers) to Raster. [ **ERROR 1: Wrong value for -outsize parameter.**]

I want to transform this vector map: To something like this I only tried to convert the vector map through Raster> Conversion> Rasterize But I get this Error: QGIS version: 3.6.3-Noosa QGIS code ...
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Quicker function than dissolve and difference

I'm on QGIS (v. 3.6) trying to create a map of Florida's hydrography using the NHD "Water Areas" shapefile. Methodology is to fix any invalid geometries in the NHD data, dissolve the layer, and then ...
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Extract longest flow path in ArcGIS pro

I did calculate Hydrology with Spatial Analysis tools==> Hydrology and now, I have streams and Watershed. In each watershed, I need to extract the longest Flow as a polyline for calculate slope. What ...
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SAGA: could not initialize data objects (QGIS 3.6, Mac 10.14)

I was trying to generate a catchment area from a DEM and got the error message: The following layers were not correctly generated.<ul><li>/var/folders/ft/rbsnpzy96r76t8rkj5fdtzc40000gn/T/...
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Flow Distance Not Calculating for Entire Raster

I am trying to calculate the height above the nearest stream for an area. The problem is, it only does so for a portion ( the colored area below) of my area of interest. In the pic below, the black ...
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Creating symbols between connecting lines to represent line boundaries

I am trying to figure out a way to create markers as seen from the attached image where an angled line (in dark red) is created between the lines to represent a connecting stream. With the data I am ...
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Calculating SCS curve numbers using DSM instead of DTM

Are the curve numbers (calculated by SCS Curve number method) through DSM (Digital Surface Model) valid? Most of the SCS curve number studies focus on calculating curve numbers through a DTM (Digital ...
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Measuring relative discharge in QGIS?

I have marked several points on a stream (distant 500m) and then calculated each point elevation using a DEM data. On a stream there are two gauge station to measure the flow rate (discharge value). ...
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Finding glider reachable area / catchment area with custom slope?

I'd like to produce maps for gliders in mountains. I'm looking to display the reachable area by a glider taking off from a given point (obviously with the corresponding DEM). For a first approach I'...
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Install SWAT hydrological model on Ubuntu [duplicate]

I am trying to go back using Ubuntu in my work as hydrologist. Is there any way to install the SWAT model, and in particular QSWAT on Ubuntu?
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Howerive vector stream network from a DEM using D-Infinity Flow Direction algorithm?

I have been working with a 1m LiDAR derived DEM to create a vector stream network. Using the D8 flow direction, D8 flow accumulation, and a specified threshold, I was able to create a vector stream ...
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Using GageWatershed Function in TauDEM?

I have a D8 flow direction raster made from with TauDEM's D8FlowDir method and a point vector with an attribute 'id' for each. For some reason when I use these two as input in the GageWatershed ...
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How can I find the elevation a set distance upstream and downstream from a layer of crossing locations

I have a channel network which I've intersected with a proposed road network to produce crossing locations. I need to find the channel slope averaged over a 20m stream length. I also have a raster ...
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Watershed layers that drain to ocean?

I have been searching for a watershed layer for California or for the entire US that encompasses all upstream area from ocean outlets (e.g. the entire catchment draining into each ocean output). I ...
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Is there a way to produce a line on a raster, which direction is based on cell values?

I am looking at a raster layer where each cell has one of 8 values, indicating where flow from the cell is directed. Is there a way to select any given cell, and have a line drawn which will follow ...
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Channel network from high resolution DEM for flat areas

I'm working on channel network extraction from a LiDAR DEM (square grid max resolution 0,25 cm), and my area of study is vary flat with some part below the sea level. I applied the classical valley ...
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Fill sinks until a known value

I have a DEM and I want to fill every sink with a Value of 2 meter. If a sink is less than 2 meter, it is filled full and if it is bigger, it is filled until it reach 2 meter. The problem is that ...
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GRASS Error: WARNING: segment zero_fill(): Unable to write (No space left on device)

I was trying to define the drainage patterns and to delineate some catchments based on a 30m DEM using r.watershed --overwrite elev=DEM accumulation=Accum drainage=Drainage -m but grass would ...
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Shifting entire river channel in HEC-RAS?

This question is specific to the HEC-RAS software. I'm trying to use the software to shift a river channel. I've used the Geometric Data Editor for the Cross Sections to edit the positions of the ...
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How can I reduce the size of shapefile (.prj, .shx, .shp) up to 8 MB? [closed]

It is sub basin photo which I want to upload to CHRS so that I can to download satellite precipitation data (https://i.stack.imgur.com/EQt3v.jpg)
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Choosing parameters for SAGA Wetness Index?

I've been working with SAGA GIS to calculate the Topographic Wetness Index of an alpine catchment. I am using the tool Terrain analysis > Hydrology > SAGA Wetness Index because, compared to ...
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Define catchment boundaries with GIS using R

Using a DEM, I want to define catchment boundaries for a given location on a river. Basically, what area drains into this point. In ArcMap, I can do that with flowacc and other tools; but I'd like to ...
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Split single polyline network at a point feature to make unique fields with unique distances

I am working with a large river network polyline shapefile. I am trying to calculate a dendritic connectivity index using a point shapefile representing locations. The river network shapefile has a ...
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arcpy fails to get spatial reference in hydro script

I have an ArcPy script that extracts a stream network from any chunk of terrain. It takes the terrain and if it's in a GCS, it projects it to the correct UTM zone prior to further processing. Though ...
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Selecting or highlighting upstream elements

I would like to use the information from the Swedish SMHI related with their hydrological model elements (catchment areas) that have a Containment hierarchy structure, each element has the information ...
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tauDEM flow accumulation (D8 or D-infinity) results is NA-values for some major rivers

I am having some trouble with tauDEM that I am hoping someone can give me some advice on. I'm running tauDEM via command line through R-studio. I am working with some 30m resolution SRTM DEM data in ...
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Watersheds in SAGA Fill Sinks Wang & Liu tool

I'm delineating some coastal subbasins using open source software. I have asked a similar question before (Delineating coastal subbasins using SAGA GIS or GRASS in QGIS?). I found that using SAGA Fill ...
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How to Create SCS (now NRCS) Curve Number Grid using GIS with European map (ESDAC dataset)?

After finishing the watershed delineation, and after creating the HMS schematic in Arcmap, i was trying to include the land use map and soil map in the process, by using the CNgrid preparation by ...
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Choose between two points with same name but different attributes in ArcGIS

I have a dataset of thousands of points, made by the intersection of flowlines with waterbody polygons. Each polygon has two (or sometimes more, if the waterbody has multiple tributaries) points made ...
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Find minimum downstream flow distance from each polygon to any polygon in other feature class

The Problem: I have two polygons feature classes, let's call them "SourceAreas" and "DangerAreas". For each SourceArea, I need to know if water could flow to any DangerArea and if so, what is the ...
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Displaying flow direction using arrow in ArcGIS Desktop?

I created a flow direction raster out of a DEM using ArcGIS Spatial Analyst Tools/ Hydrology, so the directions are coded in raster values as displayed below. [http://desktop.arcgis.com/de/arcmap/10....
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Automatically locating endpoints (river sources) in a stream network

I have a stream network in ArcGIS 10.2.2 and I would like to know if it is possible to automatically add endpoints based on the stream network. The network is pretty big and doing this manually ...
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Assigning land cover type (in shapefile) to hydrologic soil shapefile in QGIS?

I have a land cover and a hydrologic soil group shapefiles which cover my watershed. They have different polygons. For example, a forest type land cover (one polygon in land cover shapefile) may ...
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TauDEM Model Availability

I'm trying to find the TauDEM Model Builder Models toolbox. I'm teaching myself how to use TauDEM to delineate watersheds. After running through some examples I started putting the modules together ...
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Flow accumulation algorithm open source code in C++ on Windows

I'm looking for flow accumulation open source implementation ( C++ or C# would do, Python no), on Windows, preferably the source code comes with Visual Studio project files so that I can just build ...
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Seeking open source alternative to RivEX (add-in for ArcGIS designed to process vector river networks) [closed]

I wish to process a river network - for the assessment of hydrological potential. RivEX is one addin (not free) which could be used with ArcGIS. Is there any alternative to this?
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Acquire direction between points along route

How can I generate a directionality attribute between two points along a route/line? Currently I am using Network Analyst to determine closest facilities, but I need a direction (upstream/downstream) ...

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