Development and Testing of an Interactive, Real-Time, Computer-Based System for Statewide Hydrologic Analysis. Phase 1

摘要

Hydrologic models having parameters defined in terms of watershed conditions provide important information needed for hydraulic design decisions. In an effort to improve the efficiency of the hydrologic modeling activities of the Maryland and State Highway Administration (MSHA), a one-year duration Type B project was undertaken. The key objective was to provide the MSHA engineer with a menu driven, intelligent workstation built around an IBM PC or PC-AT that will allow him to quickly assemble land cover, slope and soil data for any watershed in the State and then make the necessary interface to define the hydrologic parameters and run the SCS family of models. The studies and experiments conclude that such an approach is feasible within present technologies. A strategy for implementation and the hardware/software configurations for each component is presented.