Author : Baxter E. Vieux
Release : 2013-03-14
Genre : Science
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Distributed Hydrologic Modeling Using GIS - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Distributed Hydrologic Modeling Using GIS write by Baxter E. Vieux. This book was released on 2013-03-14. Distributed Hydrologic Modeling Using GIS available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. During ten years serving with the USDA Soil Conservation Service (SCS), now known as the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), I became amazed at how millions of dollars in contract monies were spent based on simplistic hydrologic models. As project engineer in western Kansas, I was responsible for building flood control dams (authorized under Public Law 566) in the Wet Walnut River watershed. This watershed is within the Arkansas-Red River basin, as is the Illinois River basin referred to extensively in this book. After building nearly 18 of these structures, I became Assistant State Engineer in Michigan and, for a short time, State Engineer for NRCS. Again, we based our entire design and construction program on simplified relationships variously referred to as the SCS method. I recall announcing that I was going to pursue a doctoral degree and develop a new hydrologic model. One of my agency's chief engineers remarked, "Oh no, not another model!" Since then, I hope that I have not built just another model but have significantly advanced the state of hydrologic modeling for both researchers and practitioners. Using distributed hydrologic techniques described in this book, I also hope one day to forecast the response of the dams I built.