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Office of
Surface Water

Mission Statement

Data
   WaterWatch
   Real-time Streamflow
   Historical Streamflow
   Suspended Sediment
   Benchmark Glaciers
   Instantaneous Data Archive - IDA
 
Programs
   Streamflow Info (NSIP)
   Flood Frequency (NFF)
   National Streamflow Statistics (NSS)
   StreamStats
   Global Change Hydrology
   Watershed Modeling
   Storm-Tide Monitoring
   Hydroacoustics
 
Facilities
   Instrumentation (HIF)

   Hydraulics Laboratory
   Sedimentation (FISP)
   Delaware River Master
 
Publications
   Fact Sheets
   Technical Memoranda
   Reports
   Bulletin 17B
   WR Glossaries
 
Techniques
   Hydrology
   Hydraulics
   Fluvial Sediment
   Bridge Scour
   Instrumentation
   Applications Software
   Hydro 21
 
Additional SW Info
   Photo Gallery
   Special Topics
   Other Sources
 
More Water Info
   Ground Water
   Water Quality
   Water Use
   Cooperative Program
   Water Resources Mission
 

Need more information about surface water? Contact the USGS Office of Surface Water at (703)648-5301.

Transport Modeling
Please contact the osw team with questions.

 

Technical Memos
GW 93.01 Establishment of a National Policy to Archive Ground-Water Flow and Transport Models
SW 98.02 Distribution of ASCE Report, "Predicting Travel Time and Dispersion in Rivers and Streams," by Harvey E. Jobson

Publications
Prediction of Traveltime and Longitudinal Dispersion in Rivers and Streams - WRIR 96-4013

Training
ID2020TC Modeling Flow and Transport in a Riverine Environment
QW1022TC Water Quality Principles

Software
BLTM - Branched Lagrangian Transport Model
HSPF - Hydroogical Simulation Program--Fortran
DAFLOW
FEQ - Full Equations Model, flow model
FourPt - An unsteady, one-dimensional, open-channel flow model

References

News
The DAFLOW model is currently being linked to the MODFLOW groundwater model to allow the simulation of surface-water/ground-water interactions. Linkage of BLTM to MODFLOW is planned for the near future.
A GUI interface for the DAFLOW/BLTM transport modeling system is under development.

Other Links
The USGS Surface-water quality and flow Modeling Interest Group
HASS User Software


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