Training
BASINS 3.1 Lectures, data sets, and exercises
The following list is ordered according to the workshop schedule and provides a link to a ".zip" file (more on zip files ) which, when uncompressed, will provide lectures in PowerPoint format and exercises in Word documents.
All files are in .zip format
Lecture 1 (614 K) | Introduction to BASINS |
Lecture 2 (1 MB) | HSPF Overview and Case Study |
Lecture 3 (507 K) | BASINS Data Download Tool and Data Extensions |
Exercise 1 (1 MB) | Building a BASINS Project, Import Tools, and Data |
Dataset 1 (15 K) | Predefined Delineation Shapefile |
Lecture 4 (455 K) | Watershed Delineation/Segmentation |
Exercise 2 (1.5 MB) | Manual and Automatic Watershed Delineation |
Lecture 5 (290 K) | WDMUtil and Weather Data |
Exercise 3 (1.8 MB) | WDM Utility |
Dataset 2 (45 K) | Extra Training Files and West Branch Weather Data |
Lecture 6 (473 K) | Operational Aspects of HSPF |
Lecture 7 (4.6 MB) | Hydrologic Processes and PWATER for Wetlands |
Lecture 8 (360 K) | Channel Routing in HSPF |
Exercise 4 (1.2 MB) | Introduction to HSPF and GenScn |
Dataset 3 (8.7 MB) | The "Modelout" Data Directory |
Exercise 5 (914 K) | WinHSPF Hydrology Calibration |
Exercise 6 (1.1 MB) | Introduction to HSPFEXP |
Lecture 9 (405 K) | Snow Processes, Parameters, and Calibration |
Exercise 7 (3.2 MB) | Simulation of Snow Accumulation and Melt |
Lecture 10 (1.7 MB) | Sediment Processes, Parameters, and Calibration |
Lecture 11 (515 K) | Nonpoint Source (NPS) Quality Processes, Parameters, and Calibration |
Lecture 12 (2.9 MB) | Water Quality Modeling: Temperature, Sediment, and General Constituents |
Exercise 8 (1.9 MB) | Sediment Erosion and Transport |
Exercise 9 (427 K) | Bacteria and Temperature Modeling |
Lecture 13 (5.8 MB) | Watershed Segmentation |
Exercise 10 (582 K) | Segmentation |
Lecture 16 (207 K) | Water Quality Modeling (RQUAL) |
Exercise 12 (318 K) | Nutrient, Dissolved Oxygen, and Algae Modeling |
Lecture 17 (1.1 MB) | Watershed Model Calibration and Validation: Issues and Procedures |
Exercise 13 (379 K) | Water Quality Calibration |
Lecture 14 (1.2 MB) | AGCHEM Processes, Parameters, and Calibration |
Lecture 15 (217 K) | Additional HSPF Features |
Exercise 11 (759 K) | AGCHEM |
Lecture 18 (1.9 MB) | Analysis of Alternatives: Modeling Scenarios, BMPs, and TMDLs |
Exercise 14 (706 K) | Modeling Alternatives Scenarios, BMPs, and TMDLs |
Exercise 15 (545 K) | HSPFParm Tool |
Appendix A (6 K) | Installing BASINS 3.1 |
Appendix B (320 K) | Connecting Exercise 4 to Exercise 5: Begin Hydrology Calibration |
Appendix C (315 K) | Calculating Observed Flow Volumes for Calibration |
Appendix D (134 K) | Downloading HSPEXP |
Appendix E (1.6 MB) | Using the TMDL USLE Tool to Estimate Sediment Loads |
Appendix F (447 K) | Manually Adding Temperature and Fecal Coliform |
Appendix G (12 K) | Pollutant Selection Tool Information |