Hydrologic Properties of the Landscape

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Hydrologic Properties of the Landscape

• David G Tarboton
• Utah State University
• http//www.engineering.usu.edu/dtarb/
• david.tarboton_at_usu.edu

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Outline

• Slope and Contributing Area
• The D? Algorithm
• TOPMODEL Wetness Index
• Terrain Stability Mapping SINMAP ArcView
  Extension
• Topographic texture and drainage density
• TARDEM programs for watershed and channel network
  delineation

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References

• Tarboton, D. G., (1997), "A New Method for the
  Determination of Flow Directions and Contributing
  Areas in Grid Digital Elevation Models," Water
  Resources Research, 33(2) 309-319. (available
  online at http//www.engineering.usu.edu/dtarb)
• Beven, K., (1991), "Spatially Distributed
  Modeling Conceputal Approach to Runoff
  Prediction," Chapter 17 in Recent Advances in the
  Modeling of Hydrologic Systems, Edited by D. S.
  Bowles and P. E. O'Connell, NATO ASI Series C
  Mathematical and Physical Sciences - Vol. 345,
  Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, p.373-387.
• Beven, K., R. Lamb, P. Quinn, R. Romanowicz and
  J. Freer, (1995), "TOPMODEL," Chapter 18 in
  Computer Models of Watershed Hydrology, Edited by
  V. P. Singh, Water Resources Publications,
  Highlands Ranch, Colorado, p.627-668.
• Pack, R. T., D. G. Tarboton and C. N. Goodwin,
  (1998), "The SINMAP Approach to Terrain Stability
  Mapping," 8th Congress of the International
  Association of Engineering Geology, Vancouver,
  British Columbia, Canada 21-25 September 1998.
  (available online at http//www.engineering.usu.ed
  u/dtarb)

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Utah State University Scenery
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Recreational Opportunities
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UWRL Water Engineering Graduate Program
10 Faculty, 40 Graduate students

• Thrusts
• Watershed and Basin Hydrology
• Subsurface contamination assessment and
  mitigation
• Climate and Continental Hydrology
• Decision Support for Civil and Environmental
  Systems
• Water Quality
• Dam Safety Risk Assessment
• Flood Plain Management
• Modeling of Hydraulic Systems for Design

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My Research

• Distributed hydrologic modeling.
• The geomorphologic structure of river
  networks/channel network theory.
• Digital elevation model algorithms.
• Terrain stability mapping and GIS use in
  hydrologic modeling.
• Snowmelt processes and models.
• Nonparametric methods in stochastic hydrology.

For more detail and papers see http//www.engineer
ing.usu.edu/dtarb/