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WMS Resources

Training Courses

WMS training courses are a great way to increase your watershed modeling skills and network with watershed modeling professionals.

XMS Wiki

The XMS Wiki is the online user-supported help database for WMS software.

User Forum

The User Forum is a place where the WMS user community can share ideas, post questions and get answers.

WMS Tutorials

Introduction

Introduction to WMS
Images
Basic Feature Objects
Advanced Feature Objects
   

Editing Elevations

DEM Basics
Using TINs
   

Watershed Modeling

DEM Delineation
Advanced DEM Delineation Techniques
Time of Concentration Calculations and Computing a Composite CN
   


= Step by step tutorial in PDF format
= Files required to complete the tutorials

Hydrologic Models

HEC-1

HEC-1 Interface
   

HEC-HMS

HEC-HMS Interface
   

Rational Method

Rational Method Interface
   

NSS (National Streamflow Statistics)

National Streamflow Statistics Program (NSS) Interface
   

Maricopa County (Phoenix, AZ) Hydrology

Maricopa County: NSS and HEC-1
Maricopa County: Master Plan - Creating a Predictive HEC-1 Model
   

MODRAT

MODRAT Interface - Schematic
MODRAT Interface - (GIS-based)
MODRAT Interface - (Map-based)
   

OC Rational & Unit Hydrograph Methods

Orange County Rational Method
Orange County Unit Hydrograph
Orange County Small Area
Hydrograph
Orange County Hydrology -
Using GIS Data
Orange County Rational
Method - GIS
Orange County Unit
Hydrograph - GIS
   

Spatial Hydrology - HMS MODClark & GSSHA

HEC-HMS Distributed Parameter Modeling with the MODClark Transform
Developing a GSSHA Model using
the Hydrologic Modeling Wizard
Using NEXRAD Rainfall Data in an HEC-HMS (MODClark) Model
Using NEXRAD Rainfall Data in GSSHA
   


= Step by step tutorial in PDF format
= Files required to complete the tutorials

Distributed Hydrologic Modeling using GSSHA Tutorials

WMS Basics

Loading DEMs, Contour Options,
Images, and Coordinate Systems
Watershed Delineation using DEMs
and 2D Grid Generation
Creating Feature Objects and Mapping their Attributes to the 2D Grid


   

GSSHA Modeling

GSSHA Initial Overland Flow
Model Setup

Correcting Overland Flow Problems

Infiltration



Stream Flow

Developing a GSSHA Model
Using the Hydrologic Modeling
Wizard in WMS

Post-Processing and Visualization
of GSSHA Model Results

   

Applications

Precipitation Methods in GSSHA
Analyzing the Effects of Land Use Change (Part I)
Analyzing the Effects of Land Use Change (Part II)

Long Term Simulations in GSSHA

Simulating Sediment Transport
Simulating Constituent Transport
Overland Flow Boundary Conditions
in GSSHA
Snowmelt Modeling
in GSSHA
   

Calibration

Manual Calibration of
GSSHA Models
Stochastic Simulations of
GSSHA Models
Automated Calibration of
GSSHA Models
   

Groundwater Modeling

Groundwater Modeling in GSSHA
Advanced Groundwater Modeling
in GSSHA
Subsurface Tile and Storm Drains
   


= Step by step tutorial in PDF format
= Files required to complete the tutorials

Additional Tutorials

Hydraulics and Floodplain Modeling

HEC-RAS Analysis
HEC-RAS - Managing Cross Sections
Floodplain Delineation
Stochastic Modeling Using HEC-1
and HEC-RAS
SMPDBK (Simplified Dam Break)
HY-8 Culvert Modeling Wizard
Modeling with FHWA's Hydraulic Toolbox
   

Storm Drain Modeling

HY-12 Storm Drain Modeling
EPA-SWMM & xpswmm Modeling
FHWA Storm Drain: Rational Design
FHWA Storm Drain: Hydrographic Design
   

Water Quality Modeling

HSPF Interface
CE-QUAL-W2 Interface
   


= Step by step tutorial in PDF format
= Files required to complete the tutorials