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SECTION TITLES

A Policy, planning, and organisation
B Network design
C Instruments and equipment
D Remote sensing
E Methods of observations
F Data transmission
G Data storage, retrieval and dissemination
H Primary data processing
I   Secondarydata processing
Hydrological forecasting models
K Hydrological analysis for the planning and design of engineering structures and water resource systems

L Groundwater
X Mathematical and statistical computations
Y Training aids in operational hydrology


SECTION A: POLICY, PLANNING, AND ORGANISATION.

  • A00.0.02 Hydrologists safety manual
  • A00.0.06 Assessment of water resources   
  • A00.0.07 Field hydrology in tropical countries - a practical introduction   
  • A00.0.08 Water resources management: Policies and Guidelines

SECTION B: NETWORK DESIGN.

  • B00.0.06 A hydrometrically orientated station numbering system

SECTION C: INSTRUMENTS AND EQUIPMENT.

SUBSECTIONS

    C00 GENERAL

    C09 SEDIMENT LOAD

    • No component presently available

    C10 SUSPENDED LOAD

    • No component presently available

    C12 BED LOAD

    C25 GENERAL METEOROLOGICAL DATA; CLIMATE AND WEATHER STATIONS

    • C25.1.01 Catalogue of meteorological instruments

    C27 PRECIPITATION, MANUAL & STORAGE GAUGES

    C30 PRECIPITATION, RECORDING AND TELEMETERING GAUGES

    C33 PRECIPITATION, MEASUREMENT BY RADAR

    C35 AIR TEMPERATURE

    • C35.1.01 Double-louvered thermometer screen

    C46 EVAPORATION, PANS AND TANKS

    C53 SNOW, DEPTH AND WATER EQUIVALENT

    C58 SOIL MOISTURE, NUCLEAR METHODS

    • No component presently available

    C60 SOIL MOISTURE, ELECTRICAL METHODS

    • No component presently available

    C62 SOIL MOISTURE, TENSIOMETERS

    • No component presently available

    C65 GROUNDWATER, LEVEL

    • No component presently available

    C67 GROUNDWATER, BOREHOLE LOGGERS

    • C.67.2.01 SENSA electromagnetic borehole flow meters

    C68 GROUNDWATER, QUALITY

    • C68.2.01 Permanent electrode systems for groundwater quality monitoring

    C71 WATER LEVEL OR STAGE

    • C71.2.10 Float type water level gauge
    • C71.3.01 ALERT river level (float-type) station
    • C71.3.09 Pressure type water level gauge
    • C71.3.10 Acoustic water level gauge
    • C71.3.11 Quartz type water level gauge
    • C71.3.13 Crystal quartz water level gauge
    • C71.3.14 Digital water level meter

    C73 STREAM DISCHARGE, FLUMES, WEIRS, ULTRASONIC, AND ELECTRO-MAGNETIC METHODS

    • No component presently available

    C79 WATER VELOCITY, CURRENT METERS OR FLOATS

    • C79.2.06 Radio water current meter
    • C79.2.07 Electro-magnetic water current meter
    • C79.2.08 Acoustic current measurement system
    • C79.2.09 SENSA electromagnetic open channel flow meters

    C85 RIVER GAUGING, GENERAL

    • No component presently available

    C86 RIVER GAUGING, CABLEWAYS

    • C86.1.01 Overhead float thrower
    • C86.2.01 Technical standard for measuring river flow and sediment by hydrometric cableway

    C88 RIVER GAUGING, CRANES, BRIDGE FRAMES, WINCHES, AND REELS

SECTION D: REMOTE SENSING.

  • No component presently available

SECTION E: METHODS OF OBSERVATIONS.

SUBSECTIONS

    E00 GENERAL

    • E00.1.02 Hydrological observation explained in pictures

    E05 WATER QUALITY

    • E05.2.03 Water quality analytical methods manual 1979

    E09 SEDIMENT

    • E09.2.01 Field methods for measurements of fluvial sediment
    • E09.2.02 Sediment surveys
    • E09.2.04 Fluvial sediment concepts

    E25 METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR HYDROLOGY

    • E25.1.04 AES guidelines for co-operative climatic autostations

    E53 SNOW AND ICE, GLACIOLOGY

    E55 SOIL MOISTURE

    • E55.2.01 Use of the neutron probe for soil moisture measurement

    E65 GROUNDWATER

    • E65.1.02 Sampling groundwater for hydrogeological investigations

    E70 SURFACE WATER, LEVEL AND FLOW

    • E70.1.02 Manual on procedures in operational hydrology, volume I-V
    • E70.1.06 The instrumentation of flat low-lying catchments
    • E70.2.01 General field and office procedures for indirect discharge measurements
    • E70.2.02 Measurement of peak discharge by the slope-area method
    • E70.2.03 Measurement of peak discharge at culverts by indirect methods
    • E70.2.04 Measurement of peak discharge at width contractions by indirect methods
    • E70.2.07 A guide to slope-area discharge gauging in mountain rivers
    • E70.2.08 Manual for water gauging and discharge measurement
    • E70.3.01 Software Q: A program package for evaluating and managing discharge data on DOS computers

    E71 WATER LEVEL

    • No component presently available

    E73 DISCHARGE MEASUREMENT, DILUTION GAUGING

    • E73.2.02 Fluorometric procedures for dye tracing
    • E73.2.03 Measurement of time of travel and dispersion in streams by dye tracing
    • E73.2.04 Determination of stream reaeration coefficients by use of tracers
    • E73.2.05 Measurement of discharge using tracers

    E79 VELOCITY MEASUREMENTS, USE OF CURRENT METERS

    • E79.1.02 Correction of observed depth for angle of sounding line

    E88 SURVEYING

SECTION F: DATA TRANSMISSION.


  • F00.2.01 Telephone service water level gauge
  • F00.3.01 Data collection and transmission system (Ott Allgomatic)
  • F00.3.02 River information system
  • F00.3.05 ALERT data collection substation
  • F00.3.08 Telemetry system for data acquisition and flood forecasting
  • F00.3.11 Debris flow alarm system
  • F00.3.12 Voice response set
  • F00.3.13 Telemetering system

SECTION G: DATA STORAGE, RETRIEVAL AND DISSEMINATION.

SUBSECTIONS

    G05 STANDARDS, MANUALS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

    • No component presently available

    G06 SYSTEMS FOR STORING GENERAL HYDROLOGICAL DATA

    • G06.2.01 Software for archiving and retrieving time-dependent data (TIDEDA)
    • G06.2.03 HYDSYS - time series data management software
    • G06.3.02 HYDATA - hydrological database and analysis system
    • G06.3.04 HYMOS - database management and processing system for hydro-meteorological quality and quantity data
    • G06.3.05 Data base package for hydrological and meteorological data (DAWACO)
    • G06.3.06 The System of Hydrology

    G08 SURFACE WATER OR RIVER DATA STORAGE SYSTEMS

    • No component presently available

    G10 GROUNDWATER DATA STORAGE SYSTEMS: LEVELS, WATER CHEMISTRY, WELL YIELDS AND FLOWS

    • No component presently available

    G12 METEOROLOGICAL DATA STORAGE SYSTEMS

    • No component presently available

    G14 WATER QUALITY DATA STORAGE SYSTEMS

    • G14.3.02 HYQUAL - Water quality database

    G20 GENERAL HYDROLOGICAL DATA TABULATION PROGRAMS

    • No component presently available

    G30 INFORMATION OR DATA DISSEMINATION SYSTEMS

    • G30.3.01 Information system for water management (REGISPRO)

    G35 GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS)

    • G35.3.01 Georeferenced information processing system - SPRING

    G40 TRANSFER OF DATA BETWEEN AUTHORITIES, STANDARDS, RECOMMENDATIONS, MANUALS AND METHODS OF CODING

    • No component presently available

SECTION H: PRIMARY DATA PROCESSING.

SUBSECTIONS

    H00 SYSTEMS PROCESSING SEVERAL TYPES OF DATA

    • No component presently available

    H05 GENERAL WATER QUALITY DATA

    • No component presently available data

    H09 SEDIMENT TRANSPORT DATA

    • H09.1.01 Computation of fluvial sediment discharge

    H25 GENERAL METEOROLOGICAL DATA FOR USE IN HYDROLOGY

    • No component presently available

    H26 PRECIPITATION DATA, NON-RADAR

    • No component presently available

    H39 AIR HUMIDITY DATA

    • No component presently available

    h45 SOIL MOISTURE DATA

    • No component presently available

    H70 SURFACE WATER (LEVEL AND FLOW) GENERAL

    • No component presently available

    H71 WATER LEVEL DATA, RIVER STAGE, LAKE OR RESERVOIR LEVELS

    • No component presently available

    H73 DISCHARGE DATA, ALL RANGES

    • No component presently available

    H76 DERIVATION OF RATING CURVES, CONVERTING STAGE TO FLOW BY MEANS OF RATING CURVES

    • H76.2.05 Discharge ratings at gauging stations
    • H76.2.06 Computation of continuous records of streamflow

    H79 WATER VELOCITY DATA, COMPUTING DISCHARGE FROM POINT VELOCITY MEASUREMENTS

    • No component presently available

    H83 PROCESSING OF HISTORICAL FLOOD INFORMATION

    • H83.1.01 Collection and processing of historical flood data

SECTION I: SECONDARY DATA PROCESSING.

SUBSECTIONS

    I00 GENERAL

    • No component presently available

    I05 WATER QUALITY DATA

    • No component presently available

    I09 SEDIMENT TRANSPORT DATA

    • I09.3.01 Correction to the annual load of measured suspended sediment

    I26 PRECIPITATION DATA

    • I26.1.07 Analysis of digitized raingauge records
    • I26.2.06 Allowance for discretization in hydrological and environment risk estimation
    • I26.3.03 Mean areal precipitation (NWSRFS-MAP)
    • I26.3.04 RAINMAN - Rainfall information for better management

    I36 AIRBORNE POLLUTION

    • I36.3.02 Regional sulphur deposition model

    I45 EVAPORATION, GENERAL

    • I45.1.03 Computing shallow lake evaporation using Class A pan data

    I50 EVAPORATION, COMPUTATION FROM METEOROLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS

    • No component presently available

    I53 SNOW DATA

    • No component presently available

    I60 WATER BALANCE

    • No component presently available

    I73 DISCHARGE DATA

    • I73.3.01 REMUS : Reconstitution of missing data by regression

    I80 LOW FLOWS

    • I80.2.03 The low flow frequency analysis package (LFA)
    • I80.2.04 Program "LOWSTATS" - Low flow statistical package
    • I80.2.05 Program "DROUGHT" - Estimation of the probability of occurrence of N-month droughts

    I81 FLOODS AND FLOOD FREQUENCY ANALYSIS

    • I81.2.02 The consolidated frequency analysis (CFA) package
    • I81.2.03 Flood flow frequency analysis
    • I81.2.05 HFA: Hydrological frequency analysis
    • I81.2.08 Annual flood frequency analysis (PEAKFQ)
    • I81.2.09 WINFAP - Hydrological frequency analysis package
    • I81.3.01  Guidelines for Flood Frequency Analysis Long Measurement Series of River Discharge

SECTION J: HYDROLOGICAL FORECASTING MODELS.

Models and procedures whose main purpose is the operational forecasting of various hydrological elements

SUBSECTIONS

    J04 FORECASTING STREAMFLOW FROM HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL DATA

    • J04.1.01 Tank model
    • J04.1.04 Snowmelt-runoff model (SRM)
    • J04.1.05 Inflow-storage-outflow (ISO) function models
    • J04.2.01 Conceptual watershed model for flood forecasting
    • J04.2.02 Conceptual watershed model (the HBV model)
    • J04.3.01 Sacramento soil moisture accounting model (NWSRFS-SAC-SMA)
    • J04.3.03 Snow accumulation and ablation model (NWSRFS-SNOW-17)
    • J04.3.07 Synthetized constrained linear system (SCLS)

    J10 STREAMFLOW ROUTING FOR FORECASTING

    • No component presently available

    J15 COMBINED STREAMFLOW FORECASTING AND ROUTING MODELS

    • J15.2.01 Streamflow synthesis and reservoir regulation (SSARR)
    • J15.3.01 Manual calibration program (NWSRFS-MCP3)

    J22 SEASONAL FLOW FORECASTING

    • No component presently available

    J32 FORECASTING SOIL MOISTURE

    • J32.3.01 Improved irrigation efficiency using soil physical techniques

    J45 ICE FORECASTS

    • No component presently available

    J55 FORECASTING SURFACE WATER QUALITY

    • No component presently available

    J80 ANALYSIS OF MODEL PERFORMANCE

    • J80.3.01 Statistical summary - mean daily discharges (NWSRFS-STAT-QME)

SECTION K: HYDROLOGICAL ANALYSIS FOR THE PLANNING AND DESIGN OF ENGINEERING STRUCTURES AND WATER RESOURCE SYSTEMS

Models and procedures whose main purpose is hydrological analysis for planning, development, design, and management of water-resource systems, including studies of climatic change and man's influence.

SUBSECTIONS

    K10 REGIONAL ANALYSIS

    • K10.1.04 Methods of hydrological basis comparison
    • K10.2.04 Regional analyses of streamflow characteristics
    • K10.2.05 Regionalization of flow duration curves (REGFLOW)
    • K10.2.06 Reservoir flood estimation
    • K10.2.07 Regional flood estimation methods for developing countries

    K15 SITE-SPECIFIC FLOOD STUDIES

    • K15.1.01 Design flood estimation using historical flood data in frequency analysis
    • K15.1.02 Methods for computing design floods
    • K15.1.04 Hydrologic and hydraulic procedures for flood plain delineation
    • K15.2.01 Techniques for estimation of probable maximum precipitation
    • K15.2.02 Expected annual flood damage computation (EAD) (761-X6-L7580)
    • K15.3.02 Dam-break flood model (DAMBRK)

    K22 RAINFALL-RUNOFF SIMULATION MODELS

    • K22.1.01 Runoff calculation by the storage function method
    • K22.1.03 Tabular method for determining peak discharge
    • K22.1.04 SITES Water resource site analysis computer program
    • K22.1.06 Engineering field manual for soil and water conservation practices
    • K22.1.07 Graphical method for determining peak discharge
    • K22.1.10 The unitgraph lumped technical review and analysis model (ULTRA)
    • K22.1.11 Unit hydrograph (DCUH)
    • K22.2.02 Flood hydrograph package (HEC-1)
    • K22.2.07 Aggregated runoff from small catchments based on stochastic representation of storm events
    • K22.2.09 The basin storage and water balance analysis package (BSTOR)
    • K22.2.10 Hydrological rainfall runoff model (HYRROM)
    • K22.2.11 Unit hydrographs and component flows from rainfall, evaporation and streamflow data (PC IHACRES)
    • K22.2.12 Non-linear rainfall runoff model - URBS
    • K22.3.01 Urban rainfall-runoff model (SWMM)
    • K22.3.02 Computer program for project formulation - Hydrology (TR-20)

    K35 STREAMFLOW SIMULATION AND ROUTING

    • K35.1.04 Computation of water-surface profiles in open channels
    • K35.1.05 Numerical solutions of the non-linear Muskingum method
    • K35.2.03 Lag and K routing (NWSRFS-LAG/K)
    • K35.2.06 Water-surface profile computation model (WSPRO)
    • K35.2.09 Interior Flood Hydrology (HEC-IFH)
    • K35.3.06 River Analysis System (HEC-RAS)
    • K35.3.13 Branch-network dynamic flow model (BRANCH)
    • K35.3.14 Flow model for a one dimensional system of open channels based on the diffusion analogy (DAFLOW)

    For additional components modelling estuary flows with temperature and salinity distribution see also subsections K54 Water temperature studies, and K55 Water quality studies.

    K45 ROUTING THROUGH RESERVOIRS AND LAKES

    • No component presently available

    K54 WATER TEMPERATURE STUDIES

    • No component presently available

    K55 WATER QUALITY STUDIES

    • K55.1.01 Estimating contaminant loads in rivers
    • K55.1.02 Integration and Coupling of Hydrological Models with Water Quality Models: Applications in Europe
    • K55.2.01 Graphical and interactive software for detecting trends
    • K55.2.04 Transport model for a one dimensional system of open channels (BLTM)
    • K55.2.06 Modelling faecal coliform concentrations in streams
    • K55.3.04 Mathematical model for two dimensional salinity distribution in estuaries
    • K55.3.05 Environmental (water quality) information software (RAISON/GEMS)
    • K55.3.07 PC-QUASAR - Quality simulation along rivers

    K65 SEDIMENT STUDIES

    • K65.2.02 Scour and deposition in rivers and reservoirs (HEC-6)

    K70 DESIGN AND EVALUATION OF WATER-RESOURCE PROJECTS

    • K70.1.01 Storm drainage
    • K70.1.02 Modern irrigation technologies for smallholders in developing countries
    • K70.1.03 Productive water points in dryland areas
    • K70.2.01 CRIWAR 2.0 - A simulation model on crop irrigation water requirements
    • K70.2.02 Assessment of small-scale hydropower resources - HydrA
    • K70.3.01 BASCAD - Design and evaluation of level basin irrigation

    K75 DESIGN AND OPERATING POLICIES OF RESERVOIRS

    • K75.2.05 Operational control rules based on components
    • K75.3.02 Simulation of flood control and conservation systems (HEC-5)

SECTION L: GROUNDWATER.

SUBSECTIONS

    L20 AQUIFER SIMULATION MODELS

    • L20.2.04 Modular finite-difference groundwater flow model (MODFLOW)
    • L20.3.05 A model for unsaturated flow above a shallow water table (MUST)
    • L20.3.07 Pathlines and travel times based on analytical solutions (AQ-AS)
    • L20.3.10 Groundwater head drawdowns based on analytical solutions (AQ-AP)
    • L20.3.11 Aquifer simulation model
    • L20.3.12 SGMP - Simulation of watertable behavior in groundwater systems
    • L20.3.13 Complete program package for modelling groundwater flow (TRIWACO)
    • L20.3.14 MicroFEM - Finite-element multiple-aquifer steady-state and transient ground water flow modeling

    L30 GROUNDWATER FORECASTING

    • L30.3.02 SALTMOD - Predicting depth to watertable and soil salinity

SECTION X: MATHEMATICAL AND STATISTICAL COMPUTATIONS.

  • X00.2.08 Hydrological, meteorological and oceanographic tables

     See also subsection I81 Floods and flood frequency analysis

 

SECTION Y: TRAINING AIDS IN OPERATIONAL HYDROLOGY.

  • Y00.0.05 Statistical analysis in hydrology
  • Y00.0.06 On tides and storm surges
  • Y00.0.07 Basic hydraulic principles of open-channel flow
  • Y00.0.08 Study guide for beginning course in groundwater hydrology
  • Y00.0.09 Low-water crossing video
  • Y00.0.10 The hydrometric technician career development program (CDP)




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