HL User Manuals and On-line Documentation
Community Hydrologic Prediction System (CHPS) Documentation
CHPS is a collection of software packages tailored to meet the National Weather Service (NWS) River Forecast Centers (RFCs) operational requirements. In general it comprises a set of infrastructure software, a specific suite of hydrologic and hydraulic software models, and a set of custom RFC configurations.
System Components
- OHD-CORE-CHPS Software - NWS OHD modeling software and tools
FEWS - Deltares Flood Early Warning System - main software infrastructure for CHPS
HEC-RAS - USACE Hydrologic Engineering Center- River Analysis System - hydraulic modeling software
HEC-ResSim - USACE Hydrologic Engineering Center Reservoir Simulation System
Documentation
CHPS release documentation is now hosted under VLab here:
https://vlab.noaa.gov/web/chps/owp-documentation
The documentation links below have been updated to point to VLab. These links though may not always be up to date, so please use the new documentation page link above to ensure that you will be accessing the latest version.
CHPS 17.1.1
Installation Guide
OHD-CORE
Release Notes
Install Notes
Models
Utilities
Calibration
FEWS 2016.02
Release Notes
Install Notes
FEWS Configuration Update Instructions
New Developments
FEWS Enhancements
FEWS is owned and maintained by Deltares, NL and additional documentation may be found at:
https://publicwiki.deltares.nl/display/FEWSDOC/Documentation+Area
https://publicwiki.deltares.nl/display/FEWSDOC/Home
HEC-RAS 4.1.0 1.0.9
Release Notes
Install Notes
How to add HECRAS models to CHPS (Configuration Manual)
HEC-RAS is owned and maintained by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Hydrologic Engineering Center and additional documentation may be found at:
http://www.hec.usace.army.mil/software/hec-ras/documentation.aspx
http://www.hec.usace.army.mil/software/hec-ras/
HEC-ResSim 3.1.RC4(x64)
Release Notes
Install Notes
HEC-ResSim Quick Start Guide
HEC-ResSim User's Manual
HEC-ResSim is owned and maintained by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Hydrologic Engineering Center and additional documentation may be found at:
http://www.hec.usace.army.mil/software/hec-ressim/documentation.aspx
http://www.hec.usace.army.mil/software/hec-ressim/
PCRaster 4.1.0
Release Notes
Install Notes
Hydrologic Ensemble Forecast Service (HEFS) Documentation
Non-baseline HEFS documentation, such as Science Reports and Training materials can be found under HEFS Community:
Hydrologic Ensemble Forecasting
HEFS Validation Guidance, April 2015
HEFS Hindcasting Verification Workshop, Mar. 2015
HEFS Rollout Training Workshop, Aug. 2014
HEFS Hindcasting and Verification Training Workshop, Feb. 2014
HEFS 1.0.1 Training Workshop Seminars (only), Sep. 2013
HEFS Science Reports
- Sadeghi, H., 2015: Medium-range ensemble precipitation and streamflow forecasting for the Upper Trinity River Basin in Texas via the NWS Hydrological Ensemble Forecast Service, M.S. thesis, Dept. of Civil Engineering, The University of Texas at Arlington, 101 pp.
- Brown, J.D. (2015) An evaluation of the minimum requirements for meteorological reforecasts from the Global Ensemble Forecast System (GEFS) of the U.S. National Weather Service (NWS) in support of the calibration and validation of the NWS Hydrologic Ensemble Forecast Service (HEFS). Technical Report prepared by Hydrologic Solutions Limited for the U.S. National Weather Service, Office of Hydrologic Development, 101pp.
- Brown, J.D. (2014) Verification of temperature, precipitation and streamflow forecasts from the Hydrologic Ensemble Forecast Service (HEFS) of the U.S. National Weather Service: an evaluation of the medium-range forecasts with forcing inputs from NCEP's Global Ensemble Forecast System (GEFS) and a comparison to the frozen version of NCEP's Global Forecast System (GFS). Technical Report prepared by Hydrologic Solutions Limited for the U.S. National Weather Service, Office of Hydrologic Development, 139pp.
- Brown, J.D. (2013) Verification of long-range temperature, precipitation and streamflow forecasts from the Hydrologic Ensemble Forecast Service (HEFS) of the U.S. National Weather Service. Technical Report prepared by Hydrologic Solutions Limited for the U.S. National Weather Service, Office of Hydrologic Development, 128pp.
- Brown, J.D. (2013) Verification of temperature, precipitation and streamflow forecasts from the NWS Hydrologic Ensemble Forecast Service (HEFS): medium-range forecasts with forcing inputs from the frozen version of NCEP's Global Forecast System. Technical Report prepared by Hydrologic Solutions Limited for the US National Weather Service, Office of Hydrologic Development, 133pp.
- Saharia, M., 2013: Ensemble streamflow forecasting for the Upper Trinity River Basin in Texas, M.S. thesis, Dept. of Civil Engineering, The University of Texas at Arlington, 76 pp.
HEFS Documentation for WFOs
HEFS Outreach Presentation available at the link below is for RFCs to adapt and brief to their partners. There are obvious places in the slides for each RFC to change, such as the RFC name. In addition, in most cases, the presentation will need to be tailored to different audiences, such as changing technical terms to more common terms. As is, the presentation is geared to a science savy audience, such as a NWSFO. Also, at the end, there are several extra slides which may be of use.
HEFS Outreach
HEFS - High Level Requirements and ConOps
Legacy Applications Documentation (Pre-CHPS)
References
Other Resources
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