Truckee river vista gauge

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In essence, each grid cell within the gageInterp grids was adjusted to to equal the corresponding grid cell within the PRISM data set. Hourly gaged temperature for the time period of interest was downloaded from the NCEI.

GageInterp, along with a lapse rate of 4. This lapse rate was developed using prevailing temperatures from nearby gages and their respective elevations during the time period of interest. Also, the three reach elements representing the Truckee River, Steamboat Creek, and North Truckee Ditch within the area of interest were removed.

The resultant layout is shown in Figure Initial e stimates for each parameter within the aforementioned methods were then made using area weighted averages from the subbasins which were merged together and are shown in the following tables:.

Breaklines were used to align cell faces with prominent topographic features like roadways and embankments. The 2D mesh, breaklines, and boundary condition lines are shown in Figure In order to better simulate the movement of water throughout the area of interest, a spatially distributed Manning's n Layer was created within RAS Mapper. To allow for faster movement of water through defined stream channels, a buffered polygon layer surrounding the previously described NHD streams was created and imported to RAS Mapper.

Then, a new Manning's n layer was created by combining the previously mentioned NLCD land use classifications and the buffered streams polygon layer; the buffered streams polygon layer was placed at the highest hierarchy i. Initial estimates for Manning's n were assigned using the following table:.

A new Unsteady Flow file was then created and five boundary conditions were parameterized: 1 0. Next, a new Unsteady Plan was created and the previously described geometry and unsteady flow files were selected. A valid simulation time window and computation settings were set to allow for a successful simulation.

Finally, the unsteady flow simulation was computed, which generated an Unsteady Plan HDF file, which has an extension of ". This file contains the computational mesh and boundary condition line information which are currently needed by HEC-HMS.

Next, the 2D Connections were parameterized:. The Ratio of Subbasin Baseflow is defined as the ratio of baseflow generated within the "RenoSparks" subbasin that will reach each 2D Connection. This meteorologic model was set to use the Gridded Precipitation, Gridded Hamon evapotranspiration, and Gridded Temperature Index snowmelt methods. The "RenoSparks" temperature index snowmelt node was selected, the gridded antecedent snow conditions were selected, and appropriate temperature index parameters were entered, as shown in Figure The previously mentioned Basin Model, Meteorologic Model, and Control Specifications were selected and the simulation run was computed.

Once the simulation run was successfully computed, results for the "Vista" junction were plotted and are shown in Figure As is evident in this figure, the computed results match the observed streamflow much better than the results which were previously presented in Figure 6. Also, time series for each 2D Connection were plotted and investigated, as shown in Figure Finally, spatial variables like SWE, cumulative precipitation, hydraulic depth, water surface elevation, and velocity were investigated.

A tutorial showing how to turn on and view spatial results can be found here: Viewing Spatial Results for a Structured Discretization. As shown in Figure 22, the spatial results indicate streamflow exceeding the Truckee River channel capacity starting just downstream of the Reno gage and spreading throughout the floodplain.

Also, the backwater effects caused by the natural topographic constriction in the vicinity of the Vista gage results in reduced average cell velocities and excessive hydraulic depths throughout the area of interest, as shown in Figure The computed hydraulic depths were compared with observations of both depth and inundation extent, as shown in Figure 24, and were found to compare well.

Videos of hydraulic depth, average cell velocity, and water surface elevation within the area of interest are shown below. Also, videos of cumulative precipitation and SWE throughout the entire Truckee River watershed are shown below.