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Spring Program
Where's the Water?
The current drought in New Mexico causes many of us to wonder "where is the water?" The 2003 NMGIC Spring meeting is devoting its program to water issues in the Land of Enchantment. The NMGIC Board is proud to offer a program on this important topic that is very near and dear to all of us. The two-day event begins with a day-long workshop on the National Hydrologic Dataset that will be presented by Jeff Simley of the NHD Program of USGS. The second day is devoted to presentations by experts in New Mexico water issues. Please join us…..and mark your calendar for April 24-25, 2003.
Thursday, April 24: National Hydrologic Dataset Workshop
A Free Workshop on
Utilizing the National Hydrography Dataset (NHD)
Presented by Jeff Simley, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver
Attendance open to all NMGIC members.
The NHD combines elements of USGS digital line graph (DLG) hydrography files with USEPA reach files (RF3) to provide comprehensive coverage of hydrographic data for the U.S. Hydrographic feature names come from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), complete with GNIS identification numbers. It is ideal for many hydrologic modeling and statistical applications. Currently, there is High Resolution NHD coverage for 20 subbasins in New Mexico available at no cost. Come learn how you can put the NHD to work for you!
Agenda 8:30 am Introduction 8:40 am National Hydrography Dataset Overview - Program and Applications - powerpoint presentation 9:40 am Getting Started - Download the NHD and look at it - live demonstration 10:00 am Break 10:15 am Navigating through the network - tracing the flow of water throughout the hydrologic network 10:30 am Reach Indexing - how to link your attributes to spatial data 10:45 am The NHD Extensions in ArcView - the tools that bring instant power to the NHD 11:00 am Creating the NHD workspace in ArcView - setting up the data so you can use the tools 11:10 am Explore the NHD data - a detailed look at what is going on in a subbasin 11:30 am Lunch - Lunch is on you own. Restaurants nearby and in the building. 12:30 pm Analyze the NHD tables - a detailed look at the fields in the tables and how tables relate 1:00 pm Reach Indexing - a more detailed look at point, line, and area indexing 1:30 pm Streamgages - download streamgage information for use with the NHD 1:15 pm Streamgage Events - linking the streamgages to make them integral with the NHD 1:30 pm Streamgage Linear Events - using the network to create a linear event of streamflow 1:45 pm Make a Map of Streamflow - symbolizing the events to make an effective map 2:00 pm Break 2:15 pm Using Multiple Subbasins - how to work with larger areas 2:45 pm Editing the NHD - revising names and flow 3:30 pm The NHD in Geodatabase 4:00 pm Adjourn
Friday, April 25: "Where's the Water?" - Technical presentations and exhibits.
Agenda 8:30 am Coffee and Exhibits 9:00 am Welcome and Announcements 9:30 am Morning Keynote Address: John D'Antonio (NM State Engineer and Secretary of NMISC): "NM Water Issues" 10:00 am Coffee Break and Exhibits 10:30 am "NM Water for Energy Initiative" (Everet Springer and Cathy Wilson, LANL) 10:50 am "Creating a Digital Hydrogeologic Framework Model of the Mesilla Basin" (John Kennedy, WRRI) 11:10 am Virtual Watersheds: Coupled Basin-Scale Water Resource Models for Arid and Semiarid Regions (Larry Winter, NCAR) 11:30 am "Drought Effects on Vegetation: Tree Mortality in Arid Woodlands" (Randy Balice, Los Alamos National Laboratory) 11:50 am Lunch Break and Exhibits (Box lunches will be provided) 1:00 pm Afternoon Keynote Address: Frank Titus (New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources): "Water Management for Really Smart People". 1:30 pm "Evaluation of Potential Reparian Evapotranspiration Rates for the Carlsbad Area Groundwater Model Using GIS" (David Jordan, Intera, and Peggy Barroll, NM Office of State Engineer) 1:50 pm "Classifying Canopy Closure and Successional Stage Using Landsat TM Imagery" (Lara Wood, The Nature Conservancy) 2:10 pm "Assessing Tradeoffs in Water Policy Using Integrated Modeling" (Janie Chermak and Kate Krause, UNM Dept of Economics) 2:30 pm Refreshment Break and Exhibits 3:00 pm "The National Hydrography Dataset for New Mexico" (Jeff Simley, USGS/NHD Program) 3:20 pm "Where's the Water Going? " (Steve Hansen, Bureau of Reclamation) 3:40 pm "Imaging and Coordinating Ecosystem Restoration Planning: The US Army Corps of Engineers Middle Rio Grande Bosque Ecosystem Restoration Projects" (Fritz Blake, US Army Corps of Engineers and John Barney, Sites Southwest) 4:00 pm Adjourn
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