Stephanie Tom
Theresa Menard
The Nature Conservancy, Honolulu, HI
Internet GIS
Monday March 5, 2012 - 1:30 to 2:45 pm
Managing large remote forest preserves across agencies using collaborative arcgis.com webmaps and visualizing individual plants through ultra-high resolution image services.
Showing posts with label water resources. Show all posts
Showing posts with label water resources. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Online Rainfall Atlas of Hawai‘i
Abby Frazier
Thomas Giambelluca
Qi Chen
University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI
Donna Delparte
Jonathan Price
University of Hawaii at Hilo, Hilo, HI
Water Resources
Monday March 5, 2012 - 3:15 to 4:30 pm
The Hawaiian Islands have one of the most diverse rainfall patterns on earth. Knowledge of these patterns is vitally important for a number of resource management issues, including the restoration and protection of native ecosystems, ground water and surface water development and protection, and planning for the effects of global warming. A new set of digital maps of mean monthly and annual rainfall from 1978-2007 for the major Hawaiian Islands has been developed. A monthly rainfall database was assembled with over 1,000 stations, using several gap-filling techniques to address missing values in the station records. "Virtual raingage" sites were estimated in remote areas based on patterns of natural vegetation. The final gridded maps were created using a Bayesian data fusion method that merged the station data with three predictor maps derived from Radar rainfall, MM5 model rainfall, and PRISM rainfall maps.
A new interactive website was created to make the rainfall maps, data, and related information easily accessible. Users can download map images, GIS and Google Earth layers, and station data or obtain information via an interactive map. To access the website, visit:
http://rainfall.geography.hawaii.edu/.
Thomas Giambelluca
Qi Chen
University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI
Donna Delparte
Jonathan Price
University of Hawaii at Hilo, Hilo, HI
Water Resources
Monday March 5, 2012 - 3:15 to 4:30 pm
The Hawaiian Islands have one of the most diverse rainfall patterns on earth. Knowledge of these patterns is vitally important for a number of resource management issues, including the restoration and protection of native ecosystems, ground water and surface water development and protection, and planning for the effects of global warming. A new set of digital maps of mean monthly and annual rainfall from 1978-2007 for the major Hawaiian Islands has been developed. A monthly rainfall database was assembled with over 1,000 stations, using several gap-filling techniques to address missing values in the station records. "Virtual raingage" sites were estimated in remote areas based on patterns of natural vegetation. The final gridded maps were created using a Bayesian data fusion method that merged the station data with three predictor maps derived from Radar rainfall, MM5 model rainfall, and PRISM rainfall maps.
A new interactive website was created to make the rainfall maps, data, and related information easily accessible. Users can download map images, GIS and Google Earth layers, and station data or obtain information via an interactive map. To access the website, visit:
http://rainfall.geography.hawaii.edu/.
Hawai'i's fluvial systems: Using GIS to assess current conditions and identify management strategies in a changing climate
Ralph Tingley
Dana Infante
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Richard MacKenzie
USDA Forest Service, Institute of Pacific Islands Foresty, Hilo, HI
Robert Nishimoto
Division of Aquatic Resources, Honolulu, HI
James Parham
Parham and Associates Environmental Consulting, Gallatin, TN
Water Resources
Monday March 5, 2012 - 3:15 to 4:30 pm
During summer 2010, Michigan State University partnered with the Hawai'i Fish Habitat Partnership (HFHP) and other organizations to complete a state-wide assessment characterizing Hawai'i stream condition. This assessment, conducted in support of the National Fish Habitat Action Plan, followed a landscape approach and used best available GIS data to characterize disturbances to stream habitat. We sought expert knowledge from local partners to select anthropogenic disturbance datasets, which were attributed to local and network stream catchments associated with individual reaches of the 1:24K National Hydrography Dataset. For each reach, disturbances at both scales were combined into a single cumulative score. Results of this work are being incorporated into the Atlas of Hawaiian Watersheds and are also being used by NOAA to assess effects of inland disturbances on priority coastal habitat. Despite its immediate utility, a refinement to the assessment is under way. Currently, we are developing a landscape-based classification of the ecological potential of Hawaii stream reaches. This classification will incorporate natural landscape variables that are unalterable by humans and climate variables known to be important in structuring physical and biological characteristics of streams. We will use a multi-step process to select influential variables and will rely on biological data to ensure ecological meaning of resulting groups. With streams classified into specific groups, we can characterize vulnerability to climate change on a reach by reach basis. Additionally, we can use the classification to refine the condition assessment, allowing managers to consider disturbance in the context of stream type.
Dana Infante
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Richard MacKenzie
USDA Forest Service, Institute of Pacific Islands Foresty, Hilo, HI
Robert Nishimoto
Division of Aquatic Resources, Honolulu, HI
James Parham
Parham and Associates Environmental Consulting, Gallatin, TN
Water Resources
Monday March 5, 2012 - 3:15 to 4:30 pm
During summer 2010, Michigan State University partnered with the Hawai'i Fish Habitat Partnership (HFHP) and other organizations to complete a state-wide assessment characterizing Hawai'i stream condition. This assessment, conducted in support of the National Fish Habitat Action Plan, followed a landscape approach and used best available GIS data to characterize disturbances to stream habitat. We sought expert knowledge from local partners to select anthropogenic disturbance datasets, which were attributed to local and network stream catchments associated with individual reaches of the 1:24K National Hydrography Dataset. For each reach, disturbances at both scales were combined into a single cumulative score. Results of this work are being incorporated into the Atlas of Hawaiian Watersheds and are also being used by NOAA to assess effects of inland disturbances on priority coastal habitat. Despite its immediate utility, a refinement to the assessment is under way. Currently, we are developing a landscape-based classification of the ecological potential of Hawaii stream reaches. This classification will incorporate natural landscape variables that are unalterable by humans and climate variables known to be important in structuring physical and biological characteristics of streams. We will use a multi-step process to select influential variables and will rely on biological data to ensure ecological meaning of resulting groups. With streams classified into specific groups, we can characterize vulnerability to climate change on a reach by reach basis. Additionally, we can use the classification to refine the condition assessment, allowing managers to consider disturbance in the context of stream type.
Sunday, January 1, 2012
GIS for Hydraulic and Hydrologic Modeling Using ArcGIS Desktop
Kurt Baron, GISP
WEST Consultants, San Diego, CA
Conference-Related Workshop
Thursday March 8, 2012 - 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
This one-day workshop presents the practical application of the ArcGIS extensions ArcHydro, HEC-GeoHMS, and HEC-GeoRAS. GIS data models and concepts supporting hydraulic and hydrologic modeling are also discussed. Participants will learn how to process data and create hydrologic networks using ArcHydro, develop HEC-RAS geometry and process HEC-RAS data results, build a project in HEC-GeoHMS, prepare the data files for HEC-HMS, and set up projects within the HEC-RAS and HEC-HMS environments. Please see the
course brochure for details.
Who should attend?
Engineers, water resource planners, and GIS staff who plan to perform or review GIS pre- or post-processing for hydraulic or hydrologic analyses using HEC-RAS or HEC-HMS. Familiarity with ArcGIS is desirable.
Presenter: Kurt Baron, GISP
Email: mailto:kbaron@westconsultants.com?subject=HEC-RAS
This is a conference-related event that HIGICC is helping to publicize. The event cost is $150 and separate registration is required.
To register, or for more information, please email Candi Johnston at
mailto:cjohnston@westconsultants.com?subject=HEC-RAS or call her at 858-487-9378.
WEST Consultants, San Diego, CA
Conference-Related Workshop
Thursday March 8, 2012 - 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
This one-day workshop presents the practical application of the ArcGIS extensions ArcHydro, HEC-GeoHMS, and HEC-GeoRAS. GIS data models and concepts supporting hydraulic and hydrologic modeling are also discussed. Participants will learn how to process data and create hydrologic networks using ArcHydro, develop HEC-RAS geometry and process HEC-RAS data results, build a project in HEC-GeoHMS, prepare the data files for HEC-HMS, and set up projects within the HEC-RAS and HEC-HMS environments. Please see the
course brochure for details.
Who should attend?
Engineers, water resource planners, and GIS staff who plan to perform or review GIS pre- or post-processing for hydraulic or hydrologic analyses using HEC-RAS or HEC-HMS. Familiarity with ArcGIS is desirable.
Presenter: Kurt Baron, GISP
Email: mailto:kbaron@westconsultants.com?subject=HEC-RAS
This is a conference-related event that HIGICC is helping to publicize. The event cost is $150 and separate registration is required.
To register, or for more information, please email Candi Johnston at
mailto:cjohnston@westconsultants.com?subject=HEC-RAS or call her at 858-487-9378.
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