Description of the Hydrologic Engineering Center's Hydrologic Modeling System (HEC-HMS) and Application to Watershed Studies

Abstract

The objective of this document is to describe the Hydrologic Engineering Center's Hydrologic Modeling System (HEC-HMS) program and its applications to watershed studies. HMS has the capability to serve as a cornerstone program with respect to the watershed perspective approach. HMS can simulate the rainfall-runoff at any point within a watershed given physical characteristics of the watershed. It is a tool for watershed management in that an HMS model can be developed to account for human impact to determine the effect on the magnitude, quantity, and timing of runoff at points of interest. Results from an HMS model can be used by a number of other programs to determine impact in areas such as water quality and flood damage.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2004
Accession Number
ADA434887

Entities

People

  • Matt Fleming

Organizations

  • Engineer Research and Development Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Army Corps Of Engineers
  • Case Studies
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Data Storage Systems
  • Drainage Basins
  • Engineering
  • Flood Damage
  • Floods
  • Geographic Regions
  • Geometry
  • Graphical User Interface
  • Mathematical Models
  • Simulations
  • User Interface

Fields of Study

  • Agricultural and Food sciences

Readers

  • Coastal and Marine Engineering/Sediment Transport/Hydraulic Engineering
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).