Delaware River Flood-Analysis Model
In cooperation with the
Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC)
In collaboration with
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Hydrologic Engineering Center (HEC), and
NOAA's National Weather Service, Middle Atlantic River Forecast Center
Reports and Documents
- USGS Open-File Report 2010-1014 — Simulation of Runoff and Reservoir Inflow for Use in a Flood-Analysis Model for the Delaware River, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York, 2004-2006
- USACE HEC Project Report PR-73 (pdf) — Delaware River Flood Analysis Model, Reservoir Operations and Streamflow Routing Component
- DRBC Flood Analysis Model Project — Includes analysis of 2004, 2005, and 2006 floods and simulated impacts of reservoir voids
- Development of a Flood-Analysis Model for the Delaware River — Abstract for presentation at 4th Federal Interagency Hydrologic Modeling Conference, June/July 2010
- Modeling recent flooding in the Delaware River — Abstract for presentation at AWRA 2010 Annual Water Resources Conference, November 1-4, 2010, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Download Flood-Analysis Model
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Delaware River Flood-Analysis Model with Expert User Interface [Large (352Mb) Zip File]
Includes the PRMS model for simulation of runoff and reservoir inflow, and integrates the PRMS and HEC-ResSim models
Instructions for installing — README.txt -
GIS data associated with the Flood-Analysis Model [Zipped GIS data]
Instructions for installing — README.txt -
HEC-ResSim — Reservoir operations and downstream routing part of the Flood-Analysis Model [HEC-ResSim model at DRBC]
Includes "GageQ" version of HEC-ResSim component using observed and derived flows.
General documentation of PRMS Model and User Interface
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Precipitation Runoff Modeling System (PRMS), Information and documentation for PRMS and MMS
Note: Delaware River Basin PRMS model distributed above contains all software for a version of PRMS customized for this model.- Users Manual for the Modular Modeling System (MMS): Editor and simulation control for PRMS (USGS Open-File Report 96-151)
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GSFLOW - Coupled Ground-Water and Surface-Water Flow Model, Based on the Integration of the Precipitation-Runoff Modeling System (PRMS) and the Modular Ground-Water Flow Model (MODFLOW-2005) (USGS Techniques & Methods 6-D1)
Includes descriptions of most of the PRMS components used in the Delaware River PRMS model. - Users Manual for the Object User Interface (OUI): An Environmental Resource Modeling Framework (USGS Open-File Report 2008-1120)
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