미국 지질연구소(USGS)가 지하수 및 표층수 수문학 데이터의 분석에 대한 편리하고 유익한 새 방법을 발표했다.

‘지하수(GW) 툴 박스’라고 불리는 이 GIS 기반의 그래픽 및 맵핑 인터페이스는 기저유량(base flow), 지표류, 하천유량 데이터로부터의 지하수 충전 등 평가에 대한 USGS 소프트웨어의 획기적인 발전이다. GW 툴 박스는 USGS와 교정국에 의해 개발된 몇 가지 분석 방법을 함께 제시한다.

 

 

 

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has released a convenient and informative new method for the analysis of groundwater and surface-water hydrologic data.

 

Called the Groundwater (GW) Toolbox, the GIS-driven graphical and mapping interface is a significant advancement in USGS software for estimating base flow (the groundwater-discharge component of streamflow), surface runoff and groundwater recharge from streamflow data.

 

The GW Toolbox brings together several analysis methods previously developed by the USGS and Bureau of Reclamation. Each of the methods use daily streamflow data automatically retrieved from the USGS National Water Information System (NWIS) for more than 26,000 streamgage sites across the nation.

 

In addition to streamflow data, the GW Toolbox also facilitates the retrieval of groundwater-level and precipitation time-series data from the NWIS database. The software will be of use to engineers, academia and government agencies at all levels for the analysis of many of the water-budget components of a typical watershed.

 

The intensively visual interface will help shed light on water availability and hydrologic trends in response to climate and land-use changes and variability in these watersheds. The GW Toolbox runs in a Microsoft Windows environment and includes the Base Flow Index (BFI), HYSEP and PART hydrograph-separation methods to estimate base flow and surface runoff and the RORA and RECESS methods to estimate groundwater recharge.

 

[출처 = Water World / 2015년 1월 22일]