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EM-605: Cumulative effects of low impact development on watershed hydrology in a mixed land-cover system
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Document Author
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Hoghooghi, N., H. E. Golden, B. P. Bledsoe, B. L. Barnhart, A. F. Brookes, K. S. Djang, J. J. Halama, R. B. McKane, C. T. Nietch, and P. P. Pettus |
Document Year
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Land cover ?Comment:Class variable from the National Land Cover Dataset (NLCD). PET parameters were reparameterized for rain garden and riparian buffer land covers. |
Local terrain slope ?Comment:From Digital Elevation Model (DEM). Elevation within the study area ranges from 245 to 269 m. |
Precipitation |
Soil type ?Comment:Soil type is a class variable. Soil parameters were modeled for two soil types, Rossmoyne and Avonburg. |
Temperature (air) | Air density |
Bulk density ?Comment:The value of this variable was determined by the class variable: Soil type. |
ET calibration parameter ?Comment:This variable was described in the paper as: "ET coefficient used in the logistic equation that computes ET from PET. |
Field capacity ?Comment:Values determined by the class variable: Soil type. |
Initial uniform soil moisture ?Comment:The value for this variable is determined by the class variable - soil type. |
Lateral decay rate of Ks (layer i) ?Comment:The value of this variable is determined by the class variable - Soil type. See VELMA Version 2.0 User Manual and Technical Documentation - Soil Types/ Soil Ks Values. Lateral Ks exponential decay factor (unitless) controlling the exponential rate of decrease in lateral flow with depth. |
PetParm1 ?Comment:First term of PET Hamon equation. The value of this variable is determined by the class variable - Land cover. |
Porosity ?Comment:The value of this variable was determined by the class variable: Soil type. |
Rain on snow effect ?Comment:From: VELMA Version 2.0 User Manual and Technical Documentation - Default Weather Model. Used in conjunction with the snowMeltRate to determine the amount of snow that melts into surface water. |
Snow formation temperature ?Comment:From: VELMA Version 2.0 User Manual and Technical Documentation - Default Weather Model. The air temperature (in degrees C) below which the day’s precipitation is counted as snow. At and above this temperature, it is counted as rain. |
Snow melt rate ?Comment:From: VELMA Version 2.0 User Manual and Technical Documentation - Default Weather Model. The rate at which melting snow becomes surface water. |
Snow melt temperature (air) ?Comment:From: VELMA Version 2.0 User Manual and Technical Documentation - Default Weather Model. The temperature above which any available snow begins to melt. |
Soil layer thickness (layer 1) | Soil layer thickness (layer 2) | Soil layer thickness (layer 3) | Soil layer thickness (layer 4) |
Soil surface saturated hydraulic conductivity ?Comment:Values are determined for Soil type class variable. See: VELMA Version 2.0 User manual and Technical Documentation - Soil Types/ Soil Ks Values. |
TemperaturePetOff (air) ?Comment:PET is only active when air temperature is greater than this value. |
Vertical decay rate of Ks (layer i) ?Comment:Values are determined by the class variable - Soil type. See: VELMA Version 2.0 User Manual and Technical Documentation - Soil Types/ Soil Ks values. Vertical Ks exponential decay factor (unitless) controlling the rate of decrease in vertical flow with depth. |
Wilting point ?Comment:The value for this variable is determined by the class variable - Soil type. |
Evapotranspiration | Potential evapotranspiration |
Saturated lateral hydraulic conductivity (layer i) ?Comment:Values of this variable were calibrated for each of the two soil types. |
Saturated vertical hydraulic conductivity (layer i) ?Comment:Values for this variable were calibrated for each of the two soil types. |
Snow | Snow depth | Snow melt | Soil moisture (layer i) | Subsurface runoff (layer i) | Surface runoff | Surface soil infiltration | Surface standing water |
Percent change in evapotranspiration ?Comment:Aggregated for the calibration period and validation period combined. |
Percent change in peak flow ?Comment:Aggregated for the calibration period and validation period combined. |
Percent change in shallow subsurface runoff + infiltratoin ?Comment:Aggregated for the calibraton period and validation periods combined. |
Percent change in surface runoff ?Comment:Aggregated for both the calibration period and the validation period combined. |
Simulated streamflow (total catchment discharge) |
Observed streamflow (total catchment discharge) ?Comment:Water depth was recorded at 10-min intervals (at the outlet) and converted to streamflow (m^3/sec) using a rating curve, developed by US EPA. |
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Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | roair | Pb | be | θfc | Not reported | fl | KPET | n | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | z | z | z | z | Ks | Not reported | fv | θwp | ET | PET | fl | Ks,v | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | ET | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | |
Qualitative-Quantitative
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Qualitative (Class, Rating or Ranking) | Quantitative (Cardinal Only) | Quantitative (Cardinal Only) | Qualitative (Class, Rating or Ranking) | Quantitative (Cardinal Only) | Quantitative (Cardinal Only) | Quantitative (Cardinal Only) | Quantitative (Cardinal Only) | Quantitative (Cardinal Only) | Quantitative (Cardinal Only) | Quantitative (Cardinal Only) | Quantitative (Cardinal Only) | Quantitative (Cardinal Only) | Quantitative (Cardinal Only) | Quantitative (Cardinal Only) | Quantitative (Cardinal Only) | Quantitative (Cardinal Only) | Quantitative (Cardinal Only) | Quantitative (Cardinal Only) | Quantitative (Cardinal Only) | Quantitative (Cardinal Only) | Quantitative (Cardinal Only) | Quantitative (Cardinal Only) | Quantitative (Cardinal Only) | Quantitative (Cardinal Only) | Quantitative (Cardinal Only) | Quantitative (Cardinal Only) | Quantitative (Cardinal Only) | Quantitative (Cardinal Only) | Quantitative (Cardinal Only) | Quantitative (Cardinal Only) | Quantitative (Cardinal Only) | Quantitative (Cardinal Only) | Quantitative (Cardinal Only) | Quantitative (Cardinal Only) | Quantitative (Cardinal Only) | Quantitative (Cardinal Only) | Quantitative (Cardinal Only) | Quantitative (Cardinal Only) | Quantitative (Cardinal Only) | Quantitative (Cardinal Only) | Quantitative (Cardinal Only) | Quantitative (Cardinal Only) |
Cardinal-Ordinal
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Non-Ordinal | Cardinal | Cardinal | Non-Ordinal | Cardinal | Cardinal | Cardinal | Cardinal | Cardinal | Cardinal | Cardinal | Cardinal | Cardinal | Cardinal | Cardinal | Cardinal | Cardinal | Cardinal | Cardinal | Cardinal | Cardinal | Cardinal | Cardinal | Cardinal | Cardinal | Cardinal | Cardinal | Cardinal | Cardinal | Cardinal | Cardinal | Cardinal | Cardinal | Cardinal | Cardinal | Cardinal | Cardinal | Cardinal | Cardinal | Cardinal | Cardinal | Cardinal | Cardinal |
Not applicable | m m^-1 | mm day^-1 | Not applicable | °C | g m^-3 | g cm^-3 | unitless | V V^-1 | mm | unitless | unitless | V V^-1 | Not reported | °C | Not reported | °C | mm | mm | mm | mm | mm day^-1 | °C | unitless | V V^-1 | mm d^-1 | mm d^-1 | mm day^-1 | mm day^-1 | mm d^-1 | mm | mm d^-1 | mm | mm d^-1 | mm d^-1 | mm d^-1 | mm | % | % | % | % | mm d^-1 | mm d^-1 |
Land cover ?Comment:Class variable from the National Land Cover Dataset (NLCD). PET parameters were reparameterized for rain garden and riparian buffer land covers. |
Local terrain slope ?Comment:From Digital Elevation Model (DEM). Elevation within the study area ranges from 245 to 269 m. |
Precipitation |
Soil type ?Comment:Soil type is a class variable. Soil parameters were modeled for two soil types, Rossmoyne and Avonburg. |
Temperature (air) | Air density |
Bulk density ?Comment:The value of this variable was determined by the class variable: Soil type. |
ET calibration parameter ?Comment:This variable was described in the paper as: "ET coefficient used in the logistic equation that computes ET from PET. |
Field capacity ?Comment:Values determined by the class variable: Soil type. |
Initial uniform soil moisture ?Comment:The value for this variable is determined by the class variable - soil type. |
Lateral decay rate of Ks (layer i) ?Comment:The value of this variable is determined by the class variable - Soil type. See VELMA Version 2.0 User Manual and Technical Documentation - Soil Types/ Soil Ks Values. Lateral Ks exponential decay factor (unitless) controlling the exponential rate of decrease in lateral flow with depth. |
PetParm1 ?Comment:First term of PET Hamon equation. The value of this variable is determined by the class variable - Land cover. |
Porosity ?Comment:The value of this variable was determined by the class variable: Soil type. |
Rain on snow effect ?Comment:From: VELMA Version 2.0 User Manual and Technical Documentation - Default Weather Model. Used in conjunction with the snowMeltRate to determine the amount of snow that melts into surface water. |
Snow formation temperature ?Comment:From: VELMA Version 2.0 User Manual and Technical Documentation - Default Weather Model. The air temperature (in degrees C) below which the day’s precipitation is counted as snow. At and above this temperature, it is counted as rain. |
Snow melt rate ?Comment:From: VELMA Version 2.0 User Manual and Technical Documentation - Default Weather Model. The rate at which melting snow becomes surface water. |
Snow melt temperature (air) ?Comment:From: VELMA Version 2.0 User Manual and Technical Documentation - Default Weather Model. The temperature above which any available snow begins to melt. |
Soil layer thickness (layer 1) | Soil layer thickness (layer 2) | Soil layer thickness (layer 3) | Soil layer thickness (layer 4) |
Soil surface saturated hydraulic conductivity ?Comment:Values are determined for Soil type class variable. See: VELMA Version 2.0 User manual and Technical Documentation - Soil Types/ Soil Ks Values. |
TemperaturePetOff (air) ?Comment:PET is only active when air temperature is greater than this value. |
Vertical decay rate of Ks (layer i) ?Comment:Values are determined by the class variable - Soil type. See: VELMA Version 2.0 User Manual and Technical Documentation - Soil Types/ Soil Ks values. Vertical Ks exponential decay factor (unitless) controlling the rate of decrease in vertical flow with depth. |
Wilting point ?Comment:The value for this variable is determined by the class variable - Soil type. |
Evapotranspiration | Potential evapotranspiration |
Saturated lateral hydraulic conductivity (layer i) ?Comment:Values of this variable were calibrated for each of the two soil types. |
Saturated vertical hydraulic conductivity (layer i) ?Comment:Values for this variable were calibrated for each of the two soil types. |
Snow | Snow depth | Snow melt | Soil moisture (layer i) | Subsurface runoff (layer i) | Surface runoff | Surface soil infiltration | Surface standing water |
Percent change in evapotranspiration ?Comment:Aggregated for the calibration period and validation period combined. |
Percent change in peak flow ?Comment:Aggregated for the calibration period and validation period combined. |
Percent change in shallow subsurface runoff + infiltratoin ?Comment:Aggregated for the calibraton period and validation periods combined. |
Percent change in surface runoff ?Comment:Aggregated for both the calibration period and the validation period combined. |
Simulated streamflow (total catchment discharge) |
Observed streamflow (total catchment discharge) ?Comment:Water depth was recorded at 10-min intervals (at the outlet) and converted to streamflow (m^3/sec) using a rating curve, developed by US EPA. |
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Predictor-Intermediate-Response
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Predictor Variable Type
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Time- or Space-varying Variable |
Time- or Space-varying Variable |
Time- or Space-varying Variable |
Time- or Space-varying Variable |
Time- or Space-varying Variable |
Constant or Parameter | Constant or Parameter | Constant or Parameter | Constant or Parameter | Constant or Parameter | Constant or Parameter | Constant or Parameter | Constant or Parameter | Constant or Parameter | Constant or Parameter | Constant or Parameter | Constant or Parameter | Constant or Parameter | Constant or Parameter | Constant or Parameter | Constant or Parameter | Constant or Parameter | Constant or Parameter | Constant or Parameter | Constant or Parameter | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
Response Variable Type
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Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
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Observed Variable |
Data Source/Type
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Map or database (e.g., wide coverage, wide availability, measured or modeled) | Map or database (e.g., wide coverage, wide availability, measured or modeled) | Map or database (e.g., wide coverage, wide availability, measured or modeled) | Map or database (e.g., wide coverage, wide availability, measured or modeled) | Map or database (e.g., wide coverage, wide availability, measured or modeled) | Derived/adjusted by calibration |
Transferred Values (e.g., from literature; transferred spatially, temporally or across scales) ?Comment:From: McKane et al. 2014 VELMA Version 2.0 User Manual and Technical Documentation. |
Derived/adjusted by calibration |
Transferred Values (e.g., from literature; transferred spatially, temporally or across scales) ?Comment:From: McKane et al. 2014 VELMA Version 2.0 User Manual and Technical Documentation. |
Other or unclear (comment) | Derived from a look-up table | Derived/adjusted by calibration |
Transferred Values (e.g., from literature; transferred spatially, temporally or across scales) ?Comment:From: McKane et al. 2014 VELMA Version 2.0 User Manual and Technical Documentation. |
Other or unclear (comment) ?Comment:Not reported in paper. |
Other or unclear (comment) ?Comment:Not identified in paper. |
Other or unclear (comment) ?Comment:Not reported in paper. |
Other or unclear (comment) ?Comment:Not identified in paper. |
Map or database (e.g., wide coverage, wide availability, measured or modeled) | Map or database (e.g., wide coverage, wide availability, measured or modeled) | Map or database (e.g., wide coverage, wide availability, measured or modeled) | Map or database (e.g., wide coverage, wide availability, measured or modeled) | Derived from a look-up table | Derived/adjusted by calibration | Derived from a look-up table |
Transferred Values (e.g., from literature; transferred spatially, temporally or across scales) ?Comment:Source: McKane et al. (2014) Velma User Manual and Technical Documentation. |
Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Local field/Lab data (e.g., particular to the EM study) |
Variable Classification Hierarchy
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2. Land Surface (or Water Body) Cover, Use, Substrate, or Metric |
2. Land Surface (or Water Body) Cover, Use, Substrate, or Metric |
5. Ecosystem Attributes and Potential Supply of Ecosystem Goods and Services |
2. Land Surface (or Water Body) Cover, Use, Substrate, or Metric |
5. Ecosystem Attributes and Potential Supply of Ecosystem Goods and Services |
5. Ecosystem Attributes and Potential Supply of Ecosystem Goods and Services |
5. Ecosystem Attributes and Potential Supply of Ecosystem Goods and Services |
5. Ecosystem Attributes and Potential Supply of Ecosystem Goods and Services |
5. Ecosystem Attributes and Potential Supply of Ecosystem Goods and Services |
5. Ecosystem Attributes and Potential Supply of Ecosystem Goods and Services |
5. Ecosystem Attributes and Potential Supply of Ecosystem Goods and Services |
5. Ecosystem Attributes and Potential Supply of Ecosystem Goods and Services |
5. Ecosystem Attributes and Potential Supply of Ecosystem Goods and Services |
5. Ecosystem Attributes and Potential Supply of Ecosystem Goods and Services |
5. Ecosystem Attributes and Potential Supply of Ecosystem Goods and Services |
5. Ecosystem Attributes and Potential Supply of Ecosystem Goods and Services |
5. Ecosystem Attributes and Potential Supply of Ecosystem Goods and Services |
5. Ecosystem Attributes and Potential Supply of Ecosystem Goods and Services |
5. Ecosystem Attributes and Potential Supply of Ecosystem Goods and Services |
5. Ecosystem Attributes and Potential Supply of Ecosystem Goods and Services |
5. Ecosystem Attributes and Potential Supply of Ecosystem Goods and Services |
5. Ecosystem Attributes and Potential Supply of Ecosystem Goods and Services |
5. Ecosystem Attributes and Potential Supply of Ecosystem Goods and Services |
5. Ecosystem Attributes and Potential Supply of Ecosystem Goods and Services |
5. Ecosystem Attributes and Potential Supply of Ecosystem Goods and Services |
5. Ecosystem Attributes and Potential Supply of Ecosystem Goods and Services |
5. Ecosystem Attributes and Potential Supply of Ecosystem Goods and Services |
5. Ecosystem Attributes and Potential Supply of Ecosystem Goods and Services |
5. Ecosystem Attributes and Potential Supply of Ecosystem Goods and Services |
5. Ecosystem Attributes and Potential Supply of Ecosystem Goods and Services |
5. Ecosystem Attributes and Potential Supply of Ecosystem Goods and Services |
5. Ecosystem Attributes and Potential Supply of Ecosystem Goods and Services |
5. Ecosystem Attributes and Potential Supply of Ecosystem Goods and Services |
5. Ecosystem Attributes and Potential Supply of Ecosystem Goods and Services |
5. Ecosystem Attributes and Potential Supply of Ecosystem Goods and Services |
5. Ecosystem Attributes and Potential Supply of Ecosystem Goods and Services |
5. Ecosystem Attributes and Potential Supply of Ecosystem Goods and Services |
5. Ecosystem Attributes and Potential Supply of Ecosystem Goods and Services |
5. Ecosystem Attributes and Potential Supply of Ecosystem Goods and Services |
5. Ecosystem Attributes and Potential Supply of Ecosystem Goods and Services |
5. Ecosystem Attributes and Potential Supply of Ecosystem Goods and Services |
5. Ecosystem Attributes and Potential Supply of Ecosystem Goods and Services |
5. Ecosystem Attributes and Potential Supply of Ecosystem Goods and Services |
--Land use/land cover type or dominant habitat type |
--Geographic position, horizontal or vertical |
--Physical/chemical characteristics of nonliving ecosystem components |
--Dominant soil or substrate type |
--Physical/chemical characteristics of nonliving ecosystem components |
--Physical/chemical characteristics of nonliving ecosystem components |
--Physical/chemical characteristics of nonliving ecosystem components |
--Physical/chemical characteristics of nonliving ecosystem components |
--Physical/chemical characteristics of nonliving ecosystem components |
--Physical/chemical characteristics of nonliving ecosystem components |
--Physical/chemical characteristics of nonliving ecosystem components |
--Physical/chemical characteristics of nonliving ecosystem components |
--Physical/chemical characteristics of nonliving ecosystem components |
--Physical/chemical characteristics of nonliving ecosystem components |
--Physical/chemical characteristics of nonliving ecosystem components |
--Physical/chemical characteristics of nonliving ecosystem components |
--Physical/chemical characteristics of nonliving ecosystem components |
--Physical/chemical characteristics of nonliving ecosystem components |
--Physical/chemical characteristics of nonliving ecosystem components |
--Physical/chemical characteristics of nonliving ecosystem components |
--Physical/chemical characteristics of nonliving ecosystem components |
--Physical/chemical characteristics of nonliving ecosystem components |
--Physical/chemical characteristics of nonliving ecosystem components |
--Physical/chemical characteristics of nonliving ecosystem components |
--Physical/chemical characteristics of nonliving ecosystem components |
--Physical/chemical characteristics of nonliving ecosystem components |
--Physical/chemical characteristics of nonliving ecosystem components |
--Physical/chemical characteristics of nonliving ecosystem components |
--Physical/chemical characteristics of nonliving ecosystem components |
--Physical/chemical characteristics of nonliving ecosystem components |
--Physical/chemical characteristics of nonliving ecosystem components |
--Physical/chemical characteristics of nonliving ecosystem components |
--Physical/chemical characteristics of nonliving ecosystem components |
--Physical/chemical characteristics of nonliving ecosystem components |
--Physical/chemical characteristics of nonliving ecosystem components |
--Physical/chemical characteristics of nonliving ecosystem components |
--Physical/chemical characteristics of nonliving ecosystem components |
--Physical/chemical characteristics of nonliving ecosystem components |
--Physical/chemical characteristics of nonliving ecosystem components |
--Physical/chemical characteristics of nonliving ecosystem components |
--Physical/chemical characteristics of nonliving ecosystem components |
--Physical/chemical characteristics of nonliving ecosystem components |
--Physical/chemical characteristics of nonliving ecosystem components |
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----Other, multiple, unspecified or unclear |
----Slope, roughness, ruggedness |
----Physical/chemical characteristics of air, meteorology and precipitation |
----Physical/chemical characteristics of air, meteorology and precipitation |
----Physical/chemical characteristics of air, meteorology and precipitation |
----Physical/chemical characteristics of soils, substrates, rocks |
----Physical/chemical characteristics of water |
----Physical/chemical characteristics of soils, substrates, rocks |
----Physical/chemical characteristics of soils, substrates, rocks |
----Physical/chemical characteristics of soils, substrates, rocks |
----Physical/chemical characteristics of water |
----Physical/chemical characteristics of soils, substrates, rocks |
----Physical/chemical characteristics of air, meteorology and precipitation |
----Physical/chemical characteristics of air, meteorology and precipitation |
----Physical/chemical characteristics of air, meteorology and precipitation |
----Physical/chemical characteristics of air, meteorology and precipitation |
----Physical/chemical characteristics of soils, substrates, rocks |
----Physical/chemical characteristics of soils, substrates, rocks |
----Physical/chemical characteristics of soils, substrates, rocks |
----Physical/chemical characteristics of soils, substrates, rocks |
----Physical/chemical characteristics of soils, substrates, rocks |
----Physical/chemical characteristics of water |
----Physical/chemical characteristics of soils, substrates, rocks |
----Physical/chemical characteristics of soils, substrates, rocks |
----Physical/chemical characteristics of water |
----Physical/chemical characteristics of water |
----Physical/chemical characteristics of soils, substrates, rocks |
----Physical/chemical characteristics of soils, substrates, rocks |
----Physical/chemical characteristics of air, meteorology and precipitation |
----Physical/chemical characteristics of air, meteorology and precipitation |
----Physical/chemical characteristics of water |
----Physical/chemical characteristics of soils, substrates, rocks |
----Physical/chemical characteristics of water |
----Physical/chemical characteristics of water |
----Physical/chemical characteristics of water |
----Physical/chemical characteristics of water |
----Physical/chemical characteristics of water |
----Physical/chemical characteristics of water |
----Physical/chemical characteristics of water |
----Physical/chemical characteristics of water |
----Physical/chemical characteristics of water |
----Physical/chemical characteristics of water |
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------Meteorology data and parameters (including precipitation) |
------Meteorology data and parameters (including precipitation) |
------Air constituents, air quality, air chemistry (excluding air pollutants specified under Category 4) |
------Soil structural characteristics |
------Evapotranspiration (via soil and/or vegetation) |
------Soil hydrologic characteristics |
------Soil hydrologic characteristics |
------Soil hydrologic characteristics |
------Evapotranspiration (via soil and/or vegetation) |
------Soil structural characteristics |
------Meteorology data and parameters (including precipitation) |
------Meteorology data and parameters (including precipitation) |
------Meteorology data and parameters (including precipitation) |
------Meteorology data and parameters (including precipitation) |
------Soil layer thickness |
------Soil layer thickness |
------Soil layer thickness |
------Soil layer thickness |
------Soil hydrologic characteristics |
------Evapotranspiration (via soil and/or vegetation) |
------Soil hydrologic characteristics |
------Soil hydrologic characteristics |
------Evapotranspiration (via soil and/or vegetation) |
------Evapotranspiration (via soil and/or vegetation) |
------Soil hydrologic characteristics |
------Soil hydrologic characteristics |
------Meteorology data and parameters (including precipitation) |
------Meteorology data and parameters (including precipitation) |
------Other, multiple, unspecified or unclear |
------Soil hydrologic characteristics |
------Water volume or flow in aquifers |
------Water volume or flow over ground surface (i.e., runoff) |
------Other, multiple, unspecified or unclear |
------Water volume or flow over ground surface (i.e., runoff) |
------Evapotranspiration (via soil and/or vegetation) |
------Water volume or flow in rivers or streams |
------Water volume or flow in aquifers |
------Water volume or flow over ground surface (i.e., runoff) |
------Water volume or flow in rivers or streams |
------Water volume or flow in rivers or streams |
Land cover ?Comment:Class variable from the National Land Cover Dataset (NLCD). PET parameters were reparameterized for rain garden and riparian buffer land covers. |
Local terrain slope ?Comment:From Digital Elevation Model (DEM). Elevation within the study area ranges from 245 to 269 m. |
Precipitation |
Soil type ?Comment:Soil type is a class variable. Soil parameters were modeled for two soil types, Rossmoyne and Avonburg. |
Temperature (air) | Air density |
Bulk density ?Comment:The value of this variable was determined by the class variable: Soil type. |
ET calibration parameter ?Comment:This variable was described in the paper as: "ET coefficient used in the logistic equation that computes ET from PET. |
Field capacity ?Comment:Values determined by the class variable: Soil type. |
Initial uniform soil moisture ?Comment:The value for this variable is determined by the class variable - soil type. |
Lateral decay rate of Ks (layer i) ?Comment:The value of this variable is determined by the class variable - Soil type. See VELMA Version 2.0 User Manual and Technical Documentation - Soil Types/ Soil Ks Values. Lateral Ks exponential decay factor (unitless) controlling the exponential rate of decrease in lateral flow with depth. |
PetParm1 ?Comment:First term of PET Hamon equation. The value of this variable is determined by the class variable - Land cover. |
Porosity ?Comment:The value of this variable was determined by the class variable: Soil type. |
Rain on snow effect ?Comment:From: VELMA Version 2.0 User Manual and Technical Documentation - Default Weather Model. Used in conjunction with the snowMeltRate to determine the amount of snow that melts into surface water. |
Snow formation temperature ?Comment:From: VELMA Version 2.0 User Manual and Technical Documentation - Default Weather Model. The air temperature (in degrees C) below which the day’s precipitation is counted as snow. At and above this temperature, it is counted as rain. |
Snow melt rate ?Comment:From: VELMA Version 2.0 User Manual and Technical Documentation - Default Weather Model. The rate at which melting snow becomes surface water. |
Snow melt temperature (air) ?Comment:From: VELMA Version 2.0 User Manual and Technical Documentation - Default Weather Model. The temperature above which any available snow begins to melt. |
Soil layer thickness (layer 1) | Soil layer thickness (layer 2) | Soil layer thickness (layer 3) | Soil layer thickness (layer 4) |
Soil surface saturated hydraulic conductivity ?Comment:Values are determined for Soil type class variable. See: VELMA Version 2.0 User manual and Technical Documentation - Soil Types/ Soil Ks Values. |
TemperaturePetOff (air) ?Comment:PET is only active when air temperature is greater than this value. |
Vertical decay rate of Ks (layer i) ?Comment:Values are determined by the class variable - Soil type. See: VELMA Version 2.0 User Manual and Technical Documentation - Soil Types/ Soil Ks values. Vertical Ks exponential decay factor (unitless) controlling the rate of decrease in vertical flow with depth. |
Wilting point ?Comment:The value for this variable is determined by the class variable - Soil type. |
Evapotranspiration | Potential evapotranspiration |
Saturated lateral hydraulic conductivity (layer i) ?Comment:Values of this variable were calibrated for each of the two soil types. |
Saturated vertical hydraulic conductivity (layer i) ?Comment:Values for this variable were calibrated for each of the two soil types. |
Snow | Snow depth | Snow melt | Soil moisture (layer i) | Subsurface runoff (layer i) | Surface runoff | Surface soil infiltration | Surface standing water |
Percent change in evapotranspiration ?Comment:Aggregated for the calibration period and validation period combined. |
Percent change in peak flow ?Comment:Aggregated for the calibration period and validation period combined. |
Percent change in shallow subsurface runoff + infiltratoin ?Comment:Aggregated for the calibraton period and validation periods combined. |
Percent change in surface runoff ?Comment:Aggregated for both the calibration period and the validation period combined. |
Simulated streamflow (total catchment discharge) |
Observed streamflow (total catchment discharge) ?Comment:Water depth was recorded at 10-min intervals (at the outlet) and converted to streamflow (m^3/sec) using a rating curve, developed by US EPA. |
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Spatial Extent Area
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10-100 ha | 10-100 ha | 10-100 ha | 10-100 ha | 10-100 ha | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | 10-100 ha | 10-100 ha | 10-100 ha | 10-100 ha | 10-100 ha | 10-100 ha | 10-100 ha | 10-100 ha | 10-100 ha | 10-100 ha | 10-100 ha | 10-100 ha | 10-100 ha | 10-100 ha | 10-100 ha | 10-100 ha | 10-100 ha | 10-100 ha |
Spatially Distributed?
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Observations Spatially Patterned?
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Yes | Yes | Not applicable | Yes | Not applicable | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
Spatial Grain Type
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area, for pixel or radial feature | area, for pixel or radial feature | Not applicable | area, for pixel or radial feature | Not applicable | Not recorded for Constant or Paarameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Paarameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Paarameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Paarameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Paarameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Paarameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Paarameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Paarameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Paarameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Paarameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Paarameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Paarameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Paarameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Paarameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Paarameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Paarameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Paarameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Paarameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Paarameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Paarameter Variables | area, for pixel or radial feature | area, for pixel or radial feature | area, for pixel or radial feature | area, for pixel or radial feature | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | area, for pixel or radial feature | area, for pixel or radial feature | area, for pixel or radial feature | area, for pixel or radial feature | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
Spatial Grain Size
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10m x 10m | 10m x 10m | Not applicable | 10m x 10m | Not applicable | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | 10m x 10m | 10m x 10m | 10m x 10m | 10m x 10m | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | 10m x 10m | 10m x 10m | 10m x 10m | 10m x 10m | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
Spatial Density
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Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
EnviroAtlas URL
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Average Annual Precipitation | Average Annual Precipitation | Average Annual Daily Potential Wind Energy | Average Annual Precipitation | Average Annual Precipitation | Average Annual Precipitation | Average Annual Precipitation | Average Annual Precipitation | Average Annual Precipitation |
Land cover ?Comment:Class variable from the National Land Cover Dataset (NLCD). PET parameters were reparameterized for rain garden and riparian buffer land covers. |
Local terrain slope ?Comment:From Digital Elevation Model (DEM). Elevation within the study area ranges from 245 to 269 m. |
Precipitation |
Soil type ?Comment:Soil type is a class variable. Soil parameters were modeled for two soil types, Rossmoyne and Avonburg. |
Temperature (air) | Air density |
Bulk density ?Comment:The value of this variable was determined by the class variable: Soil type. |
ET calibration parameter ?Comment:This variable was described in the paper as: "ET coefficient used in the logistic equation that computes ET from PET. |
Field capacity ?Comment:Values determined by the class variable: Soil type. |
Initial uniform soil moisture ?Comment:The value for this variable is determined by the class variable - soil type. |
Lateral decay rate of Ks (layer i) ?Comment:The value of this variable is determined by the class variable - Soil type. See VELMA Version 2.0 User Manual and Technical Documentation - Soil Types/ Soil Ks Values. Lateral Ks exponential decay factor (unitless) controlling the exponential rate of decrease in lateral flow with depth. |
PetParm1 ?Comment:First term of PET Hamon equation. The value of this variable is determined by the class variable - Land cover. |
Porosity ?Comment:The value of this variable was determined by the class variable: Soil type. |
Rain on snow effect ?Comment:From: VELMA Version 2.0 User Manual and Technical Documentation - Default Weather Model. Used in conjunction with the snowMeltRate to determine the amount of snow that melts into surface water. |
Snow formation temperature ?Comment:From: VELMA Version 2.0 User Manual and Technical Documentation - Default Weather Model. The air temperature (in degrees C) below which the day’s precipitation is counted as snow. At and above this temperature, it is counted as rain. |
Snow melt rate ?Comment:From: VELMA Version 2.0 User Manual and Technical Documentation - Default Weather Model. The rate at which melting snow becomes surface water. |
Snow melt temperature (air) ?Comment:From: VELMA Version 2.0 User Manual and Technical Documentation - Default Weather Model. The temperature above which any available snow begins to melt. |
Soil layer thickness (layer 1) | Soil layer thickness (layer 2) | Soil layer thickness (layer 3) | Soil layer thickness (layer 4) |
Soil surface saturated hydraulic conductivity ?Comment:Values are determined for Soil type class variable. See: VELMA Version 2.0 User manual and Technical Documentation - Soil Types/ Soil Ks Values. |
TemperaturePetOff (air) ?Comment:PET is only active when air temperature is greater than this value. |
Vertical decay rate of Ks (layer i) ?Comment:Values are determined by the class variable - Soil type. See: VELMA Version 2.0 User Manual and Technical Documentation - Soil Types/ Soil Ks values. Vertical Ks exponential decay factor (unitless) controlling the rate of decrease in vertical flow with depth. |
Wilting point ?Comment:The value for this variable is determined by the class variable - Soil type. |
Evapotranspiration | Potential evapotranspiration |
Saturated lateral hydraulic conductivity (layer i) ?Comment:Values of this variable were calibrated for each of the two soil types. |
Saturated vertical hydraulic conductivity (layer i) ?Comment:Values for this variable were calibrated for each of the two soil types. |
Snow | Snow depth | Snow melt | Soil moisture (layer i) | Subsurface runoff (layer i) | Surface runoff | Surface soil infiltration | Surface standing water |
Percent change in evapotranspiration ?Comment:Aggregated for the calibration period and validation period combined. |
Percent change in peak flow ?Comment:Aggregated for the calibration period and validation period combined. |
Percent change in shallow subsurface runoff + infiltratoin ?Comment:Aggregated for the calibraton period and validation periods combined. |
Percent change in surface runoff ?Comment:Aggregated for both the calibration period and the validation period combined. |
Simulated streamflow (total catchment discharge) |
Observed streamflow (total catchment discharge) ?Comment:Water depth was recorded at 10-min intervals (at the outlet) and converted to streamflow (m^3/sec) using a rating curve, developed by US EPA. |
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Temporal Extent
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Jan 1, 2009 to Dec 31, 2011 | Jan 1, 2009 to Dec 31, 2011 | Jan 1, 2009 to Dec 31, 2011 | Jan 1, 2009 to Dec 31, 2011 | Jan 1, 2009 to Dec 31, 2011 | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Jan 1, 2009 to Dec 31, 2011 | Jan 1, 2009 to Dec 31, 2011 | Jan 1, 2009 to Dec 31, 2011 | Jan 1, 2009 to Dec 31, 2011 | Jan 1, 2009 to Dec 31, 2011 | Jan 1, 2009 to Dec 31, 2011 | Jan 1, 2009 to Dec 31, 2011 | Jan 1, 2009 to Dec 31, 2011 | Jan 1, 2009 to Dec 31, 2011 | Jan 1, 2009 to Dec 31, 2011 | Jan 1, 2009 to Dec 31, 2011 | Jan 1, 2009 to Dec 31, 2011 | Jan 1, 2009 to Dec 31, 2011 | Jan 1, 2009 to Dec 31, 2011 | Jan 1, 2009 to Dec 31, 2011 | Jan 1, 2009 to Dec 31, 2011 | Jan 1, 2009 to Dec 31, 2011 | Jan 1, 2009 to Dec 31, 2011 |
Temporally Distributed?
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No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
Regular Temporal Grain?
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Not applicable | Not applicable | Yes | Not applicable | Yes | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Yes | Yes | Not applicable | Not applicable | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Yes | Yes |
Temporal Grain Size Value
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Not applicable | Not applicable | 1 | Not applicable | 1 | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | 1 | 1 | Not applicable | Not applicable | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | 1 | 6 |
Temporal Grain Size Units
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Not applicable | Not applicable | Day | Not applicable | Day | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Day | Day | Not applicable | Not applicable | Day | Day | Day | Day | Day | Day | Day | Day | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Day | hour |
Temporal Density
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Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
Land cover ?Comment:Class variable from the National Land Cover Dataset (NLCD). PET parameters were reparameterized for rain garden and riparian buffer land covers. |
Local terrain slope ?Comment:From Digital Elevation Model (DEM). Elevation within the study area ranges from 245 to 269 m. |
Precipitation |
Soil type ?Comment:Soil type is a class variable. Soil parameters were modeled for two soil types, Rossmoyne and Avonburg. |
Temperature (air) | Air density |
Bulk density ?Comment:The value of this variable was determined by the class variable: Soil type. |
ET calibration parameter ?Comment:This variable was described in the paper as: "ET coefficient used in the logistic equation that computes ET from PET. |
Field capacity ?Comment:Values determined by the class variable: Soil type. |
Initial uniform soil moisture ?Comment:The value for this variable is determined by the class variable - soil type. |
Lateral decay rate of Ks (layer i) ?Comment:The value of this variable is determined by the class variable - Soil type. See VELMA Version 2.0 User Manual and Technical Documentation - Soil Types/ Soil Ks Values. Lateral Ks exponential decay factor (unitless) controlling the exponential rate of decrease in lateral flow with depth. |
PetParm1 ?Comment:First term of PET Hamon equation. The value of this variable is determined by the class variable - Land cover. |
Porosity ?Comment:The value of this variable was determined by the class variable: Soil type. |
Rain on snow effect ?Comment:From: VELMA Version 2.0 User Manual and Technical Documentation - Default Weather Model. Used in conjunction with the snowMeltRate to determine the amount of snow that melts into surface water. |
Snow formation temperature ?Comment:From: VELMA Version 2.0 User Manual and Technical Documentation - Default Weather Model. The air temperature (in degrees C) below which the day’s precipitation is counted as snow. At and above this temperature, it is counted as rain. |
Snow melt rate ?Comment:From: VELMA Version 2.0 User Manual and Technical Documentation - Default Weather Model. The rate at which melting snow becomes surface water. |
Snow melt temperature (air) ?Comment:From: VELMA Version 2.0 User Manual and Technical Documentation - Default Weather Model. The temperature above which any available snow begins to melt. |
Soil layer thickness (layer 1) | Soil layer thickness (layer 2) | Soil layer thickness (layer 3) | Soil layer thickness (layer 4) |
Soil surface saturated hydraulic conductivity ?Comment:Values are determined for Soil type class variable. See: VELMA Version 2.0 User manual and Technical Documentation - Soil Types/ Soil Ks Values. |
TemperaturePetOff (air) ?Comment:PET is only active when air temperature is greater than this value. |
Vertical decay rate of Ks (layer i) ?Comment:Values are determined by the class variable - Soil type. See: VELMA Version 2.0 User Manual and Technical Documentation - Soil Types/ Soil Ks values. Vertical Ks exponential decay factor (unitless) controlling the rate of decrease in vertical flow with depth. |
Wilting point ?Comment:The value for this variable is determined by the class variable - Soil type. |
Evapotranspiration | Potential evapotranspiration |
Saturated lateral hydraulic conductivity (layer i) ?Comment:Values of this variable were calibrated for each of the two soil types. |
Saturated vertical hydraulic conductivity (layer i) ?Comment:Values for this variable were calibrated for each of the two soil types. |
Snow | Snow depth | Snow melt | Soil moisture (layer i) | Subsurface runoff (layer i) | Surface runoff | Surface soil infiltration | Surface standing water |
Percent change in evapotranspiration ?Comment:Aggregated for the calibration period and validation period combined. |
Percent change in peak flow ?Comment:Aggregated for the calibration period and validation period combined. |
Percent change in shallow subsurface runoff + infiltratoin ?Comment:Aggregated for the calibraton period and validation periods combined. |
Percent change in surface runoff ?Comment:Aggregated for both the calibration period and the validation period combined. |
Simulated streamflow (total catchment discharge) |
Observed streamflow (total catchment discharge) ?Comment:Water depth was recorded at 10-min intervals (at the outlet) and converted to streamflow (m^3/sec) using a rating curve, developed by US EPA. |
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Not applicable | Not reported |
Not reported ?Comment:Other estimate is the average yearly total from 2009-2011. |
Not applicable |
Not reported ?Comment:The other estimate is the average annual air temperature for the period, 1990-2011. |
Not applicable |
g cm^-3 ?Comment:The minimum estimate value was reported for impervious areas, and the maximum estimate value was reported for the Rossmoyne and Avonburg soil types. |
Not applicable |
V V^-1 ?Comment:Minimum estimate value was reported for the Rossmoyne and Avonburg soil types. Maximum estimated value was reported for impervious areas. |
Not reported | Not reported | unitless |
V V^-1 ?Comment:The minimum estimate value was reported for impervious areas, and the maximum estimate value was reported for the Rossmoyne and Avonburg soil types. |
Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not reported | Not applicable | Not reported |
V V^-1 ?Comment:Minimum estimate value is for: Rossmoyne and Avonburg soil types. Maximum estimate value is for: impervious areas. |
Not reported | Not reported |
mm day^-1 ?Comment:Values for soil layers 1, 2, 3, 4 of the Rossmoyne and Avonburg soil types were: 130,100, 80, 30 mm/day. And for the impervious areas: 50, 30, 15, 10 mm/day. |
mm day^-1 ?Comment:Values for soil layers 1, 2, 3, 4 for Rossmoyne and Avonburg soil types were: 14, 14, 10, 10 mm/day. And for the impervious areas: 7, 7, 5, 5 mm/day. |
Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
% ?Comment:Graphed results. |
% ?Comment:Values graphed. |
% ?Comment:Graphed results. |
% ?Comment:Values graphed. |
mm d^-1 ?Comment:Values estimated from plot of daily streamflow. |
mm d^-1 ?Comment:Values estimated from plot of daily streamflow. |
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Not applicable | Not reported | Not reported | Not applicable | Not reported | Not applicable | 1.21 | Not applicable | 0.33 | Not reported | Not reported | 0.05 | 0.475 | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not reported | Not applicable | Not reported | Value varies by run; view runs to see values | Not reported | Not reported | 10 | 5 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Value varies by run; view runs to see values | Value varies by run; view run to see values | Values vary by run; view runs to see values | Value varies by run; view runs to see values | 0 | 0 |
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Other Value Type
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Not applicable | Not applicable | Reported total (units adjusted) | Not applicable | Mean | Single Observation or Parameter Value | Not applicable | Single Observation or Parameter Value | Not applicable | Not applicable | Single Observation or Parameter Value | Not applicable | Not applicable | Single Observation or Parameter Value | Single Observation or Parameter Value | Single Observation or Parameter Value | Single Observation or Parameter Value | Single Observation or Parameter Value | Single Observation or Parameter Value | Single Observation or Parameter Value | Single Observation or Parameter Value | Not applicable | Single Observation or Parameter Value | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
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Not applicable | Not reported | 1249 | Not applicable | 12 | 1300 | Not reported | 3.07 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | 500 | 500 | 12,000 | 12,000 | Not reported | -3 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
Land cover ?Comment:Class variable from the National Land Cover Dataset (NLCD). PET parameters were reparameterized for rain garden and riparian buffer land covers. |
Local terrain slope ?Comment:From Digital Elevation Model (DEM). Elevation within the study area ranges from 245 to 269 m. |
Precipitation |
Soil type ?Comment:Soil type is a class variable. Soil parameters were modeled for two soil types, Rossmoyne and Avonburg. |
Temperature (air) | Air density |
Bulk density ?Comment:The value of this variable was determined by the class variable: Soil type. |
ET calibration parameter ?Comment:This variable was described in the paper as: "ET coefficient used in the logistic equation that computes ET from PET. |
Field capacity ?Comment:Values determined by the class variable: Soil type. |
Initial uniform soil moisture ?Comment:The value for this variable is determined by the class variable - soil type. |
Lateral decay rate of Ks (layer i) ?Comment:The value of this variable is determined by the class variable - Soil type. See VELMA Version 2.0 User Manual and Technical Documentation - Soil Types/ Soil Ks Values. Lateral Ks exponential decay factor (unitless) controlling the exponential rate of decrease in lateral flow with depth. |
PetParm1 ?Comment:First term of PET Hamon equation. The value of this variable is determined by the class variable - Land cover. |
Porosity ?Comment:The value of this variable was determined by the class variable: Soil type. |
Rain on snow effect ?Comment:From: VELMA Version 2.0 User Manual and Technical Documentation - Default Weather Model. Used in conjunction with the snowMeltRate to determine the amount of snow that melts into surface water. |
Snow formation temperature ?Comment:From: VELMA Version 2.0 User Manual and Technical Documentation - Default Weather Model. The air temperature (in degrees C) below which the day’s precipitation is counted as snow. At and above this temperature, it is counted as rain. |
Snow melt rate ?Comment:From: VELMA Version 2.0 User Manual and Technical Documentation - Default Weather Model. The rate at which melting snow becomes surface water. |
Snow melt temperature (air) ?Comment:From: VELMA Version 2.0 User Manual and Technical Documentation - Default Weather Model. The temperature above which any available snow begins to melt. |
Soil layer thickness (layer 1) | Soil layer thickness (layer 2) | Soil layer thickness (layer 3) | Soil layer thickness (layer 4) |
Soil surface saturated hydraulic conductivity ?Comment:Values are determined for Soil type class variable. See: VELMA Version 2.0 User manual and Technical Documentation - Soil Types/ Soil Ks Values. |
TemperaturePetOff (air) ?Comment:PET is only active when air temperature is greater than this value. |
Vertical decay rate of Ks (layer i) ?Comment:Values are determined by the class variable - Soil type. See: VELMA Version 2.0 User Manual and Technical Documentation - Soil Types/ Soil Ks values. Vertical Ks exponential decay factor (unitless) controlling the rate of decrease in vertical flow with depth. |
Wilting point ?Comment:The value for this variable is determined by the class variable - Soil type. |
Evapotranspiration | Potential evapotranspiration |
Saturated lateral hydraulic conductivity (layer i) ?Comment:Values of this variable were calibrated for each of the two soil types. |
Saturated vertical hydraulic conductivity (layer i) ?Comment:Values for this variable were calibrated for each of the two soil types. |
Snow | Snow depth | Snow melt | Soil moisture (layer i) | Subsurface runoff (layer i) | Surface runoff | Surface soil infiltration | Surface standing water |
Percent change in evapotranspiration ?Comment:Aggregated for the calibration period and validation period combined. |
Percent change in peak flow ?Comment:Aggregated for the calibration period and validation period combined. |
Percent change in shallow subsurface runoff + infiltratoin ?Comment:Aggregated for the calibraton period and validation periods combined. |
Percent change in surface runoff ?Comment:Aggregated for both the calibration period and the validation period combined. |
Simulated streamflow (total catchment discharge) |
Observed streamflow (total catchment discharge) ?Comment:Water depth was recorded at 10-min intervals (at the outlet) and converted to streamflow (m^3/sec) using a rating curve, developed by US EPA. |
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Variability Metric
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Variability Value
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None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None |
Variability Units
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None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None |
Resampling Used?
variable.detail.bootstrappingHelp
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Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
Variability Expression Used in Modeling?
variable.detail.variabilityUsedHelp
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Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not recorded for Constant or Parameter Variables | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
Percent change in evapotranspiration | Percent change in peak flow | Percent change in shallow subsurface runoff + infiltratoin | Percent change in surface runoff | Simulated streamflow (total catchment discharge) | Observed streamflow (total catchment discharge) | |
Variable ID
variable.detail.varIdHelp
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14165 | 14163 | 14164 | 14162 | 14160 | 14159 |
Validated?
variable.detail.resValidatedHelp
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No | No | No | No | Yes | Not applicable |
Validation Approach (within, between, etc.)
variable.detail.validationApproachHelp
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None | None | None | None | None | None |
Validation Quality (Qual/Quant)
variable.detail.validationQualityHelp
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None | None | None | None | None | None |
Validation Method (Stat/Deviance)
variable.detail.validationMethodHelp
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None | None | None | None | None | None |
Validation Metric
variable.detail.validationMetricHelp
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None | None | None | None | None | None |
Validation Value
variable.detail.validationValHelp
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None | None | None | None | None | None |
Validation Units
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None | None | None | None | None | None |
Use of Measured Response Data
variable.detail.measuredResponseDataHelp
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None | None | None | None | None | None |