This lesson provides an introduction to the benefits, important input (forcing data), and key products of the National Water Model. Both official and evolving products are presented. The lesson uses the flooding associated with Hurricane Harvey in August 2017 to demonstrate key products.
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- Explain the benefits (and limitations) of the National Water Model
- Describe and communicate the key scientific advantages of the NWM
- Describe how the NWM is run operationally
- List the four time horizon categories and the practical application for each
- Describe forcing data and outputs associated with the different time horizon categories
- Recall NWM official and unofficial products (as of late summer 2017)
- Describe information in NWM guidance (short and medium range) that was in use at the time of the Hurricane Harvey floods of Aug 2017
- Interpret NWM products
- Identify some of the limitations
- Describe how NWM will fit within the CHPS framework
National Oceanic at Atmospheric Administration, NOAA, National Weather Service, NWS, River Forecast Center, RFC, National Center for Atmospheric Research, NCAR, National Water Model, NWM, flood, flash flood, drought, streamflow, stream discharge, streamflow anomaly, soil moisture, water cycle, runoff, routed flow, snowmelt, snow pack, off-channel storage, reaches, catchment, basin, water supply, Hurricane Harvey, Quantitative Precipitation Forecast, QPF, Global Forecast System, GFS, High Resolution Rapid Refresh Model, HRRR, Climate Forecast System, CFS, Multi Radar Mutli Sensor, MRMS, ensemble, NHDPlus Streamflow, bankfull, infiltration, hydrograph, high flow, Height Above Nearest Drainage, HAND, inundation, Weather Prediction Center, WPC, National Hurricane Center, NHC, overland flow, fluvial, time-lagged ensemble, Weather Research and Forecasting hydrologic model, WRF-Hydro, discharge, lumped model, distributed model, Community Hydrologic Prediction System, CHPS, Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service, AHPS
