PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2008 SPRING SPECIALTY CONFERENCE: GIS and Water Resources V

Table of Contents

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SESSION 1: Cyber-Infrastructure I

• CUAHSI HIS Service-Oriented Architecture: from Design to Deployment, Initial Experience and Lessons Learned
  Ilya Zaslavsky, David R. Maidment, David Valentine (ABSTRACT)
• Hydroseek: Semantic Mediation And Its Application In A Global Search Engine
  Timothy Whiteaker, David Maidment (ABSTRACT)
• Development of an Open Source Client-Side User Interface and Toolkit for the CUAHSI HIS WaterOneFlow Web Service
  Brian Marchionni, Daniel P. Ames, Michael Piasecki (ABSTRACT)
• The Arizona Hydrologic Information System
  Corinna Gries, Kathy Jacobs, Wolf-Dieter Otte, Ramon Vazquez, Joe Abraham, Raul Aguilar, James McGill, Shankar Bhargav, Hung Nguyen (PAPER)

SESSION 2: Floodplain Mapping I

• Automated GIS DFIRM Production Tools
  Andreas Wohlsperger (PAPER)
• Automation of Dfirm Floodplain Mapping: Tools and Techniques
  Masoud Meshkat, Andy Clevenger (ABSTRACT)
• GeoTerrain Part 1: Leveraging Terrains in ArcGIS 9.2
  Francisco Olivera, Ken Logsdon, Jr. (ABSTRACT)
• GeoTerrain Part 2: Leveraging Terrains in Hydraulic Analyses
  Mathew Mampara, Milver Valenzuela, Srikanth Koka (ABSTRACT)

SESSION 3: Watershed Management

• Regional Watershed Management System - Enterprise GIS-based Decision Support and Workflow Management
  Durmus Cesur, Nefi Garza, William S. Burmeister (PAPER)
• Modeling the Hydrological Impacts of Climate Change
  David Purkey, Martha Fernandes, Brian Joyce, Michael Kiparsky, David Yates, Chuck Young (ABSTRACT)
• HYDRA: A Geographical Information System for Sierra Nevada Watersheds
  Joshua Viers, Aaron M. King, Alexandra Geddes-Osborne (ABSTRACT)
• RTEMP- A Regional Water Temperture Model Developed for a Sierra Nevada Watershed
  Leon Basdekas, Mike Deas (ABSTRACT)
• A GIS Foundation of Agricultural Water Planning in Georgia
  Mark Masters, James M. McKimmey (ABSTRACT)

SESSION 4: NHD - Stewardship and Enhancements

• The Stewardship of the National Hydrography Dataset
  Jeff Simley, Keven Roth (PAPER)
• WBD Certification and Stewardship Status in California
  Lorri Peltz-Lewis, Mike T. Laitta, Karen Hanson, Donna Knifong (ABSTRACT)
• An Arc Hydro Geodatabase from High Resolution NHD
  Christine Mundy (ABSTRACT)

SESSION 5: LiDAR I

• Terrain Characteristics as a Function of ArcGIS Terrain Dataset Generalization
  Dean Djokic,Thomas A. Evans, Amit Sinha (ABSTRACT)
• New TauDEM Tools for Deriving Hydrologic Information from Digital Elevation Models
  David Tarboton, Kimberly A. T. Schreuders, Matthew E. Baker (ABSTRACT)
• Application of Accurate Vertical Controls to LiDAR DEMs and the Impact on Hydrologic Modeling in Flat Landscapes
  Jason Braud, Jessica I. Mason, J. Anthony Cavell, Roy K. Dokka, Clinton S. Willson (ABSTRACT)
• Using High Resolution Ground Based LiDAR to Assess Affects of Digital Elevation Model Resolution and Storm Size on Hydrologic Modeling
  Scott Miller, Ginger Paige, Maneesh Sharma (ABSTRACT)

SESSION 6: Cyber-Infrastructure II

• Leveraging OLAP Datacubes for Water Resources Research
  Bora Beran, Matt Rodriguez, David Valentine, Catharine van Ingen, Ilya Zaslavsky (ABSTRACT)
• Development and Application of a Web-Enabled Interactive Water Resources Management Tool
  Wen-Hsing Chiang, Eric Lindberg, Ryan Anderson, Samantha Stevens (PAPER)
• WaterML and WaterOneFlow Web Services as the Core Components of CUAHSI HIS Cyberinfrastructure
  David Valentine, Ilya Zaslavsky, Thomas Whitenack, David R. Maidment (ABSTRACT)
• Towards an Open Source CUAHSI Hydrologic Information System
  Guowen (Joe) Hu, Daniel P. Ames, Michael Piasecki (ABSTRACT)

SESSION 7: Floodplain Mapping II

• Comparison of One-dimensional HEC-RAS with Two-dimensional FESWMS Model in Flood Inundation Mapping
  Venkatesh Merwade, Aaron Cook (ABSTRACT)
• Automation of Floodplain Delineation - An Innovative Solution
  Lin Peng, Barrett Goodwin (PAPER)
• Uncertainty in Flood Inundation Mapping Process
  Venkatesh Merwade, Francisco Olivera, Scott Edleman (ABSTRACT)
• Harris County Flood Control District-Standard Naming Convention for Hydrologic and Hydraulic Models
  Anjali Bhangay, Fred Liscum, Karl E Mcarthur, Yu-Chun Su, Jacob Spenn (PAPER)

SESSION 8: Watershed Characterizations

• Developing an Approach to Rank Improvement Projects using Technology Applications
  Amy Rockwell, Monica Kruckow (PAPER)
• Characterization of the Spatial Variability of Terrestrial Watershed Properties in Relation to In-stream CDOM Distributions
  Frederick Bradley, Barnali Dixon, Julie Earls (ABSTRACT)
• An Interactive GIS Tool for Site-Specific Determination of Stormwater Infiltration Feasibility
  Lucas Paz (PAPER)
• Rio Grande Basin Initiative - Interactive Mapping for New Mexico
  Susanna Glaze, Bobby J Creel, Casey Gomez, Royce Stevens (ABSTRACT)

SESSION 9: NHD - Utilization

• Estimating Perennial Streams in Idaho using a Regression Model of 7-Day, 2-Year Low Flows
  Alan Rea (ABSTRACT)
• Meeting the Hydrographic Mapping Needs of North Carolina stakeholders: Local-resolution National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) Production in North Carolina
  Kristy MacDougall, Roger Cottrell, Joe Sewash, Scott Edelman (ABSTRACT)
• Landscape Metrics Arranged by Hydrological Proximity to Sites on the Mississippi, Missouri, and Ohio Rivers
  Tatiana Nawrocki, Matthew Starry, Mary Moffett, David Bolgrien (PAPER)
• Implementing a Watershed Information System using ArcHydro in the La Quinte Watershed of Gonaives, Haiti
  Nils Babel (PAPER)

SESSION 10: LiDAR II

• Locating Channel Heads Using Digital Elevation Data
  Nathan Arave, Daniel P. Ames (PAPER)
• Large Scale LiDAR Acquisition: Execution and QA/QC Strategies
  Tim Blak, Mathew Mampara (ABSTRACT)
• Development of LiDAR-derived Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) for Watershed Characterization
  Emmanuel U. Nzewi, Mahesh Adhikari (ABSTRACT)
• What Impact Does the Topographic Resolution of Your Data Source have on Channel Capacity Calculations?
  Matthew Manges, Derek St. John, Russ Poppe (ABSTRACT)

SESSION 11: Cyber-Infrastructure III

• Using an Observations Data Model in Hydrologic Information Systems
  David Tarboton, Jeffery S. Horsburgh, David R. Maidment, Ilya Zaslavsky (ABSTRACT)
• Using GIS in Creating an End-to-End System for Publishing Environmental Observations Data
  Jeffery S. Horsburgh, Amber Spackman, David K. Stevens, David G. Tarboton, Nancy C. Messner(ABSTRACT)
• Weather and Climate Data for Hydrologic Modeling
  Steve Kopp, Nawajish Noman (ABSTRACT
• Synthesis of Web Service Data to Support Hypoxia Modeling in Corpus Christi Bay
  Ernest To, David R. Maidment (ABSTRACT)

SESSION 12: Floodplain Mapping III

• LiDAR Mapping of the Yellowstone River
  Jim Robinson, Tony Thatcher, Karin Boyd, Gerry Daumiller (ABSTRACT)
• Data Collection and Population of the USACE National Levee Inventory Database
  Dan Henderson, Tom Schweitzer (ABSTRACT)
• Coastal Analyst: Enhancing the Application of One-Dimensional Wave Height Models for Coastal Flooding Through GIS
  Guillermo Simon, John Messer (ABSTRACT)
• Application of GIS to New Orleans Flood Inundation and Evacuation Route Analysis
  Timothy Nelson, Sohei Uematsu, John W. Labadie (PAPER)

SESSION 13: Watershed Water Quality I

• Utilizing GIS to Plan Dormant-spray Runoff Sampling in the San Joaquin River Basin, CA
  Donna Knifong (ABSTRACT)
• Information Technology Application for Santa Clara Valley Water District (District) Stream Maintenance Program (SMP)
  Shree Dharasker, Vitaliy Vaysfeld (PAPER)
• HCFCD M3 System: Coordination of Contemporaneous Studies for Floodplain Permitting
  Karl McArthur, Stephen Bourne, Jacob Spenn, Carl W. Woodward(PAPER)
• Development and Use of a Multiple Objective Spatial Decision Support System in East African Rural Watershed Management
  Tracy B. Baldyga, Scott N. Miller, W.A. Shivoga, L.W. Chiuri, G. Paige (PAPER)

SESSION 14: Hydrologic Data Systems

• Using Geospatial Technologies to Transform Hydrology, Hydraulics & Coastal Engineering in USACE
  Seshu Vaddey (ABSTRACT)
• The Trinity River IIMS - Helping Water Managers Access Disparate Scientific Data
  Philip Bailey, Andreas Krause, David Stevens (ABSTRACT)
• New Geospatial and Hydrologic Databases Spanning 100-200+ Years of Change on the Mississippi River System
  Reuben Heine, Jonathan Remo, Nicholas Pinter, Brian S. Ickes (ABSTRACT)
• Development of a Global River Transport Modeling and Observation Network
  William Samuels, Jonathan Pickus, Jeffrey Johnson, Mondher Chehata, Rakesh Bahadur, David Amstutz (PAPER)

SESSION 15: LiDAR III

• Accuracy Assessment of LiDAR-Derived DEMs: Investigating the Effects of Resolution and Interpolation Method
  Suzanne Wechsler (ABSTRACT)
• Using LiDAR to Establish a Stream Gauging Network in a Tropical Experimental Forest: What Works and What Doesn't
  Boris Poff, Daniel G. Neary, Greg Asner (PAPER)
• Comparison of LiDAR-Generated Forest Road and Channel Features with Ground-Surveyed Features
  Russell White, Brian C. Dietterick, Thomas Mastin, Rollin Strohman, Ryan Hilburn (ABSTRACT)
• The Problem of Data Series Documentation: a Geospatial Metadata Profile in Support of Elevation Data Processing at NYSDEC
  Ricardo Lopez-Torrijos, Bruce Wescott (ABSTRACT)

SESSION 16: HEC GeoRAS: Case Studies I

• Automating HEC-FDA Floodplain Inventory with IWR-GeoFIT
  Greg Gagliano (ABSTRACT)
• Snap to it: A Better Way to Cut Cross-sections using HEC-GeoRAS
  Sarah North, Chris Nelson, Chris Long (PAPER)
• Development of a Flood Forecasting System for North Carolina: Challenges in Large-Scale Model Parameterization and Linking
  Fadi Shatnawi, Jon Goodall, Anthony Castronova (ABSTRACT)
• Using GIS to Complete a Rehabilitation Plan for a High Hazard Dam
  Nathaniel Todea (ABSTRACT)

SESSION 17: NHD - Biological and Ecosystems

• NHD-based Modeling of Stream Habitat Fragmentation and Steelhead Distribution in California Anadromous Watersheds
  Martina Koller, Connie Shannon, Robin Carlson, Tom Christy, Eric Haney, Stan Allen (ABSTRACT)
• Network-based Analysis of Freshwater Ecosystems using the FLoWS Tools
  David M. Theobald, John B. Norman (ABSTRACT)
• Modeling Green Sturgeon Habitat in the Central Valley, CA
  Ethan Mora, Daniel L. Erickson, Steve T. Lindley (ABSTRACT)
• Using GIS to Characterize Multiple Watersheds of Interest to Forest Products Industry Stakeholders
  Douglas McLaughlin, John Beebe (ABSTRACT)

SESSION 18: Watershed Models and Tools

• A Coupled Surface/Subsurface Model for Multi-Scale Evaluation of Watersheds
  George Matanga, Lorri Peltz-Lewis, Lisa Rainger (ABSTRACT)
• Spatial Trends in Water Chemistry and the Biotic Ligand Model
  James Carleton (PAPER)
• Use of GIS Water Analysis Screening Tool for Identifying Critical Water Planning Areas
  Mike Hill, Abdolhossain Liaghat, David Jostenski (ABSTRACT)
• Development of the Spatially Explicit Load Enrichment Calculation Tool (SELECT) for Characterizing E. Coli Potential within a Watershed
  Kendra Riebschleager, R. Karthikeyan, R. Srinivasan (ABSTRACT)

SESSION 19: NHD/ArcHydro StreamStats

• StreamStats ArcGIS Server Web Application
  Kernell Ries (ABSTRACT)
• Extending USGS StreamStats to Estimate Daily Precipitation and Temperature Time Series for Kentucky
  Kenneth Odom, John Guthrie, Lauren Hay, Mark Ayers (ABSTRACT)
• A Desktop Application to Assess the Sustainable Basin Yields and Surface-Water Resources in Massachusetts
  Pete Steeves, Stacey A. Archfield (ABSTRACT)
• Arc Hydro Tools for Determining Stream Slope
  Kernell Ries, Peter Steeves, Christine Dartiguenave (ABSTRACT)

SESSION 20: HSPF Modeling and SWAT

• The San Francisco Bay Watershed Model for Copper Runoff from Brake Pad Wear Debris: Part I - GIS Data Processing for Model Setup
  Paul Duda, Anthony S. Donigian, Jr., Driss Ennaanay (PAPER)
• The San Francisco Bay Watershed Model for Copper Runoff from Brake Pad Wear Debris: Part II - Model Application and Results
  Anthony Donigian Jr, Brian R. Bicknell, James N. Carleton, Kirsten Sinclair Rosselot (PAPER)
• The Santa Clara River HSPF Watershed Model: GIS Data Processing
  Driss Ennaanay, Anthony S. Donigian Jr (PAPER)
• Development of an Open Source GIS Interface and Analysis Tools for the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT)
  Jeyakanthan Veluppillai, Daniel P. Ames, Srinivasan Raghavan, David Wells (ABSTRACT)

SESSION 21: HEC GeoRAS: Case Studies II

• Visualization of Groundwater-Surface Water Interaction for the Rio Grande in Albuquerque, NM
  Kelly Isaacson, Julie Coonrod, Venkatesh Merwade (PAPER)
• A Sketch-Based Interface for Rapid Floodplain Assessment
  Joshua Peschel, Tracy Hammond, Kelly Brumbelow, Tony Cahill (ABSTRACT)
• The Use of Retro-Modeling to Assess the Effects of River Engineering on Lower Mississippi River Stages
  Jonathan Remo, Nicholas Pinter Ruben Hiene (ABSTRACT)

SESSION 22: NHD - Water Rights and Basin Assessments

• Indexing Water Rights data to the National Hydrography Dataset
  Fiona Renton, Jeff Kapellas, Leo Anguiano (ABSTRACT)
• Space-Time Analysis of Water Availability Model Data in GIS
  Clark Siler, Tim Whiteaker, David Maidment (ABSTRACT)
• A Geo-referenced Assessment of the Niger River Basin
  Georgette Koty (ABSTRACT)
• WIS - A GIS Based Watershed Information System to Prioritize Resources for Restoration
  Khalid Alvi, Sabu Paul, Tham Saravanapavan, Leslie Shoemaker Mow-Soung (PAPER)

SESSION 23: Watershed Biologic Analysis

• Predicting River Floodplain and Lateral Channel Migration with GIS for Salmon Habitat Conservation
  Jason Hall, Damon M. Holzer, Timothy J. Beechie (ABSTRACT)
• Spatial Modeling of Nearshore Habitats, Grand Canyon
  Michael Breedlove, Craig Anderson, Thomas Gushue (ABSTRACT)
• Biological Criteria and Stressor Identification as Inputs to Watershed Retrofit Analyses
  James Stribling, Michael J. Paul, Jennifer Stamp, Tham Saravanapavan, Shannon Moore (ABSTRACT)
• Site Specific GIS for Coastal Resource Managers, Where is That Eelgrass?
  Brett Still, Ann Marten, Mark Manganello (ABSTRACT)

SESSION 24: Hydrologic Information Systems and SPARROW

• The Digital Watershed for Dynamic Decision Support
  Jack Hampson, Stephen Bourne, Kelly Brumbelow (PAPER)
• Application of SPARROW Model to Assess Pathogen Contamination in Two Basins of Texas
  Deepti Deepti, Meghna Babbar-Sebens, R. Karthikeyan (ABSTRACT)
• Modeling Spatial Distributions of Nonpoint Source Pollution Loadings in the Great Lakes Watersheds by Using the Distributed Large Basin Runoff Model
  Chansheng He, Thomas E. Croley II, Carlo DeMarchi (PAPER)

SESSION 25: SWAT Modeling

• Multifaceted Univariate Sensitivity Analysis for Complex Watershed Simulation Models
  Ryan Fleming, Christine Shoemaker, Jennifer Benaman (ABSTRACT)
• The Use of Swat Modelling to Detect Small-Dam Influences on Hydrological Modifications in Downstream Reaches
  Jacquelyn Duke, Joseph D. White, Shane Prochnow, Lisa Zygo (ABSTRACT)
• Comparing SWAT Overall Drainage Basin Predictions with Individual Sub-basin Predictions
  Julie Earls, Barnali Dixon, Frederick Bradley (PAPER)
• Karst Hydrology Modeling Using Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT)
  Bakkiyalakshmi Palanisamy, Stephen R. Workman (ABSTRACT)

SESSION 26: HEC Case Studies

• Development of a Hydrologic Model using GIS tools in a Watershed with Extreme Losses
  Jonathan Quebbeman (ABSTRACT)
• Coupling ArcHydro with a Land Use Forecasting Model to Mitigate Flood Hazard
  Graeme Aggett (ABSTRACT)
• HEC-GeoRAS Modeling on the Santa Cruz River, Pima Co. AZ Application of the Optional Layers and Lessons Learned in the HEC-GeoRAS Modeling Environment
  Andrew H. MacLeod (ABSTRACT)
• Adjusting HEC-RAS Cross Sections for Subsidence for the Master Drainage Plan at Bush Intercontinental Airport, Houston, Texas
  John Grounds, Beecroft Shittu, Brandon Grimm (ABSTRACT)

SESSION 27: NHD - Case Studies

• Spatially Distributed Sedimentation Modeling in the Lake Lanier Watershed
  Jitendra Sharma, Marguerite Madden (PAPER)
• Automated Matching of Sampling Sites to Characterize a Stream Reach
  Alena Bartosova, Philip M. Graff (ABSTRACT)
• A Spatial Decision Support System for Watershed Fecal Pollution Control
  Jy Wu, Z. Wang, W. Xiang (ABSTRACT)
• Real-Time Water Budget Assessment in South Florida
  Joshua Peschel, Ron Mierau, Stephen Bourne, Kelly Brumbelow, Ken Stewart (PAPER)

SESSION 28: Watershed Water Quality II

• The Role of GIS in a Regional Watershed-based Facilities Planning
  Troy Deibert, Timothy Bate, Michael Benedict, Jeff Siegel, William Krill, Sara J. Hackbarth (PAPER)
• Using GIS to Develop a Performance Based Watershed Improvement Plan
  Lori Visone, Pete Wright (PAPER)
• Geospatial Information Platform for Sustainable River Basin through Stakeholders Collaboration
  Satoru Sadohara, Yuichi Sato (PAPER)

SESSION 29: NHDPlus

• Introduction to NHDPlus and Developing Advanced Applications
  Cindy McKay (ABSTRACT)
• National Hydrography Dataset Plus (NHDPlus) Applications Sampler
  Tommy Dewald (ABSTRACT)
• Using the National Hydrography Dataset Plus (NHDPlus) in Arc Hydro
  Alan Rea (ABSTRACT)
• NHDPlus as the Core for Significant Nexus Analyses of Wetlands and Headwater Streams
  William Cooter, Jay Rineer; Brandon Bergenroth, Shel Brannan, Kevin Pickren, David Cunningham (ABSTRACT)

SESSION 30: Hydrologic Information Systems - Modeling I

• Developing Plug-ins for the Open Source MapWindow GIS Project and EPA's BASINS Watershed Analysis System
  Ahmad Aburizaiza, Daniel P. Ames (ABSTRACT)
• A Team Approach to Building a GIS Integrated Hydrologic Model for the McKenzie River Watershed, Oregon
  Bob DenOuden, David Richey, Karl Morgenstern (ABSTRACT)
• Spatially Explicit Water Budget Analysis Using GIS-Based Stocks-and-Flows Model
  Yiwen Chiu, Sangwon Suh (PAPER)

SESSION 31: Hydrologic Information Systems - Modeling II

• Water Resources Modeling Using OpenMI-based Web Services
  Jon Goodall, Bella Robinson, Anthony Castronova, Fadi Shatnawi (ABSTRACT)
• An OpenMI Model Interface Implementation for Hydrologic Modeling in an Open Source GIS
  Daniel P. Ames, Harold Dunsford (ABSTRACT)
• Guad2D: A Two-Dimensional Flow Model for Floodplain Mapping Over Time
  Francisco Olivera, Martin Rodriguez, Javier Murillo (ABSTRACT)
• Application of Independent GIS Programming in NCCHE Numerical Modeling System
  Yaoxin Zhang, Yafei Jia, Sam S.Y. Wang (PAPER)

SESSION 32: ArcHydro Stormwater

• Clark County Regional Flood Control District Arc Hydro (CCRFCD Arc Hydro): Toward on-going Stormwater Master Planning
  Stephen Bourne, Stan Clawson, Harshal Desai, Kevin Eubanks (PAPER)
• Using ArcGIS to Standardize Data Processing for USEPAs Storm Water Management Model
  Jennifer Wardwell, Jonathan A. Quebbeman (PAPER)
• GIS Modeling for Stormwater and Groundwater Management
  Suzanne Dallman (PAPER)
• GIS-enhanced Application of the Impervious Cover Method of Runoff Calculation
  Kenneth Heim, James Herberich (PAPER)

SESSION 33: Hydrological Infrastructure

• Sacramento - San Joaquin Delta Levees - Interrelationships
  David Hansen (ABSTRACT)
• Integrated GIS-based Levee Assessments
  Timothy Mote, Greg Stemler, Chris Coutu Serkan Bozkurt (ABSTRACT)
• Managing Local Government Environmental Water Utilities in CAD and GIS
  Jason Hill (ABSTRACT)
• The 1,600 Mile Challenge: Terrain Processing & Floodplain Mapping of the Upper Mississippi and Missouri Rivers in FEMA Region VII
  Andy Bonner, Rick Nusz, Brandon Banks (ABSTRACT)

SESSION 34: ArcHydro - Case Studies

• A Pilot Project to Develop and Implement StreamStats and NHDPlus Applications using Local Resolution Data in the Upper French Broad River Basin, North Carolina
  Kirsten Tighe, Silvia Terziotti, Chad Wagner (ABSTRACT)
• Regression Modeling and NHDPlus to Improve Pathogen Beach Advisories
  Michele Cutrofello, Timothy Bondelid, Breda Munoz (PAPER)
• Using GIS to Calculate Bacterial Loadings Along the Texas Gulf Coast
  Stephanie Johnson, David Maidment (PAPER)
• Development of a Web-Based Toxic Spill Model
  William Samuels, Doug RyanMr. Mike Monteith, Rakesh Bahadur, Chris Ziemniak (PAPER)

SESSION 35: Hydrologic Information Systems - Basins

• BASINS 4.0: Expanding Capabilities in an Open GIS Framework
  Paul Hummel, John L. Kittle, Jr., Paul B. Duda, Mark H. Gray, James N. Carleton (PAPER)
• Application of Hydrological Simulation Program-Fortran (HSPF) for Hydrological Modeling of a Watershed in Southern Turkey
  Mansoor Baloch, Daniel P. Ames, Aysegul Tanik (ABSTRACT)
• Community Code Development: A New Paradigm for Geospatial Software in Support of the Data for Environmental Modeling (D4EM) Project
  Harold Dunsford, Daniel P. Ames, Gerry Laniak, Jack Kittle (ABSTRACT)
• Using GIS to Better Model and Identify Urban Water Use Patterns
  Austin Polebitski, Richard Palmer (ABSTRACT)

SESSION 36: Hydrologic Information Systems - Data Solutions

• Map Interfaces to USGS Water-Resources Data
  David McCulloch, Gary T. Fisher (ABSTRACT)
• National Weather Service use of the KML File Format
  Tim Brice, Corey Pieper (ABSTRACT)
• Kisters Time-Series Management System and its Integration into a Multi-Purpose and Spatio-Temporal Hydro-It-Landscape
  Stefan Fuest, Roland Funke, Stan Malinky, Brad St.Cyr (PAPER)
• WebH2O, a Low-cost, Feature-rich Web-based EIMS, GIS, Data Solutions and Data Analysis Tool
  Pascual Benito, Brent Pedersen, Yoram Rubin, Doron Rotem (ABSTRACT)

SESSION 37: Modeling - Flood

• Extreme Precipitation Analysis Tool (EPAT)...An Alternative to Site Specific, Regional, and HMR PMP
  Rob Rahrs, Greg Gagliano, Bill Badini, John Henz (ABSTRACT)
• Real Time Flood Forecasting, the SARA Test Study for Bexar County
  Anthony Henry, Nefi Garza, (PAPER)
• Use of GIS Visualization and Google Earth Mapping Service to Aid Flood Hazard Impact Decision Making
  David Judi, Steven Burian, Alfred Kalyanapu, Tim McPherson (ABSTRACT)
• Estimation of Basin Hydrologic Characteristics for Gridded Flash Flood Guidance
  Anthony Anderson, John Schmidt, James Paul, Britt Westergard (PAPER)

SESSION 38: Watershed Planning and Water Use

• GIS Analysis for Watershed-Based Planning
  Lainie Levick, Kristine Uhlman, D. Phillip Guertin (ABSTRACT)
• How Utilities May Use GIS to Estimate Tourist Population Served
  Yassert Gonzalez (ABSTRACT)
• Modeling the Cumulative Effects of Forest Fire on Watershed Hydrology
  Crystal Stonesifer, Donald F. Potts, Lloyd P. Queen (PAPER)
• Estimating Net Irrigation Requirements for Utilities Service Areas
  Yassert Gonzalez, Jay W. Yingling, Corey Denninger (ABSTRACT)

SESSION 39: Remote Sensing I

• Improving Runoff Simulation With Remotely Sensed Cover Estimates
  Philip Heilman, Mariano Hernandez, Steven Hagen (ABSTRACT)
• Field Verification of a Remote-Sensing Based Method to Quantify Irrigated Acreages in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, New Mexico
  David Jordan, Christopher Park (ABSTRACT)
• Utilization of Remotely Sensed Data for Mapping Impervious Surfaces
  Brenda Berasi, Scott Stoodley (PAPER)
• Boise River Green Lidar
  Linda Davis, Diego Caamano (PAPER)

SESSION 40: Landuse - Classifications and Assessments

• Public Involvement Enhances Watershed Land Use GIS Data Development
  Steve Skripnik, Eileen White (PAPER)
• Back River Watershed Initial Scope and Water Quality Assessment Investigation
  Chris Niesterowicz, (ABSTRACT)
• Water Quality-Based Facilities Planning Alternative Analysis Using GIS
  Michael Schwar, Troy Deibert, Timothy Bate, Michael Benedict, Jeff Siegel, William Krill, Sara J. Hackbarth (PAPER)
• A Geoinformatic Classification of Sierra Nevada Lakes: Can Terrestrial Inventories Benefit from Including Water Resources?
  David Waetjen, Joshua H. Viers, Hugh D. Safford (ABSTRACT)

SESSION 41: Web Publishing I

• Framework and Implementation of a Spatially Integrated Hydrologic Modelling Web Application
  Averill Cate Jr (ABSTRACT)
• Drinking Water Quality (DWQ) Geographic Information System (GIS)
  Paul Neary (ABSTRACT)
• Implementing GIS on the Web for the Enterprise
  Ali Diba, Spatial Wave, Inc., Aliso Viejo, CA USA (co-authors: Robert Eadie; Meade Maleki) (ABSTRACT)
• Federal Interagency Hydrology and Hydraulics GIS Applications Workgroup
  William Merkel, David Wells (PAPER)

SESSION 42: Hydrology - Coastal Applications

• ACES: Building a GIS-based Analytical Framework for Coastal and Estuarine Study
  Sandra Fox, Stephen Bourne, Aisa Ceric, Clay Montague, Palmer Kinser(PAPER)
• e-Estuary: Developing a Decision-Support System for Coastal Management
  Naomi Detenbeck, M.C. Pelletier, M. Abdelrhman, S. Rego, M. Nixon (ABSTRACT)
• Coastal Risk Analysis: Combined Effects of Storm Surge and Rainfall Inundation
  Kelly Knee, Chris Galagan (PAPER)
• Comparing the Influence of Riparian Zone and Catchment Land Cover to Indices of Biotic Integrity
  Judith Okay, Peter CLaggett, Frederick Irani (ABSTRACT)

SESSION 43: Groundwater I

• The Arc Hydro MODFLOW Data Model
  Norm Jones, Gil Strassberg (PAPER)
• Integration of GIS and EVS for Three-Dimensional Hydrogelogic Visualizations
  Eric Rogoff, John Kivett, Christopher Hickman (PAPER)
• Integration of Regional Hydrologic Modeling Using FORTRAN and ArcGIS to Evaluate the Effects of a +3oC Climate Change on Recharge and Runoff
  Alan Flint, Lorraine E. Flint, Michael D. Dettinger (ABSTRACT)
• GIS, A Management Tool for Long-Term Monitoring Programs
  Ji-Young Kim, Al Easterday, Gina Calderone, Catherine Guido (ABSTRACT)

SESSION 44: Remote Sensing II

• Optimizing Runoff Production in Watershed Modeling Using Hyperspectral and LiDAR Imagery
  Raul Mercado (PAPER)
• Sensitivity of Distributed Hydrologic Model Output to Surface Hydraulic Roughness Parameterization Technique
  Alfred Kalyanapu, Indumathi Jeyachandran, Steven J. Burian, Timothy N. McPherson (ABSTRACT)
• Evaluating Methods To Estimate Total And Directly-Connected Impervious Areas In Urban Watersheds
  Alexis Dufour, Douglas Wright (ABSTRACT)
• Using Satellite Data to Improve the Accuracy of River Flow Forecasting Models: A Case Study of Zayande-rood River Basin, Iran
  Ahmad Abrishamchi, Massoud Tajrishy, Ali Tafarojnoruz, Behdad Chehrenegar, Shadab Shadzad (PAPER)

SESSION 45: Landuse and Climate

• The Impacts of Land Use Change on Water Resources and Traditional Acequia Culture in North-Central New Mexico
  Susanna Glaze presenting for Quita Ortiz, Bobby Creel, Christopher Brown, Sam Fernald, Steve Guldan (ABSTRACT)
• Vulnerability of US Water to Projected Climate Change
  Matt Sagues, Leonard Sklar, Edwin Maurer (PAPER)
• Using GIS to Determine Stream Flow in Response to Climate Change
  Julie Coonrod (ABSTRACT)
• Land Use Based GIS Water Demand Forecasting Application
  Ming-Chin Jeng, (ABSTRACT)

SESSION 46: Web Publishing II

• Web-based GIS for Sediment TMDL Implementation in the Imperial Valley, California
  Serene Ong, Nathan Strout, Paul Burgess (ABSTRACT)
• Geospatial Reporting of Water Resource Condition Assessments
  Marian Norris, Jeff Runde, James Pieper, Mark Lehman, John Paul Schmitt, Shawn Carter (ABSTRACT)
• Making Science Affordable: Open-Source Tools for Mapping and Data Analysis
  Brent Pedersen, Yoram Rubin, Pascual Benito, Doron Rotem (ABSTRACT)

SESSION 47: Digital Watersheds

• WikiWatershedTM: Developing Cyberinfrastructure for Watershed Management and Education
  Susan E. Gill, Anthony Auftenkampe, C. Dana Tomlin, Robert Cheetham (ABSTRACT)
• Northeast Florida Runoff Analysis Using the Integrative Environmental Assessment Toolkit
  Nathan Martin, Adrian Lin, Aisa Ceric (PAPER)
• Identification of High Erosion Potential Areas in Lake Tana Watershed, Ethiopia: Using GIS and SWAT Model
  Shimelis Gebriye, R. Srinivasan, B. Dargahi (PAPER)

SESSION 48: Groundwater II

• GIS Implementation for Evaluating Groundwater Artificial Recharge in Eastern Colorado
  Nathan Smith, Gordon McCurry, Andrew Horn (PAPER)
• Utilizing the Power of GIS for Surface Water/Groundwater Modeling in Butte County, CA
  Brian Heywood, Karilyn Heisen, Kristen Hard (PAPER)
• The Role of GIS in the Dewey-Burdock Uranium Mine Permit
  Jason Love (PAPER)
• Morris County Water Balance Model
  Sumant Mallavaram, Charles V. Beckers, Jr., Guy Apicella, Michael D. Lehtinen (ABSTRACT)

SESSION 49: Hydrologic Information Systems - Data Collection

• Development of a Water Quality Management and Spill Response Information System
  Janey Smith, Eugene J. LeBoeuf, Mark D. Abkowitz, James P. Dobbins, Edsel B. Daniel (ABSTRACT)
• GIS Utilization within a Civil Engineering Firm
  Jay Halligan, Paul Welle (ABSTRACT)
• Utilizing Mobile GIS for H&H Field Reconnaissance
  Noelle Gaspard, Jessica Baker (ABSTRACT)
• Mobile Computing Tools for Field Data Collection Including GPS Photo Capture
  Robin Wood (ABSTRACT)

SESSION 50: International Hydrologic Applications

• Land Use Suitability Analysis for Irrigation Development using GIS-based Fuzzy Multicriteria Evaluation Procedure: a Case Study of Karkheh River Basin in Iran
  Ahmad Abrishamchi, Morteza Tasbandi, Massoud Tajrishy, Miguel Marino, Ali Abrishamchi (PAPER)

POSTER SESSION

• A GIS/RUSLE Approach to Estimating Potential Erosion Risk
  Eric Berntsen, Annalisa Kihara (ABSTRACT)
• Emergency Preparedness Mapping Using HEC-GeoRAS
  Jennifer Buchanan (PAPER)
• Determining Flood Hazard Zones Using GIS
  Jennifer Buchanan (PAPER)
• BASINS 4.0 (Open Source GIS): Better Assessment Science Integrating Point and Non-point Sources
  James Carleton, Ed Partington, Marjorie Wellman, David Wells, Jack Kittle, Paul Duda (ABSTRACT)
• GIS Analysis for a Water Rights Change Case
  Gregory Johnson, Cari Bischoff (PAPER)
• Analyzing Depth to Water Based on a Cooperative Well Measuring Program in San Bernardino and Riverside Counties, California.
  Jason Kennedy (ABSTRACT)
• Identification of Coalbed Natural Gas Discharge Reservoirs with ASTER Data and GIS in Powder River basin, Wyoming
  Scott Miller, Ramesh Sivanpillai (ABSTRACT)
• Spatial and Temporal Analyses of Coalbed Natural Gas and co-Produced Water in the Powder River Basin, Wyoming
  Scott Miller, Teal B. Wyckoff, Erica Bishop (ABSTRACT)
• Hydraulic Model of the Paraguay River and Pantanal Wetland in South America
  Francisco Olivera, Adriano R. Paz, Martin Bravo, Dante G. Larentis, Walter Collischonn, Carlos E. M. Tucci (ABSTRACT)
• The Role of Geographic Information Systems in the Development of Predictive Disturbance Models of Biological Conditions in Streams of the Western United States
  James Orlando, Kimberly A. Jones, Ian R. Waite (ABSTRACT)
• Modeling Surface Runoff in the Mustang Creek Basin, California, Using the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT)
  Dina K. Saleh, Charles R. Kratzer (ABSTRACT)
• Land Use Forecasting Alternatives for Assessing Future Water Use Scenarios for the Placer County Water Agency (PCWA)
  Allan Scott, Greg Cantrell (ABSTRACT)
• Spatial Analysis of Groundwater Resources in El Toro, Monterey County
  Gordon Thrupp, Alene Pearson, German Criollo, Howard Franklin (ABSTRACT)
• National Hydrography Dataset Plus (NHDPlus)
  Santina Wortman, Tommy Dewald (ABSTRACT)