July 7-9, 2008 | Alhambra, California (LACDPW Headquarters) Los Angeles County Dept. of Public Works Modified Rational (MODRAT) and Orange County Hydrology with GIS Data in WMS! EMS-I will award 2.1 CEUs to each participant who successfully completes this course. QUICK LINKS   Course Description Course Objectives Instructors Course Schedule Cost Location/Accommodations Registration

EMS-I invites all water resource and flood control engineers to a training course covering enhancements to the Los Angeles Dept. of Public Works Modified Rational (MODRAT) hydrologic modeling program, implementation of the Orange County Rational and Orange County Hydrograph methods, and graphical tools in WMS to perform hydrologic modeling required in these counties.

The course will cover using the WMS software to create hydrologic models. These tools have been developed in cooperation with the Los Angeles Dept. of Public Works and the Orange County Flood Control Hydrology Section to take advantage of GIS data layers and computer-assisted watershed definition tools. There are 16 seats allocated for non-county employees in this course - take advantage of this chance to learn automated methods and meet the people who oversee these methods.

Course Objectives

The 3-day course will familiarize attendees with the following topics:

• Learn how the MODRAT model has been changed and improved to perform hydrologic modeling is LA County.
• Find out how to use the MODRAT model with schematic (public-domain) tools.
• Learn to generate MODRAT models from GIS data available from public agencies.
• New continuous simulation options in MODRAT modeling.
• Learn to use new Debris Production and Hydrograph Bulking tools in WMS for LACDPW hydrology.
• Discover new tools in WMS for Orange County Rational modeling and Orange County Hydrograph (HEC-1) generation.
• Learn how to create Orange County models (Rational or Hydrograph) from GIS data
• Computation of loss factors from GIS data.
• Reservoir/detention pond routing.
• Automated watershed delineation from digital elevation data (USGS DEMs, survey data, etc.).
• Use of digital terrain data for lag time and time of concentration computations.
• Report generation.

Instructors

Marcus Shapiro.  Marcus is currently a research engineer at Aquaveo LLC.  Prior to coming to Aquaveo he was a research associate at the Environmental Modeling Research Lab of Brigham Young University. Primary developer of the Orange County tools and secondary developer of the LACDPW tools in the WMS software. Marcus has taught various professional courses on hydrologic and hydraulic modeling with WMS.

Course Schedule

DAILY SCHEDULE

Day 1 (July 9)

• Introduction and WMS Overview
• MODRAT Model Overview, including presentation by LA County personnel on county policies and methodologiesMODRAT Modeling - Schematic Approach
  
• Images and Coordinate Systems
• Feature Objects, GIS, and the Map Module

Day 2 (July 10)

• Watershed Delineation with the Map Module
• DEM Basics
• Digital Terrain Data
• Watershed Delineation with DEM Data
• Advanced Delineation Techniques

Day 3 (July 11)

• GIS Computations and Overlays
• MODRAT Modeling with GIS Data - DEM
• MODRAT Modeling with GIS Data - Map
• Orange County Interface Overview (depending on time and interest)
• Conclusions

Cost

The cost of the 3-day course is $795.00 (USD). Registration includes the following:

Comprehensive Course Notes
Tutorial Notes and Data
25% Discount (up to $500.00) on the purchase of a WMS license

Training Attendee Cancellation Policy

Location/Accommodations

The WMS course will be held at:
LACDPW Headquarters - 900 S. Fremont Ave., Alhambra, CA