Webinar: The StreamStats Web Application of the U.S. Geological Survey
Channel: Conservation and Adaptation Resources Toolbox
Date: 09/07/2015

Desert LCC webinar: The StreamStats Web Application of the U.S. Geological Survey 

DATE: Wednesday, June 17, 2015
TIME: 1:00 PM Pacific / 2:00 PM Mountain / 3:00 PM Central / 4:00 PM Eastern
 
Abstract:
StreamStats (http://streamstats.usgs.gov) is a GIS-based Web application that was developed by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) as a decision-support system for use in resource conservation, planning and management activities, as well as for engineering and design purposes.  Its primary function is to provide users with streamflow statistics, basin characteristics, and other information for USGS data-collection stations and for ungaged sites.  Users can select data-collection station locations shown on a map and obtain previously published information for the stations.  Users also can select any location along a stream and obtain the drainage-basin boundary, basin characteristics, and estimates of flood frequency and other types of streamflow statistics for the location. The estimates for ungaged sites are determined either from USGS regional regression equations or on the basis of the flow per unit area at a nearby, upstream or downstream streamgage.  In addition to this functionality, StreamStats includes tools that allow users to determine locations of and obtain information for upstream and downstream activities along streams, such as streamgages and dams, and to obtain elevation profiles along stream channels and between points on the land surface.  This presentation describes what StreamStats does, how it works, implementation status and plans, and planned program enhancement.

About the Presenter:
Kernell Ries, is a hydrologist with the U.S. Geological Survey's Office of Surface Water, where he is the national coordinator for the StreamStats Program.  He has managed the StreamStats program since its inception in 2001. Kernell also worked in the Massachusetts USGS office for 22 years and in the Maryland USGS office for 6 years. During his career, Kernell has authored or co-authored more than 50 publications on various aspects of surface-water hydrology.  He has a degree in hydrology from the University of New Hampshire.