Yakima River Basin Water Storage Feasibility Study

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USGS 2D Hydraulic Modeling - Water Velocity

Metadata

Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Upper Columbia Area Office, USDI Bureau of Reclamation
Publication_Date: 6/26/2008
Publication_Time: Unknown
Title: YFO_Wapato_Reach_water_velocity_1491cfs
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Fgdb raster digital data
Online_Linkage: \\IBR1EYOUNGD01\C$\Data_2_SDE_prep\test47filegd.gdb

Description: Abstract: Water velocities propagated to a continuous surface from the two dimensional hydraulogic modeling information for a specific reach and flow level listed in the data sets name. Purpose: This is part of a larger study known as the Yakima River Basin Water Storage Feasability Study (YRBWSFS). The modeling was conducted to support analysis of how fish habitats change in the reach specified in this data sets name, based on flow variations. The final data sets will be used to help determine how fish habitat will be effected by potential new water storage options. Supplemental_Information: This data set is part of a larger set of information.

Below is a listing of the modeled flows for each reach: Easton Reach - 250, 500, 700, 900, 1100, 1300, 1500, 1750, 2000 Kittitas Reach - 667, 800, 1032, 1288, 1700, 2311, 2770, 2864, 3146, 4000, 5000, 6500, 8000, 10000 Naches Reach - 250, 500, 720, 1000, 1500, 2000, 2680, 3000, 4000, 6000, 8000 Union Gap Reach - 1000, 2000, 3000, 4000, 5000, 6000, 7000, 8000, 9000, 10000 Wapato Reach - 300, 500, 750, 1491, 2000, 2450, 5000, 7500, 15000

For each flow level, the following data sets have been produced from the 2D hydraulic modeling: model points, water depth, water extent, water surface area, water velocity, habitats.

The following reaches in the Yakima River Basin have had similar data produced: Easton, Kittitas, Naches, Union Gap, Wapato

Reclamation conducted the 2D hydraulic modeling for the Easton, Kittitas, and Naches reaches. The USGS conducted the 2D hydraulic modeling for the Union Gap and Wapato reaches. Therefore, separate metadata files have been developed for these two sets of information.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2006
Time_of_Day: unknown
Currentness_Reference: ground condition
Status: Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -120.442415
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -120.333204
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 46.497463
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 46.417568

Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: Habitat
Theme_Keyword: Fish
Theme_Keyword: Riparian
Theme_Keyword: In-Stream Habitat
Theme_Keyword: hydrology
Theme_Keyword: water

Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: Pacific Northwest
Place_Keyword: Washington
Place_Keyword: Yakima Basin

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Use_Constraints: The USDI Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) provides spatial data """"""""as-is"""""""" without warranty of any kind, expressed or implied, including but not limited to, any warranties of fitness for a particular purpose. The burden for determining fitness for use lies entirely with the user. In no event will the producers of Reclamation spatial data be liable for any damages arising from the use of, or the inability to use, these data. The user assumes all responsibility for spatial and attribute accuracy, completeness, validity, and appropriateness with regard to the suitability of these spatial data for any specific use or application, and such use or application is at the user?s own risk.

Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: Upper Columbia Area Office, USDI Bureau of Reclamation
Contact_Position: GIS Specialist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: US Bureau of Reclamation Box 1749 1917 Marsh Road
City: Yakima
State_or_Province: WA
Postal_Code: 98907-1794
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 509-575-5848
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 509-454-5611
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: eyoung@pn.usbr.gov
Hours_of_Service: 0730-1600
Contact_Instructions:

Data_Set_Credit:
James Hatten and Tom Batt of the U.S Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Western Fisheries Research Center, Columbia River Research Laboratory. Developed the original 2D hydraulic modeling work this dataset is based on.

The contact information for the original 2D hydraulic modeling work at the time this metadata was completed is: Tom Batt tbatt@usgs.gov 509-538-2299

Native_Data_Set_Environment: Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.0.1770

Data_Quality_Information:
Attribute_Accuracy:
Attribute_Accuracy_Report: Bureau of Reclamation's UCAO office received the modeling data from the USGS and have modified minor parts of it. The changes below could have resulting in some inaccuracies of the valiables of this original 2D modeling data, although it would be very minor. This is described in more detail at the end of the "Process Step" section. 1) Water surface elevation and water depth values for locations with a froude number of 0 were changed to -3.2808 (null value used in USBR modeled areas). 2) Water velocity values were changed to a value of 0 (to be consistent with USBR modeled areas) for locations with a froude number of 0. Logical_Consistency_Report: raster topology existsCompleteness_Report: Completely finished for the project areas. The modeling was completed for the following reaches: Easton, Kittitas, Naches, Union Gap, Wapato.

Water variables were simulated from a two dimensional hydrodynamic model starting at rivermile 103.8, 1/4 mile south of Sunnyside diversion dam, and ending at rivermile 93.7, 1 .5 miles north of SR22 bridge at Toppenish.
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Final accuracy unknown, but positional data used for hydrodynamic modeling was collected using USGS bathymetric sonar, RTK GPS and Total Station data. Also, the propagation of the modeling point outputs to a continuous surface adds error, especially around the river edges.

Quantitative_Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Assessment:
Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:
Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Final accuracy unknown, but positional data used for hydrodynamic modeling was collected using USGS bathymetric sonar, RTK GPS and Total Station data.

Also, the propagation of the modeling point outputs to a continuous surface adds error, especially around the river edges.
Quantitative_Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Assessment:
Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Value: 0.15
Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Explanation: Accuracy range is 2cm for total station and RTK elevation to 15cm for sonar data.

Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: USGS; WRD
Source_Contribution: Provided part of the underlying bathymetry used to generate the Riv2D Bed file. Process_Step: Process_Description: This dataset is propagated from a two dimensional hydraulic modeling output. The modeling output almost always had points representing areas of flow being fully encompassed by points representing land, thereby having a river's edge boundary worked into the data. The 'IDW' tool in ESRI's ArcGIS 9.x software was used to create this data set from the point outputs of the original modeling work. A distance limitation of 75 feet, value of 1 for the distance exponent, variable search radius, and cell size of 2 feet were used. The output was then clipped to the extents of the cooresponding water extent grid using the 'Con' tool in the same ESRI software.

A description of the original two dimensional hydraulic modeling work follows:
Model ouput variables were estimated for the Gap Reach of the Yakima River under steady-state flow by means of two-dimensional hydrodynamic modeling. The River 2D model used a two-dimensional finite element method to solve the two-dimensional shallow water flow equations. For a detailed explanation of the model, see Ghanem, A.H., P.M. Steffler, F.E. Hicks, and C. Katopodis, 1995, Two-dimensional finite element modeling of aquatic habitats:, Water Resources Engineering Report No. 95-S1, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta. The conditions simulated were for a flow of 283.17 cu. m/s with a downstream water surface elevation of 288.5 m. The bed elevation surface upon which the hydrodynamic simulation was based was derived from multiple survey methods ranging from USGS boat surveys to total station data collected in small secluded sections of this reach. Final mesh was irregulary spaced varying between 2.5 to 25 meters. Final CDG files from River2D were imported into ArGIS. The final data set is in the form of a ArcGIS shapefile.

Bureau of Reclamation's UCAO office received the modeling data from the USGS and have modified minor parts of it. The changes are listed below: 1) Metadata keywords changed to include both location and theme information. 2) Attribute names changed to reflect same naming convertions of USBR modeling work. 3) Vertical and horizontal accuracies changed from a value representing units in centimeters to units in meters. 4) Water surface elevation and water depth values for locations with a froude number of 0 were changed to -3.2808 (null value used in USBR modeled areas). For the Union Gap Reach at any modeled flow, this effected less that 0.0004% of the total 2D modeling points in the entire data set and less than 0.0034% of the pool designated 2D modeling points. The average depth of water in these areas was 0.7 inches. 5) Water velocity values were changed to a value of 0 (to be consistent with USBR modeled areas) for locations with a froude number of 0. 6) Certain attributes were deleted.

Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: Upper Columbia Area Office, USDI Bureau of Reclamation
Contact_Position: GIS Specialist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 1917 Marsh Road
City: Yakima
State_or_Province: WA
Postal_Code: 98901
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (509) 575-5848
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (509) 454-5611
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: eyoung@pn.usbr.gov
Hours_of_Service: 0730-1600
Contact_Instructions:

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Raster
Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Entity point
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 132351

SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Label point
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 55

SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: GT-polygon composed of chains
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 55

SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Point
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 4

Raster_Object_Information:
Raster_Object_Type: Pixel
Row_Count: 14548
Column_Count: 13741
Vertical_Count: 1

Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Planar:
Map_Projection:
Map_Projection_Name: Lambert Conformal Conic

Lambert_Conformal_Conic:
Standard_Parallel: 45.833333
Standard_Parallel: 47.333333
Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -120.500000
Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 45.333333
False_Easting: 1640416.666667
False_Northing: 0.000000

Planar_Coordinate_Information:
Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: row and column
Coordinate_Representation:
Abscissa_Resolution: 2.000000
Ordinate_Resolution: 2.000000
Planar_Distance_Units: survey feet
Geodetic_Model:
Horizontal_Datum_Name:
North American Datum of 1983
Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222
Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Altitude_System_Definition:
Altitude_Resolution: 1.000000
Altitude_Encoding_Method: Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: YFO_Easton_Reach_2D_model_1100cfs
Entity_Type_Definition: Polygon attribute table
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: Denver Technical Services Center, USDI Bureau of Reclamation

Attribute:
Attribute_Definition: habitat type
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 1
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: pool

Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 2
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: glide

Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 3
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: riffle

Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 4
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: land

Overview_Description:
Entity_and_Attribute_Overview: Contains attributes on the fish habitat classifications

Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: Upper Columbia Area Office, USDI Bureau of Reclamation
Contact_Position: GIS Specialist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: US Bureau of Reclamation Box 1749 1917 Marsh Road
City: Yakima
State_or_Province: WA
Postal_Code: 98907-1794
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 509-575-5848
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 509-454-5611
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: eyoung@pn.usbr.gov
Hours_of_Service: 0730-1600
Contact_Instructions:
Resource_Description: U. S. Bureau of Reclamation's Yakima River Basin Database
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Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20081202
Metadata_Review_Date: 20010814
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Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: US Bureau of Reclamation Box 1749 1917 Marsh Road
City: Yakima
State_or_Province: WA
Postal_Code: 98907-1794
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 509-575-5848
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 509-454-5611
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: eyoung@pn.usbr.gov
Hours_of_Service: 0730-1600
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