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  6. Attributes for NHDPlus Version 2.1 Catchments and Modified Routing of Upstream Watersheds for the Conterminous United States: Topographic Wetness Index

Attributes for NHDPlus Version 2.1 Catchments and Modified Routing of Upstream Watersheds for the Conterminous United States: Topographic Wetness Index

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1995

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Wieczorek, M.E., Jackson, S.E., and Schwarz, G.E., 2018, Select Attributes for NHDPlus Version 2.1 Reach Catchments and Modified Network Routed Upstream Watersheds for the Conterminous United States (ver. 4.0, August 2023): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7765D7V.

Summary

This tabular data set represents average topgraphic wetness index compiled for two spatial components of the NHDPlus version 2 data suite (NHDPlusv2) for the conterminous United States; 1) individual reach catchments and 2) reach catchments accumulated upstream through the river network. This dataset can be linked to the NHDPlus version 2 data suite by the unique identifier COMID. The Topgraphic Wetness Index is a steady state index that’s used to predict areas susceptible to saturated land surfaces and areas that carry the potential to produce overland flow. The index is represented by ln (a/tan(beta)), where ln is the Napierian logarithm, a is the upslope area per unit contour length, and tan/(beta) is the slope gradient (Wolock [...]

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Michael E Wieczorek, Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Water Science Center
Originator :
Michael E Wieczorek, Shannon E Jackson, Gregory E Schwarz
Metadata Contact :
Michael E Wieczorek
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
USGS Mission Area :
Water Resources
SDC Data Owner :
Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Water Science Center

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NHDV2_TWI_CONUS.xml
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56f97be4e4b0a6037df06b70_cat.parquet 15.88 MB application/octet-stream
56f97be4e4b0a6037df06b70_tot.parquet 16 MB application/octet-stream

Purpose

This data set was created by the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) National Water-Quality Assessment Project (NAWQA) which is part of the USGS National Water Quality Program (NWQP). This effort was undertaken to estimate the average topgraphic wetness index for NHDPlusV2 flowline catchments and upstream river networks to support statistical analysis, map display, and model parameterization.

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