1. Hydrologic Properties of the Landscape
David G Tarboton
Utah State University

2. Outline Slope and Contributing Area The D Algorithm
TOPMODEL Wetness Index
Terrain Stability Mapping SINMAP ArcView Extension
Topographic texture and drainage density
TARDEM programs for watershed and channel network delineation

3. References
Tarboton, D. G., (1997), "A New Method for the Determination of Flow Directions and Contributing Areas in Grid Digital Elevation Models," Water Resources Research, 33(2): (available online at
Beven, K., (1991), "Spatially Distributed Modeling: Conceputal Approach to Runoff Prediction," Chapter 17 in Recent Advances in the Modeling of Hydrologic Systems, Edited by D. S. Bowles and P. E. O'Connell, NATO ASI Series C: Mathematical and Physical Sciences - Vol. 345, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, p
Beven, K., R. Lamb, P. Quinn, R. Romanowicz and J. Freer, (1995), "TOPMODEL," Chapter 18 in Computer Models of Watershed Hydrology, Edited by V. P. Singh, Water Resources Publications, Highlands Ranch, Colorado, p
Pack, R. T., D. G. Tarboton and C. N. Goodwin, (1998), "The SINMAP Approach to Terrain Stability Mapping," 8th Congress of the International Association of Engineering Geology, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada September (available online at

5. Utah State University Scenery

6. Recreational Opportunities

7. UWRL Water Engineering Graduate Program
10 Faculty, 40 Graduate students
Thrusts
Watershed and Basin Hydrology
Subsurface contamination assessment and mitigation
Climate and Continental Hydrology
Decision Support for Civil and Environmental Systems
Water Quality
Dam Safety Risk Assessment
Flood Plain Management
Modeling of Hydraulic Systems for Design

8. My Research Distributed hydrologic modeling.
The geomorphologic structure of river networks/channel network theory.
Digital elevation model algorithms.
Terrain stability mapping and GIS use in hydrologic modeling.
Snowmelt processes and models.
Nonparametric methods in stochastic hydrology.
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