Riverside's expertise in modeling tools ranges from National Weather Service forecast system models to the State of Colorado water allocation model (StateMOD). Riverside staff selects and implements the appropriate modeling tool to meet client-specific requirements.
Riverside uses the following models:
National Weather Service River Forecast System
- SAC-SMA,Sacramento Soil Moisture Accounting Model
- SNOW-17, Snow Accumulation and Ablation Model
- CONS_USE, Consumptive Use Model
- FLDWAV, Flood Wave Routing Model
- RES-J, Joint Reservoir Operations Model
- RES-SNGL, Single Reservoir Operations Model
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Hydrologic Engineering Center
- HEC-RAS, River Analysis System
- HEC-GeoRAS
- HEC-HMS, Hydrologic Modeling System
- HEC-GeoHMS
- HEC-SSP, Statistical Software Package
- HEC-FDA, Flood Damage Analysis
- HEC-DSS, Data Storage System
- HEC-ResSim, Reservoir System Simulation
- CWMS, Corps Water Management System
- HEC-1, Flood Hydrograph Package
- HEC-2, Water Surface Profile
- HEC-5, Simulation of Flood Control and Conservation Systems
- HEC-6, Scour and Deposition in Rivers and Reservoirs
Other Modeling Systems
- RiverTrak® Streamflow Forecasting System
- RiverWare® River Basin Modeling System
- MODSIM, river basin network planning/water rights model
- TSTool, time-series data analysis
- Real-time flow measuring and reporting hardware and software
- StateMOD, State of Colorado water rights planning model
- WRAP/WAM, State of Texas administrative water availability model
- HydroBase, water rights/water resources database
- GIS applications
- MODFLOW, groundwater flow model
- MT3D-MS, groundwater quality model