The Watershed Dynamic Model, a hydrologic model for the Bay Area, can predict flow and sediment for 1994-2024. The model simulates the nine Bay Area counties, with mixed land use types, a wide range of pollutants, upland erosion and sediment transport, and in-stream processes (e.g., bank erosion, settling, and resuspension). The completed model performs well. It can reproduce the timing and peaks of runoff events as well as the annual and year-to-year variation of flow and sediment loads.
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Recent Publications
Regional Watershed Spreadsheet Model (RWSM): 2024
The San Francisco Bay Regional Watershed Spreadsheet Model (RWSM) was developed within the Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in San Francisco Bay (RMP) to estimate average annual regional and sub-regional scale…
Integrated Watershed Modeling and Monitoring Framework to Support the Regional Monitoring Program
The Regional Monitoring Program (RMP) is transitioning from a watershed program predominantly using monitoring data and data-driven load estimation methods to support management decisions on polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs…