Course Information

$80 Course ID: SW1538 No. Instruction Hours: 36 Course Description: This 4.5 day course is designed for personnel actively involved in a watershed modeling project. The course will provide overview of the hydrologic processes simulated by PRMS and improve skills in model setup and calibration. Participants are expected to bring their own project application to work on as class exercises. Participants will then give a presentation of their results to the class for further comments and recommendations. Course objectives are: (1) teach the students what they need to know to go from DEM and stream gage locations(s) to calibrating and evaluating a PRMS model; (2) identify and address application specific issues; and (3) students return with the skills to lead, train, support, and manage other personnel on PRMS projects. REGISTRATION DEADLINE DATE IS MAY 6, 2009. ALL REGISTRATION IS TO BE COMPLETED IN DOI LEARN AT THE FOLLOWING URL: http://doilearn.doi.gov. If you have DOI LEARN questions please forward them to: oeddoilearn@usgs.gov for assistance. Course Title: Precipitation-Runoff Modeling System (PRMS) Attendees: Each participant must have current or future application with needs for PRMS watershed hydrology model, approved by instructor prior to class. Maximum class size is limited to 12. Course Discipline: Surface-Water Hydrology Courses Prerequisites: There are no pre-requisites. Course Developer: Steve Markstrom Course Tuition: $155 Course Cancellation: Additional Information: Carpooling, Lodging, Nominations, and more for Denver Courses. If course is not held in Denver, please contact the "Point of Contact" (listed in e-mail announcement for course and on Lotus Bulletin Board announcement for course) for lodging and transportation information.

Scheduled Class Dates

[Description of "Status" definitions: Cancelled 1 = Class was cancelled by the course coordinator due to low registrations; Cancelled 2 = Class was cancelled by the course coordinator for other reasons; Closed Slots = Registration deadline date has occurred, please check with the NTC for possible availability; Closed & Held = Class meet the minimum number of registrations and was held; Full = Maximum number of registrations has been received, the class is a "GO", any additional registrations will be waitlisted; N/A = Registration is being accepted via another source other than OED-NTC, please check course announcement for details; Open = Class is open for registration via DOI LEARN; Pending = Additional class information is required from the course coordinator before the class can be advertised. For assistance please check with Gloria Armstrong at gjarmstr@usgs.gov or (303) 445-4676.]

Start Date Memo Num Location Status Coordinator 07/06/2009 Denver, CO Closed Slots