Data Discovery and Analysis in Hays County, TX

Locations of streamflow data in Hays County, Texas including Jacob's Well Spring and the Blanco River.

A comprehensive HydroDesktop data discovery and analysis exercise has been added to the HydroDesktop User Guide: Data Discovery and Analysis: The Hydrology of Jacob's Well Spring. This tutorial covers all the basics in HydroDesktop while examining the hydrology of Jacob's Well Spring and the Blanco River (Hays County, Texas); how to search for data in multiple ways, how to download data, how to visualize downloaded data, and how to export downloaded data. Additionally, this exercise includes an advanced section that utilizes the HydroR plugin to analyze mixing of surface and subsurface water sources.

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The HydroDesktop User Guide

As we prepare to release a new recommended version of HydroDesktop*, we have also been updating the User Guide, which is now available on this site. This User Guide contains six pages:

• User Guide Homepage - Contains information regarding distribution, copyright, and support in addition to a brief introduction of general concepts employed in HydroDesktop.
• Working with the Map - Contains information regarding navigation of the map in HydroDesktop.
• Searching for Data - Contains information about searching for data registered in the CUAHSI HIS.
• Working with Data - Contains information related to viewing and analyzing data in the HydroDesktop environment in addition to exporting the data to external file formats. 
• HydroR Plugin - Contains information describing the HydroR plugin for statistical analyses.
• Tutorials - Contains brief tutorials for searching for, downloading, and analyzing data in HydroDesktop.

In addition to the links above, the User Guide is also accessible via links on the top navigation bar and the side navigation bar of this website.

Stay tuned for the official release of the new version of HydroDesktop for 2013!

*If you'd like to preview the next version of HydroDesktop, download the latest experimental version here.