Geog 337 Lab 2
Purpose: The Purpose of this lab was to gain a better understanding of the processes involved in delineating watersheds along with real world examples of watershed analysis. This included a case study where flooding risk was calculated in the suburbs surrounding the area of Copenhagen, Denmark. This lab also involved using model builder to structure workflows. Methods: The methods for this lab can be divided into two parts. 1. Delineating Watersheds The first half of this lab focused on delineating watersheds within the boundaries of Adirondack park in New York State. This was done using a shapefile of the park boundaries from the New York State GIS Clearing House and a Hydrology file from the Cornell University Geospatial Information Depository. First, the hydrology files were clipped to the boundaries of the park and a 20km buffer was added to create smoother edges. Next, the coordinate systems for the features were matched and a 30 second raster DEM of North Am...