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1. eee 9 Fig re 21 RVR GUI File DICH ome REIP DE ID EUR nr arr a Or NERA ENA EREA AEAT EEA ENERE MM EM 9 Figure 22 After clicking the Export Configuration option the user should specify the location to save the exported text file In this case the given name is Mackinaw Config1 txt eene 10 Figure 23 Configuration File in txt format It can be opened with the Notepad sss 10 August 29 2011 iv Figure 24 Exported River and Valley centerlines in txt format eee nennen nentententntnn tentent 10 Figure 29 RVR G ULR nb MEDU 5a Saito E cad hate ho oar tel nt cease Litres AEEA oe aaro li 11 Figure 26 Log File Watcher before the run left during a run center and after the run finishes right 11 Eipre 27 Los Pileqnstxt JOH dap mentum LDE ML M D M MI IM IM MM ME 11 Ligure 29 AR VRSGUDEHSID VIEW oin aimi ntm err Gui Misano Copt uio erc epu LINE 11 Figure 29 RVR GUI About RVR Meander m no cipere tenetis tnb tente tinte p ipsa ct cene alae eo ER Ree nananana ea EE 12 Figure SO RVR GUVSepa Feedback T0 aient onim ii i temen a teed e d i iu iem rd DE e E 12 Figure 31 Import a 1D Output file of Migrated Centerline eese eerte tnter tente tn ten tentn anis 12 Figure o2 IDOA us CP Orna a a n ean ttr rasoir ns bt es dca N E A 12 Figure 33 1D Output No file found message esses nee tente rte ttn tente tn tento to tento to totos t
2. Durston ars Rerabon Interval Time Step Spes v Ces 9 Browse to folder to be used for output Threshold for Cutoff Number of Half Widths Wo on l Centerline Migration Velocty Velocity Perturbations Velocity Magnitude and Vectors and Shear Sess I Dienensionters Velocity Perturbations and Dimensionless Curvature Water Stage Depth and Bed Elevation V Water Stage Depth and Bed Elevaton Perturbations l Dimensiordess Water Stage Depth and Bed Elev Figure 18 RVR GUI Migration tab Figure 19 RVR GUI Smoothing tab Figure 20 RVR GUI Output tab 3 4 4 9 THE FILE MENU The File Menu has three main options that let the user either Export Import or Close the RVR GUI see Figure 21 The Export option displays a sub menu that provides the possibility of exporting to text file either the shapefiles River and Valley Centerlines or the Configuration parameters in all the tabs In the case that a user wants to run several times but needs to change only few parameters from one run to another it s a good idea to export the configuration and import it back again for the next runs All fields in the eight tabs will be populated with the appropriate values el Export Configuration to txt Import Configuration River shp to txt Close Valley shp to txt Figure 21 RVR GUI File Menu All export options display a Save File Dialog asking where the text file should be saved Figure 22
3. ka O Maurum D redeem valer ao cra Quero k Or A m io es yp Ar Or er oe Piet E ae Figure 36 1D output Migrated Centerlines shapefile added into ArcMap 3 4 6 2D OUTPUT The 2D Output command see Figure 37 displays a window see Figure 38 that will let the user specify in which folder are the 2D output files saved If the folder specified does not contain output information a message will appear warning the user see Figure 39 If the folder contains appropriate output files then the window will expand see Figure 40 and let the user indicate which parameters will be outputted in ArcMap and for what iteration number of years see Figure 41 If some of the parameters are not available because they weren t saved during the run their respective checkboxes will appear disabled Ix LL Text to Shapefile 4 RYR Meander Beta 1D 1D Output 2D 2D Output Ay Curvature Mapper Import 2D output parameters Figure 37 Opens user form to import 2D Output parameters RVR Meander Beta RVR Meander Output 2D RVR Meander Beta 2D Output No 2D Output files are saved in the selected Folder Pick the folder where the 2D Output files are saved Figure 38 2D Output user form Figure 39 2D Output No file found message August 29 2011 13 2D RVR Meander Beta 2D Output Pick the folder where the 2D Output files are saved E USERS RVR_Meander_Tutonial_1 Tutoial_1_Data Oulput_Run
4. Load last map on startup Options Look in E RVR Mesnder emet T AMS Profile di RVR Meander feta di My Hund IRA cmd RVR Meander lieta Main cmd 2D Output Peta L Geometric Network Editing Georeferencing cmd Import From txt to shp eres tbar RVR Meander feta rA al Analyst Added Objects cmd_1D_Output_Beta L Map Service Publishing Network Analyst Parcel Construction Publisher TO nenne PVA_Moondertetaio x EE nespee Deeubeeroubom gt Figure 5 Browse to installation folder and select the file with the tlb extension left Added Objects dialog will be shown on screen center and the RVR Meander Toolbar will be visible on the Customize window right August 29 2011 4 R R Meander Beta x Text to Shapefile RYR Meander Beta 1D 1D Output 2D 2D Output Ay Curvature Mapper R R Meander fieta x Figure 6 RVR Meander Toolbar with Image and Text top and with Image Only bottom 3 4 3 FROM TEXT FILE TXT TO SHAPEFILE SHP The first command button in the toolbar creates a shapefile from a text file see Figure 7 It first displays an Open File Dialog that lets the user browse for the required text file see Figure 8 Then it displays a Save File Dialog in which the user selects the folder to save the new shapefile see Figure 9 RVR Meander Beta 3r Text to Shapefile gt RYR Meander Beta Create a shapefile From a txt File Fig
5. RVR Meander fieta x i Text to Shapefile H RVR Meander Beta 1D 1D Output 2D 2D Output Aw Curvature Mapper Run Curvature Mapper Tool Figure 58 Curvature Mapper Tool August 29 2011 19 0 025 0 020 0 015 0 010 0 005 0 000 E E 2 a w E 3 o 0 005 0 010 0 015 0 020 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 Stream wise distance m Figure 59 Curvature mapper plot for the original river reach The user can enable the mapping to screen feature by clicking on the corresponding checkbox The mapping to screen functionality lets the user get a better idea of the parts of the river reach that have specific curvature values While active the feature displays a black circle over the selected river reach and it moves as the user moves the mouse on the Curvature Mapper plot Figure 60 shows the case for the highest curvature value on the selected river reach X Y coordinates are displayed on the plot and the black dot on screen shows where that specific point is located The curvature mapper tool is meant to aid the user in both the process of river reach digitalization and in the analyses of migrated centerlines Curvature forthe selected rver reach ote weeny Q4 4 GIEK K peire x pj Desin Sante Saten omge k O7 A e vs enr Ay Oe sree Piet Lee WS Tes iren payee Sos gt Roetste ae TIL 4T 887 474 Ur reen Unt Figure 60 Curvature Mapper with mapping to screen future enabled 3 5 EXAMP
6. E Select year to output O y od Check toincude Check to include Select year to output Dimensionless Values Perturbation Values M Water Surface Elevation a Water Depth Bed Elevation Streamwise Velocity Transversal Velocity Select parameters to output Additional parameters to output T 8 000000 Curvature Streamwise Shear Stress Theta Transversal Shear Stress Velocity in X Shear Stress Magnitude Velocity in Friction Coefficient Velocity Magnitude SelectAll Finish Cancel Figure 40 2D Output user form expanded Figure 41 Select iteration number of years to output When the user clicks the Finish button two or three shapefiles are created While they are being created a message will be displayed in ArcMap s status bar bottom of the screen letting the user know that output is being processed see Figure 42 If the Floodplain checkbox was not checked only two shapefiles will be created The first one is the 2D Output shapefile see Figure 43 which will have all the parameters that the user checked in the Attribute Table see Figure 44 and the second one is a boundary polygon for the corresponding iteration see Figure 45 This boundary polygon is necessary to create a TIN or Raster to visualize different parameters in ArcMap Figure 46 shows a close up view of the 2D output shapefiles Display properties were changed for both layers The boundary is just a polygon and
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8. added into ArcMap The 2D Output command opens a window in which the user first needs to specify the folder where the output files are saved Afterwards the user can select which variables will be added into the attribute table of the shapefile created and the user also needs to indicate for which iteration number of years the output will be created A shapefile made of points is automatically added once the user clicks the Finish button on the 2D output window Two shapefiles are added to the map one is a boundary polygon and the other is the point shapefile with all the output values They re both needed to create a TIN or Raster of any of the output parameters The Curvature Mapper tool lets the user select a polyline feature on the active map and computes the curvature values at every vertex When the user clicks the tool command the mouse changes to a crosshair with which the user can select a river reach After doing so a new plot appears on screen which displays the August 29 2011 3 curvature of the river reach as a function of stream wise distance A checkbox on the bottom provides an additional capability to observe which specific points on the reach have a given curvature value 3 4 DETAILED DESCRIPTION 3 4 1 INTRODUCTION This section is meant to provide a detailed explanation of the components and use of the RVR GUI It begins by showing how to add the RVR Meander toolbar into ArcMap and it then shows step by step how to
9. i Figure 27 Log File in txt format 3 4 4 11 THE HELP MENU The Help Menu has three options see Figure 27 It provides access to the User s Manual it allows displaying a window with information About RVR see Figure 28 and it also displays a message box on screen with the e mails to which users might send feedback see Figure 29 Help About RVR Meander Send Feedback Figure 28 RVR GUI Help Menu August 29 2011 11 About RVR Meander RVR Meander VersionBeta May 1 2011 by D Motta J Abad E Langendoen M H Garcia RVR Meander Send feedback to Graphical User Interface by R Fem ndez N Oberg D Motta Ven Te Chow Hydrosystems Laboratory gt Universly of llincis at Urbana Chamapign as United States Department of Agriculture fernan25 illinois edu dmotta2 illinois edu USDA This program is in the public domain and is freely distributable The authors and above organizations assume no responsibility or liability for the use or applicability of this program nor are they obligated to provide technical support Copyright 2011 OK Figure 29 RVR GUI About RVR Meander Figure 30 RVR GUI Send Feedback To 3 4 5 1D OUTPUT The 1D Output command see Figure 31 displays a window that will let the user specify in what folder is the file with the output information saved see Figure 32 If the folder specified does not contain a 1D output file a message will be displayed warning
10. plot for the original river reach seen nennen tente te ntn tnn tentnnens 20 Curvature Mapper with mapping to screen future enabled esent 20 Example of post processed output using RVR GUI and ArcMap sees nennen tente tentent 21 2011 vi 1 OVERVIEW The RVR Meander platform merges the functionalities of the first version of RVR Meander Abad and Garcia 2006 and CONCEPTS Langendoen and Simon 2008 It is written in C language and is composed by different libraries for preprocessing hydrodynamics bank erosion migration filtering plotting and I O It runs as stand alone application on Windows and Linux operating systems and needs 4 input text files specifying general parameters for simulation channel centerline valley centerline and initial bank properties geometry and erodibility Several output files are produced which describe the migrated centerlines the two dimensional 2D hydrodynamics or bed morphodynamics field and the evolution of bank geometry All these files can be visualized in Tecplot or imported in Excel RVR Meander also has an ArcGIS ArcMap interface written in C language Its toolbar can be added to ArcMap and provides same capabilities as the stand alone version In particular the tab Layer Definition defines channel and valley centerlines now input as shapefile polylines therefore they can be created and edited inside the GIS en
11. the 2D output is made up of points Each point is located on a given cross section and contains the value for the different parameters at that specific location in space Finally if the Floodplain option was checked a shapefile of points see Figure 47 with the floodplain s properties in the Attribute Table see Figure 48 will be created and added into the map RVR Meander 2D Output being processed Please wait a few seconds Figure 42 2D Output Status bar messages while processing D GR p possi Peet pban Do Wide pb SHAK LE aE ESL AR ARR REIN abd AERA Sib od en c s Dusty Smaa Cinch pero A O A gt e Jezu A Qaem Lm M Tes om aptat S Re St ee Figure 43 2D Output shapefile added into ArcMap August 29 2011 14 August 29 2011 E rates UL LN zs E rJ anregen dm feve o 4t iode ann shone Aem dna sa m ee mens a E T am ox o rusa cee A EA NL dh dien ADS HE Ll EE AO END atte aiat II NULLIS a wi ctt caca ELT gi L aM sem nomen an3 Steet Tameme Amex ae 5 X ES snm D 2 osa vens e T rrr CTER CET RE TE a TESH Diono 019042 1000408 DES eum acm 20 mee Ema n an dex anette aas Aeir O acon Safe acer 4 semen aei Ce Gemo OIO OMe Aman Otto AM MEDM Se DRAN OTT GOSI AO A emma CORNEA Corie DIM OW OA oir abimi oa COTM Snede Onos aieia eaii LI MAMTLUMECMTUMEL OE U
12. the user see Figure 33 If the folder contains the appropriate file then the window will expand and the user will be able to click the Finish button two create the shapefile Depending on the number of iterations used during the run it might take some seconds before the shapefile is added and displayed into the map While the 1D Output is being processed a message will be displayed on ArcMap s status bar at the bottom of the screen see Figure 35 When the process ends a Migrated Centerlines shapefile will be added to the map see Figure 36 R R Meander fieta x iL Text to Shapefile RVR Meander Beta 1D 1D Output 2D 2D Output Ay Curvature Mapper Import a 1D output file with migrated river centerlines Figure 31 Import a 1D Output file of Migrated Centerlines 1D RVR Meander feta 1D Output PAT os esi ON gh Pick the folder where the 1D Output files are No 1D Output files are saved in the selected folder L Figure 32 1D Output user form 1D RVR Meander Beta 1D Output Pick the folder where the 1D Output files are saved ENUSERSNRVR Meander Tutorial 1ATutoria 1 DataNOutput Run Finish Cancel Figure 34 1D Output expanded user form August 29 2011 12 RVR Meander 1D Output being processed Please wait a few seconds Figure 35 1D Output Status bar messages while processing D 0k de boasi aet Selection Took Wir fee Dcus a Jf eenew QQEE OOO FPO ROMAS SS a
13. use its menus and user forms The description uses images taken from test cases developed for the Mackinaw River in Illinois USA The test cases are included in another document called RVR Meander Tutorials All the screenshots presented were produced with ArcGIS 9 3 1 Full support for version 10 0 is still not available 3 4 2 LOADING THE RVR MEANDER TOOLBAR INTO ARCMAP Open ArcMap and select A new empty map Then open the Customize window Tools menu and in the Toolbars tab browse for the RVR Meander toolbar If the toolbar is not displayed click on the Add from file button and browse for the installation folder Select the file with the tlb extension and click Open A new dialog indicating the Added Objects will appear on screen Click OK and in the Customize window check the box to include the toolbar After clicking the Close button the toolbar will be displayed on the ArcMap interface see Figure 6 ArcMap File Edit View Bookmarks Insert Selection Tools Window Help Start using ArcMap with g Editor Toolbar m Reports b jJ C A template Geocoding b Templates provide ready to use layouts and base maps for st various geographic regions kv Add XY Data abso 35 Add Route Events C An existing map ArcCat e amp alog Browse for maps 8 My Places Computing Composite Curve Number Macros E Contest Menus f Daa Frame Tools Immediately add data Ext ron Do not show this dialog again Styles gt
14. AB The eight tab is the last one and its main purpose is for the user to indicate which parameters used inside the computation will be saved into as output files In the case of the Migration Coefficient approach see 3 4 4 5 the last three output files will not be available see Figure 20 August 29 2011 7 u Figure 12 RVR GUI Layer Definition tab Figure 13 RVR GUI Channel Properties Figure 14 RVR GUI Preprocessing tab tab Figure 15 RVR GUI Hydrodynamics tab Figure 16 RVR GUI Bank Erosion tab Migration coefficient approach Figure 17 RVR GUI Bank Erosion tab Physically based approach Main Options left and Advanced Options right August 29 2011 8 Fle Fun Melb Fle Run eb Fe Run p 1 Layer Definition 2 Channel Properties 3 Preprocessing 4 Hydrodynamics 1 Layer Definition 2 Channel Propertes 3 Preprocessing 4 Hydrodynamics 5 Bank Erosion 6 Migration 7 Smoothing 8 Output 1 Layer Definition 2 Channel Propertes 3 Preprocessing 4 Hydrodynamics 5 Bank Erosion 6 Migration 7 Smoothing a Output 5 Bank Erosion 6 Migration 7 Smoothing 8 Output p Type of Smoothing Mesh Generation Method Non biteching Method Migrate Upstream Node Migrate Downstream Node r No Solnes No Filter on Centerine Number of Transverse Nodes Upstream Curvature for 2D and 3D Plots Fitter on Centerline Method Number of Iterations i Phot Iter abon Frequency
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16. LE OF POST PROCESSED OUTPUT USING ARCMAP S CAPABILITIES The RVR GUI in ArcMap allows using all the built in functionalities which is an added future for the interface Quality output can be made with some post processing effort with ArcMap s tools An example is shown below see Figure 61 August 29 2011 20 RVR Meander User Interface Basic Input Floodplain Heterogeneity E ana M gs oF gt Lol ae Pos b z p ben N P a River Centerline Valley Centerline vise 1 A P p 4 p a Migrated Centerlines yrs After 5 years After 35 years Velocity Magnitude m s Water Depth m EE 11 9 16 6 ME 7 1 11 9 B 2 3 7 1 Shear Stress Magnitude Pa Figure 61 Example of post processed output using RVR GUI and ArcMap August 29 2011 21
17. N from features using the 2D Output produced with the RVR GUI Save TIN As Lookin E Processed 20 Opa 7 amp alala EE tise Figure 52 Select folder to Save the TIN August 29 2011 De Dk wem Dockmels post Selection oot Widow nee og us e o 128 ee 0 w amp 5 05069 5 5 xk0A45 a Q brary 2 le Desa Source Soweton pest i O A n 387 DAs 9 edm Lem FO er sm pepham Se c Bee Lee ae 242 299 Jer bree Units DSUS al LU Gg enw amp 060 6 u ROA 2 2 i a c EALRCTI D ni Daisy Sauce Selection Qum hk O A ts s s2zm5 A amp fy 2 Dida Lape HO em rm portun e c Roe SRS ae 777 bree Figure 54 TIN created and added into ArcMap In the case of the Floodplain shapefile the user can use either the Spatial Analyst the 3D Analyst or even the Geostatistical Analyst to create a raster to show the properties An example is shown here using the 3D Analyst toolbar see Figure 55 to create a floodplain Raster using the Inverse Distance Weighted IDW algorithm see Figure 56 The parameter used is the critical shear stress TauC The resulting raster is shown in Figure 57 Terre eee ee ee ee Create Modify TIN hleeoooooocooocooooon Interpolate to Raster gt Inverse Distance Weighted Surface Analysis gt Spline Reclassify Kriging Convert gt Natural Neighbors Options 3D Analyst Layer gt t
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19. USDA LA RVR MEANDER USER S MANUAL ArcGIS VERSION Roberto Fern ndez Davide Mott2 Jorge D Abad Eddy J Langendoen Nils Oberg Marcelo H Garcia August 29 2011 ABSTRACT This document illustrates how to use the RVR Meander Graphical User Interface developed for ArcMap It provides a description of the current functionalities of the software and shows the user the steps needed to run a simulation and view the output A standalone version of RVR Meander and its User s Manual are also available The present manual is a work in progress version of the final one RVR Meander fseta is in the public domain and is freely distributable The authors and above organizations assume no responsibility or liability for the use or applicability of this program nor are they obligated to provide technical support Author Affiliations 1 Graduate Research Assistant Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Urbana IL 61801 E mail fernan25 illinois edu 2 Graduate Research Assistant Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Urbana IL 61801 E mail dmotta2 illinois edu 3 Assistant Professor Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh PA 15260 E mail jabad pitt edu 4 Research Hydraulic Engineer US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service National Sedimentation La
20. au_35_years z B gt Figure 55 Create a Raster using the IDW method from the 3D Analyst toolbar August 29 2011 18 Inverse Distance Weighted Input points Floodplain shp v a Z value field rauc X Power 2 Search radius type variable Search Radius Settings Number of points 12 Maximum distance Use barrier polylines Mackinaw_River z Output cell size 6 Output raster lt Temporary gt a c Figure 56 IDW parameter definition window for the Floodplain raster D Qe pe paasi pert Seer loss queden pue Rent Ple C ous 32 amp 0 gt Q Qn3snO ee Po kR Onan D cone 5 P tm omnes ad oe fd OS Me ie owu ranae a O Maney O Dris e o M Ow af Finofplar to 15 21 10wu5 ennan Wis 0t ADOT ere Ele koaro aovertais HL soars Ne eno 9 26200 Bl 9 23500755 10 053818 BB io ceo i0 totins Bl io oti L1 vtto Bl 1 vito 12 20006 T oupi Ema E Lage Tes Ei J LI pales x D pee umi ur 3A e 29 Qe Figure 57 Floodplain Heterogeneity Raster using the Critical Shear Stress TauC 3 4 7 THE CURVATURE MAPPER TOOL The Curvature Mapper tool see Figure 58 changes the mouse icon to a cross hair with which the user can select a polyline feature say the original river reach or any of the 1D migrated centerlines and visualize the curvature as a function of stream wise distance see Figure 59
21. boratory Oxford MS 38655 E mail eddy langendoen Q ars usda gov 5 Resident Programmer Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Urbana IL 61801 E mail noberg illinois edu 6 Chester and Helen Siess Professor Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign 205 N Mathews Av Urbana IL 61801 E mail mhgarcia illinois edu August 29 2011 ii TABLE OF CONTENTS je 2 1 ee ee ee 1 L STANDALONE VER TON Reem nee nee ne ee ee ee eee ree 1 De PHEANN G TAr MPV ER TON deremmeanetineter tan errr datum edipi Ser ner eee Sree eee ree eee eee 2 3 1 Mro O A 2 9 2 From standalone to Graphical User Interface GUI in ArcMap esee 2 3i The RVR Meander Toolbar An Overview eeeeeeeeeenen nene te nnne nnne tnnt ente ttn teen te tente toten tn tenens 2 3 4 Detailed DOSerrpilbaeus cete fetten tutus a Gnd MES niin du MM ice 4 of FEMME lige 6 Dre Dio oct 4 3 4 2 Loading the RVR Meander toolbar into ArcMap eese nennen tette tentato tento tento tents 4 2543 Brom itext file Ext to shapefile Sp asccuesiascmsarittksb ace brs sta tcv rh Enc ka tV ananin 5 SAA the RVR Meander User VAS ir ACC D m 6 5725 ES E LC DS On 2 Drea A ee creer 7 SAA Channel PEODSEHOS Tb seated insectos EErEE ETENEE aAA NENEN ENEE EEEE KEETA EIERE 7 Do PPO 8 Sag a D nE R 7 SkA JEgHrod ndtdcs T a asee i eee ee ree orca e
22. e eee E 7 A Pank Eros oN TaD aa nr rer ree ree eee eee 7 SP M EE UD occi TaD aneian eee 7 DUET SIBODEIUNDS ce a MEE EM ME MEINE CMM 7 Sr ms EE C Pa o re 7 SE e E Ui E E 9 TATO TAC RUN MC a E om m 10 EL TER D N a E EE E E E E EA 11 Ac EDO in a EE E E EE A E 12 S E L E A E E A NA 13 SA ToeCurvanre Mipper L00 eaan E EE 19 9 9 Example of Post Processed Output Using ArcMap s Capabilities sss 20 August 29 2011 iii LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1 5tand dlone versus GUI mode diag rati soniais ra ut ea uS as dna D ER EEUU RE UESU EDS EUR MI E SEA 2 EI SAM TNE RVR Meander Euro lec TT 2 Figure 3 The RVR Meander Toolbar 10 a Dutsbelb succes aequi bus tse cutepovi pus a aaa 3 Figure 4 Open an empty map in ArcMap and add the RVR Meander toolbar using the Customize window 4 Figure 5 Browse to installation folder and select the file with the tlb extension left Added Objects dialog will be shown on screen center and the RVR Meander Toolbar will be visible on the Customize window E A e A 4 Figure 6 RVR Meander Toolbar with Image and Text top and with Image Only bottom 5 Figure 7 Create shapefil
23. e from a text file eee eese nennen rnnt tn tette nte tentato to testen to tanto to tentes to toss sso ssoiaad 5 Figure 8 Select either the river or the valley centerline to input Currently only one file at a time is supported M Q 5 Figure 9 Browse to the folder where the shapefile will be created give it a name and select Save 6 Figure 10 River and valley centerlines displayed in ArcMap s esseeesennnne nnne tetas 6 Figure 11 Open RVR GUI by clicking on the RVR Meander command button sees 6 Figure PM OOIBEwSgii2udiigiuczicE 8 Figure 13 RVR GUI Channel art TEI SUA c nn nnan 8 Fip re 1d RURSGULEDSDEOGOSSIPIE 22 eee ne ne 8 Fig re 19 RVR GULHydrodynannics tA sce viu ert eiki Eana aa Reg eer ds cease tne ak e kg tee ev YE scanned 8 Figure 16 RVR GUI Bank Erosion tab Migration coefficient approach eese nennen tnttntentnntnnns 8 Figure 17 RVR GUI Bank Erosion tab Physically based approach Main Options left and Advanced Options dsl MR 8 Big ie 1 Mod GUT Migra on Io 9 Figure 19 RVR GUIL SMOOT E TAD mene een tne at ke te ee ee eee 9 Fip re 20 RVR CUL OUPO A 0 M T
24. em ove o ornes patirs Qin owes o Orel amna pns omni o aipe onto giam omen o Uv Sater oeeie Shni 5 Darme aic coin owm o amen sana oane smm Comen ryen GTI Sp o EDS Sherer ere aw 6 iB dd denne ww o0 009 anen shn tm snm 6 6 i gapa See Coe m o d AXI Kon bwa o Ce ee 1204 m o MW ammo Season uw 934424 o E omm o tm eti b o tie Sane rino ose ji T Nr ome esa 5 NI ere 4 bisis NL LI JE EE orem T T LL os MATEXEM er 6 od rl omon i owo e pario LE dili 33 T 67365 oram ome Meng obrem i EL iol T as 21x ane EL ied onis irae osm bmn n ene Core Acad we dard we Am Tm a oy em se wifes 6 wl wimi c mes w y ve tot tmu Tm c j art m moet we gt s gent 304 pr Tages n c err xr Ye er nim INO OID omm t 1 Figure 46 2D Output Close up to see the detail of the created shapefiles f DM qe peces put a loh gendo melp Pace Fen 0C Dazu a el af amp 0 gt y amp 709 9 2D2 OA ge taa gt fe ewe qw 1 Ww Sue MO Sem sooo Cas f TR mom Ow Figure 48 Attribute Table for the Floodplain Heterogeneity shapefile In order to create a TIN for any given parameter the user must use the 3D Analyst extension of ArcMap If not yet activated the user must do so by going to the Tools Menu and then Extensions see Figure 49 Once it s activated the user can add the t
25. ich displays on screen preliminary results from the computations of the model When the model finishes the run the Log File Watcher will notify the user which can then choose whether to Save the log file or just Close and delete it Temporary files are created during the run and deleted immediately after it finishes If the user wants detailed information of the computations it s important to save the log file If the user decides to save a Save August 29 2011 10 File Dialog will appear prompting the user to browse to the folder where that log file in txt format should be saved An example of this file is shown in Figure 27 Run Figure 25 RVR GUI Run Menu Nune of rodei m Pe seam Grecton 750 Ma ds imde HUEN SA 0 POE uder of nodes qs the inmemor Grecian 350 Fate on Cur shure L 0000808 Mam di imj 11 204404 daS 0671299 herahen 4 D ch 1 313961 U e 0325286 oed nodm n fe rimam decion fu 9095443 C ch ch 0 007680 Beta ch 14 460091 a 111 t vw E d ch esent FO 0 IOPI S6 OO Q 008247 Beta 17 062304 ORS Techhar x ehe doar ca a Bu 15442504 Sphres Nc Fiter on Certesiree po 113565 U0 Mas de fe 15 037504 4 8 0 791452 fee TOT frae Deis 17 BIR w OSHS ht nthe iiemence decion FD 40 of 195 ft 8 000000 of 37 000000 yeast Maw ds mde 12 010005 5 8 0630148 Mate of nodes n Pe steam Geton 7D der on Curvanee X SLOPE G000637 me 10 c 1230068 U ch 0387757 0
26. igure 47 Floodplain Heterogeneity shapefile added into ArcMap eene 16 Figure 48 Attribute Table for the Floodplain Heterogeneity shapefile eee 16 Figure 49 Enabling the 3D Analyst extension for ArcMap eese tenente tntentn tnnt tetto testet te stern sentono tenis 17 Figure 50 Accessing the Create Tin from Features window with the 3D Analyst toolbar T August 29 2011 Figure 51 GU eens Figure 52 Figure 53 Figure 54 Figure 55 Figure 56 Figure 57 Figure 58 Figure 59 Figure 60 Figure 61 August 29 Required parameters to Create a TIN from features using the 2D Output produced with the RVR u ORY 17 Select folder to Save tie TIN sud ote ebat etl ete eh tt uet rre 17 2D Output TIN created without specifying the boundary polygon sss 18 TIN created and added into AECMADiss dioe diee ere eat t hie v epe e trae ddp ete des 18 Create a Raster using the IDW method from the 3D Analyst toolbar sss 18 IDW parameter definition window for the Floodplain raster seen 19 Floodplain Heterogeneity Raster using the Critical Shear Stress TaucC esses 19 Curvature Mapper 001 cse mu uides EE A D MM M M E 19 Curvature mapper
27. licks Save for either the river or the valley the shapefile will be created and added into the current map Figure 10 shows both the River and Valley shapefiles inside ArcMap g 4 gt v gt Pure bane tnm O A X fans Si ses ue Ae ue te Se ae e uo SINUM vt Figure 10 River and valley centerlines displayed in ArcMap 3 4 4 THE RVR MEANDER USER INTERFACE The main user interface can be accessed by clicking on the second button on the toolbar see Figure 11 It loads the RVR GUI which is made up of eight tabs in which the user can input the different parameters for the analysis E3 RVR Meander Beta it Text to Shapefile RVR Meander Beta 1D 1D Output 2D 2D Output Ay Curvature Mapper Open RVR Meander Beta User Interface Figure 11 Open RVR GUI by clicking on the RVR Meander command button August 29 2011 3 4 4 1 LAYER DEFINITION TAB The first tab see Figure 12 is used to select which layers from the current map correspond to the river and valley centerlines The map can be either in SI or English Units and if the user doesn t select the use valley centerline checkbox the code will assume a straight line from the first to the last point of the river centerline This is the case for the example shown but the valley centerline is not required to be a straight line 3 4 4 2 CHANNEL PROPERTIES TAB The second tab is used to input the channel properties The user can inp
28. ndalone mode that can be run on Linux or Windows based systems whereas the second mode is a Graphical User Interface GUI built inside ArcGIS The idea in both cases is the same the Engine code requires input information which comes from text files but in the case of the GUI three of those files can be created inside ArcMap Stand alone mode GIS GUI mode Ese B User Farm properties text LE A is Arc Excel GIS Figure 1 Stand alone versus GUI mode diagram Both codes are developed separately which allows including new functionalities in the interface until they have been fully tested in the standalone version They both interact with the same engine code which then produces output files The output files for the standalone version are designed to be opened using Tecplot and Excel In the case of the GUI the files can be directly viewed inside ArcMap with the exception that the current version does not support Bank geometry output and therefore Excel needs to be used to view this file 3 3 THE RVR MEANDER TOOLBAR AN OVERVIEW The RVR Meander toolbar contains four command buttons and a tool button that provide different functionalities see Figure 2 RVR Meander Beta x ae i Text to Shapefile RVR Meander Beta 1D 1D Output 2D 2D Output An Curvature Mapper Figure 2 The RVR Meander Toolbar August 29 2011 2 The Text to Shapefile command reads a text file and creates a
29. o toten to toten tos so sinis 12 Figure 34 UD Output expanded User TOETBonui ioannes ies QE E aE a ED TIE 12 Figure 35 1D Output Status bar messages while processing sesenta 13 Figure 36 1D output Migrated Centerlines shapefile added into ArcMap eee 13 Figure 37 Opens user form to import 2D Output parameters eeeeseeeeeeee nennen tentent tn tentes te tnter tn tento ntn tinis 13 Ligure 39 2D OUtpUE user O M a aor ostrea d oc nob dme ibat ina nectar ad rene loe sere 13 Figure 39 2D Output No file found Message ae diua cm sacetes cicius aa aa aN aada a 13 Ligure 40 2D Outputuser form Cx ame Cle ue otc brote A ENESENN SaDa aS rotate recinto i re ados 14 Figure 41 Select iteration number of years to output eee eeeeee nente tenter tete tento te tentent toten tonto ten tonto tsnis 14 Figure 42 2D Output Status bar messages while processing sesenta 14 Figure 43 2D Output shapefile added into ArcMap eese nente ntn tente tetto tentent tente ttn tente nnn 14 Figure 44 Attribute Table for the 2D Output including all selected parameters sess 15 Figure 45 2D Output Boundary Polygon added into ArcMap sesenta nennen tentent tentent 15 Figure 46 2D Output Close up to see the detail of the created shapefiles eee 15 F
30. oolbar in the same way that the RVR Meander Toolbar was added To create a TIN for any specific parameter the user should follow these steps Click on the 3D Analyst command and select Create Modify TIN and then Create TIN From Features see Figure 50 A new window appears in which the user should select both the 2D Output shapefile and the boundary polygon The example shown will create a TIN for the parameter TAU see Figure 51 using the 5 years iteration and the corresponding boundary polygon Note that for the 2D Output file the Height source for the TIN is the desired parameter shear stress magnitude in this case and in the case of the boundary polygon the option None should be selected as well as the Soft Clip option User should also specify the folder to save the TIN see Figure 52 Failure to use the boundary polygon in the creation of TINs will still create a TIN but it won t follow the river s migrated centerline see Figure 53 Once the user click s OK the TIN will be created and displayed in ArcMap see Figure 54 August 29 2011 16 Extensions A ArcEditor Extension CH License not available Arclnfo Extension C ArcScan Arc View Extension CH License not available Data Interoperability Geostatistical Analyst Maplex Network Analyst Publisher Schematics Spatial Analyst Survey Analyst Survey Editor Cadastral Editor Convert POP Re MDUOTIS Figure 51 Required parameters to Create a TI
31. shapefile with it and adds it into ArcMap see Figure 3 The shapefile is actually composed of five different files which are only noticeable from Windows Explorer If the user opens ArcCatalog only the shapefile itself will show up It s important to note that the text file must follow a specified format see Walkthrough Demonstration Section for more information and only polylines are created with this command It is meant to create river and valley centerlines from x y coordinates RVR Meander Beta x T Text to Shapefile RYR Meander Beta 1D 1D Output 2D 2D Output An Curvature Mapper Core tere Pus Ph cakes ted neer rtt 4 Mackinaw _River dbf BE Imachinaw_River sho jia Mackinaw Riv I Mackinaw _Riv Mackinaw_River shp Mackinaw River shy 1 Layer Definition F Layers 2 Channel Properties h ndi lt 4 Hydrodynamics liz pom EET 5 Bank Erosion _ 6 Migration Qu L 7 Smoothing 8 Output en Tae Figure 3 The RVR Meander Toolbar in a nutshell The RVR Meander command provides access to the RVR GUI which is a window with eight tabs in which the user can input the parameters for the analysis see Figure 3 The 1D Output command button opens the 1D output dialog in which the user can input the folder where the file to output is saved Clicking on the Finish button of the 1D Output form results in a shapefile of Migrated Centerlines which is automatically
32. shows this dialog for an Export Configuration case Figure 23 shows the configuration file in txt format This file can be imported back into the RVR GUI with the difference that what appears on screen is an Open File Dialog prompting the user to select the corresponding text file Figure 24 shows both an exported River centerline and a Valley centerline in txt format That s the same format required to create a shapefile from text file when using the RVR Toolbar August 29 2011 9 Th D jum jinen rus e Dade genes ph bmi Pine OR T B gt eoe JaA AOE Eea A ee E ee a E bni te i Jaf Biy enm bae Lm m ER ITE E L TI UI LED anh ine Figure 22 After clicking the Export Configuration option the user should specify the location to save the exported text file In this case the given name is Mackinaw Config1 txt atte the a ley center inestrue threshold reg tad 2 9 PREPROCESSTI met hodel inged n CURVATURE 0 nitore update w dth met hode4 eros ton dist ance trode um tion prop files ON BANK EVOLUTION PROPERTIES aulic eros onetrue au Iyd aul lc eros tenet Tone Figure 24 Exported River and Valley centerlines in txt format 3 4 4 10 THE RUN MENU The Run Menu is a simple one which only contains the option to Run Simulation see Figure 25 When the user clicks it a new window appears on screen This window is a Log File Watcher see Figure 26 wh
33. ure 7 Create shapefile from a text file 1D 1D Output 2D 2D Output Ap Curvature Mapper Select valley or river centerline file only one e Select valley or river centerline file only one Look in C3 Mackinaw z e mae Lookin O Mackinaw y ef amp rk ER other Files 5 Cj other Files 4 Mackinaw River txt i amp Mackinaw_River txt My Recent E Mackinaw Valley txt My Recent Sj Mackinaw_Malley txt Documents Documents mn Desktop fe My Documents My Computer My Network File name Mackinaw R iver tut Y My Network File name Mackinaw Valley txt s p Places Places Files of type Text files txt Cancel Files of type Text files txt Cancel a Figure 8 Select either the river or the valley centerline to input Currently only one file at a time is supported August 29 2011 5 Select a folder to save the export file Select a folder to save the export file Save in e Shapefiles t e E3 Save in G Shapefiles amp ex E3 2 A Mackinaw_River shp My Recent Documents My Recent Documents Desktop Desktop My Computer My Network File name Mackinaw Rive E gi and File name Mackinaw Valley aces Places Save as type Shape files shp X Cancel Save as type Shape files shp Figure 9 Browse to the folder where the shapefile will be created give it a name and select Save After the user c
34. ut all values in SI or English Units see Figure 13 3 4 4 3 PREPROCESSING TAB The third tab has three dropdown menus for preprocessing purposes see Figure 14 They deal with the ways in which curvature is computed at the different nodes of the river centerline 3 4 4 4 HYDRODYNAMICS TAB The fourth tab corresponds to the hydrodynamics parameters Currently only the Ikeda et al 1981 model is implemented for the hydrodynamic computations Three additional parameters are required see Figure 15 3 4 4 5 BANK EROSION TAB The fifth tab has two main options The traditional approach that used the migration coefficient see Figure 16 which is empirically based and a physically based approach that might be used for analyses of meander migration in engineering time scales Motta et al 2011 The second approach has two additional tabs that correspond to main and advanced options for the physically based bank erosion model see Figure 17 3 4 4 6 MIGRATION TAB The sixth tab is used for migration parameters Here s where the user indicates the length in years for the analysis and the frequency for the computations see Figure 18 3 4 4 7 SMOOTHING TAB The seventh tab contains two main dropdown menus that allow indicating the method to be used for smoothing purposes during the computations If centerline smoothing is selected the panel shown below for the Savitzki Golay method becomes active see Figure 19 3 4 4 8 OUTPUT T
35. vironment The other tabs Channel Properties Preprocessing Hydrodynamics Bank Erosion Migration Smoothing and Output specify other required parameters A menu allows importing input data into the user form to export input data to text file to add the initial bank properties as text file to run the simulation and to import the results in the GIS environment in terms of migrated centerlines shapefile or 2D representation of hydrodynamics or bed morphodynamics In terms of units the stand alone version works exclusively with SI International Units while the ArcGIS ArcMap interface can either work with SI or English Units STANDALONE VERSION A standalone version of RVR Meander and its User s Manual are also available August 29 2011 1 THE ARCGIS ARCMAP VERSION 3 1 INTRODUCTION RVR Meander for ArcGIS is basically a toolbar that lets the user access forms to input parameters run the software and visualize output inside ArcMap It has been developed for ArcGIS 9 3 1 and is currently being tested on ArcGIS 10 0 in order to support the newest version of ESRI s software The RVR Meander Graphical User Interface RVR GUI provides different functionalities that facilitate the use of the RVR capabilities available for the standalone version inside ArcMap 3 2 FROM STANDALONE TO GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE GUI IN ARCMAP RVR Meander can be used in two different modes see Figure 1 The first one is a sta

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