River Hydraulics & Sediment Transport

The River Hydraulics & Sediment Transport (RHST) analysis tool extracts and analyzes a stream cross-section’s hydraulic properties and sediment transport conditions. Using a 10-meter DEM, RHST extracts a valley-scale cross-section which can be downloaded and used in further analyses and/or enhanced with user-supplied channel-scale survey data.

The extracted cross-section’s hydraulic properties can be summarized for a single flow event or combined with data from a stream monitoring site.  When combined with a stream discharge record RHST creates rating curves for depth, area, hydraulic radius, and sediment transport.