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y. � . . _, <br />` Conc�os Watct Conscrvsncv Discncc Scope of W�rk - August 3G, 1`Ml Page 2 <br />Mocld faauliarirition Tufc . <br />The modd famdiarization usk ..�II pmvidc cimc �o scudy csiscinq modcis o( thc Conejos and Rio <br />Grandc inciudinq ihc paac cRorts oC Air. Isrry I IowaW. Mc I lowird's mcxlcl of thc Concjos is a <br />collccuon of dau sprcadchccu and Incus 123 "macros' (proFrams) capablc of simulaiing the oprration <br />of Platorn Rcscrvoir (rom 1974 to I9H5. This tuk w�ll bc bricf but ncccssary so that we can undcnund <br />this si��ficanc, raluable pisc modelinq ctiort. Thcrc may also bc oihcr prcvious s[udics worthy of <br />rrncw in chis [atk. <br />Modcl 5ped&ation Tuk <br />'li�c modcl specificacion cuk will allow us to undcrsnnd thc mndclin� rcquircmcnu, both <br />planning and acwuncing, of the Concjos Watcr Conxrvancy Discnc[, �hc Division Iingincer, the State <br />lin�ncer and any ocher par2�cs the Dis[na wishes co include In �hc speaficacion proccs:. Nthoup,h we <br />havc a buic undcrs[andinq o[ the needs of the DisMCt, the modclinR rcquacmrnts of all the intcres[cd <br />cnuties must bc tully underscc�wl bcfore any ochcr modclinR work can procccd. Wc will mce[ with <br />rcpresen�a[ives of the Dis[nc[. ibe Divis�on [npncer, [hc S�sic Enc�nccr and his sult, and oihcr <br />appropnace partics to formalize the modclinR objcctives. <br />Modeling objectives �o be addrexsed in this «ck mll include cns[, ilembdiev, ease of use, <br />poicnual model operators. desircd fcamres. modclinu umc sicp. plannmq and IorccasunR neccts. da�lv <br />accounnnR needs and any o[her concems o( ihe inttteseetl enuucs. n Uexumrni .v�tl br pmduced �o <br />descr�be the desired ob�ecnves. 'Ihis documrn[ mll serve ss a souware spcalicauon lor later ph�ses oi <br />this pro�ect. in adduion, the document wdl also desrnbe a procedure �or modcl apphcauon so ehu ine <br />inccracnons between ihe Discciq che Division L'n�nccr, thc 5uie En{�necr and I iydrosphere wall be <br />fiAlv underscood before [he modcls are buil� - <br />'fhis tazk will considcr che�in[craceion needs (or thc accounun� and ihc planninG modcls so iha[ <br />they can be integraced [o ihe encnc possible. At ihe end of ihis cask wr wJl pmnde thc llistnc[ w�eh a <br />su�Gesced modeling approaeh, and a scope of work and budget (or [hc ncxc phase. <br />Bzsed on our preliminary unders[anding of ihc Districc's necds, wc bclicvc ihat 1 fydrosphcre's <br />propricury network modciing sysum, C(L1M, would be wcll suucd for thc planninF modcl of ihc <br />Conc�os Nivct Dasin and PlatoTO Rcscrvoir. CRAM is a nctwork modclinK .rys�cm whicb is Ilcxiblc, fu[, <br />and casy w usa I(ydrosphcre hu used the CRAM modcling rystcm to moJcl numcrous rivcr buins <br />including ihe Blue, Gunnison, Salt, and Colorado rivers over the puc fivc years. CRAM runs on an !IIM <br />personal compuccr under MS-DOS. <br />Dclivmbles <br />As descnbed above the deliverable (rom this phaze will br a specificaiion describinR how ehe <br />planning and accountinq models will work and how [hey will be applicd by thc respeccivc panics. 'Ihis <br />documcnt will be a blueprin[ for Phise II and Phue 1[I. <br />PFnse Ii Scope <br />Phue II will be concemed with the aceual building o( the planninF modd. 9Ticre will be iwo <br />main phucs co chis �sk: (1) a Jau �chenng [ack, and (2) a modG budding cask. 'Ihcsc tasics art <br />dfscussed in detail below. <br />Data GathcTir� Tisk <br />'Ihis task wiil be coacemed with acquiring the daca necessary to suppem a buin modet. <br />FlisronCal clivcrsion rccords, imga[cd acrcaqcs, divcrsion loca[ions, rcwm flow pa[tcros, and hisconcal <br />