|LabCOIntro=In this lab, you will learn how to use the bmi_era5 package to download the instantaneous datasets at the USGS Gage and then create time series plots for stream flow and gage height.
|LabCOIntro=In this lab, you will learn how to use the bmi_nwis package to download the instantaneous datasets at the USGS Gage and then create time series plots for stream flow and gage height.
Classroom organization In this lab, you will learn how to use the bmi_nwis package to download the instantaneous datasets at the USGS Gage and then create time series plots for stream flow and gage height.
Learning objectives Skills
Learn to use an application programming interface (API) to access NWIS data
Learn to use Basic Model Interface to access NWIS data and metadata
Key concepts
CSDMS Data Component
Lab notes This lab can be run on the lab (for educators) and jupyter (for general use) instances of the OpenEarthscape JupyterHub: just click one of the links under the Run online using heading at the top of this page, then run the notebook in the "CSDMS" kernel.
Acknowledgements This work is supported by the National Science Foundation under Award No. 2026951, EarthCube Capabilities: Cloud-Based Accessible and Reproducible Modeling for Water and Sediment Research.
References
Tucker, G. E., Hutton, E. W. H., Piper, M. D., Campforts, B., Gan, T., Barnhart, K. R., Kettner, A. J., Overeem, I., Peckham, S. D., McCready, L., and Syvitski, J., 2022: CSDMS: a community platform for numerical modeling of Earth surface processes, Geosci. Model Dev., 15, 1413–1439, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-1413-2022.