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Peer Reviewed Publications

Nelson, James, Norman L. Jones, and A. Woodruff Miller, "Integrated hydrologic simulation with TINs," Advances in Hydroscience and Engineering, Volume 1, Sam S.Y. Wang, Ed., Proceedings of the First International Conference on Hydro-Science and Engineering, Washington, D.C., June 7-11, 1993, pp. 571-578.

Jones, Norman L., and E. J. Nelson, "Construction of TINs from borehole data," Advances in Site Characterization: Data Acquisition, Data Management, and Data Interpretation, ASCE Geotechnical Publication No. 37, 1993, pp. 13-26.

Nelson, E. James, Norman L. Jones, and A. Woodruff Miller, "An algorithm for precise drainage basin delineation," ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, March, 1994, pp. 298-312.

Nelson, E. James, and Norman L. Jones, "Reducing Elevation Roundoff Errors in Digital Elevation Models," Journal of Hydrology, July, 1995, vol 169, pp. 37-49.

Nelson, E.J., A.W. Miller, and N.L. Jones, "A TIN Based Watershed Delineation Technique for Both Rural and Urban Runoff," American Water Resources Annual Spring Symposium, April 23-26, 1995, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Nelson, E. James, Glenn E. Moglen, and Larry Arneson, "Building a GIS Database to Support Hydrologic Modeling at the Maryland State Highway Administration," Proceedings of the 78th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, January 10-14, 1999, published on CD ROM.

Nelson, E. James, Norman L. Jones, and Russell J. Berrett, "Adaptive Tessellation Method for Creating TINs from GIS Data," ASCE Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, Vol. 4, No. 1, January 1999.

Nawajish S. Noman, and E. James Nelson, "GIS Based Floodplain Management: Issues and Tools," Proceedings of the Floodplain Management Association, Technology and Modernization in Floodplain Management, March 24-26, 1999, San Diego, CA.

DeBarry, Paul A., R.G. Quimpo, J. Garbrecht, T.A. Evans, L. Garcia, L.E. Johnson, J. Jorgeson, V. Krysanova, G. Leavesley, D. R. Maidment, E. J. Nelson, F.L. Ogden, F. Olivera, T.A. Seybert, W.T. Sloan, D. Burrows, E.T. Engman, R. Binger, B.M. Evans, and F. Theurer, "GIS Modules and Distributed Models of the Watershed," ASCE Task Committee on GIS Modules and Distributed Models of the Watershed, Special Report, 120 pp., July 1999.

Nielsen, J. Lance, E. James Nelson, and A.Woodruff Miller, “Online Engineering:  Lessons Learned from the Implementation of a Web-Based Hydrologic Modeling Course,” Utah Academy Journal, 1999.

Nelson, E. James., A.Woodruff Miller, and Eric Dixon, "Mud Canyon Fire: A Hydrologic Evaluation of Rainfall Runoff from a Burned Watershed,," International Journal of Wildland Fire, Vol. 9, No. 1, 2000.

Jones, Norman L., E. James Nelson, and Colby T. Manwaring, "Managing Temporal Data in a Comprehensive Modeling Environment," Journal of HydroInformatics, accepted for publication in early 2000.

Jones, Norman L., E. James Nelson, and Colby T. Manwaring, "Managing Temporal Data in a Comprehensive Modeling Environment," Journal of HydroInformatics, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 105-112, 2000.

Nelson, E. James, “Hydrologic Analysis and Design with the Watershed Modeling System,” National Highway Institute training manual for course #135080, January 2001.

Noman, Nawajish S., E. James Nelson, and Alan K. Zundel, “A Review of Automated Flood Plain Delineation from Digital Terrain Models,” ASCE Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, Nov/Dec 2001, Vol. 127, No. 6, pp. 394-402.

Zundel, Alan K., E. James Nelson, and J. Ryan Christiansen, “Stamped Features: Automatic creation of Engineered Structures into Conceptual Models,  International Journal of Hydroinformatics, Vol. 4, No. 1, November 2001.

Green, Jonathan I., and E. James Nelson, “Calculation of Time of Concentration for Hydrologic Design and Analysis Using Geographic Information System Vector Objects,International Journal of Hydroinformatics, Vol. 1, No. 2, January 2002.

Noman, Nawajish S., and E. James Nelson,  ArcGIS Hydro Data Model – Chapter 5 River Channels,” ESRI Press, 2002, 31 pp.

Other Publications

Nelson E. J., N.L. Jones, and J.D. Jorgeson, "A Comprehensive Environment for Watershed Modeling and Hydrologic Analysis," American Society of Civil Engineers, International Conference on Water Resources Engineering, Aug. 14-18, 1995, San Antonio, Texas.

Jones Norman L., and E.J. Nelson, "Automated Delineation of Catchment Area Boundaries with TINs," American Society of Civil Engineers, Proceedings of the Hydraulic Engineering Sessions at Water Forum ‘92, Baltimore, Md., Aug. 2-6 1992.

American Water Resources Association (AWRA) Utah Chapter student paper contest 1st place winner 1992. "Extensions to TIN Based Algorithms for Automation of Drainage Basin Delineation." Presented paper at the Utah AWRA Chapter Meeting in Salt Lake City, May 1992.

Nelson, E.J., N.L. Jones, "Utilizing the Arc/Info Data Model to Build Conceptual Models for Hydrologic Simulations," ESRI User’s Conference, May 1996.

Nelson, E.J., N.L. Jones, and C.M. Smemoe, "From a Grid or Coverage to Hydrograph: Unlocking your GIS Data for Hydrologic Applications," ESRI User’s Conference, July 1997, Published on CD ROM.

Nelson, E. James, Christopher M. Smemoe, and Bing Zhao, "A GIS Approach to Watershed Modeling in Maricopa County, Arizona," American Society of Civil Engineers, Water Resources Planning and Management Conference, June 6-10, 1999, Tempe, AZ, Published on CD-ROM.

Nelson, E. James, Nawajish S. Noman, and William J. King, "A Practical Guide for Locating, Transforming, and Using GIS Data for Hydrologic Model Development," American Society of Civil Engineers, International Conference on Water Resources Engineering, Aug. 8-12, Seattle, WA, Published on CD-ROM.

Nawajish S. Noman, and E. James Nelson, "Managing River Cross-Sections in GIS (GeoRelational and Geodatabase Data Model Approaches)," GIS and Water Resources Consortium Meeting, Sept. 21-22, 1999, Redlands, CA.

Smemoe, Chris M., E. James Nelson, and Tom Cole, “A Conceptual Modeling Approach to CEQUAL-W2 Using the Watershed Modeling System,” Proceedings of the Hydroinformatics Conference, Iowa City, Iowa, July 2000.

Manwaring, Colby T., E. James Nelson, and Patrick N. Deliman, “HSPF Modeling with the Watershed Modeling System,” Proceedings of the Hydroinformatics Conference, Iowa City, Iowa, July 2000.

Bradley R. Hartman, and E. James Nelson, “A Central Method for GeoSpatial Data Acquisition (GSDA),” Proceedings of  the World Water & Environmental Resources Congress, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and the Environmental Water Resources Institute (EWRI), Orlando, Fl, May 20-24, 2001.

Manuals and Reports

Nelson E. J., N.L. Jones, and J.D. Jorgeson, "A Comprehensive Environment for Watershed Modeling and Hydrologic Analysis," American Society of Civil Engineers, International Conference on Water Resources Engineering, Aug. 14-18, 1995, San Antonio, Texas.

Nelson, E.James, GeoShed v1.0 Reference Manual, Environmental Modeling Research Laboratory, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, 1993, 354 pp.

Nelson, E.James, GeoShed v1.0 Tutorials, Environmental Modeling Research Laboratory, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, 1993, 178 pp.

Nelson, E.James, GeoShed v2.0 Reference Manual, Environmental Modeling Research Laboratory, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, 1994, 383 pp.

Nelson, E.James, GeoShed v2.0 Tutorials, Environmental Modeling Research Laboratory, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, 1994, 185 pp.

Nelson, E.James, GeoShed v3.0 Reference Manual, Environmental Modeling Research Laboratory, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, 1995, 412 pp.

Nelson, E.James, GeoShed v3.0 Tutorials, Environmental Modeling Research Laboratory, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, 1995, 215 pp.

Nelson, E.James, WMS v4.0 Reference Manual, Environmental Modeling Research Laboratory, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, 1996, 419 pp.

Nelson, E.James, WMS v4.0 Tutorials, Environmental Modeling Research Laboratory, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, 1996, 215 pp.

Nelson, E.James, WMS v4.1 Reference Manual, Environmental Modeling Research Laboratory, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, 1996, 451 pp.

Nelson, E.James, WMS v4.1 Tutorials, Environmental Modeling Research Laboratory, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, 1996, 228 pp.

Nelson, E.James, WMS v5.0 Reference Manual, Environmental Modeling Research Laboratory, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, 1997, 462 pp.

Nelson, E.James, WMS v5.0 Tutorials, Environmental Modeling Research Laboratory, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, 1997, 235 pp.

Nelson, E.James, WMS v5.1 Reference Manual, Environmental Modeling Research Laboratory, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, 1998, 466 pp.

Nelson, E.James, WMS v5.1 Tutorials, Environmental Modeling Research Laboratory, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, 1998, 250 pp.

Nelson, E.James, WMS v6.0 Reference Manual, Environmental Modeling Research Laboratory, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, 2000, 487 pp.

Nelson, E.James, WMS v6.0 Tutorials, Environmental Modeling Research Laboratory, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, 2000, 234 pp.

Nelson, E.James, WMS v6.1 HTML Help Document, Environmental Modeling Research Laboratory, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, 2001.

Nelson, E.James, WMS v6.1 Tutorials, Environmental Modeling Research Laboratory, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, 2001, 236 pp.