introduction_purpose (08/31/04)

Purpose of CRHM

An integrated assessment of land use impacts on water balance and streamflow is necessary in order to make sound recommendations for improved land management practices. To achieve this, results from recent process-based hydrology research have been integrated into a Cold Regions Hydrological Model (CRHM). The model provides the user with advanced techniques for the calculation of water balance and streamflow.

Many of the ideas for the CRHM model came from the Modular Modeling System (MMS) developed by George H. Leavelsey, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).