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This page provides screen captures and examples to illustrate TSTool functionality. In most cases, download the input files (right click on link and do "Save...Link As" using the same name as shown), open the *.TSTool file in TSTool ("File...Open...Command File"), and run ("Run All Commands" button in middle of TSTool main window) to produce the output. Also see the training materials available from the TSTool "Help...View Training Materials" menu.

In the examples the *.TSTool files contains the commands to process the data. The *.tsp files each describe a graph configuration.

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Example to retrieve and graph daily snow water equivalent (SWE) from NRCS SNOTEL stations, comparing years for key Fort Collins water supply areas.

TSTool 10.14.00 or later is required in order to create ensembles with traces with the water year.

Example to retrieve and graph daily reservoir level for Horsetooth Reservoir. Horsetooth is being used more than usual for water supply by the City of Fort Collins because the High Park fire has fouled the Poudre River. The drought is also requiring releases for irrigation.

Note that there are some bad data points, which could be removed with additional intelligent filtering using TSTool commands (but this is not done for the example).

Example to retrieve and graph daily temperature and precipitation data, where values are compared with previous historical values.

(Non)exceedance probabilities are computed to illustrate how hot/dry conditions are at any point in time. Spring of 2012 has indeed been relatively warm (especially March) and particularly dry from March forward.

TSTool 10.11.00 or later is required because ACIS web services changed on July 1, 2012.

Example to retrieve and graph daily streamflow for the current water year, using web services from the State of Colorado and the USGS. This example illustrates how different agencies have gages on a reach and multiple data sources sometimes are needed to understand the flows on a stream segment.

Additional time series could be retrieved and graphed, such as diversions that take water from the river.

TSTool 10.11.00 or later is required.

Example to retrieve and graph well level (depth) time series from ColoradoWaterHBGuest web service. Data are handled as daily values with gaps; consequently a point graph is used.

This example can take several minutes to load and run because the design of the web service requires a large initial read of time series information. Processing is fast after the initial load.

TSTool 10.11.00 or later is required to use latest ColoradoHBGuest web services.

Example illustrating how to create a graph showing the day to peak flow for a stream gage. Data from USGS and Colorado DWR web services are used.

In this case for 2012 the peak flow occurred only 47 days into the year.

TSTool 10.11.00 or later is required.

Example illustrating how coordinate information provided by TSTool can be used with Google Maps to find the location where data were measured.

In this case, a list of well level time series from the ColoradoWaterHBGuest web service is generated in TSTool (lower part of figure) and the latitude and longitude are pasted into the Google Maps search field. Note that TSTool lists longitude (X) first whereas Google Maps requires latitude first. Locations in the State of Colorado's HydroBase may be for quarter sections or other public land survey system (PLSS) locations, rather than GPS'ed locations.

Colorado-PoudreRiver-SNOTEL.TSTool

Colorado-PoudreRiver-SNOTEL-JoeWright.tsp

Colorado-PoudreRiver-SNOTEL-DeadmanHill.tsp

Input Files