{"accessLevel": "public", "bureauCode": ["010:12"], "contactPoint": {"@type": "vcard:Contact", "fn": "Emitt C. Witt III", "hasEmail": "mailto:cegis@doimspp.onmicrosoft.com"}, "description": "Calibration of hydraulic models require careful selection of input parameters to provide the best possible modeling outcome. Currently the selection of hydraulic resistance or 'n' values for these models is a subjective process potentially exposing models to critical review .   A process is needed to objectively estimate n-values so everyone responsible for model calibration arrives at the same answer. Use of standard elevation products can support this effort. This dataset  is presented as supplemental information for a journal article describing the process of using the root mean square average of elevation standard deviation from lidar derived 1 m rasters to objectively estimate the boundary roughness conditions of a watershed bare earth surface as part of the total hydraulic roughness needed for modeling overland flows in forested drainages. A GIS tool has beeen developed to support investigators who need to objectively estimate boundary roughness for their hydraulic modeling applications.", "distribution": [{"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "accessURL": "https://dx.doi.org/10.5066/F70G3H9T", "description": "Landing page for access to the data", "format": "XML", "mediaType": "application/http", "title": "Digital Data"}, {"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "description": "The metadata original format", "downloadURL": "https://data.usgs.gov/datacatalog/metadata/USGS.5850045ae4b00645734c5474.xml", "format": "XML", "mediaType": "text/xml", "title": "Original Metadata"}], "identifier": "http://datainventory.doi.gov/id/dataset/USGS_5850045ae4b00645734c5474", "keyword": ["ArcGIS toolbox", "Python script", "USGS:5850045ae4b00645734c5474"], "modified": "2020-08-21T00:00:00Z", "publisher": {"@type": "org:Organization", "name": "U.S. Geological Survey"}, "theme": ["geospatial"], "title": "Data validating computation of boundary roughness from QL2 lidar derived digital elevation models for 2D hydraulic modeling applications--Pyhton Script and Toolbox"}