Once the modules have loaded, you can click on the module names below to describe your field(s).
If you activate multiple modules, you can click the optional button to
to provide descriptions for all of the modules.
Active Modules
Ready to Analyze
Optional:
Simulation Results
If you are utilizing multiple modules in your analysis, you can select certain field characteristics that will be applied
for each module.
For example, selecting a value for Current land use below will utilize that value for each activated module.
Note that the specific names of an input might be different between modules. For example, the Water Erosion module has a
Current land use option named
"Forest", whereas the Groundwater Recharge module has an option named "Forest-mixed." By selecting "Forest" as an option
below, the system will automatically store "Forest" for the Water Erosion module inputs, and "Forest-mixed" for the
Groundwater Recharge module inputs.
Question
Options
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Acres
Through this wizard, you can determine your field's eligibility and priority for
the Saginaw Bay Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP). You can also view what
kinds of payments you may be eligible for through conservation adoption.
2. Select one or more of the following RCPP-eligible managment practices to simulate in the evaluation:
RCPP Pre-screening Eligibility Results
Total Acres (+ upland contributing acres):
()
Current RCPP Priority:
Priority Rating Rationale:
Percent of field and contributing area in an RCPP eligible watershed:
Quality of watershed fish-habitat:
Percent of field at risk for sediment loading to streams:
RCPP Practice Scoring Results
Practice
Sediment Load Reduction (t/yr)
RCPP Score (out of 400)
Estimated RCPP Payment ($)
Through this menu, you can evaluate multiple fields for RCPP at once, and produce a detailed report
in PDF format with pre-screening results and estimated payments.
You start by selecting one or more previously saved simulations from your account.
Next, you provide some basic descriptions of the fields to be evaluated.
The simulations can take a while to complete. You will receive an email from the
system with a spreadsheet of the results once they are ready.
Filter your simulations by project:
Your saved simulations:
Simulations to include in the report:
Next, describe the current land use and RCPP practice to evaluate for each field in the simulations you selected in the previous step.
Number
Simulation
Current Land Use
Set all to:
RCPP Practice to Eavluate
Set all to:
Next, you can optionally specify details to include in the report and then submit the request.
Report Name:
Report Author:
Report Date:
Report Location Description:
The simulations may take a while to complete. An email will be sent to
when the report is ready.
Provide a name for the RCPP simulation:
Specify a project to store the simulation in.
Type a name to create a new project:
OR
Select an existing project:
Conservation Program
Conservation Practice
Modeled Result
Current Payment Rate
Potential Payment
Click here for more information about payment options through RCPP.
Click on the map to draw.
Double-click to complete a feature.
Click the Done button to finish,
or Clear to start over.
Authorized users can generate cumulative estimates of GLWMS
model outputs matching various criteria. For example,
cumulative total sediment loading for all projects involving
no-till within a defined geographic area can be returned, or
groundwater recharge totals among all modeled areas for projects
that particpate in a particular program.
Navigate through this menu, or use the tabs below, to define criteria.
If you want to focus your search on a particular geographic area,
click the button below to activate the drawing tool.
Number of drawn features:
You can generate results for all available modeled data within the area(s) you drew by clicking the
button below.
Or, if you wish to further refine your results, you can click the button below
to limit the analysis by various simulation attributes.
Project Name:
Organization Name:
Scenario Type:
Installed Practice:
Participating Program:
Module Utilized:
Status:
Total acres:
Total acres, including upland:
Baseline sediment loading (tons/year):
Baseline soil erosion (tons/year):
Sediment load reduction through LC/BMPs (tons/year):
Erosion reduction through LC/BMPs (tons/year):
Baseline Phosphorus loading (lbs/year):
Phosphorus reduction through LC/BMPs (lbs/year):
Baseline Nitrogen loading (lbs/year):
Nitrogen reduction through LC/BMPs (lbs/year):
Baseline recharge (gallons/year):
Baseline recharge depth (inches/year):
Recharge change through LC/BMPs (gallons/year):
Recharge depth change through LC/BMPs (inches/year):
This menu can help you build reports from the simulations you have saved to the system.
For example, you could view the total amount of sediment saved across multiple projects
or simulations, or the total volume of simulated baseline groundwater recharge.
Start by selecting amongst your projects and simulations on the next slide.
The report will be built from your saved simulations. Select one or more below to include in the report.
Filter your simulations by project:
Your saved simulations:
Simulations to include in the batch runs:
Type of simulation:
Conservation program participation:
Implementation status:
Implemented
NOT implemented
Implementation date:
after
and/or
before
Contract end date:
after
and/or
before
Select the type of report you wish to build. A basic report will include cumulative outputs from the selected simulations, and will open
as a new page in your browser. A detailed report will include the same information, but will also contain maps of the simulations'
respective fields, and will be emailed to you when it is complete.
Provide some optional information to tailor the report.
Note: none of these items are required to generate a report.
Report Name:
Report Author:
Report Date:
Report Location Description:
Acres:
Include Saginaw RCPP Scoring:
When the report is complete, an email will be sent to
with a link to download it.
Login to your account to view your saved projects.
username:
password:
Fill out the form below to create a new account.
first name:
last name:
username:
password:
re-type password:
email:
organization:
If you need to grant a partner organization access to your account, you can do that here:
Edit the fields below and press the Save Changes button below to save the edits to your account.
first name:
organization:
last name:
email:
username:
If you need to grant a partner organization access to your account, you can do that here:
password:
re-type password:
To delete your account, and all associated data (including digitized map features, BMPs, scenarios,
and reports), re-type your password and press the Delete button below. You will be asked to
confirm you request once more.
password:
Provide the email address associated with the account and click the Reset button below.
email:
HUC Scale
HUC
HUC Name
12-digit
10-digit
8-digit
Simulation Name:
This simulation will be saved to the project
Does this simulation refer to a currently installed BMP or land cover change?
No (hypothetical)
Yes
Is this simulation part of enrollment in a conservation program?
Install Date:
Contract End Date:
Referred by :
Notes:
Are you sure you want to delete the project named
All associated fields, simulations, and results will also be deleted.
Are you sure you want to delete the simulation named
All previously saved simulation results will also be deleted.
Make your edits and click the Save button below.
Project Name:
Simulation Name:
Part of project:
Simulated modules:
Does this simulation refer to a currently installed BMP or land cover change?
Part of conservation program?
Install Date:
Contract End Date:
Referred by :
Notes:
Simulation Name:
Part of project:
Does this simulation refer to a currently installed BMP or land cover change?
No (hypothetical)
Yes
Part of conservation program?
Install Date:
Contract End Date:
Referred by :
Notes:
Through this menu you can delete multiple projects and simulations at once.
Filter by project:
Are you sure you want to delete the selected ?
All associated will also be deleted.
If you have your own GIS files representing fields you would like to analyze within the GLWMS, you can upload
them to the system by utilzing the upload wizard.
Click the button below to get started.
The file you upload must be zipped shapefile. The instructions below assume a Windows desktop environment.
To zip your shapefile, locate the directory on your computer where it is stored, and use the Shift key to select all of files associated with it
(they will all start with the same name, but end in '.shp', '.dbf', '.prj', among others).
Next, right-click on one of the selected files and choose the option to send them to a compressed archive.
Click the Browse button to locate the zipped file on your computer.
Each feature in the shapefile will be uploaded as a separate simulation.
Simulations are stored within projects. A project can contain multiple simulations.
Select a column in the uploaded shapefile to use for project name values, or simply
type a name in the textbox to store all simulations in a single project with that name.
project column name:
OR
common project name:
Select a column in the uploaded shapefile to use for simulation name values.
This column must contain unique values. A project cannot have two simulations of the same name.
simulation column name:
You can provide other details to apply to the uploaded simulations.
Modules to activate for each simulation:
Are these features installed?
No (hypothetical)
Yes
Conservation program:
Referred by :
Through this menu, you can re-run multiple simulations at once.
You start by selecting one or more previously saved simulations to re-run.
Next, you can optionally specify parameters to be applied to all of the fields
within the selected simulations. Lastly, you specify where the results should be
saved within your account.
The simulations can take a while to complete. You will receive an email from the
system with the results once they are ready.
Filter by project:
Your saved simulations:
Simulations to include in the batch runs:
You will next have the option to provide parameter inputs that will apply to all of the simulations.
For example, you can select a land cover change or BMP from the Water Erosion module and estimate its
impact on water erosion in each of the simulations you selected in the previous step.
Click Continue below to proceed. Note that proceeding will clear the map of any fields currently
drawn on it, and unload any currently active modules.
Click on the module names to describe field features to be applied for each simulation.
Active Modules
Ready for Batch
Optional:
You have several options for how you would like to store the results of the batch simulations.
You can opt to store the simulations into a new project, in an existing project
(which will overwrite any simulations in that project with matching names), or you can choose
to not store them. Regardless of your choice, you will still be emailed a report of the batch
simulation results.
In a new project named:
In an existing project:
Store each simulation within its current project.
Do not save the simulations to my account.
The simulations may take a while to complete. An email will be sent to
when the report is ready.
.
Note: proceeding with the batch simulation will clear the map of any fields currently drawn on it, and unload any active modules.
Do you wish to continue?
Through this menu, you can evaluate multiple fields for RCPP at once.
You start by selecting one or more previously saved simulations from your account.
Next, you provide some basic descriptions of the fields to be evaluated.
The simulations can take a while to complete. You will receive an email from the
system with a spreadsheet of the results once they are ready.
Filter your simulations by project:
Your saved simulations:
Simulations to include in the batch runs:
Next, provide some basic descriptions to utilize for each RCPP evaluation.
1. Describe the current land use and/or management of the field(s).
2. Select one or more of the following RCPP-eligible managment practices to simulate in the evaluation:
The simulations may take a while to complete. An email will be sent to
when the spreadsheet is ready.
To view your previously saved RCPP simulations, select a project, and then the
evaluation you wish to load.
Project Name:
Simulation Name:
Below are the current payments for eligible conservation practices.
Program
Practice Name
Current Payment
Payment Units
Below are the current simulations in your account that have not been classified as .
You can change each simulation's status by clicking on its orange pencil icon to edit its details.
Project
Simulation Name
View/Edit
The original version of the GLWMS is still available.
However, projects created there after 2/17/2017 are not accessible in this new version. You can use this menu to migrate
them this version.
Your projects in the original system:
Specify a new name for the project in this updated system:
Click on the links below to begin guided tutorials of GLWMS functions.
Field-scale Analyses
Project Management
RCPP
Your current simulation is not saved.
It will be lost if you logout without saving it.
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