[GRASS-user] Stream Ordering and Stream Extraction from a DEM

[stephen sefick]

I know I have been asking a lot of questions in this area, but I am
close to making progress.  How are stream network vector coverages
produced?  I imagine that they are vectorized flow accumulation
modeling from the DEM with some sort of threshold, and then converted
fro a raster to a vector.  This is the approach that I am going to
take, I think.  After extracting all of the great things from
r.watershed and r.terraflow.  I will then multiply this raster layer
by the m/day areal runoff for the HUC of the area of interest and * by
100 (1/3 arc second DEM resolution).  Then convert this measure to cfs
and use a 1cfs cutoff to delineate streams.  I would then like to
order them.  I am having a very hard time with v.strahler.  The output
is in a text file and I can not figure out how to get this "attached"
to the new vector layer produced.  It also returns many zeros, which
don't make any sense in the strahler sense.  I am working on a project
that requires these orders to decide on stratified sampling based on
the amount present over a given area.  There have been some
suggestions, but my begining knowledge is not enough to apply them.
Is there a tutorial, book, or other such thing to bring me up to
speed.  I have Markus Neteler and Helena Mitasova, 2008, Open Source
GIS: A GRASS GIS Approach waiting for me in the library when I get
back to Auburn on monday.  Thanks very much for all of your help.
regards,

Stephen Sefick
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