Water Resources Applications Software

BRANCH

Branch-Network Dynamic Flow Model

Information

Summary of BRANCH

Version history

UNIX or DOS installation instructions (README file)

How to order U.S. Geological Survey printed documentation

How to register to receive software update and enhancement notices

Software

Selection of the following options preceded by a binary icon retrieves a compressed UNIX tar file or a self-extracting DOS executable. A README file containing installation instructions is included with each of the software distribution files. There are separate README files for the UNIX and DOS distributions.

The Free Software Foundation's gunzip is necessary to uncompress the UNIX tar files available below. However, some World Wide Web browsers automatically uncompress retrieved files. Thus, running gunzip as stated in the installation instructions may be unnecessary.

BRANCH compiled for...

Data General AViiON (1.8MB)

Sun SPARCstation (Solaris) (1.3MB)

IBM-compatible PC, 386 or higher with math coprocessor (1.5MB)

IBM-compatible PC, 386 or higher with math coprocessor (includes source) (1.7MB)

BRANCH source code for compilation under...

UNIX (501K)

DOS (771K)

The above software can also be accessed via anonymous FTP from water.usgs.gov in the /pub/software/surface_water/branch directory.

Documentation

How to order U.S. Geological Survey printed documentation

Schaffranek, R.W., Baltzer, R.A., and Goldberg, D.E., 1981, A model for simulation of flow in singular and interconnected channels: U.S. Geological Survey Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations, book 7, chap. 3, 110 p.

Schaffranek, R.W., 1987, Flow model for open-channel reach or network: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1384, 12 p.

Regan, R.S., and Schaffranek, R.W., 1985, A computer program for analyzing channel geometry: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4335, 49 p.

Informal documentation:
Summary of Enhancements and Additions to the Branch-Network (BRANCH) Dynamic Flow Model

Summary of enhancements, Portable Document Format (PDF) (117K)
Summary of enhancements, PostScript (PS) (255K)

Point of contact for BRANCH:

U.S. Geological Survey

Hydrologic Analysis Software Support Program

437 National Center

Reston, VA 20192

(electronic mail: h2osoft@usgs.gov)