Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Nature Conservancy releases upgraded Functional Flows Calculator with gauge map, alternate methods and API
Summary
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Nature Conservancy on Oct. 5 demonstrated a redesigned Functional Flows Calculator that the organization said standardizes quantification of the California environmental flows framework’s functional‑flow metrics, adds visualization tools and offers an API and downloadable code for batch processing.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Nature Conservancy on Oct. 5 demonstrated a redesigned Functional Flows Calculator that the organization said standardizes quantification of the California environmental flows framework’s functional‑flow metrics, adds visualization tools and offers an API and downloadable code for batch processing.
Bronwyn Stanford, a scientist at The Nature Conservancy, showed the updated tool to the Environmental Flows Work Group. “The functional flows calculator quantifies each of the functional flow metrics for each year for an input time series,” Stanford said, describing how the calculator uses daily flows to produce year‑by‑year metrics and a summary alteration assessment.
What’s new: Stanford said the tool now…
Already have an account? Log in
Subscribe to keep reading
Unlock the rest of this article — and every article on Citizen Portal.
- Unlimited articles
- AI-powered breakdowns of topics, speakers, decisions, and budgets
- Instant alerts when your location has a new meeting
- Follow topics and more locations
- 1,000 AI Insights / month, plus AI Chat
