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The manual has several sections and has been designed to meet the needs of a wide variety of users, from a person unfamiliar with the SPARCstation to programmers familiar with the C language in which CRiSP.1 was written. The chapters include:
- Chapter 1. Introduction
- Basic description and context with other models
- Chapter 2. Using the model
- How to use CRiSP.1 and its files.
- Chapter 3. Tutorials
- Step by step tutorials on CRiSP.1
- Chapter 4. Definitions
- Terms, equation parameter, and hatchery release sites
The model is being applied to the Columbia River, thus the files describing the river and release points of fish into the river are an essential part of the model. Information on hatchery release points and a list of references pertaining to model theory and calibration can be found in the theory manual.
This manual describes the Columbia River Salmon Passage model (CRiSP). The model tracks the downstream migration and survival of migratory fish through the tributaries and dams of the Columbia and Snake Rivers to the estuary.
CRiSP.1 describes in detail the movement and survival of individual stocks of natural and hatchery-spawned juvenile salmonid and steelhead through hundreds of miles of river and up to nine dams. Constructed from basic principles of fish ecology and river operation, CRiSP.1 provides a synthesis of current knowledge on how the major hydroelectric system in the country interacts with one of its major fisheries. Biologists, managers and others interested in the river system can use this interactive tool to evaluate the effects of river operations on smolt survival.
There are five major uses of the model:
- educate users on the state of knowledge of the system
- assist in developing experiments
- evaluate sensitivity of fish survival to different system factors
- predict fish survival for use in life-cycle models and in-season management
- evaluate uncertainty in predictions.
There are two modes that CRiSP.1 can use: a Scenario Mode that illustrates the interactions of model variables and a Monte Carlo Mode, which is stochastic, providing measures of variability and uncertainty in predicting passage survival. Between any two points in the river system, estimates of probability distributions for survival and travel time can be determined for any stock.
CRiSP.1 has advanced programming features including:
- graphical interface to access and change model variables and equations
- flexible data structure that allows expansion of the model while assuring backwards compatibility with earlier versions
- reconfigurability to a different river without reprogramming
- on-line help tool
- on-line tutorials.
The model runs on Sun SPARCstations under OPENLOOK and X-Window graphical interfaces.
CRiSP.1 was developed at the University of Washington's Center for Quantitative Science under a contract from the Bonneville Power Administration's (BPA) Fish and Wildlife Division.
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Columbia River Salmon Passage Model CRiSP.1.5 User Manual
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