The Office of Water Prediction’s HAND

The leading edge of National Scale FIM libraries for operational deployment

OWP HAND outputs are stored on an Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP) bucket and keys for that can be acquired by reaching out to Carson Pruitt (carson.pruitt@noaa.gov) or Fernando Salas (fernando.salas@noaa.gov). See the FIM service primer (NOAA (2026)) for more instructions on using the hosted services, or my OWP FIM page for more information on getting the repository up and running.

The HAND Grid:

The Catchment Mask:

The Rating Curves:

References

NOAA. 2026. API_Access_Instructions. Office of Water Prediction.