Descriptions of fields in the benchmark_rivers feature class.
GOID
Global object identifier
Corresponds to the GOID of the river. For the model to recognize which river is the benchmark river, each benchmark river must have the correct GOID (i.e., the GOID that corresponds to the GOID of the river reach).
BB_ID
Backbone River identifier
An integer identifying the river. Corresponds to the BB_ID of the river in the streams feature class.
FFRID
Free-flowing river identifier
An integer identifying the benchmark river. Each benchmark river must have a unique FFRID value.
Name_Expert
Name of the river.
The name of the benchmark river. The name must be consistent across the same FFRID.
BENCH_SRC
Source of the benchmark river
The source used to designate the river as a benchmark river. This can be the name of a researcher or a publication, a category such as "Expert" or "Publication" etc. The field is used to analyze the results of the benchmarking separately by source name or category.