Author: Joseph L. Jones
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Category : Electronic government information
Languages : en
Pages : 36

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Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428961038
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 40

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Author: Joseph L. Jones
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Category : Flood forecasting
Languages : en
Pages : 48

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Author: Jeffrey R. Deacon
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Category : Bacterial pollution of water
Languages : en
Pages : 84

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Category : Hydrology
Languages : en
Pages : 48

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Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee on Disaster Prevention and Prediction
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Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 72

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Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309166241
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 176

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From warning the public of impending floods to settling legal arguments over water rights, the measurement of streamflow ("streamgaging") plays a vital role in our society. Having good information about how much water is moving through our streams helps provide citizens with drinking water during droughts, control water pollution, and protect wildlife along our stream corridors. The U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) streamgaging program provides such information to a wide variety of users interested in human safety, recreation, water quality, habitat, industry, agriculture, and other topics. For regional and national scale streamflow information needs, the USGS has created a National Streamflow Information Program (NSIP). In addition to streamgaging, the USGS envisions intensive data collection during floods and droughts, national assessments of streamflow characteristics, enhanced information delivery, and methods development and research. The overall goals of the program are to: meet legal and treaty obligations on interstate and international waters, support flow forecasting; measure river basin outflows, monitor sentinel watersheds for long-term trends in natural flows, and measure flows for water quality needs. But are these the right topics to collect data on? Or is the USGS on the wrong track? In general, the book is supportive of the design and content of NSIP, including its goals and methodology for choosing stream gages for inclusion in the program. It sees the ultimate goal of NSIP as developing the ability to use existing data-gathering sites to generate streamflow information with quantitative confidence limits at any location in the nation. It is just as important to have good measurements during droughts as during floods, and it therefore recommends supporting Natural Resource Conservation Service forecast sites in addition to those of the National Weather Service.

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Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 9781422325773
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Languages : en
Pages : 104

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Author: Joseph L. Jones
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Category : Digital mapping
Languages : en
Pages : 36

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Author: Merhawi GebreEgziabher GebreMichael
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Category : Floods
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Flood prediction and forecast for watershed and urban areas are critical for planning stormwater systems and assessing flood risks. While some hydrodynamic models can simulate flood inundation, most of these models are commercial and require large datasets and computational resources that limit their applications. This study developed two simplified and computationally efficient flood mapping models for delineating flood hazard zones using readily available datasets. The first model, flood inundation and recession model (FIRM), was developed using digital elevation maps to predict flooding associated with manhole overflow during and following flood events. The model was coupled with the 1D Storm Water Management Model (SWMM) to characterize the spatial extent and depth of manhole flooding and recession. I tested the coupled model for two manhole flooding events in Edmonds, WA. The results show a reasonable match between the observed and modeled flood areas, highlighting the importance of considering manholes in urban flood simulations. The second model delineates flood extent and depth at the catchment level using the NRCS curve number method for runoff productions at grids and a computationally efficient flood routing method. The gridded runoff estimated by the NRCS method is used as input to the flood inundation model that iteratively routes the runoff based on elevation variation, flood connectivity, and the assumption of level-water surface propagation. I tested the model using the recent flood event in the upper Umatilla River watershed. Several statistical criteria were used to evaluate the model's performance by comparing the simulation results with the reconstructed flood boundaries delineated using photos and drone videos during the flood event. The results demonstrate the model's ability to simulate and predict flood extent and depth accurately within the watershed. Due to its computational efficiency and its uses of readily available datasets, the model is suitable for near real-time flood forecast and early warning decisions. The model is also useful for determining the flood level associated with design storms obtained from the intensity-duration-frequency (IDF) curves, further improving stormwater system designs.