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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Floodplain mapping"”.
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Development of HEC-HMS and HEC-RAS models for urban floodplain mapping and flood damage reduction in Brownsville, Texas
… develop hydrologic and hydraulic models for the floodplain analysis for Brownsville, Texas and analyze mitigation alternatives within a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and digital data framework. This framework allowed for flexible manipulation of data and easy interpretation of the results. …
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Stream Network Delineation from High-Resolution Digital Elevation Models.
… Light Detection and Ranging to re-delineate floodplains. These data allow analysts to predict flood inundation extents of design storms in order to better manage flood-prone terrain. Conversely, many environmental management functions in North Carolina, such as calculating stream length for …
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Development and Evaluation of the Profile Synthesis Method for Approximate Floodplain Redelineation
In the United States, the floodplain maps used in the administration of the National Flood Insurance Program are created and maintained by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Currently, a nationwide map modernization program is underway to convert the existing paper floodplain maps into a …
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Floodplain and Flood Probability Mapping Using Geodatabases
… presents methods of creating digital maps for floodplain delineation and flood probability studies and storing them in a geodatabase. Methods for creating a geodatabase for water resources outside of a GIS are presented. The geodatabase follows the ArcHydro data model. Methods are also shown …