An Overview of the Iowa Flood Forecasting and Monitoring System
Abstract
Following the 2008 flood that devastated eastern Iowa the state legislators established the Iowa Flood Center at the University of Iowa with the mission of translational research towards flood mitigation. The Center has adavanced several components towards this goal. In particular, the Center has developed (1) state-wide flood inundation maps based on airborne lidar-based topography data and hydraulic models; (2) a network of nearly 250 real-time ultrasonic river stage sensors; (3) a detailed rainfall-runoff model for real time streamflow forecasting; and (4) cyberinfrastructure to acquire and manage data that includes High Performance Computing and browser-based information system designed for use by general public. The author discusses these components, their operational performance and their potential to assist in development of similar nation-wide systems. Specifically, many developments taking place at the National Water Center can benefit from the Iowa system serving as a reference.
- Publication:
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AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- December 2016
- Bibcode:
- 2016AGUFM.H42E..02K
- Keywords:
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- 1803 Anthropogenic effects;
- HYDROLOGYDE: 1817 Extreme events;
- HYDROLOGYDE: 1847 Modeling;
- HYDROLOGYDE: 1869 Stochastic hydrology;
- HYDROLOGY