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Flood-Inundation Workshop (Agenda)

November 27-28, 2001
Denver, Colorado

*All presentations can be pulled via ftp (hqwxftp.er.usgs.gov); cd /var/ftp/pub/OSW/floods/
Overview of approaches from those offices with active or near-active inundation mapping projects >
Tuesday, November 27, 2001 Moderator: John Costa  
8:30 - 8:45 Introductions
Districts with inundation mapping projects: what works, what could be bettwe, what do we need
John Costa
8:45 - 9:15 Georgia Tom Dyar
9:15 - 9:45 Kansas Seth Studley
9:45 - 10:15 OhioScott Jackson
10:15 - 10:45 BREAK  
10:45 - 11:15 North Carolina Jarad Bales
11:15 - 12:00 Washington Joseph Jones
12:00 - 12:30 Missouri Rodney Southard
12:30 - 1:00 LUNCH  
1:00 - 1:30 NMD slot Dave Catts
1:30 - 2:00 Flood mapping from satellite observations Ed Josberger
2:00 - 2:30 Summary of other projects outside of USGS Janice Fulford
2:30 - 3:00 Elevation data sources - LIDAR and others
Example of LIDAR contract for high-resolution DEM data
Joseph Jones
3:00 - 3:15 BREAK  
3:15 - 4:00 Hydraulic models and other ways to derive flood elevation data. Whether to use canned or fresh maps (fis type versus forecast generated). What might be the virtues of playing craps (statistical hydrology) or playing soothsayer (deterministic hydraulic). Janice Fulford
4:00 - 4:30 Information delivery - internet map servers, web pages, what to present that is useful to the public (peak arrival time, wet arrival time, extent of inundation and a flood hazard scale: i.e. rating the flow conditions for personal or property damage, like the hurricane wind scale.) Janice Fulford and Joseph Jones
4:30 - 5:00 Slot for other District program and general discussion.  
Wednesday, November 28, 2001
8:30 - 9:00 NRP models and interfaces for flood inundation activities Rich McDonald
9:00 - 10:00 Discussion on how to develop a "best practices" program in your District Jared Bales
10:00 - 10:15 BREAK  
10:15 - 11:00 Discussion appropriate role for USGS and way to work with the NWS Tom Zembrzuski
11:00 - 11:30 General Discussion, Wrap up, Meeting Report Outline John Costa

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