Flood risk management with HEC-WAT and the FRA compute option
United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) policy states that USACE will analyze water resources projects, including flood risk management projects, using a risk framework that incorporates watershed, systems and life-cycle approaches. However, software to directly support these requirements has...
| Main Authors: | , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
EDP Sciences
2016-01-01
|
| Series: | E3S Web of Conferences |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20160711006 |
| _version_ | 1819161535935676416 |
|---|---|
| author | Dunn Christopher Baker Penni Fleming Matthew |
| author_facet | Dunn Christopher Baker Penni Fleming Matthew |
| author_sort | Dunn Christopher |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) policy states that USACE will analyze water resources projects, including flood risk management projects, using a risk framework that incorporates watershed, systems and life-cycle approaches. However, software to directly support these requirements has not been available. The current software sed within USACE to perform these types of analyses, HEC-FDA (Flood Damage Reduction Analysis), has a number of limitations. For this reason and others, USACE’s Hydrologic Engineering Center (CEIWR-HEC) developed the Watershed Analysis Tool (HEC-WAT). HECWAT was initially developed to assist USACE personnel conduct water resources studies of complex riverine systems with an integrated, comprehensive and systems based approach. However, since USACE also requires a life-cycle analysis, CEIWR-HEC added capability through the Flood Risk Analysis (FRA) compute option that allows risk analysis computations while incorporating a life-cycle approach. HEC-WAT/FRA includes systems and life-cycle approaches, event-based sampling, parameter sampling, and the ability to do scenario and alternative analyses. Applications of the FRA compute include levee certification studies, dam and levee safety studies, and planning and design studies. This paper will introduce HEC-WAT/FRA, describe scientific advancements included within it and provide applications to demonstrate how it will advance USACE
modeling approaches. |
| first_indexed | 2024-12-22T17:13:54Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-8a949cdd530548b6a00424d640c85f2e |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 2267-1242 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-12-22T17:13:54Z |
| publishDate | 2016-01-01 |
| publisher | EDP Sciences |
| record_format | Article |
| series | E3S Web of Conferences |
| spelling | doaj.art-8a949cdd530548b6a00424d640c85f2e2022-12-21T18:18:59ZengEDP SciencesE3S Web of Conferences2267-12422016-01-0171100610.1051/e3sconf/20160711006e3sconf_flood2016_11006Flood risk management with HEC-WAT and the FRA compute optionDunn Christopher0Baker Penni1Fleming Matthew2Director - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Institute for Water Resources, Hydrologic Engineering (CEIWR-HEC)Software Programmer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Institute for Water Resources, Hydrologic Engineering Center (CEIWR-HEC)Senior Hydraulic Engineer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Institute for Water Resources, Hydrologic Engineering Center (CEIWR-HEC)United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) policy states that USACE will analyze water resources projects, including flood risk management projects, using a risk framework that incorporates watershed, systems and life-cycle approaches. However, software to directly support these requirements has not been available. The current software sed within USACE to perform these types of analyses, HEC-FDA (Flood Damage Reduction Analysis), has a number of limitations. For this reason and others, USACE’s Hydrologic Engineering Center (CEIWR-HEC) developed the Watershed Analysis Tool (HEC-WAT). HECWAT was initially developed to assist USACE personnel conduct water resources studies of complex riverine systems with an integrated, comprehensive and systems based approach. However, since USACE also requires a life-cycle analysis, CEIWR-HEC added capability through the Flood Risk Analysis (FRA) compute option that allows risk analysis computations while incorporating a life-cycle approach. HEC-WAT/FRA includes systems and life-cycle approaches, event-based sampling, parameter sampling, and the ability to do scenario and alternative analyses. Applications of the FRA compute include levee certification studies, dam and levee safety studies, and planning and design studies. This paper will introduce HEC-WAT/FRA, describe scientific advancements included within it and provide applications to demonstrate how it will advance USACE modeling approaches.http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20160711006 |
| spellingShingle | Dunn Christopher Baker Penni Fleming Matthew Flood risk management with HEC-WAT and the FRA compute option E3S Web of Conferences |
| title | Flood risk management with HEC-WAT and the FRA compute option |
| title_full | Flood risk management with HEC-WAT and the FRA compute option |
| title_fullStr | Flood risk management with HEC-WAT and the FRA compute option |
| title_full_unstemmed | Flood risk management with HEC-WAT and the FRA compute option |
| title_short | Flood risk management with HEC-WAT and the FRA compute option |
| title_sort | flood risk management with hec wat and the fra compute option |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20160711006 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT dunnchristopher floodriskmanagementwithhecwatandthefracomputeoption AT bakerpenni floodriskmanagementwithhecwatandthefracomputeoption AT flemingmatthew floodriskmanagementwithhecwatandthefracomputeoption |