Abstract: Current practice using probabilistic methods applied for designing hydraulic structures generally assume that extreme events are stationary. However, many studies in the past decades have shown that hydrological records ...

Abstract: The concepts and methods for planning and design of hydraulic structures subject to hydrologic extreme events that arise from nonstationary conditions have emerged in the last few years. The traditional approaches such as ...

Abstract: Estimating design quantiles for extreme floods in river basins under nonstationary conditions is an emerging field. Nonstationarities could arise from a variety of human and natural factors such as urbanization and climate ...

Abstract: Statistical techniques have been developed for assessing structures to confront extreme events such as floods. Among them are probability distribution functions (PDFs). For example, the waiting time of the first flood ...

Abstract: Chronic and acute coastal flood risks in Miami-Dade County are assessed over the range of sea-level rise (SLR) scenarios for the coming decades. The HAZUS-MH coastal flood hazard modeling and loss estimation tool are used ...

Abstract: The regional simulation model (RSM) is a conjunctive groundwater surface-water hydrological model under development at the South Florida Water Management District. The model is designed to allow a flexible, extensible ...

Abstract: Analysis of long-term coastal tide records at Key West, Pensacola, and Mayport, Fla. examines the variability of extreme high-water events. Linear trends of event water level at Key West and Pensacola support findings ...

Abstract: A conventional proportional integral (PI) controller is modified with a nonlinear activation function (sigmoid function) applied directly to the controller output in order to improve the stability and target fidelity of ...