Abstract: In recent years, there have been an increasing number of watersheds that relied on weather radars to provide accurate precipitation information for flood warning purposes. The major impetus for using a radar-based flood ...

Abstract: In order to address questions relating to the cause of local flooding in many downstream watersheds in Houston, TX, a computer model has been developed that handles both a surcharged pipeflow condition and a variable ...

Abstract: In recent years, there have been an increasing number of watersheds that relied on weather radars to provide accurate precipitation information for flood warning purposes. The major impetus for using a radar-based flood ...

Abstract: Buffalo Bayou, a major stream in Houston, Texas, was the subject of a detailed water quality study. The stream is heavily stressed by domestic waste loads and has shown significant degradation in water quality since 1970. ...

Abstract: The purpose of this study is to analyze the combined effects of storm surge and inland rainfall on the floodplain of a coastal bayou in the Houston area by using dynamic hydraulic modeling. Most existing floodplains in the ...

Abstract: Flood warning systems have become increasingly important for highly urbanized areas like the Texas Medical Center (TMC) area in the Brays Bayou Watershed of southwest Houston due to the watershed’s flood characteristics ...

Abstract: The second-generation radar-based flood alert system (FAS2) has been operational for more than a decade, and provides accurate advanced warning to the Texas Medical Center (TMC) in the Brays Bayou watershed of southwest ...

Abstract: Between June 5 and 9, 2001, Tropical Storm Allison dropped upwards of 50 cm (20 in.) of rain on the Texas Medical Center (TMC) in Houston, causing the worst urban flood in U.S. history. The unprecedented rainfall event ...