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Hydrologic and Hydraulic Modeling Support with Geographic
Information Systems
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Countries around the world face
increasing populations, with no corresponding increase in water supply.
Problems of conserving and allocating water become, as a consequence, more
and more acute, more and more pressing. Fortunately, recent advancements
in data collection and software technology are now helping scientists
better model how water behaves.
With its ability to pull spatial
data from different sources into an integrated environment, GIS simplifies
the process of preparing data for hydrologic and hydraulic modeling, and
greatly extends the analytical power of the model. Applications such as
watershed delineation, topographic characteristic extraction, floodplain
extent determination, and others provide an informed basis for sound
decision making for water resource professionals.
The papers in
this book were among those presented at the 1999 ESRI International User
Conference on hydrologic and hydraulic water quantity modeling support
using GIS. Although the models featured were developed for specific
applications, the techniques presented apply to any hydrologic or
hydraulic model that requires spatial input or that produces spatial
output.
About the editors:
David Maidment is a professor of civil engineering at the
University of Texas at Austin Center for Research in Water Resources.
Dean Djokic is a senior applications programmer and
consultant at ESRI.
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