Applying the HEC-RAS model and GIS techniques in river network floodplain delineation

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 19-28

  Yang, Jie ^a   Townsend, Ronald D ^a   Daneshfar, Bahram ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Data query; Delineation; Floodplain; GIS approach; HEC 2 model; HEC RAS model; River

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HYDRAULIC MODELS; RIVERS;

DATA QUERY; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FLOODPLAIN ZONES; RIVER SYSTEM FLOODPLAIN DELINEATION; TRIANGULAR IRREGULAR NETWORK; WATER SURFACE PROFILES;

FLOOD CONTROL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOOD CONTROL; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HYDRAULIC MODELS; RIVERS;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FLOODPLAIN; GIS; RIVER SYSTEM;

EID: 33645911492     PISSN: 03151468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/l05-102     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. Beavers, M.A. 1994. Floodplain determination using HEC-2 and geographic information systems. M.Sc. thesis, Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Tex.
2. Boss International. 2000. RiverCAD user's manual. Boss International, Madison, Wis.
3. ESRI. 1992. ArcView user's guide. 2nd ed. Environmental Systems Research Institute, Redlands, Calif.
4. ESRI. 1998. AvRAS extension. Environmental Systems Research Institute, Redlands, Calif.
5. Jenson, S.K., and Dominique, J.O. 1988. Extracting topographic structure from digital elevation data for geographic information systems analysis. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 54(11): 1593-1600.
6. Shamsi, U.M. 2002. GIS tools for water, wastewater, and stormwater systems. ASCE Press, Reston, Va.
7. Tate, E.C. 1999. Mapping using HEC-RAS and ArcView GIS. M.Sc. thesis, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, Tex.
8. USACE. 1991. HEC-2: water surface profiles, user's manual. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Hydrologic Engineering Center, Davis, Calif.
9. USACE. 1999. HEC-GeoRAS: an extension for support of HEC-RAS using ArcView, user's manual. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Hydrologic Engineering Center, Davis, Calif.
10. USACE. 2001. HEC-RAS: river analysis system, user's manual. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Hydrologic Engineering Center, Davis, Calif.
11. Yang, J. 2004. Applying HEC-RAS and GIS techniques in river floodplain delineation. M.Sc. thesis, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.