Bedient, Philip B.2009-06-032009-06-032008Fang, Zheng. "A dynamic hydraulic floodplain map prediction tool for flood alert in a coastal urban watershed considering storm surge issues." (2008) Diss., Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/22228">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/22228</a>.https://hdl.handle.net/1911/22228Flood Alert System (FAS2) incorporates adjusted real-time NEXRAD radar data, GIS, hydrologic models and the Internet to provide advanced warning to the Texas Medical Center (TMC) in Houston, Texas. It has been tested during 2006 season with excellent performance and was used as a platform to develop a real-time hydraulic prediction tool---the Floodplain Map Library (FPML) system. FPML provides inundation maps in near real time linking with NEXRAD radar over the watershed. FPML is also compatible with storm surge input in order to predict inundation maps during extreme coastal weather conditions, which will improve emergency personnel's ability to initiate evacuation strategies at many levels.250 p.application/pdfengCopyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.HydrologyEnvironmental scienceEnvironmental engineeringThesisTHESIS C.E. 2008 FANG