RIVER HYDRAULICS MODEL QUANTIFIES FLOODING IMPACTS
Engineers across the world now have more advanced and detailed hydraulic modeling tools to solve real-world problems. The Corps’ Hydrologic Engineering Center’s River Analysis System (HECRAS) visualization tools, such as RAS Mapper, help modelers better understand the hydraulic results and make it much easier to convey those modeling results to decision makers and the public. More than 95 percent of all Corps riverine hydraulic studies use HEC-RAS. More than 95 percent of all FEMA floodplain and floodway studies performed over the past 20 years were developed with HEC-RAS. Adopted by the National Weather Service, FEMA and the Department of Transportation for a variety of uses, HEC-RAS simplifies coordination between federal agencies during emergencies.
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