Resources

Training Courses/Materials

Kelson, K.I., England, J.F., Hall, B., Smith, C.H., and Potts, S. (2019) Primary Applications of Geomorphology in Paleoflood Analyses, Technical Training Seminar and Field Visit. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Visiting Scholars Program, September 11-13, 2019, Harpers Ferry, WV. Course Reference Materials

England, J.F. Jr. (2016) Hydrologic Hazards - Estimating Probabilities of Extreme Floods. Association of State Dam Safety Officials (ASDSO) Online Technical Training Webinar, October 11, 2016. Course Reference Materials

Probabilistic Flood Hazard Workshop, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, January 29-31, 2013 – Developed three panels on Hydrologic Hazards, Precipitation, and Riverine Flooding.

England, J.F. Jr. (2011) Hydrologic Hazards for Dam Safety Risk Analysis. Course developer, leader and presenter for 3-day training course (Reclamation, FERC and TVA personnel), Bureau of Reclamation, Denver, CO August 24-26, 2011. Training materials: presentations, software, examples, references 400 Mb file

Best Practices in Dam and Levee Safety Risk Analysis - USACE and Bureau of Reclamation, Training Seminars. Lead Instructor/Presenter on Hydrologic Hazards and Flood-Related Failure Modes. 2009-2021, Denver, CO; Chattanooga, TN; Emmittsburg, MD; Casper, WY.

Software

• • PeakfqSA - Flood Frequency with the Expected Moments Algorithm  - Bulletin 17C (command line for Linux, Mac, Win7/10, source code)

  • RMC-RFA (64 bit, Windows 10) Reservoir Frequency Analysis (Hazard Curves for USACE PA/SQRA Dam Safety Risk Analysis)

    •  Example (Sayers Dam)

  • Hydrologic Hazard Methodology for Semi-Quantitative Risk Assessments - Inflow Volume-Based Approach

  • RMC-BestFIt Bayesian estimation and fitting software

  • TREX - Two-Dimensional Runoff, Erosion, and EXport model (distributed watershed model)

  • TREX Tools and Training Materials

  • FLROUT - USBR FLood ROUTing for Dams:  Fortran source, used in Pueblo Flood Study (England et al, 2006)

    • Contact USBR Technical Service Center Waterways and Concrete Dams Group

  • FHAR - USBR Flood Hydrograph And Routing: rainfall-runoff flood event model for PMFs (Fortran source)

  • USBR Dimensionless Unit Hydrographs

  • Barnes (1965) USBR Unit Hydrograph Procedures

    • Bertle (1966) USBR snow compaction - rain-on-snow report

  • Cavitation in Chutes and Spillways - USBR Engineering Monograph 42

  • Free Software Foundation - GNU compilers (gcc, gfortran), GNU scientific library GSL, etc., see FSF directory

  • Thunderstorm Initiation, Tracking Analysis and Nowcasting - NCAR RAL

  • SAMS-2010 - Stochastic Analysis, Modeling and Simulation

  • extRemes - Extreme Value Toolkit in R - NCAR RAL - Eric Gilleland

  • OxCal Radiocarbon Calibration

  • TauDEM Terrain Analysis

  • Grace 2d plotting software - also available for Windows/Mac as qtGrace

Federal Agency Websites and Data

• USACE Institute for Water Resources

• USACE Risk Management Center

• USACE Hydrologic Engineering Center

• Bureau of Reclamation Dam Safety Risk Analysis

• Bureau of Reclamation Dam Safety Technology Development (Research Reports)

• Bureau of Reclamation Climate Change information

• Bureau of Reclamation Design Standards

• USGS Office of Surface Water Flood Information

• NWS Hydromet Design Studies Center - Precipitation Frequency and PMP Reports

• NOAA ESRL Climate Time Series Info and plotting

• NOAA ESRL Gridded Climate Data

• NWS Hourly Precipitation - MPE

Universities and Collaboration

• Colorado State University Civil Engineering

• CSU Hydrology Papers

  • Pierre Julien - CSU (Emeritus)

  • Pepe Salas - CSU (Emeritus)

  • Princeton Hydrometeorology Group- Jim Smith (Emeritus)

  • Jery Stedinger - Cornell University

  • Balaji Rajagopalan - University of Colorado

  • Rich Vogel - Tufts University (Emeritus)

  • Attilio Castellarin - University of Bologna

  • Gabriele Villarini - Princeton University

  • Veronica Webster - Michigan Tech

  • Jonathan Lamontagne - Tufts University

  • Levent Kavvas - UC Davis

  • Daniel Wright - University of Wisconsin

Work Groups

• • Hydrologic Frequency Analysis Work Group (HFAWG) [Deactivated]

  • Extreme Storm Events Work Group (ESEWG) [Deactivated]

  • STAHY - Statistics in Hydrology Working Group - IAHS

Hydrology-Related Books and Publications

Hazen, A. (1930) Flood Flows, A Study of Magnitudes and Frequencies. Wiley, New York, 199 p.