Environmental Protection Agency

 

Center for Research in Water Resources

 

United  States Geological Survey

 

 

SYMPOSIUM ON TERRAIN ANALYSIS FOR WATER
RESOURCES APPLICATIONS
December 16-18, 2002 University of Texas, Austin

Conference Agenda

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Monday, December 16                                The Commons Room 1.102

TIME
TOPIC
SPEAKER
1-1:15pm Welcome and Introductory Remarks David Maidment, University of Texas
1:15-2pm The North Carolina Experience David Maune, Dewberry & Davis,
2-2:30pm Interoperability of National mapping datasets for the National Map Mark Demulder, National Mapping Program Coordinator, USGS
2:30-3pm BREAK  
3-3:30pm DFirm future of flood mapping
Paul Rooney, FEMA
3:30-5:30pm Status and Integration of  
  NED/EDNA Sue Greenlee, Eros Data Center
  SRTM Dean Gesch, Eros Data Center
  NHD Tommy Dewald, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Kevin Roth,
U.S. Geological Survey
  WBD Kevin Roth, Bob Pierce, U.S. Geological Survey

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Tuesday , December 17

8-8:30 AM GIS for the Nation Karen Sideralis, Chief Geographic Information Officer, U.S. Geological Survey
8:30-10:00 AM LIDAR Technology Update Roberto Gutierrez, Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas
10-10:30 AM BREAK  
10:30- NOON Keys to merging digital bathymetry and digital elevation, topobathy Dean Gesch, Eros Data Center
12-1:30 pm
LUNCH
Dynamic Flood Modeling and Mapping
John Hartnack, DHI Inc.
1:30 - 2:30 pm Synthetic Aperture Radar –SAR-
Opportunities for hydrologic applications
Craig Dobson, NASA/JPL
2:30-2:45 pm BREAK  
3-5:00 pm ArcHydro Model David Maidment, University of Texas
6:00 – 8:30 pm

ESRI Water Resources User Group Meeting
Renaissance Hotel Ballroom B

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Wednesday, December 18

8am-5:00pm          Application Sessions: Two concurrent tracks
 
TRACK ONE
LIDAR Application Track (Moderator – Roberto Guiterrez)
The Commons Room 1.122
8am to 12:15pm   
  North Carolina Floodplain Mapping Program:
Lessoned Learned and Advancement in LIDAR Technology

Robert A. Ryan, EarthData International of NC, High Point, NC

 

National Hydrography Dataset and Elevation Data in North Carolina

North Carolina Floodplain Mapping Program:
Lessoned Learnd and Advancement in LIDAR Technology

Robert A. Ryan, EarthData International of NC, High Point, NC

  Lloyd Edwards
U.S. Geological Survey, Raleigh, NC
John Derry
North Carolina Center for Geographic Information & Analysis
   
  Using the SINK hydrologic function to identify treetops in small-footprint multiple-return Lidar data
  Stoker, J.M., Hoffer, R.M., Kaufmann, M.R., and Garcia, L.A.
   
10-10:15 BREAK
  Remote Sensing and Geospatial Application for Wetland Mapping, Assessment and Mitigation
  Charles G. O'Hara, Consortium Manager
National Consortium on Remote Sensing in Transportation -
Environmental Assessment Engineering Research Center
   
  Mapping Characteristics of LIDAR and IFSAR
  John J Kosovich, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO
   
  Landcover-Dependent Fusion of SRTM Data and Airborne LIDAR Data
  K. Clint Slatton, Melba M. Crawford, and Larry Teng
 
12:15-1:45pm Lunch
  NHD in Geodatabase Panel Discussion
  Paul Wiese
U.S. Geological Survey
Reston, VA
pmwiese@usgs.gov
   
Automated Hydrologic and Hydraulic Modeling Track
1:45-3:15pm
  Automated Hydrologic and Hydraulic Modeling
  Steve Jencen, P.E., Senior Project Manager
AMEC Earth & Environmental, Inc
   
  Automated Hydrology and Hydraulics and
Advanced Terrain Processing with WISE
  David Key, Joe Chapman and Gray Minton
   
  Using Digital Terrain Data for Automated Flood Modeling
  Josh Price and Seth Ahrens
PBS&J
   
3:30-5:00pm
  Terrain for the Lower Colorado River
Flood Damage Evaluation Project
  Erin Atkinson, EIT, Halff Associates, Inc.
Rick Diaz, GIS Programmer, Lower Colorado River Authority
   
  HAZUS®MH: Coastal Flood Hazard Analysis
  Fatih Dogan
ABS Consulting
   
TRACK TWO                                              The Commons Room 1.122
Raster Tools Track (Moderator - Steve Kopp)
8-9:30am
  Terrain Analysis Tools
David Tarboton, Utah State University
John Wilson
   
Watershed and Stream Characteristics Track (Moderator - Tommy Dewald)
9:30 – 11:15am
  StreamStats: A U.S. Geological Survey Web Application for Obtaining Streamflow Statistics for Gaged and Ungaged Sites
  Kernell Ries
U.S. Geological Survey
Reston, VA
kries@usgs.gov

Dean Djokic
Environmental Systems Research Institute
Redlands, CA
ddjokic@esri.com

10-10:15 BREAK
 

Jacqueline Coles
U.S. Geological Survey
Boise, ID

Peter Steeves
U.S. Geological Survey
Northborough, MA

Al Rea
U.S. Geological Survey
Boise, ID

   
11:15-11:45pm
  NHD Watershed: Tools and Applications
  Pete Steeves
U.S. Geological Survey
Northborough, MA
   
11:45-12:15pm
  SPARROW Water-Quality Modeling: Application of the National Hydrography Dataset
  Craig M. Johnston and Richard Bridge Moore
U.S. Geological Survey
Pembroke, NH
   
12:15-1:45pm Lunch
  NHD in Geodatabase Panel Discussion
  Paul Wiese
U.S. Geological Survey
Reston, VA
   
1:45-2:15pm
  Integrating EDNA and NHD Datasets to Derive Catchments for Stream Reaches
  Bruce Worstell
Science Applications International Corporation
Sioux Falls, SD

Kristine Verdin
Science Applications International Corporation
Sioux Falls, SD

   
2:15-2:45pm
  Estimating Flow Volume and Velocity for the National Hydrography Dataset
  Al Rea
U.S. Geological Survey
Boise, ID
   
2:45-3:15pm
  Super-charging the National Hydrography Dataset with Computed Attributes
  Cindy McKay
Horizon Systems Corporation
Herndon, VA
 
3:15-3:30pm Break
 
3:30-4pm
  Making the NHD Flow - Adding Hydrology to Hydrography
  Tim Bondelid
Research Triangle Institute
Research Triangle Park, NC
   
4-4:30pm
  Use of the Elevation Derivatives for National Applications Dataset (EDNA) to Determine Power Potential for Two Hydrologic Regions of the United States
  Al Rea
U.S. Geological Survey
Boise, ID

Kristine Verdin
Science Applications International Corporation
Sioux Falls, SD

   
4:30-5pm
  Low Head / Low Power Resource Assessment of Hydrologic Units 11 and 17
  Randy D. Lee
Bechtel BWXT Idaho LLC
Idaho National Environmental and Engineering Laboratory
Idaho Falls, ID
LDY@inel.gov
   
5:00pm Adjourn for the Day

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Thursday, December 19

8:30-Noon Training Sessions and Seminars  
  TRAINING SESSION 1 The Commons Room 1.122
  Attributing the Watershed Boundary Dataset (WBD) Kenny Legleiter, USDA
  Introduction to Geodesy and GPS for LIDAR applications Roberto Gutierrez, Bureau of Economic Geology
The University of Texas at Austin
  TRAINING SESSION 2 The Commons Room 1.102
  ArcHydro Dan Djokic, Environmental Systems Research Institute I
                   Includes national dataset integration  
           NHD Paul Wiese, USGS
Tommy Dewald, Environmental Protection Agency
           NED/EDNA integration Kris Verdin, SueGreenlee, and Dean Gesch, Eros Data Center
   

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