Highway Hydrology: Evolving Methods, Tools, and Data

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• Creators:
  Kilgore, Roger ; Atayee, A. Tamim ; Curtis, David ; Harris, Jeff ; Herrmann, George R. ; Thompson, David
• Corporate Creators:
  Kilgore Consulting and Management
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Bridges and Structures
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Floods Hydrology Peak Discharge Runoff
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA-HIF-23-050
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Bridges and Structures
• Abstract:
  This reference manual (HEC-19) provides practical information in the evolving highway hydrology field. The information supports more resilient bridge and roadway design. Understanding of hydrologic behavior also can inform planning, design, operations, and maintenance. Following introductory material in Chapter 1 and policy context for hydrology in Chapter 2, Chapter 3 describes sources of nonstationarity and tools to identify and address changing land use and climate conditions. Chapter 4 provides information on established and emerging low flow metrics and tools that inform a broad range of potential transportation hydrology applications including estimating channel forming discharge, aquatic organism passage, ecosystem assessment, and water quality. The chapter also introduces hyporheic flows and continuous simulation tools. Chapter 5 addresses coincident flooding techniques that consider the combined risk of two sources of flooding at a site. This includes coincident flooding at the confluence of two streams and coastal compound flooding resulting from riverine flooding and storm surge near the coast. Chapter 6 introduces spatially distributed precipitation data sources and analysis tools that support more detailed watershed modeling. Chapter 7 focuses on topics that are of particular interest in specific areas of the country including the effects of wildfires on runoff, karst areas, and paleohydrology.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DTFH61-17-D-00035
• Collection(s):
  Federal Highway Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:e4813b02c461ef9c423df916b3d48ba0033b258481db6d346819a973715ef211a0fcfd7239733b51a46e71950e122627da12ebb69017edd32bea8a6a8ddeb3a8
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/72770/dot_72770_DS1.pdf
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