Reanalysis of Flood of Record Using HEC-2, HEC-RAS, and USGS Gauge Data
Publication: Journal of Hydrologic Engineering
Volume 21, Issue 6
Abstract
Three independent analyses establish that the Conestoga River flow published by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) for Tropical Storm Agnes in 1972 of () should have been at least (), an increase of over 16%. The three analyses included an empirical analysis of the data for U.S. Geological Survey Gauge 01576500, a reanalysis of a 1978 U.S. Army Corp of Engineers Hydrologic Engineering Center (HEC)-2 simulation of the Conestoga River, and a retrofit and minor corrections to a preliminary 2013 HEC-RAS (river analysis system) simulation of the Conestoga River.
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Acknowledgments
The author acknowledges Annette Lockwood for her dedicated editing and his wife Suzanne and son Rory for their support during this project. The author greatly appreciates the time and expertise of the reviewers, especially the annotated manuscript provided by Reviewer 3. The author also wishes to thank colleagues at Rettew Associates, Incorporated who reviewed an early version of this paper.
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Journal of Hydrologic Engineering
Volume 21 • Issue 6 • June 2016
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Received: Mar 27, 2015
Accepted: Dec 1, 2015
Published online: Mar 7, 2016
Published in print: Jun 1, 2016
Discussion open until: Aug 7, 2016
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