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Short, practical write-ups, the kind of thing I wish I had found when I was figuring it out. New posts go here; for now, these are the ones moving over from the previous site.
- HEC-RAS
Getting started with HEC-RAS: 1D, 2D, and when to use which
A practical first pass at HEC-RAS, geometry, flow data, the difference between 1D and 2D runs, and the things that trip people up early.
HEC-RAShydraulicspost being migrated - FEMA
FEMA's Future of Flood Risk Data (FFRD), in plain terms
What FFRD is, how it differs from the legacy FIS and FIRM products, and what it means for engineers and the communities they work with.
FEMAflood riskpost being migrated - USGS
Pulling water data with the USGS Water Data APIs
A short tour of the modern USGS data APIs, what changed, how to query them, and a small Python example to get you going.
USGSPythondatapost being migrated
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