| Hydrology and Floodplain Analysis, Fourth
Edition |
 CEVE
412 Hydrology and Watershed Analysis |
| CEVE 512: GIS and
Hydrologic Design Lab |
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Instructor Resources |
| Hydrology and Floodplain Analysis, Fourth
Edition, by Philip B. Bedient and Wayne C. Huber, is a textbook and
reference book for Engineers and Consultants. This companion website
contains material that enhances the usefulness of the book. |
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| About the Authors |
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Dr.
Bedient is a professor at Rice
University in the Civil and Environmental
Engineering Department.
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Dr. Bedient uses the book in teaching his courses on surface water
hydrology. More resources, including powerpoint lectures, spreadsheet
hydrologic applications, a course syllabus, and course project information
may be found on the course webpage, and freely used in designing
your courses. Please contact Dr. Bedient directly with any questions
or suggestions at mailto:bedient@rice.edu.
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Dr.
Huber is a professor at Oregon
State University in the
Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering Department. |
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Dr. Vieux is a professor at
University of Okalahoma in the Civil Engineering and Environmental Science. |
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| Book Resources |
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Appendix
E of the book contains a number of links to websites containing
hydrologic data, models, government information. The Page for Appendix
E contains live links for all the URLs in the Appendix, and additional
links, and will be updated as links are changed over time. |
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Book Figures and an online syllabus manager are available for
download and use in course design, lecture development, and presentations
from
the Prentice Hall Book website. |
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Downloadable programs and datasets to be used with the book are
available
here. |
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| Flooding Resources |
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Tropical Storm Allison dropped a tremendous amount of Rainfall
over the Houston Metropolitan Area and caused over $5 billion in
damages to the county. See this
Photo Gallery of flooding in the Rice and Texas Medical Center
area. |
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Dr. Bedient has developed and administers a
Flood Alert System for Rice University and the
Texas Medical Center. The system monitors NEXRAD radar data
from the National Weather Service over the Brays Bayou watershed,
which includes Rice and the TMC. |
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Finally, although we have tried valiantly to produce a book with
no errors, we are, after all, human. The errata
page contains known errata and a
form for submitting any errata you may have noticed in the book. |
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| Current Research and Conferences |
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Rice
University’s Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, in
conjunction with the International Center for Natural Hazards and
Disaster Research at the University of Okalahoma, the Texas Medical
Center, and the Rice University Energy and Environmental Systems
Institute, presented a National Symposium on "Severe Storm Impacts in the Gulf Coast." (March 15-16, 2006).
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Rice University’s Civil and Environmental Engineering Department offered a conference on “Severe Storm Prediction, Education and Evacuation from Disasters”
at Rice University. Experts from academic, public, and private sectors
discussed technical, social, and economic issues associated with
tropical storms and hurricanes in Gulf Coast communities. This
conference is a follow up to the March 2006 conference at Rice
University on "Severe Storms Impact and Disaster Response" (May 8-9,
2007).
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Dr. Bedient has organized a research center entitled "Severe Storm Prediction, Education and Evacuation from Disasters" (SSPEED).
This center will organize leading universities, researchers, emergency
managers, and private and public entities to better address severe
storm impacts in the Gulf Coast area. The impact zone stretches from
Texas to Louisiana and includes major cities such as New Orleans, Baton
Rouge, Houston, and Brownsville. The Center will address (1) severe
storm and hurricane research and storm surge prediction, (2)
radar-based rainfall and flood warning systems for urban and coastal
areas, (3) state-of-the-art educational programs for workforce training
and public awareness, (4) infrastructure risks assessment, and (5)
evacuation plans linked to the best warning and transportation systems,
and societal needs. The keys are to improve lead-time and accuracy
of prediction and to deliver the information in real time to emergency
managers for improved evacuations or sheltering in place.
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for
more information, contact Nick Fang |
