Flood Impact Support Tool (FIST) User's Manual and Technical Documentation

Abstract

This report describes the Flood Impact Support Tool (FIST) which has been developed to provide improved decision-support products related to flood impacts. The graphic-based software capability uses a geospatial-based (GIS assisted) methodology for simulation of flood impacts within designated water resource units (WRUs) within the Mississippi River floodplain. The FIST automates the flood damage calculation process, executes the flood extent calculation, determines and stores the economic damage estimates to structures, crops, and roads, and provides graphic and tabular products. Flood simulations are based on real or forecast gauge readings on the river. Metadata documentation and data formats are described.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1999
Accession Number
ADA359329

Entities

People

  • Jerrell R. Ballard Jr.
  • Margaret R. Kress

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Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • C Programming Language
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Digital Data
  • Environment
  • Flood Damage
  • Floods
  • High Resolution
  • Metadata
  • Mississippi
  • Mississippi River
  • Natural Resources
  • Rivers
  • Simulations
  • United States
  • Water Resources

Readers

  • Computer Science.
  • Database Systems and Applications
  • Riverine Ecology