The History of FIM according to Jim

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  • More context on the approaches we take to FIM.

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Timeline Scope

Review: Some New Developments on Two Separate Topics: S…

Review: Toward Rapid Flood Mapping Using Modeled Inunda…

Review: Dashboard V1

Review: FastPLN

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Review: A Modern HEC-RAS

Review: The First 2D HEC-RAS

Review: HEC-RAS 2025

Review: AHPS libraries

Review: Hydraulics: One-Dimensional Analysis

Review: Guidance for Flood Risk Analysis and Mapping

Review: Hydraulics Two-Dimensional Analysis Guidance

Review: Accepting Numerical Models for Use in the NFIP

Review: Flood Decision Support Toolbox Executive Summar…

Review: RAS2FIM V1

Review: RAS2FIM V2

Review: RIPPLE1D

Review: Rebranding to NWPS

Review: Federated FIM

Review: NFIE

Review: OWP

NWS Vision

A Weather-Ready Nation: Society is prepared for and responds to weather, water, and climate-dependent events.

NWS Mission

Provide weather, water and climate data, forecasts, warnings, and impact-based decision support services for the protection of life and property and enhancement of the national economy.

OWP Mission

The Office of Water Prediction (OWP) collaboratively researches, develops and delivers state-of-the-science national hydrologic analyses, forecast information, data, decision-support services and guidance to support and inform essential emergency services and water management decisions. In partnership with NWS national, regional, and local offices, the OWP coordinates, integrates and supports consistent water prediction activities from global to local levels.

Review: OWP

NWS Mission

Provide weather, water and climate data, forecasts, warnings, and impact-based decision support services for the protection of life and property and enhancement of the national economy.

OWP Mission

The Office of Water Prediction (OWP) collaboratively researches, develops and delivers state-of-the-science national hydrologic analyses, forecast information, data, decision-support services and guidance to support and inform essential emergency services and water management decisions. In partnership with NWS national, regional, and local offices, the OWP coordinates, integrates and supports consistent water prediction activities from global to local levels.

Emphasis mine

A useable prediction of states of the holistic hydrology and hydraulic system that bridges scales from meso-scale to me-scale

  • Useable - in both the FAIR and subjective senses
  • Everywhere - EVERYWHERE

Review: A CyberGIS Integration and Computation Framewor…

Review: High resolution HAND

Review: FIM 2

Review: FIM 3

Reading layer `demDerived_reaches_split_filtered_addedAttributes_crosswalked_0' from data source `/home/rstudio/data/raw/lynker-spatial/FIM/OWP/hand_fim/hand_4_8_7_2/10270104/branches/0/demDerived_reaches_split_filtered_addedAttributes_crosswalked_0.gpkg' 
  using driver `GPKG'
Simple feature collection with 3732 features and 14 fields
Geometry type: LINESTRING
Dimension:     XY
Bounding box:  xmin: -4115 ymin: 1748265 xmax: 119215 ymax: 1842525
Projected CRS: NAD83 / Conus Albers
Reading layer `demDerived_reaches_split_filtered_addedAttributes_crosswalked_4391000040' from data source `/home/rstudio/data/raw/lynker-spatial/FIM/OWP/hand_fim/hand_4_8_7_2/10270104/branches/4391000040/demDerived_reaches_split_filtered_addedAttributes_crosswalked_4391000040.gpkg' 
  using driver `GPKG'
Simple feature collection with 73 features and 14 fields
Geometry type: LINESTRING
Dimension:     XY
Bounding box:  xmin: 51579.86 ymin: 1770285 xmax: 119215 ymax: 1788705
Projected CRS: NAD83 / Conus Albers

Review: FIM 4

Review: SCHISM Manual at Ccrm-Vims-Edu

Review: FIM 100 and Beyond

We write the next steps!

Goals:

Outcomes:

  • A better understanding of why we use the tools and methods we use.
  • More context on the approaches we take to FIM.

This presentation