Description: The Iowa Flood Center’s new modeling system predicts statewide floods by tracking how water moves through a very detailed landscape decomposition. Using high-powered graphics cards, it runs faster and more detailed simulations. This allows experts to model water quantity and quality at various weather scenarios, giving communities vital early warnings before floods occur.

Authors: Felipe Quintero, Marcela Rojas

Author Bios: Felipe Quintero is an Associate Research Scientist. He conducts research on flood forecasting, radar meteorology, and propagation of uncertainty in hydrologic modeling.

Marcela Rojas is a Design Engineer. She conducts research on inundation modeling,environmental data quality control and machine learning applications.