IDAWRA Webinar in partnership with
Northwest Regional Floodplain Management Association (NORFMA) Idaho Technical Committee
Wednesday, July 8, 2020, 12pm - 1pm, MDT
Modeling the Teton Dam Failure for Downstream Consequences and Validating GeoClaw Code with Geophysical Techniques
Speaker: Hannah Spero, Undergraduate, Boise State University Department of Geosciences
Recipient of The Association of State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM) student paper award
This talk will introduce the software GeoClaw, and how it is being used to model the downstream consequences of the 1976 Teton Dam failure flood. It will also cover how well GeoClaw aligns with historical data, and the implications of this research.
Outreach short Video
Northwest Regional Floodplain Management Association (NORFMA) Idaho Technical Committee
Wednesday, July 8, 2020, 12pm - 1pm, MDT
Modeling the Teton Dam Failure for Downstream Consequences and Validating GeoClaw Code with Geophysical Techniques
Speaker: Hannah Spero, Undergraduate, Boise State University Department of Geosciences
Recipient of The Association of State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM) student paper award
This talk will introduce the software GeoClaw, and how it is being used to model the downstream consequences of the 1976 Teton Dam failure flood. It will also cover how well GeoClaw aligns with historical data, and the implications of this research.
Outreach short Video