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FloodArea for ArcGIS

FloodArea in ArcGIS

Hydrodynamic Modeling
FloodArea: geomers simulation and modeling tool for high-level flood preparedness

Algorithm
FloodArea is a 2D flood modeling tool for
the delineation of inundation areas
completely integrated in ArcGIS. Since the
first release in 2001 numerous engineering companies, research institutions, and
public authorities (municipal to national
level) of about 20 countries have confidence in this simulation model.
Main functions

Fully integrated in ArcGIS Desktop Appli

cations (including Model Builder, command line, and scripting)

Specification of elevation units of your
choice
Model input either by spatially variable
water level or by hydrograph
Easily create and start simulation animations from within ArcMap
Full consideration of dam failures and
flow barriers
Save intermediate results at intervals of
your choice
Create animation movies in AVI format
Manage and present your Metadata with
a separate FloodArea style sheet

Hydrodynamic approach
Correct mass balance
Automatic optimization of the iteration
time step during model runs

Distance weighted distribution to all 8

neighboring raster cells

Dynamic change of flow direction

Consideration of roughness coefficients
Edges are considered
Application examples

Delineation of inundation areas from

flood marks

Dam failure scenarios

Flood simulation for risk analysis and

demands. You can increase the memory

virtually to any size and according to your
needs. You can now easily run simulation
models with 500 million raster cells or
more.
In addition to this, FloodArea HPC has
been improved by optimizing its algorithmic core. FloodArea HPC supports
Multi-Threading and thus makes full use of
modern Dual- or MultiCore systems, which
further dramatically decreases computation time. The operational, near real time
simulation of dam or levee failures is now
possible.

disaster management

Estimation of flood retention potentials

FloodArea HPC High Performance Computing
Modeling flooding scenarios using high
resolution terrain models demands highest
computational performance. Common
practice is to overcome this problem either
by modeling sub-sections of an area or by
using a lower resolution. In the FloodArea
Desktop-version performance is limited by
available workstation memory.
These limitations are now a matter of the
past. Since FloodArea-HPC has been introduced, any number of computers (nodes)
can now be combined to a computing cluster, whatever the size of your study area

Support of additional operating systems

FloodArea HPC computing clusters can
comprise of computers running Windows
(XP, Vista), Linux, and Solaris.

If you dont want to build up your own

Services around FloodArea

Contact

computing resources or if you want to

In addition to FloodArea for ArcGIS and

FloodArea HPC, we offer a service portfolio
covering many aspects of flooding and associated issues:

Dr. Andr Assmann

save time for solving other problems think

about outsourcing model runs to geomer.
You can benefit from our experience and
get best possible results efficiently.

Delineation of static or dynamic hazard

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Fax +49 (6221) 89458-79
E-Mail: aassm@geomer.de

maps

Flood risk analysis for communities, including flash flood related risks
DTM Tool
Editing and manipulating terrain models

Acquisition, preparation, and enhance-

DTM-Tool is set of tools for working with

digital terrain models, focusing on their hydrological and hydraulic properties. DTMTool is the ideal companion for FloodArea.

Training and capacity building for your

Contact us for details.

ment of related baseline data

own modeling

Computational resources with our own

FloodArea HPC cluster

Planning of decentralized flood protection measures

Functions

Hydrologically meaningful resampling,

retain hydrological features of a terrain

Smoothing of a drainage network

Interpolation of a terrain model between
contours

Linear interpolation of voids from surrounding vales

Import rasters from x,y,z-ASCII files of

any size

FloodArea is completely integrated in ArcGIS and thus

helps you saving time!

Product References
Use FloodArea and you are in a selected company. Since its introduction to the market in 2001, customers from different background are working with FloodArea. Some of them are listed below:
Research Institutes

Swiss Federal Institute for Environmental Science and Technology (EAWAG), Schweiz

Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy

of Science (NICLAS), China

Umweltforschungszentrum Halle Leipzig

University of the German Army Munich
Zentrum fr Agrarlandschafts- und Landnutzungsforschung
(ZALF)

Facult Universitaire des Sciences Agronomiques de Gembloux,

Belgien

Public Autorities

Office of Critical Infrastructure and Protection and Emergency

Preparedness (OCIPEP), Canada

City of Cologne
Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad, Centro de Geston Ambiental (ICE), Costa Rica

District of Rastatt
Federal Institute of Hydrology Koblenz
State office for environmental protection Saxony-Anhalt
State office for water management Rheinland Pfalz
Mrkischer Kreis (district)

... and further partners, research institutes, public authorities, reinsurance and engineering companies ...

Referenzen

geomer GmbH
Im Breitspiel 11 b I D-69126 Heidelberg I Fon +49 (0)6221 89 458-0 I Fax +49 (0)6221 89 458-79 I info@geomer.de I www.geomer.de