Session No. 34
Friday, 1 April 2016: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Richland A (Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center)
T21. Extreme rainfall effects in South Carolina, October 2015
Venkat Lakshmi and R. Torres, Advocates
2:10 PM
PRELIMINARY HYDRO-METEOROLOGIC ASSESSMENT OF AN EXTREME PRECIPITATION EVENT ON SANTEE EXPERIMENTAL FOREST WATERSHEDS, SC
AMATYA, Devendra M. and TRETTIN, Carl C., Center for Forested Wetlands Research, USDA Forest Service, 3734 Highway 402, Cordesville, SC 29434, damatya@fs.fed.us, damatya@fs.fed.us
2:30 PM
GEOSYSTEM FAILURES FROM A 1000-YR FLOOD EVENT: DAMS
SASANAKUL, Inthuorn, GASSMAN, Sarah, PIERCE, Charles, GHEIBI, Emad, OVALLE VILLAMIL, William, RAHMAN, Mostaqur and STARCHER, Ryan, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29212, sasanaku@cec.sc.edu, sasanaku@cec.sc.edu
2:50 PM
GEOSYSTEM FAILURES FROM A 1000-YR FLOOD EVENT: PIPE CULVERTS
GASSMAN, Sarah, SASANAKUL, Inthuorn, PIERCE, Charles, GHEIBI, Emad, OVALLE VILLAMIL, William, RAHMAN, Mostaqur and STARCHER, Ryan, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29212, gassman@cec.sc.edu, gassman@cec.sc.edu
3:10 PM
THE INFLUENCE AND IMPLICATIONS OF A SINGLE EXTREME EVENT ON INTENSITY-DURATION-FREQUENCY (IDF) CURVES IN SOUTH CAROLINA
CARBONE, Gregory J. and
GAO, Peng, University of South Carolina, Geography, Department of Geography, 709 Bull St., Columbia, SC 29208, gaop@email.sc.edu, gaop@email.sc.edu
3:30 PM
IMPACTS, RESPONSE, AND RECOVERY – SOUTH CAROLINA VS THE FLOODING RAINFALL OF OCTOBER 2015
KAUFMAN, Charlie, South Carolina Emergency Management Division, West Columbia, SC 29172; South Carolina Emergency Management Department, State of South Carolina, 2779 Fish Hatchery Road,, West Columbia, SC 29172 and LEVINE, Norman, Masters of Environmental Studies, College of Charleston, 202 Calhoun Street, Charleston, SC 29424, ckaufman@emd.sc.gov, ckaufman@emd.sc.gov
3:50 PM
DAM BREACHES INITIATED BY THE OCTOBER 2015 RAIN EVENT
TOWNSEND, Emily1, EATON, Mary Elizabeth
2, CULBERTSON, Kelsey
2, CURCIO, Dante
2, CUVILLIER, Michel
2 and LEVINE, Norman
2, (1)Masters of Environmental Studies, College of Charleston, 202 Calhoun St., Charleston, SC 29424, (2)Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, College of Charleston, 202 Calhoun Street, Charleston, SC 29424, townsende@g.cofc.edu, townsende@g.cofc.edu