Mission Statement
The Center for Hydrologic Development will advance scientific and applied engineering research in hydrology, river hydraulics, water resources, and communications and outreach, at the regional and national scale.
About
The newly established Center for Hydrologic Development (CHD) builds on over a century of hydrologic research and education at IIHR—Hydroscience and Engineering (IIHR), established in 1920 at the University of Iowa. The new center will advance scientific and applied engineering research in hydrology, river hydraulics, water resources, and communications and outreach, at the regional and national scale.
CHD Research
The center’s core research areas focus on real-time forecast models, flood inundation mapping, flood monitoring, hydroinformatics, and education and outreach
CIROH Funded Projects
FY22
Title: Intelligent Data Analytics and Communication
Agency: NOAA
Proposal Lead: Larry Weber
Total Budget: $2,188,716
FY23
Title: Comparative Assessment of the NWM Channel Routing Models for Enhanced Streamflow Data Assimilation
Agency: NOAA
Proposal Lead: Ibrahim Demir
Total Budget: $194,551
Title: Novel Physically-based Streamflow Monitoring Methodology
Agency: USGS
Proposal Lead: Marian Muste
Total Budget: $389,106
Title: Examination of the Value of the QPF for Streamflow Forecasting
Agency: NOAA
Proposal Lead: Witold Krajewski
Total Budget: $340,464
Title: AI-Augmented Immersive Digital Twin and Visual Analytics Framework for Hydrology
Agency: NOAA
Proposal Lead: Ibrahim Demir
Total Budget: $243,081
FY24
Title: Adapting the Iowa Flood Center's Hillslope Link Model for compatibility with the NextGen Framework
Agency: NOAA
Proposal Lead: Felipe Quintero
Total Budget: $249,894
FY25
Title: Deep-learning-based Rainfall Forecasting for Prediction of Pluvial Flooding
Agency: NOAA
Proposal Lead: Witold Krajewski
Total Budget: $599,893
Title: How Can We Improve the NEXRAD Network to Benefit Water Prediction?
Agency: NOAA
Proposal Lead: Witold Krajewski
Total Budget: $300,000
News
UI Launches New Flood Prediction Research Facility
UI launching research center to improve flood prediction
