diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 6611140..d2ad3e8 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -2,33 +2,28 @@ Now supporting: - >= ArcGis 10.5 - ArcGis Pro + - Google Earth Engine # Floodwater Depth Estimation Tool The Floodwater Depth Estimation Tool (FwDET) calculates floodwater depths using a digital elevation model (DEM) and a flood extent -polygon shapefile. Within this repository resides the two versions of +polygon shapefile. Within this repository resides the three versions of FwDET. Version 1, featured in Estimating Floodwater Depths from Flood Inundation Maps and Topography [Cohen et al. 2018], best works in inland riverine regions and has been implemented using both Arcpy and QGIS. Version 2, features an improved algorithm which better solves -coastal flooding as well as fluvial. Version 2 implements a much +coastal flooding as well as fluvial [Cohen et al. 2019]. Version 2 implements a much different approach that is considerably more computationally efficient, drastically reducing run time compared to version 1 of the -tool. +tool. Version 2.1 introduces a boundary cell smoothing and filtering procedure whicn +improves the tool's accuracy. -FwDET can be executed either as a standalone Python script or via a toolbox in -ArcMap (v1 & v2) or QGIS (v1). Version 1 and 2 have been implemented via Arcpy -scripts and Arc Toolboxs with version support for >= ArcGis 10.5 and ArcGis Pro. -Version 1 also has both a standalone and plugin open-source QGIS version, that -out preforms the ArcMap computationally. The plugin/toolbox versions can be -found inside the [fwdet](fwdet) directory. The standalone versions of the -scripts are located under [fwdet/source](fwdet/source). ## How to use FwDET ArcMap/Pro Toolbox 1. Clone this repository or download the [toolbox file](fwdet/FwDET.tbx). 2. Open ArcMap/Pro and navigate using the catalog to the directory - containing `FwDET.tbx` or `FwDET_ArcGISPro.tbx`. + containing `FwDET_ArcGISPro.tbx`. 3. Expand the toolbox and double click on the tool version you wish to use. @@ -43,9 +38,13 @@ scripts are located under [fwdet/source](fwdet/source). ### Publications from this work: +[Peter et al. 2020](https://doi.org/10.1109/LGRS.2020.3031190) Google Earth Engine +Implementation of the Floodwater Depth Estimation Tool (FwDET-GEE) for Rapid and Large Scale Flood Analysis. +_IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters._ + [Cohen et al. 2019](https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-2019-78) -- The Floodwater Depth Estimation Tool (FwDET v2.0) for Improved Remote -Sensing Analysis of Coastal Flooding +Sensing Analysis of Coastal Flooding. _Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences_, 19, 2053–2065. Cohen, et al. (2017), Estimating Floodwater Depths from Flood Inundation Maps and Topography, _Journal of the American Water @@ -55,8 +54,6 @@ Resources Association_, 54 (4), 847–858. ### Contacts: [Sagy Cohen](mailto:sagy.cohen@ua.edu) -[Austin Raney](mailto:aaraney@crimson.ua.edu) - ### Other resources: [SDML Website](https://sdml.ua.edu)