Development of a Web-based Stochastic Storm Transposition Toolkit for Physically-based Rainfall and Flood Hazard

Funding Opportunity ID: 291526 Opportunity Number: BOR-DO-17-N013 Opportunity Title: Development of a Web-based Stochastic Storm Transposition Toolkit for Physically-based Rainfall and Flood HazardOpportunity Category: DiscretionaryOpportunity Category Explanation: Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: Science and Technology and other Research and DevelopmentCategory Explanation: CFDA Number(s): 15.560Eligible Applicants: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Additional Information on Eligibility: Notice of Intent to Award - University of Wisconsin-MadisonAgency Code: DOI-BORAgency Name: Department of the InteriorBureau of ReclamationPosted Date: Jan 31, 2017Close Date: Feb 14, 2017Last Updated Date: Feb 01, 2017Award Ceiling: $250,000Award Floor: $250,000Estimated Total Program Funding: $250,000Expected Number of Awards: 1Description: Notice of Intent to Award - University of Wisconsin-Madison This research and work will be the spatial and temporal variability of precipitation can lead to a wide range of flood outcomes, only some of which have actually been experienced. The limits of historical rainfall data translate to uncertainty in flood hazard estimates. The RainyDay© software, developed by the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UWM) in collaboration with NASA, uses the SST technique to create both rainfall intensity-duration-frequency (IDF) curves a...
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