[White-water] Un-Dam It!

Jack Doyle oriverat at gmail.com
Mon Jul 16 09:03:41 PDT 2007


Un-Dam It!
Blair Greimann
07.13.07 | 2:00 AM
http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/multimedia/2007/07/dam_gallery

Thanks to sophisticated new computer modeling techniques, a series of dam
removal projects planned throughout the United States can be attempted with
a realistic look at the results.

Left: After the Matilija Dam is removed from the Ventura River, this model
shows the depths predicted during a flood. The simulations were made using
the modeling program developed by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation that
incorporates ArcGIS maps.

-- 
Jack Doyle
oriverat at gmail.com

Go gcoinne Dia thu
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