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PRESENTATION GUIDELINES FOR FLOOD CASE STUDIES
What to cover:
Your presentations should be 30 - 45 minutes and address the
following:
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Regional
hydroclimatic context. Start out by "framing"
the flood event(s) you will cover in terms of the regional hydroclimatology of the area
and its past floods. If applicable, address one or more
different types of flood causes for your area. Even if you are
focusing on just a single major event, be sure you indicate what the
general flood-climate context is for your area. (To put
together your hydroclimatic context, use the Hayden 1988 "Flood
Climates paper and/or the state overviews in these
National Water Summaries:
WSP 2375 Floods
& Droughts
&
WSP 2300 Surface Water Resources).
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Description and explanation of
selected flood event(s). Then describe the
flood case studies: both hydrological and meteorological
causes and how the event(s) compare with the history of other floods;
link or compare the event(s) to aspects of our readings (e.g.,
does it fit into any of the "catastropic flooding" types described
in Hirschboeck 1987? Is it similar to any other major flood
events that have been discussed or that you know of, etc.?)
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Highlighting of any unique aspects.
Include additional or unique aspects of the event(s) such
as serious damage, human interest, flood hazard management issues,
open questions or controversies related to the flood(s), etc.
Be sure to share things you learned that were especially compelling,
or new to you, about floods.
Format to use:
It is assumed you will present via
powerpoint (or equivalent). Bring your presentation on a
jump drive. The classroom has both a Mac and PC -- but the PC will
be hooked up, so you may want to save your presentation as a PDF to avoid
Mac-PC transfer problems.
Handout:
Provide a 1-page handout (double
sided) for the
rest of the class to complement your presentation. It should
summarize the key nuggets of information about your flood cases.
Include important graphs, maps and/or photos. You can email it out
to everyone in advance, or bring paper copies.
Readings / Webpage links:
A few days in
advance of your
presentation (e.g., by the preceding Monday or Tuesday morning at the
latest), send
Katie the links and references for any USGS
publications (and other pubs) that you used to prepare your
presentation. (These will be linked to the webpage so others can refer to
them if interested.)
If you have have questions about the assignment not covered above, send
an email to Katie.
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