Louisiana model prototype Compound Flood Inundation Guidance System

What is the Compound Flood Inundation Guidance System (CFIGS)? CFIGS is a compound flood prediction system developed at CE Hydro, capable of predicting flooding due to the combined influences of precipitation and storm surge/tidal fluctuations. It provides flood inundation guidance to promote understanding of the timing and extent of flooding before the event.

With CERA’s headquarters at the Louisiana State University (LSU), the team is excited to include this local and unique model prototype on immediate display for users to view and operate. View it here on CERA.

CFIGS as viewed on CERA

CFIGS was made possible with the support from Coastal Protection Restoration Authority (CPRA), Louisiana SeaGrant, Louisiana State University (LSU), Seahorse Coastal Consulting and Freese and Nichols, Inc (FNI).

ESTOFS-Global maximum wind levels now online

We have been working with the NOAA Coast Survey Group to retrieve the ESTOFS-Global maximum wind levels from their cloud service and are happy to announce that the GFS forced wind maps are now available on the CERA web mapping tool.

You can view it here.

By default, opening CERA (https://cera.coastalrisk.live) displays the ESTOFS maximum water height layer. If you wish to view the wind layer, please select the wind speed tab in the map legend.

ESTOFS-Global wind layer on CERA. Data: courtesy of NOAA Coast Survey Group