To provide assessments of, and technology for winter impact on Corps structures, ice jam mitigation, cold regions hydrology, an river restoration.


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Ice Hydraulics and Engineering

• Understanding the physics of river ice processes.
• Development of simulation tools to resolve emerging issues.
• Ice control for hydroelectric production.
• Research ice forces on structures and vessels.
• Provide guidance for ice jam flood control.
• Lock ice control methods and design tools.

Snow Hydrology

• Understanding climate variability impacts on snowmelt runoff patterns.
• Provide complex snow models.
• Conduct remote snow assessments for snow water equivalence and snow coverage area.
• Experience in combining satellite data, ground observations, and snow modeling for hydrologic analysis of flooding.

Operational Support

• Operational support across the world for ice jam, snowmelt, and snow/ice-related flooding events.
• Understand dynamic events that can result in significant infrastructure damage.
• Track and assess ice jam potential and risk.
• Conduct site visits during significant events.
• Maintain the Ice Jam Database.

Cold Challenges

• Strategic defense and national facilities located in cold and remote locations.
• Performance criteria must be adapted to provide high reliability.
• Cold regions can add significant cost penalties to build and sustain facilities.
• Effects of extreme cold on material and procedures.
• Army Transformation infrastructure must support all season operations.