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Converting a NEXRAD Rainfall Map into a Flood Inundation Map by ...

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Figure 4.46 TIN to Raster Model Component4.1.13.2 Extract <strong>by</strong> MaskBefore the depth of water in the floodplain can be mapped, the rastersurface of water elevations must be made consistent (same cell size and spatialextent) with the existing DTM of the floodplain under analysis. Due to thebounded extent of the first generated TIN of water surfaces, the raster obtainedfrom the previous process also goes beyond the spatial extent of the floodplainand interpolates water surface elevation values over outlying areas that are notaccurate or reliable (areas of non existing contour lines). To avoid this, the watersurface raster is clipped to the extent of the floodplain (main channel plus lateraloverbanks) being described <strong>by</strong> using a mask (a unit value raster) with the desiredspatial extent, the Boundary layer of the floodplain under study. This layer is partof the pre-processing phase and may consist of a polygon obtained <strong>by</strong> joining theend edges of all the HEC-RAS cross sections.170

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