The “Iowa DOT Culverts” platform aims at informing on the potential for inception and development of sedimentation at culverts. The platform offers a web-based problem-solving environment for a) managing inventory and retrieving culvert structural information; b) integrating diverse culvert-related datasets (e.g., culvert inventory, hydrological and land use data, and observations on the degree of sedimentation in the vicinity of culverts) in a digital repository; c) supporting culvert field inspections and real-time data collection through mobile devices; and d) hosting the data-driven framework for exploring culvert sedimentation drivers and forecasting culvert sedimentation potential across Iowa. Insights provided through the data-driven framework can be applied to support decisions for culvert management and sedimentation mitigation, as well as to provide suggestions on parameter selections for the design of these structures.
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- Xu, H., Demir, I., Koylu, C. and Muste, M., 2019. A web-based geovisual analytics platform for identifying potential contributors to culvert sedimentation. Science of The Total Environment, 692, pp.806-817. (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.07.157)
