David Soong
For more than 18 years with the USGS David Soong has conducted applied research in river hydraulics, sediment routing, and rainfall-runoff analyses. He applies modeling and analytical techniques in assessing flow quantity and prediction uncertainty, river spill and oil-particle-aggregate transport, and restoration issues. He works in the USGS Central Midwest Water Science Center, Urbana, IL.
Awarded Projects:
- Technical Review for DuPage River HSPF Watershed Model in Will County, Illinois. Funded by US Army Corps of Engineers Chicago District.
- Evaluation Rainfall-Runoff Parameters in HSPF for Watersheds in Lake Michigan Diversion Accounting System. Funded by US Army Corps of Engineers Chicago District.
- Flood-inundation Maps for a 1.6-mile reach of Salt Creek, Wood Dale, Illinois. Funded by Du Page County, Department of Environmental Concerns.
- Effects of Detention Basin and Release Rates on Flood Characteristics for Blackberry Creek in Kane County. Funded by Kane County, Department of Environmental Management.
- Flood-Hazard Analysis with Rainfall-Runoff Modeling for the Blackberry Creek Watershed, Kane County, Illinois. Funded by Kane County Department of Environmental Management.
- Updated and Unified StreamStats Peak Discharges for Streams of Illinois. Funded by Illinois Center for Transportation.
- Analysis and Adjustment of Flood-Peak Magnitudes Recorded at USGS Streamflow gages in Northeastern Illinois. Funded by Army Corps of Engineers – Chicago District.
- Techniques for Estimating Flood Magnitudes and Frequencies for Rural Streams of Illinois. Funded by Illinois Department of Natural Resources – Office of Water Resources, Illinois Department of Transportation, Federal Emergency Management Agency, and USGS.
- Development and Evaluation of StreamStats for Rural Illinois Streams. Funded by Illinois Center for Transportation.
- Development of an Oil-Particle Aggregate Transport Model. Funded provided through USGS Midewest Region.
- Manning's roughness coefficients for Illinois Streams. Funded by Office of Water Resources, Illinois Department of Natural Resources, and USGS..