TERRY W. ORTEL Hydrologist

EDUCATION

MS, Agricultural Engineering, 1986, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
BS, Agricultural Engineering, 1984, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana

WITH THE USGS SINCE: June, 1997

OTHER EXPERIENCE:

South Florida Water Management District, West Palm Beach, Florida, 1986-1990
Illinois State Water Survey, Champaign, Illinois, 1990-1992
Construction Engineering Research Laboratories, Champaign, Illinois, 1992-1996
Waste Management Research Center, Champaign, Illinois, 1996-1997

CURRENT PROJECTS

• Near Real-Time Flood Simulation System for Salt Creek in DuPage County, Illinois
  
• IEPA Source Water Assessment Program
  
• Development of Web Applications for Summary/Display of Real-Time Data
  

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

• Steady and unsteady one-dimensional hydraulic modeling
• Rainfall-runoff modeling
• Water-use analysis
• Software development

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

American Society of Agricultural Engineers

CONTACT INFORMATION

U.S. Geological Survey, Illinois Water Science Center
1201 W. University Avenue, Suite 100
Urbana, IL 61801-2347
Phone: 217-344-0037, ext 3022
E-mail: tortel@usgs.gov

PUBLICATIONS

Manges, H.V., Hooker, M.L., and Ortel, T.W., 1985, Variable Cycle Time Effects in Surge Irrigation: American Society of Agricultural Engineers, paper 85-2583 presented at the 1985 ASAE Winter Meeting, 7 p.

Cooper, R.M. and Ortel, T.W., 1988, An Atlas of St.Lucie County Surface Water Management Basins: South Florida Water Management District Technical Memorandum, 40 p.

Tomasello, R.S. and Ortel, T.W., 1989, Cocohatchee River Basin Study: American Society of Civil Engineers, in Proceedings of the 1989 National Conference on Hydraulic Engineering, p. 717-722.

Knapp, H.V., Durgunoglu, A., and Ortel, T.W., 1991, A Review of Rainfall-Runoff Modeling for Stormwater Management: Illinois State Water Survey Contract Report 516, 92 p.

Knapp, H.V., Ortel, T.W., and Larson, R.S., 1991, Hydrologic Modeling of the Fox River Watershed: Illinois State Water Survey Contract Report 518, 89 p.

Ortel, T.W., 1992, Supplemental Water Use in the Everglades Agricultural Area: South Florida Water Management District Technical Memorandum, 52 p.

Knapp, H.V. and Ortel, T.W., 1992, Effect of Stratton Dam Operation on Flood Control Along the Fox River and Fox Chain of Lakes: Illinois State Water Survey Contract Report 533, 79 p.

Ishii, A.L., Charlton, T.J., Ortel, T.W., and Vonnahme, C.C., 1998, Modeling System for Near Real-Time Flood Simulation for Salt Creek in Du Page County, Illinois: Subcommittee on Hydrology of the Interagency Advisory Committee on Water Data, Proceedings of the First Federal Interagency Hydrologic Modeling Conference, Las Vegas, p. 8.51-8.58.

Ishii, A.L., Charlton, T.J., Ortel, T.W., and Vonnahme, C.C., 1998, Operational Modeling with Dynamic-Wave Routing: American Society of Civil Engineers, Water Resources Planning and Management Division, Water Resources and the Urban Environment, Chicago, p. 147-152.

Ortel, T.W., 1999, GenScn - Generation and Analysis of Model Simulation Scenarios: Illinois Association for Floodplain and Stormwater Management, IAFSM 1999 Annual Conference, Rosemont, Illinois, 1 p.

Vonnahme, C.C., Ortel, T.W., Ishii, A.L., and Charlton, A.J., 1999, Near Real-Time Flood-Simulation System for Salt Creek in Du Page County, Illinois: Association of State Floodplain Managers, Proceedings of the Planning Ahead: Flood-Loss Reduction for the 21st Century, Portland, Oregon, 6 p.

Ishii, A.L., Ortel, T.W., Over, T.M., and Murphy, E.A., 2003, Nexrad and Rainfall-Gage Precipitation Inputs for Near Real-Time Flood Simulation of Salt Creek in Du Page County, Illinois: in 2003 National Hydrologic Warning Council/Southwestern Association of ALERT Systems Abstracts, Dallas, Texas, p. 43.