Optimal use of high-resolution topographic data in flood inundation models

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 537-557

  Bates, P D ^a   Marks, K J ^a   Horritt, M S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Floodplains; Geostatistical analysis; Inundation prediction; LiDAR

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; WETTING;

TOPOGRAPHY;

FLOODS;

DATA ASSIMILATION; FLOOD FORECASTING; FLOODING; GEOSTATISTICS; LIDAR; TOPOGRAPHY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0037470396     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.1113     Document Type: Article

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