Two-dimensional hydraulic flood modelling using a finite-element mesh decomposed according to vegetation and topographic features derived from airborne scanning laser altimetry

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1979-2000

  Cobby, David M ^a   Mason, David C ^a   Horritt, Matthew S ^b   Bates, Paul D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distributed friction; Segmentation; Severn; Synthetic aperture radar

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; OPTICAL RADAR; RIVERS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION;

FLOODPLAIN ELEMENTS;

FLOODS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOODING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LIDAR; REMOTE SENSING; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; VEGETATION COVER;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0042568727     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.1201     Document Type: Article

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