Influence of uncertain boundary conditions and model structure on flood inundation predictions

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1430-1449

  Pappenberger, Florian ^a   Matgen, Patrick ^b   Beven, Keith J ^a   Henry, Jean Baptiste ^c,d   Pfister, Laurent ^b   Fraipont, Paul ^d  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

^c VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Flooding; Free surface flow; Modelling; Sensitivity analyse; Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

FLOOD INUNDATION; FLOODING; FREE SURFACE FLOWS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY BOUNDS;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW OF WATER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

FLOODS;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; FLOODS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW OF WATER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; BRIDGE; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOOD FORECASTING; FLOODPLAIN; FREE SURFACE FLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STREAMFLOW; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 33745470431     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2005.11.012     Document Type: Article

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