Modeling storm surge flooding of an urban area with particular reference to modeling uncertainties: A case study of Canvey Island, United Kingdom

Water Resources Research

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Brown, James D ^a,b   Spencer, Tom ^c   Moeller, Iris ^c  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOODS; FRICTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS;

BED FRICTION COEFFICIENT; FLOODPLAIN GEOGRAPHY; MODEL PREDICTIONS;

FLOW OF WATER;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOODS; FLOW OF WATER; FRICTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS;

FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; FLOW MODELING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STORM SURGE; TOPOGRAPHY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

CANVEY ISLAND; ENGLAND; ESSEX [ENGLAND]; EURASIA; EUROPE; THAMES ESTUARY; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34547196330     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005WR004597     Document Type: Article

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