Unstructured mesh generation and landcover-based resistance for hydrodynamic modeling of urban flooding

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1603-1621

  Schubert, Jochen E ^a   Sanders, Brett F ^b   Smith, Martin J ^a   Wright, Nigel G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b University of California at Irvine   (United States)

^c UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aerial imagery; DEM; DTM; Finite volume method; Flood inundation; Flood modeling; LiDAR; Terrain modeling; Unstructured mesh; Urban flooding

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; BENCHMARKING; BUILDINGS; FLOOD CONTROL; FLUID DYNAMICS; FORECASTING; HYDRAULIC MODELS; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; HYDRODYNAMICS; LANDFORMS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL RADAR; RANGE FINDING; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; THEOREM PROVING; TREES (MATHEMATICS); TWO PHASE FLOW;

AERIAL IMAGERY; DEM; DTM; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; LIDAR; TERRAIN MODELING; UNSTRUCTURED MESH; URBAN FLOODING;

MESH GENERATION;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; DATA SET; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODING; HYDRODYNAMICS; LAND COVER; LIDAR; MODELING; URBAN AREA;

EID: 55649103911     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2008.07.012     Document Type: Article

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