Sources of uncertainty in flood inundation maps

Journal of Flood Risk Management

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 139-147

  Bales, J D ^a   Wagner, C R ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flood inundation mapping; Floods; Hydraulic modelling; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; DATA ACQUISITION; FLOODING; FLOW MODELING; MAPPING METHOD; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 68949214436     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-318X.2009.01029.x     Document Type: Article

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