Benchmarking urban flood models of varying complexity and scale using high resolution terrestrial LiDAR data

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 36, Issue 7-8, 2011, Pages 281-291

  Fewtrell, Timothy J ^a   Duncan, Alastair ^b   Sampson, Christopher C ^a   Neal, Jeffrey C ^a   Bates, Paul D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hydraulic modelling; LYNX; Surface water; Terrestrial liDAR; Urban drainage; Urban flooding

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARK TESTING; COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; DIFFUSIVE MODEL; GRID RESOLUTION; GRID SCALE; HIGH RESOLUTION; INERTIAL EFFECT; LIDAR DATA; LYNX; MODEL FORMULATION; NUMERICAL APPROXIMATIONS; NUMERICAL GRIDS; SCALE DEPENDENCY; SIGNIFICANT SURFACES; SMALL-SCALE FLOODS; ST. VENANT EQUATIONS; TERRESTRIAL LIDAR; THREE ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; TOPOGRAPHIC DATA; URBAN DRAINAGE; URBAN FLOODING; URBAN FLOODS; VELOCITY SIMULATION; WATER DEPTH; WATER ELEVATION; WATERFLOODING; WETTING FRONTS;

CATCHMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESTIMATION; FLOOD CONTROL; HYDRAULIC MODELS; OPTICAL RADAR; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SURFACE WATERS;

FLOODS;

BENCHMARKING; DRAINAGE; FLOODING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LIDAR; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURFACE WATER; URBAN AREA; WATER DEPTH;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79955146228     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2010.12.011     Document Type: Article

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