Evaluation of a coastal flood inundation model using hard and soft data

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 30, Issue , 2012, Pages 35-46

  Smith, Rosemary A E ^a   Bates, Paul D ^a   Hayes, Christopher ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coastal flooding; Flood risk; Hydraulic modelling; Model evaluation; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARK DATA; COASTAL FLOODING; COASTAL FLOODS; FLOOD RISK; FLOODED AREAS; FLOODPLAIN INUNDATION; FLUX RATES; FRICTION PARAMETERS; HIGH RESOLUTION; MODEL ANALYSIS; MODEL EVALUATION; MODEL PERFORMANCE; NATURAL HAZARD; OBSERVED DATA; QUALITATIVE DATA; QUANTITATIVE DATA; SEA DEFENCE; SIMULATION MODEL; SOFT DATA; SOMERSET LEVELS; STUDY AREAS; TERRAIN DATA; TIDAL LEVEL; UNCERTAINTY; WAVE OVERTOPPINGS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOOD CONTROL; HYDRAULIC MODELS; OPTICAL RADAR; PHOTOGRAPHY; STORMS; WATER WAVES;

FLOODS;

COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; FLOOD FORECASTING; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MODEL TEST; NUMERICAL MODEL; OVERTOPPING; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RECONSTRUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STORM; TERRAIN; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ENGLAND; SOMERSET; SOMERSET LEVELS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84855191369     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2011.11.008     Document Type: Article

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