An automated routing methodology to enable direct rainfall in high resolution shallow water models

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 467-476

  Sampson, Christopher C ^a   Bates, Paul D ^a   Neal, Jeffrey C ^a   Horritt, Matthew S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Horritt Consulting   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flow routing; Hydraulic modelling; Inundation modelling; Precipitation; Rainfall; Urban flooding

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; CONSTANT VELOCITIES; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; EXTREME RAINFALL; FLOOD EVENT; FLOW ROUTING; HIGH RESOLUTION; HYDRODYNAMIC EQUATIONS; INUNDATION MODELLING; LIMITED SENSITIVITY; LOCAL INSTABILITY; ROUTING SCHEME; ROUTING SPEED; RUNTIMES; SHALLOW WATER EQUATIONS; SHALLOW WATER MODEL; STABILITY OF THE SCHEME; TEST CASE; THRESHOLD PARAMETERS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL HYDRAULIC MODEL; URBAN AREAS; URBAN FLOODING; WATER DEPTH;

EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FLOODS; HYDRAULIC MODELS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

RAIN;

FLOODING; HYDRAULICS; MODELING; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; SHALLOW WATER; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84872199950     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9515     Document Type: Article

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