Sensitivity of coastal flood risk assessments to digital elevation models

Water (Switzerland)

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 568-579

  Van de Sande, Bas ^a   Lansen, Joost ^a   Hoyng, Claartje ^a  

^a ROYAL HASKONINGDHV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coastal flood risk; Data accuracy; DEM; GIS; LiDAR

Indexed keywords

COASTAL FLOOD RISKS; DATA ACCURACY; DEM; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ELEVATION DATA; FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENTS; GROUND TRUTH; TERRAIN ELEVATION;

DIGITAL INSTRUMENTS; FLOOD CONTROL; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; OPTICAL RADAR; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVEYING; WATER LEVELS;

FLOODS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; COASTAL ZONE; DATA SET; DELTA; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FLOOD DAMAGE; GIS; LIDAR; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER LEVEL;

LAGOS [NIGERIA]; NIGERIA;

EID: 84876002211     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/w4030568     Document Type: Article

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