Hydraulic model evaluation for large-scale flood risk assessments

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1331-1340

  Falter, Daniela ^a   Vorogushyn, Sergiy ^a   Lhomme, Julien ^b   Apel, Heiko ^a   Gouldby, Ben ^b   Merz, Bruno ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b HR WALLINGFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

2D hydraulic models; Flood inundation modelling; Model benchmarking

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL EFFORT; FLOOD INUNDATION MODELLING; FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENTS; LARGE-SCALE APPLICATIONS; MODEL BENCHMARKING; MODEL PERFORMANCE; REASONABLE ACCURACY; SHALLOW WATER MODEL;

CATCHMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS; HYDRAULIC MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

DYNAMIC MODELS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BENCHMARKING; FLOODING; FLOW MODELING; HYDRAULICS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; RASTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHALLOW-WATER EQUATION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ELBE RIVER; GERMANY;

EID: 84876162916     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9553     Document Type: Article

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