About the influence of elevation model quality and small-scale damage functions on flood damage estimation

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3327-3334

  Boettle, M ^a   Kropp, J P ^a   Reiber, L ^a   Roithmeier, O ^a   Rybski, D ^a   Walther, C ^a  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOOD DAMAGE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STORM SURGE; WATER LEVEL;

DENMARK; KALUNDBORG; SJAELLAND;

EID: 84876699758     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-11-3327-2011     Document Type: Article

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