Assessment of static flood modeling techniques: Application to contrasting marshes flooded during Xynthia (western France)

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1595-1612

  Breilh, J F ^a   Chaumillon, E ^a   Bertin, X ^a   Gravelle, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAST; FLOOD FORECASTING; FLOODING; FLOW MODELING; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LIDAR; MAPPING METHOD; MARSH; RASTER; SATELLITE DATA; STORM SURGE; TIDE GAUGE;

FRANCE;

EID: 84880160451     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-13-1595-2013     Document Type: Article

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