Downscaling coarse grid hydrodynamic model simulations over large domains

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 508, Issue , 2014, Pages 289-298

  Schumann, Guy J P ^a   Andreadis, Konstantinos M ^a   Bates, Paul D ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Digital elevation model; Downscaling; Hydrodynamic model; Large scale

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL INSTRUMENTS; FLOODS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDRODYNAMICS; SURVEYING;

COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DOWN-SCALING; DOWNSCALING METHODS; HYDRODYNAMIC MODEL; HYDRODYNAMIC MODELLING; LARGE SCALE; SIMULATION ACCURACY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALGORITHM; CHANNEL FLOW; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FLOODING; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROGRAPH; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; WATER DEPTH;

EID: 84888419557     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.08.051     Document Type: Article

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