Communicating uncertainty in flood inundation mapping: A case study

International Journal of River Basin Management

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 285-295

  Beven, Keith ^a,b   Lamb, Rob ^c   Leedal, Dave ^a   Hunter, Neil ^d  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Broughton Hall   (United Kingdom)

^d JBA CONSULTING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

condition tree; epistemic uncertainty; Flood inundation models; visualization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937521000     PISSN: 15715124     EISSN: 18142060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15715124.2014.917318     Document Type: Article

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