Uncertainty and Sensitivity Analysis of the HAZUS-MH Flood Model

Natural Hazards Review

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Tate, Eric ^a   Muñoz, Cristina ^a   Suchan, Jared ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Flood damage; Flood risk; HAZUS; Sensitivity analysis; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

FLOOD CONTROL; FLOOD DAMAGE; FLOODS; HAZARDS; LOSSES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

BUILDING CHARACTERISTICS; DIGITAL ELEVATION DATA; FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT; FLOOD RISKS; GLOBAL SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; HAZUS; UNCERTAINTY; UNCERTAINTY AND SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ECONOMIC IMPACT; FLOOD; FLOOD DAMAGE; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; MODEL TEST; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84951806119     PISSN: 15276988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)NH.1527-6996.0000167     Document Type: Article

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