Efficient incorporation of channel cross-section geometry uncertainty into regional and global scale flood inundation models

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 529, Issue , 2015, Pages 169-183

  Neal, Jeffrey C ^a   Odoni, Nicholas A ^a,b   Trigg, Mark A ^a   Freer, Jim E ^a   Garcia Pintado, Javier ^c   Mason, David C ^c   Wood, Melissa ^a,d   Bates, Paul D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^d LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Flood inundation modelling; Hydraulics; Large scale; River channels

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CAPILLARY FLOW; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS; FRICTION; HYDRAULIC MODELS; HYDRAULICS; MODEL STRUCTURES; RIVERS; TRIBOLOGY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER LEVELS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT; FLOOD INUNDATION MODELLING; LARGE SCALE; MANNING'S COEFFICIENTS; RIVER CHANNELS; STRUCTURAL DIFFERENCES; STRUCTURAL UNCERTAINTY; WATER-LEVEL SIMULATION;

GEOMETRY;

CALIBRATION; CHANNEL HYDRAULICS; CLIMATE MODELING; CROSS SECTION; FLOOD; GEOMETRY; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PARAMETERIZATION; REGIONAL CLIMATE; RIVER CHANNEL; SHAPE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

SEVERN RIVER [UNITED KINGDOM]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84955513905     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.07.026     Document Type: Article

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