Development and evaluation of a framework for global flood hazard mapping

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 94, Issue , 2016, Pages 87-102

  Dottori, Francesco ^a   Salamon, Peter ^a   Bianchi, Alessandra ^a   Alfieri, Lorenzo ^a   Hirpa, Feyera Aga ^a   Feyen, Luc ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

2D hydraulic model; Flood hazard mapping; Global scale; GloFAS

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FLOOD CONTROL; HAZARDS; HYDRAULIC MODELS; MAPPING; POPULATION STATISTICS; RIVERS;

AWARENESS SYSTEMS; FLOOD HAZARD MAPS; FLOOD HAZARDS; GLOBAL SCALE; GLOFAS; HYDROLOGICAL SIMULATIONS; INUNDATION SIMULATIONS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL HYDRODYNAMIC MODELING;

FLOODS;

DEVELOPING WORLD; FLOOD CONTROL; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MAPPING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STREAMFLOW; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 84966697334     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2016.05.002     Document Type: Article

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