The challenge of forecasting impacts of flash floods: test of a simplified hydraulic approach and validation based on insurance claim data

Up to now, flash flood monitoring and forecasting systems, based on rainfall radar measurements and distributed rainfall–runoff models, generally aimed at estimating flood magnitudes – typically discharges or return periods – at selected river cross sections. The approach presented here goes one...

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Main Authors: G. Le Bihan, O. Payrastre, E. Gaume, D. Moncoulon, F. Pons
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2017-11-01
Series:Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:https://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/21/5911/2017/hess-21-5911-2017.pdf