Articles | Volume 15, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-15-2497-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-15-2497-2015
Research article
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11 Nov 2015
Research article |  | 11 Nov 2015

Coastal flooding of urban areas by overtopping: dynamic modelling application to the Johanna storm (2008) in Gâvres (France)

S. Le Roy, R. Pedreros, C. André, F. Paris, S. Lecacheux, F. Marche, and C. Vinchon

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The proposed methodology aims to simultaneously simulate wave overtopping and the resulting flood in an urban area, with respect to chronology and buildings effect. Based on a downscaling approach, this method uses a time-dependent phase-resolving model to simulate dynamically the flows on a DEM including buildings. Applied to the Johanna storm in Gâvres (France), this method allowed for obtaining very realistic results in terms of water depths and flow velocities at a very high resolution.
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