Articles | Volume 19, issue 8
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-19-1723-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-19-1723-2019
Research article
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12 Aug 2019
Research article |  | 12 Aug 2019

Evaluating the impact of model complexity on flood wave propagation and inundation extent with a hydrologic–hydrodynamic model coupling framework

Jannis M. Hoch, Dirk Eilander, Hiroaki Ikeuchi, Fedor Baart, and Hessel C. Winsemius

Data sets

GLOFRIM 2.0 experimental data D. Eilander and J. M. Hoch https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3346803

Model code and software

openearth/glofrim J. Hoch, D. Eilander, H. Ikeuchi, and F. Baart https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3364388

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Flood events are often complex in their origin and dynamics. The choice of computer model to simulate can hence determine which level of complexity can be represented. We here compare different models varying in complexity (hydrology with routing, 1-D routing, 1D/2D hydrodynamics) and assess how model choice influences the accuracy of results. This was achieved by using GLOFRIM, a model coupling framework. Results show that accuracy depends on the model choice and the output variable considered.
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