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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-21-559-2021
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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-21-559-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
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05 Feb 2021
Research article |
| 05 Feb 2021
| 05 Feb 2021
Simulating historical flood events at the continental scale: observational validation of a large-scale hydrodynamic model
Oliver E. J. Wing
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Fathom, Bristol, United Kingdom
School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol,
United Kingdom
Andrew M. Smith
Fathom, Bristol, United Kingdom
Michael L. Marston
First Street Foundation, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America
Jeremy R. Porter
First Street Foundation, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America
Mike F. Amodeo
First Street Foundation, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America
Christopher C. Sampson
Fathom, Bristol, United Kingdom
Paul D. Bates
Fathom, Bristol, United Kingdom
School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol,
United Kingdom
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Short summary
Global flood models are difficult to validate. They generally output theoretical flood events of a given probability rather than an observed event that they can be tested against. Here, we adapt a US-wide flood model to enable the rapid simulation of historical flood events in order to more robustly understand model biases. For 35 flood events, we highlight the challenges of model validation amidst observational data errors yet evidence the increasing skill of large-scale models.
Global flood models are difficult to validate. They generally output theoretical flood events of...
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