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Multiscale flood risk assessment under climate change: the case of the Miño River in the city of Ourense, Spain
Diego Fernández-Nóvoa
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Centro de Investigación Mariña (CIM), Universidade de Vigo,
Environmental Physics Laboratory (EPhysLab), Campus da Auga, 32004 Ourense,
Spain
Instituto Dom Luiz (IDL), Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016 Lisbon, Portugal
Orlando García-Feal
Centro de Investigación Mariña (CIM), Universidade de Vigo,
Environmental Physics Laboratory (EPhysLab), Campus da Auga, 32004 Ourense,
Spain
Water and Environmental Engineering Group, Department of Civil
Engineering, Universidade da Coruña, 15071 A Coruña, Spain
José González-Cao
Centro de Investigación Mariña (CIM), Universidade de Vigo,
Environmental Physics Laboratory (EPhysLab), Campus da Auga, 32004 Ourense,
Spain
Maite deCastro
Centro de Investigación Mariña (CIM), Universidade de Vigo,
Environmental Physics Laboratory (EPhysLab), Campus da Auga, 32004 Ourense,
Spain
Moncho Gómez-Gesteira
Centro de Investigación Mariña (CIM), Universidade de Vigo,
Environmental Physics Laboratory (EPhysLab), Campus da Auga, 32004 Ourense,
Spain
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A multiscale analysis, where the historical and future precipitation data from the CORDEX project were used as input in a hydrological model (HEC-HMS) that, in turn, feeds a 2D hydraulic model (Iber+), was applied to the case of the Miño-Sil basin (NW Spain), specifically to Ourense city, in order to analyze future changes in flood hazard. Detailed flood maps indicate an increase in the frequency and intensity of future floods, implying an increase in flood hazard in important areas of the city.
A multiscale analysis, where the historical and future precipitation data from the CORDEX...
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