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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-25-1737-2025
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14 May 2025
Research article |  | 14 May 2025

Rapid high-resolution impact-based flood early warning is possible with RIM2D: a showcase for the 2023 pluvial flood in Braunschweig

Shahin Khosh Bin Ghomash, Heiko Apel, Kai Schröter, and Max Steinhausen

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This work introduces RIM2D (Rapid Inundation Model 2D), a hydrodynamic model for precise and rapid flood predictions that is ideal for early warning systems. We demonstrate RIM2D's ability to deliver detailed and localized flood forecasts using the June 2023 flood in Braunschweig, Germany, as a case study. This research highlights the readiness of RIM2D and the required hardware for integration into operational flood warning and impact-based forecasting systems.
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