Improving pluvial flood simulations with a multi-source digital elevation model super-resolution method

Zhu, Yue; Burlando, Paolo; Tan, Puay Yok; Geiß, Christian; Fatichi, Simone

doi:10.5194/nhess-25-2271-2025

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Improving pluvial flood simulations with a multi-source digital elevation model super-resolution method

Yue Zhu, Paolo Burlando, Puay Yok Tan, Christian Geiß, and Simone Fatichi

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