Flood regime and vegetation flood tolerance interact to influence tree growth in riverine landscapes. We studied tree growth in floodplain and upland forests of theWisconsin River. About a century ago, levees set back from the river were constructed on this floodplain. The levee restricts some floodplain area from overbank flood events, but leaves a portion of active floodplain still inundated ...

A 2D-hydraulic flood propagation models require accurate elevation data. One of the main problems is frequent changes of land use in major cities, where frequent updating of the digital terrain model (DTM) for flood modelling might be needed. On the other hand the assessment should be based on realistic flood hazard indicator that would help to reflect the real impact of urban development on th...

This study presents an advanced remote sensing-based steady-state flood model to improve flood management strategies. The REFIX (Regression and Elevation based Flood Information eXtraction) model is based on regression analysis and uses a remotely sensed flood extent and a high-resolution floodplain DEM (Digital Elevation Model) to estimate water heights for a given flood event. In some cases, ...

This study analyzes the duration and division of the flood season in the Fenhe River Basin over the period of 1957–2014 based on daily precipitation data collected from 14 meteorological stations. The Mann–Kendall detection, the multiscale moving t-test, and the Fisher optimal partition methods are used to evaluate the impact of climate change on flood season duration and division. The results ...

Previous research on exposure to flood hazards suggests that individuals characterized by low social vulnerability are more likely to reside in coastal flood hazard zones than individuals of higher social vulnerability, but few studies have examined if similar exposure patterns can be observed in inland flood hazard zones. This paper examines differences in environmental justice implications be...

The aim of this paper is to recommend a rapid classification system for sustainable flood retention basins (SFRBs) to control runoff in a temperate climate. The system should improve communication among engineers and scientists, and was developed with a general database (approximately 660 basins) and a very detailed database (56 basins), using the River Rhine catchment in the South of Baden (Ge...

Article history: Received 19 May 2015 Received in revised form 19 October 2015 Accepted 13 November 2015 Available online 5 December 2015 The topography ofmany floodplains in the developedworld has nowbeen surveyedwith high resolution sensors such as airborne LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging), giving accurate Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) that facilitate accurate flood inundationmodelling. ...

Flood is one of the most important natural disasters affect China greatly, especially for southeast cities. To help mitigate the loss brought by it, technologies such as simulation, visualization, decision support system, etc. could be utilized in the process of emergency management for city flood. Thus the Flood Simulation and Decision Support System (FSDSS) comes into being. It is an integrat...

Abstract. The French Riviera is very often threatened by flash floods. These hydro-meteorological events, which are fast and violent, have catastrophic consequences on life property. development of forecasting tools may help to limit the impacts these extreme events. Our purpose here demonstrate possibility using b-flood (a subset Basilisk library http://basilisk.fr/, last access: 8 November 20...

Remotely sensed data has the potential to monitor natural hazards and their consequences on socio-economic systems. However, in much of world, inadequate validation disaster damage make reliable use satellite difficult. We attempt strengthen for one application - flood index insurance which manage largely uninsured losses from floods. Flood is a particularly challenging remote sensing due flood...