Assessment of static flood modeling techniques: application to contrasting marshes flooded during Xynthia (western France)

This study aims to assess the performance of raster-based flood modeling methods on a wide diversity of coastal marshes. These methods are applied to the flooding associated with the storm Xynthia, which severely hit the western coast of France in February 2010. Static and semi-dynamic methods are a...

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Main Authors: J. F. Breilh, E. Chaumillon, X. Bertin, M. Gravelle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2013-06-01
Series:Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/13/1595/2013/nhess-13-1595-2013.pdf