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Research article
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12 Oct 2017
Research article |
| 12 Oct 2017
Impacts of spatial resolution and representation of flow connectivity on large-scale simulation of floods
Cherry May R. Mateo
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
CSIRO Land and Water, ACT, 2601, Australia
Institute of
Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 153-8505, Japan
Dai Yamazaki
Institute of
Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 153-8505, Japan
Department of Integrated Climate Change Projection Research, Japan
Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokohama, 236-0001, Japan
Hyungjun Kim
Institute of
Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 153-8505, Japan
Adisorn Champathong
Royal Irrigation Department, Bangkok, 10300, Thailand
Jai Vaze
CSIRO Land and Water, ACT, 2601, Australia
Taikan Oki
Institute of
Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 153-8505, Japan
United Nations University, 5 Chome-53-70 Jingumae, Shibuya, Tokyo,
150-8925, Japan
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Providing large-scale (regional or global) simulation of floods at fine spatial resolution is difficult due to computational constraints but is necessary to provide consistent estimates of hazards, especially in data-scarce regions. We assessed the capability of an advanced global-scale river model to simulate an extreme flood at fine resolution. We found that when multiple flow connections in rivers are represented, the model can provide reliable fine-resolution predictions of flood inundation.
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