Articles | Volume 25, issue 9
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-5237-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-5237-2021
Research article
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27 Sep 2021
Research article |  | 27 Sep 2021

Uncertainties and their interaction in flood hazard assessment with climate change

Hadush Meresa, Conor Murphy, Rowan Fealy, and Saeed Golian

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The assessment of future impacts of climate change is associated with a cascade of uncertainty linked to the modelling chain employed in assessing local-scale changes. Understanding and quantifying this cascade is essential for developing effective adaptation actions. We find that not only do the contributions of different sources of uncertainty vary by catchment, but that the dominant sources of uncertainty can be very different on a catchment-by-catchment basis.
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