Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
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Articles | Volume 25, issue 11
Articles | Volume 25, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-5981-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-5981-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 25, issue 11
Research article
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22 Nov 2021
Research article |  | 22 Nov 2021

Design flood estimation for global river networks based on machine learning models

Gang Zhao, Paul Bates, Jeffrey Neal, and Bo Pang

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Design flood estimation is a fundamental task in hydrology. We propose a machine- learning-based approach to estimate design floods anywhere on the global river network. This approach shows considerable improvement over the index-flood-based method, and the average bias in estimation is less than 18 % for 10-, 20-, 50- and 100-year design floods. This approach is a valid method to estimate design floods globally, improving our prediction of flood hazard, especially in ungauged areas.
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