Flood Inundation Mapping with Data Assimilation
MSc project poster – Zhiqi Hu investigated if observations of floods from satellite images can help us improve the accuracy of forecast flood maps.
Rivers and Coasts
Risk based analysis of small scale, distributed, nature-based flood risk management measures deployed on river networks
The environmental community team up with mathematicians to tackle the challenge of understanding the risks associated with nature-based flood risk management measures deployed on river networks.
Improving Flood Estimates in Small Island Developing States
A summary of the research carried out Leanne Archer during her Masters by Research (MScR) at the University of Bristol and presented at the 2018 European Geosciences Union General Assembly (EGU).
A national perspective on the probability of extreme river flows
The Government’s 2016 National Flood Resilience Review[1] (NFFR) found that “while the probability of an extreme river flow that could result in a severe flood at any given location is very small, such flows are not unusual when considering the whole country”. This statement was one of the conclusions of the Scientific Advisory Group (SAG) [...]
Partnerships in Working with Natural Processes schemes in the UK: Identifying factors that impact and shape success
A summary of the research carried out by Jenny Broomby for her MSc in Sustainability and Consultancy at the University of Leeds.
Integrating ecosystem services into decision making for implementing natural flood management
MSc project poster – a summary of the research carried out by Gary Chan for his MSc in Sustainability and Consultancy at the University of Leeds.
Physical complexity to model morphological changes at a natural channel bend
New research shows that a 2D, depth-averaged model can reconstruct hydrodynamic and morphological features at a channel bend
Review of the responses to flooding in Cumbria following Storm Desmond, December 2015
Working in partnership with the Zurich Insurance Group we have released a report detailing first hand experiences of flooding in Cumbria following Storm Desmond in December 2015.
Urban flood modelling
Working with Newcastle University, we compared surface water flooding models with crowdsourced evidence of the 2012 ‘Toon Monsoon’.
Susceptibility of catchments to INTense RAinfall and flooding (SINATRA)
As part of the SINATRA project, we have worked to identify exceptional “rapid-rise” events, a type of flash flooding, in gauged river flow records in the UK.
