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A method for parameterising roughness and topographic sub-grid scale effects in hydraulic modelling from LiDAR data

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posted on 2013-08-28, 14:27 authored by A. Casas, Stuart N. Lane, Dapeng YuDapeng Yu, G. Benito
High resolution airborne laser data provide new ways to explore the role of topographic complexity in hydraulic modelling parameterisation, taking into account the scale-dependency between roughness and topography. In this paper, a complex topography from LiDAR is processed using a spatially and temporally distributed method at a fine resolution. The surface topographic parameterisation considers the sub-grid LiDAR data points above and below a reference DEM, hereafter named as topographic content. A method for roughness parameterisation is developed based on the topographic content included in the topographic DEM. Five subscale parameterisation schemes are generated (topographic contents at 0, ±5, ±10, ±25 and ±50 cm) and roughness values are calculated using an equation based on the mixing layer theory (Katul et al., 2002), resulting in a co-varied relationship between roughness height and topographic content. Variations in simulated flow across spatial subscales show that the sub grid-scale behaviour of the 2-D model is not well-reflected in the topographic content of the DEM and that subscale parameterisation must be modelled through a spatially distributed roughness parameterisation. Variations in flow predictions are related to variations in the roughness parameter. Flow depth-derived results do not change systematically with variation in roughness height or topographic content but they respond to their interaction. Finally, subscale parameterisation modifies primarily the spatial structure (level of organisation) of simulated 2-D flow linearly with the additional complexity of subscale parameterisation.

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  • Social Sciences

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  • Geography and Environment

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CASAS, A. ... et al, 2010. A method for parameterising roughness and topographic sub-grid scale effects in hydraulic modelling from LiDAR data. Hydrology and Earth Sytem Sciences, 14 (8), pp.1567-1579.

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Copernicus Gesellschaft MBH / © Author(s)

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2010

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This work is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

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1027-5606

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  • en

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