Index: doc/wflow_floodmap.rst =================================================================== diff -u -rbfd6062f8b703e72a68d1e058949a2c9cf749e0c -re065d2c835ee20a2d6fd027776fcfbf4180abec6 --- doc/wflow_floodmap.rst (.../wflow_floodmap.rst) (revision bfd6062f8b703e72a68d1e058949a2c9cf749e0c) +++ doc/wflow_floodmap.rst (.../wflow_floodmap.rst) (revision e065d2c835ee20a2d6fd027776fcfbf4180abec6) @@ -7,6 +7,20 @@ The wflow\_floodmap module can generate flood maps from output of a wflow\_sbm|hbv| or wflow\_routing model. +At the moment there are two approaches for flood mapping +1. wflow_floodmap.py -- this is a regular wflow-type model, running at the same +resolution as the wflow model used to establish flood maps. The benefit is that +it produces dynamic flood maps. The down side is that the results are in the +same resolution as the original model. The method is also not volume conservative +as it only does a planar inundation and bound to lead to large overestimations +in very flat areas. + +2. wflow_flood.py (see Scripts folder). This is a postprocessor to results of a wflow +model and transforms low-resolution model results into a high-resolution flood map +using a (possibly much) higher resolution terrain dataset as input. We recommend +to retrieve high resolution terrain from the Bare-Earth SRTM dataset by Bristol University. +See https://data.bris.ac.uk/data/dataset/10tv0p32gizt01nh9edcjzd6wa + Method ------ PM @@ -16,19 +30,20 @@ PM - - - -Description of the python module --------------------------------- +Description of the wflow_floodmap model +--------------------------------------- .. automodule:: wflow_floodmap :members: +Description of the wflow_flood post processor +--------------------------------------------- +.. automodule:: wflow_flood + :members: @@ -38,6 +53,7 @@ +