Urban scale models

Suitable to describe possible land-sea interactions

Forced by downscaling to provide crucial data for risk analysis

and for Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) approach

COASTAL FLOOD

HEC-RAS (Hydrologic Engineering Center)

Boundary conditions:

  • Storm surge

  • Relative sea level rise

  • Tide

  • Wave runup

Phase-resolving models

  • FUNWAVE-TVD - Fully Nonlinear Boussinesq Wave Model

  • XBEACH - Nonlinear Shallow Water Equations

RIVERINE FLOOD

HEC-RAS (Hydrologic Engineering Center)

Boundary conditions:

  • River discharge

  • Relative sea level rise