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Hydrometeorological Hazard and Risk Assessment

A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Water and Climate Change".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 June 2024) | Viewed by 4676

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Cheng Zhang

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The Secretariat of International Conferences on Flood Management(ICFM), State Key Laboratory of Simulation and Regulation of Water Cycle in River Basin, Research Center on Flood & Drought Disaster Reduction of the Ministry of Water Resources, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, Beijing, China
Interests: eco-hydrology; flooding management; flood resilience; water management
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Prof. Dr. Gang Wang

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State Key Laboratory of Simulation and Regulation of Water Cycle in River Basin, Research Center on Flood & Drought Disaster Reduction of the Ministry of Water Resources, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, Beijing, China
Interests: flood risk analysis; flood forecasting; flood warning; hydrological modeling; reservoir regulation
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Dr. Wuxia Bi

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State Key Laboratory of Simulation and Regulation of Water Cycle in River Basin, Research Center on Flood & Drought Disaster Reduction of the Ministry of Water Resources, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, Beijing, China
Interests: eco-hydrology; extreme events; experimental research; water disaster management

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Global hazards have increased in recent years, which is mainly due to climate change, hydrological changes, meteorological changes, human activities, and so on. According to a report from the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), floods account for 44% of all natural disasters, which is the highest percentage among all types of natural hazards. Floods and other hazards cause significant impacts on large-scale areas and even have a cross-border effect.

On this basis, we are running a Special Issue on recent advances in hydrometeorological hazards and risk assessment using model simulation, experimentation, integrated methods, etc.

We invite scientists in this field to contribute. The purpose of this Special Issue is to gather and promote scientific papers that deal with (but are not limited to) the following:

  1. The mechanisms and effects of hydrometeorological hazards.
  2. Hydrological modeling adapted to various types of hazards.
  3. Experimental studies focusing on extreme events.
  4. Innovative methods for hazard risk assessment.
  5. Reviews of previous studies on hydrometeorological hazards and risk assessment.

Prof. Dr. Cheng Zhang
Prof. Dr. Gang Wang
Dr. Wuxia Bi
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • eco-hydrology
  • flooding management
  • flood resilience
  • water management

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Assessment of Flood Hazard Mapping Using a DEM-Based Approach and 2D Hydrodynamic Modeling
by Omayma Amellah, Paolo Mignosa, Federico Prost and Francesca Aureli
Water 2024, 16(13), 1844; https://doi.org/10.3390/w16131844 - 28 Jun 2024
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DEM-based approaches for assessing flood-prone areas have recently gained extensive attention due to their parsimony and cost-effectiveness. This work aims to test the capability of the Geomorphic Flood Index (GFI) to delineate flood-prone areas and the results performances while downscaling the calibration map. [...] Read more.
DEM-based approaches for assessing flood-prone areas have recently gained extensive attention due to their parsimony and cost-effectiveness. This work aims to test the capability of the Geomorphic Flood Index (GFI) to delineate flood-prone areas and the results performances while downscaling the calibration map. The accuracy was tested by examining the sensitivity to the exponent of the power function linking the flow depth in the river network and the upslope contributing area. Two approaches were selected: the first consisted of calibrating the GFI using a flood map generated through a 2D-SWE hydrodynamic model. The second consisted of correlating water depths with their corresponding upslope areas. The geomorphological model is able to effectively delineate flood susceptibility areas which, although on average larger than that obtained using the hydrodynamic model, provide a good starting point for any subsequent in-depth analysis. After calibration, an Objective Function of 0.21 and an Area Under the ROC Curve AUC = 92%, which is among the highest if compared with other cases in the literature, were obtained. Positive feedback was also obtained using a calibration map that covers only a rather limited portion of the basin. However, the small values of the scaling exponent obtained after calibration with the first method indicate substantial independence of the river depths from the upslope contributing areas. This leads to the belief that a simple power function is not particularly suitable for describing the relationships between these two variables. Full article
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Flood Modeling in a Composite System Consisting of River Channels, Flood Storage Areas, Floodplain Areas, Polder Areas, and Flood-Control-Protected Areas
by Yong Hu, Tianling Qin, Guoqiang Dong, Xiaofeng Chen, Hongwei Ruan, Qibing Zhang, Lei Wang and Minjie Wang
Water 2024, 16(6), 825; https://doi.org/10.3390/w16060825 - 12 Mar 2024
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The Linhuaigang flood control project (LFCP), situated on the Huaihe River, China, uses the river channels upstream of the LFCP, together with the hinterland areas outside the channels, to retain and store fluvial floodwaters that exceed the downstream channel’s discharge capacity. The hinterland [...] Read more.
The Linhuaigang flood control project (LFCP), situated on the Huaihe River, China, uses the river channels upstream of the LFCP, together with the hinterland areas outside the channels, to retain and store fluvial floodwaters that exceed the downstream channel’s discharge capacity. The hinterland areas are split into seven flood storage areas, three floodplain areas, eight polder areas, and three flood-control-protected areas, and they are connected to the river in various ways. A coupled hydrodynamic model was established to simulate the hydrodynamic and water volume exchange between the river channels and the hinterland areas. The flood storage area, under the control of a flood diversion sluice, was simulated with a 2D hydrodynamic model, and the inflow process initiated by the flood diversion sluice was simulated as a control structure. The polder area was generalized as a reservoir that would be filled in several hours once put into use because of its small size. The uncontrolled inflow process between the flood-control-protected areas and the channel was simulated by means of a dam break model, which could simulate levee breaching. The flooding within the flood-control-protected area, which represents a vast space, was simulated with a 2D hydrodynamic model. The floodplain area was laterally connected to the river channel along the river levee. The difference between the simulated and the measured flood peak water stage did not exceed 0.2 m in 2003 and 2007, indicating that the accuracy of the model was relatively high. In the scenario of a design flood with a return period of 100 years, the flood storage areas and the LFCP were used in the following order: Mengwa, Qiujiahu, Nanrunduan, Shouxihu, Jiangtanghu, Chengxihu, Chengdonghu, and the LFCP. When the Huaihe River encounters a flood with a return period of 1000 years that exceeds the design standard, the highest water stage upstream of the LFCP and Zhengyangguan shall not exceed 29.30 m and 27.96 m after the use of all the flood storage areas, floodplain areas, and flood-control-protected areas. The results of this research can provide technical support for the flood risk management of the LFCP. Full article
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