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Carlisle 2005 urban flood event simulation using cellular automata-based rapid flood spreading model

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In this study, we propose a new method to apply the rapid flood spreading model (RFSM) using cellular automata (CA) to multiple inflows of Carlisle, UK. The purpose of the RFSM is to generate predictions of water depth and flood extent using less computer resource than required by two-dimensional shallow water equation models (SWEMs). To be useful the RFSM must produce predictions that are comparable with those obtained from SWEMs. This paper reports a validation data available to the date on an urban flood, collected in January 2005 after a major event in the city of Carlisle, UK. This demonstrates an agreement between the proposed RFSM and measured data.

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The research reported in this paper was conducted as part of the Flood Risk Management Research Consortium. The FRMRC is supported by Grant EP/F020511/1 from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, in partnership with the DEFRA/EA Joint Research Programme on Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management, UKWIR, OPW (Ireland) and the Rivers Agency (Northern Ireland). This financial support is gratefully acknowledged. The authors are also grateful to Environment Agency for providing LiDAR the data and the Ordnance Survey for providing Mastermap® data. The comments and advice received from Julian Lhomme, HR Wallingford Ltd. are also acknowledged.

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Liu, Y., Pender, G. Carlisle 2005 urban flood event simulation using cellular automata-based rapid flood spreading model. Soft Comput 17, 29–37 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00500-012-0898-1

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