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Hydro-geomorphological modelling of leaky wooden dam efficacy from reach to catchment scale with CAESAR-Lisflood 1.9j
Joshua M. Wolstenholme
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Geography and Environment, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK
Energy and Environment Institute, University of Hull, Hull, UK
Christopher J. Skinner
FloodSkinner, York, UK
Energy and Environment Institute, University of Hull, Hull, UK
David Milan
School of Environmental Sciences, University of Hull, Hull, UK
Robert E. Thomas
Energy and Environment Institute, University of Hull, Hull, UK
Daniel R. Parsons
Geography and Environment, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK
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Short summary
Leaky wooden dams are a type of natural flood management intervention that aims to reduce flood risk downstream by temporarily holding back water during a storm event and releasing it afterwards. These structures alter the river hydrology, and therefore the geomorphology, yet often this is excluded from numerical models. Here we show that by not simulating geomorphology, we are currently underestimating the efficacy of these structures to reduce the flood peak and store water.
Leaky wooden dams are a type of natural flood management intervention that aims to reduce flood...
