Flood Hydrology

Flood Hydrology is a subdiscipline of hydrology that focuses on the hydrological processes, quantitative analysis, and forecasting of extreme streamflow events.

9.3K

Publications

555.9K

Citations

20.9K

Authors

4.2K

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

3.4K

Parents

Hydrology

Children

Coastal FloodingCompound FloodingDesign Flood EstimationFlash Flood HydrologyFlood ForecastingFlood Frequency AnalysisFlood Inundation MappingFlood Risk AssessmentFlood RoutingFlood Warning

Publications

9.3K

The flood pulse concept in river-floodplain systems

Wolfgang J. Junk · Medical Entomology and Zoology · 1989 · 4.3K citations

Natural Resources, Hydrology, Water Resources Management +14

Global flood risk under climate change

Yukiko Hirabayashi, Mahendran Roobavannan, Sujan Koirala et al. · Nature Climate Change · 2013 · 3K citations

Natural Resources, Hydrology, Risk Management +14

Future flood losses in major coastal cities

Stéphane Hallegatte, Colin Green, Robert J. Nicholls et al. · Nature Climate Change · 2013 · 2.5K citations

Natural Resources, Civil Engineering, Hydrology +14

Riverine flood plains: present state and future trends

Klement Tockner, Jack A. Stanford · Environmental Conservation · 2002 · 2.1K citations · Full text

Natural Resources, Biodiversity Conservation, Hydrology +17

Magnitude and Frequency of Forces in Geomorphic Processes

M. Gordon Wolman, John P. Miller · The Journal of Geology · 1960 · 2K citations

Natural Sciences, Earth Sciences, Geology +9

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Authors

20.9K

PB
Paul Bates
University of Bristol, United Kingdom
95 publications · 16.9K citations
67
h-index
GB
Günter Blöschl
TU Wien, Austria
58 publications · 8.1K citations
41
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BM
Bruno Merz
GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Germany
55 publications · 7.5K citations
41
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JA
James A. Smith
Princeton University, United States
40 publications · 3.9K citations
35
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MB
Marco Borga
University of Padua, Italy
42 publications · 6.7K citations
35
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1–5 of 20.9K

Institutions

4.2K

1–8 of 4.2K

Venues

Journal of Hydrology
699 publications · 58.4K citations
124
h-index
Water Resources Research
405 publications · 40.8K citations
111
h-index
Hydrological Processes
226 publications · 15.7K citations
76
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Natural Hazards
307 publications · 16.7K citations
68
h-index
Geomorphology
149 publications · 10.1K citations
60
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See also Flood Hydrology
Core Processes	Hydrogeology Preferential Flow Pathways Snowmelt Runoff Rain-on-snow Events Excess Soil Moisture Subsurface Flow Surface Runoff Freeze - Thaw Cycles
Forecasting Methods	Data Assimilation Kalman Filtering Rainfall-runoff Modeling Hydrodynamic Modeling Bayesian Networks Machine Learning Distributed Hydrological Models Ensemble Kalman Filter Autoregressive Models Neural Networks
Risk Assessment	Flood Risk Assessment Flood Inundation Mapping Hydrodynamic Modeling Overlay Analysis Flood Frequency Analysis Nearshore Wave Modeling Precipitation Recurrence Intervals
Measurement Data	Topographic Data Modeling Land Use Data Remote Sensing Imagery
Model Uncertainty	Probabilistic Flood Warning Unscented Kalman Filter Parameter Uncertainty Structural Uncertainty Generalized Likelihood Uncertainty Estimation Model Equifinality Bayesian Model Calibration Ensemble Simulation Polynomial Chaos Expansions