#Inundation

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Tutorial Python

Height above nearest drainage (HAND) flood mapping in Python: the River Severn

Compute height above nearest drainage (HAND) from the Environment Agency LIDAR DTM at 5 m with pysheds, turn it into inundation extents for a range of stage heights on the River Severn between Shrewsbury and Buildwas, relate them to the Buildwas gauge, and score them honestly against the Environment Agency Flood Map for Planning with the hit rate, false-alarm ratio and critical success index.

Intermediate 13 min read