Publication Date:
2017-09-09
Description:
Water, Vol. 9, Pages 688: On the Influence of Input Data Quality to Flood Damage Estimation: The Performance of the INSYDE Model Water doi: 10.3390/w9090688 Authors: Daniela Molinari Anna Rita Scorzini IN-depth SYnthetic Model for Flood Damage Estimation (INSYDE) is a model for the estimation of flood damage to residential buildings at the micro-scale. This study investigates the sensitivity of INSYDE to the accuracy of input data. Starting from the knowledge of input parameters at the scale of individual buildings for a case study, the level of detail of input data is progressively downgraded until the condition in which a representative value is defined for all inputs at the census block scale. The analysis reveals that two conditions are required to limit the errors in damage estimation: the representativeness of representatives values with respect to micro-scale values and the local knowledge of the footprint area of the buildings, being the latter the main extensive variable adopted by INSYDE. Such a result allows for extending the usability of the model at the meso-scale, also in different countries, depending on the availability of aggregated building data.
Electronic ISSN:
2073-4441
Topics:
Energy, Environment Protection, Nuclear Power Engineering
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