EGU24-14944, updated on 09 Mar 2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-14944
EGU General Assembly 2024
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PYRAMID: A Platform for dynamic, hyper-resolution, near-real time flood risk assessment integrating repurposed and novel data sources

Amy Green1, Elizabeth Lewis2, Xue Tong3, Shidong Wang4, Ben Smith5, and Hayley Fowler6
Amy Green et al.
  • 1Newcastle University, School of Engineering, Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K. (amy.green3@newcastle.ac.uk)
  • 2School of Engineering, Manchester University, Manchester, U.K. ( elizabeth.lewis-3@manchester.ac.uk)
  • 3School of Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering, Loughborough University, Loughborough, U.K. (X.Tong2@lboro.ac.uk)
  • 4Newcastle University, School of Engineering, Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K. (shidong.wang@newcastle.ac.uk)
  • 5Newcastle University, School of Engineering, Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K. (ben.smith4@newcastle.ac.uk)
  • 6Newcastle University, School of Engineering, Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K. (hayley.fowler@newcastle.ac.uk)

It is essential that we work towards better preparation for flooding, as the impacts and risks associated increase with a changing climate. Standard methods for flood risk assessment are typically static, based on flood depths corresponding to return levels. In contrast flood risk changes over time, with the time of day and weather conditions, driving the location and extent of potential debris (e.g. vehicles or trees may cause blockages in culverts) affecting the associated risks. To this end, we aim to provide a platform for dynamic flood risk assessment, to better inform decision making, allowing for improved flood preparation at a local level. With stakeholder collaboration at a local level, a web-platform demonstrator is presented, for the city of Newcastle upon Tyne (U.K.) and the wider catchment, providing interactive visualisations and dynamic flood risk maps.

To achieve this, near real-time updates are incorporated as part of a fully integrated workflow of models, with traditional datasets combined with novel, hidden data. More realistic high-resolution data, citizen science data and novel data sources are combined, making use of data scraping and APIs to obtain additional sensor data. Using machine learning methods, more complex datasets are generated, using artificial intelligence algorithms and object detection to identify potential debris information from satellites, LIDAR point clouds and trash screen images. The model framework involves hyper-resolution hydrodynamic modelling (HIPIMS), with a hydrological catchment model (SHETRAN), working towards a digital twin.

How to cite: Green, A., Lewis, E., Tong, X., Wang, S., Smith, B., and Fowler, H.: PYRAMID: A Platform for dynamic, hyper-resolution, near-real time flood risk assessment integrating repurposed and novel data sources, EGU General Assembly 2024, Vienna, Austria, 14–19 Apr 2024, EGU24-14944, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-14944, 2024.