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Chen, H., Liang, Q., Xiao, W. (2021). Outburst flood simulations of various dam failure scenarios from Tsho Rolpa glacial lake, Nepal, 2020. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre. (Dataset). https://doi.org/10.5285/f4292d99-de93-4a28-a821-b2a6a826df4c
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Outburst flood simulations of various dam failure scenarios from Tsho Rolpa glacial lake, Nepal, 2020
This dataset contains maximum water depth and maximum water velocity for 12 different Glacial Lake outburst floods (GLOFs) scenarios of the Tsho Rolpa Lake, Nepal. Also included is the water depth of dam breach flow and discharge of dam breach flow under each scenario. The GLOFs scenarios were created using a simple dam breach model. A high-performance hydrodynamic model was then used to simulate the resulting flood hydrodynamics.
Publication date: 2021-10-07
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Spatial information
- Study area
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- Spatial representation types
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Raster
Tabular (text) - Spatial reference system
- WGS 84
Temporal information
- Temporal extent
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2020-03-31 to 2020-03-31
Provenance & quality
A commonly used empirical breach model was adopted to represent the dam breach formation process caused by overtopping. The breach was assumed to start from a small channel formed at the dam crest (initial breach) and grows into a trapezoidal shape with a side-slope of 1:1 during the time of failure. The model further assumes an initial breach depth and a final breach depth, which can be quantified and prescribed according to current dam conditions. A fully hydrodynamic model based on the 2-D depth-averaged shallow water equations (SWEs) was adopted to predict the flooding processes driven by the flow out of the breach of the moraine dam.
Related
This dataset is included in the following collections
Field survey and glacier lake outburst flood risk assessment data of Tsho Rolpa glacial lake, Nepal
Correspondence/contact details
Other contacts
- Rights holder
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Loughborough University
- Custodian
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NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centreinfo@eidc.ac.uk
- Publisher
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NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centreinfo@eidc.ac.uk
Additional metadata
- Topic categories
- inlandWaters
- Keywords
- Environmental risk , flood , Glacial lake outburst floods , Hydrodynamic flood modelling , modelling , Modelling , Nepal , Tsho Rolpa Lake
- Funding
- Natural Environment Research Council Award: NE/S005919/1
- Last updated
- 12 March 2024 11:29
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