Global sensitivity analysis in hydrodynamic modeling and flood inundation mapping

A Alipour, K Jafarzadegan, H Moradkhani - Environmental Modelling & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Flood simulation with two-dimensional hydrodynamic models is subject to different sources
of uncertainties in model configuration, boundary conditions, and model parametrization …

[HTML][HTML] Modelling of ice jam floods under past and future climates: A review

P Rokaya, KE Lindenschmidt, A Pietroniro… - Journal of Hydrology X, 2022 - Elsevier
Ice-jam floods (IJFs) are a key concern in cold-region environments, where seasonal effects
of river ice formation and break-up can have substantial impacts on flooding processes …

Ice-jam flood research: a scoping review

P Rokaya, S Budhathoki, KE Lindenschmidt - Natural Hazards, 2018 - Springer
Almost 60% of the rivers in the northern hemisphere experience significant seasonal effects
of river ice. In many of these northern rivers, ice-jam floods (IJFs) pose serious threats to …

Global sensitivity analysis for high-dimensional problems: How to objectively group factors and measure robustness and convergence while reducing computational …

R Sheikholeslami, S Razavi, HV Gupta… - … modelling & software, 2019 - Elsevier
Dynamical earth and environmental systems models are typically computationally intensive
and highly parameterized with many uncertain parameters. Together, these characteristics …

Global sensitivity analysis of bioretention cell design for stormwater system: a comparison of VARS framework and Sobol method

H Tansar, HF Duan, O Mark - Journal of Hydrology, 2023 - Elsevier
Bioretention cell (BC) design variation significantly changes its hydrological dynamics at unit-
scale leading to major changes in its target design goals when designed unit replicated at …

A novel stochastic modelling approach for operational real-time ice-jam flood forecasting

KE Lindenschmidt, P Rokaya, A Das, Z Li, D Richard - Journal of Hydrology, 2019 - Elsevier
Forecasting ice jams and their consequential flooding is more challenging than predicting
open water flood conditions. This is due to the chaotic nature of ice jam formation since …

Promoting sustainable ice-jam flood management along the Peace River and Peace-Athabasca Delta

P Rokaya, H Wheater… - Journal of Water …, 2019 - ascelibrary.org
The regulation of rivers has always been a controversial issue, with potential benefits but
also environmental impacts. In western Canada, the construction of WAC Bennett Dam in …

Climatic effects on ice phenology and ice-jam flooding of the Athabasca River in western Canada

P Rokaya, L Morales-Marín, B Bonsal… - Hydrological …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
In cold region environments, any alteration in the hydro-climatic regime can have profound
impacts on river ice processes. This paper studies the implications of hydro-climatic trends …

Assessing convergence in global sensitivity analysis: a review of methods for assessing and monitoring convergence

X Sun, AJ Jakeman, BFW Croke, SG Roberts… - Socio-Environmental …, 2024 - sesmo.org
In global sensitivity analysis (GSA) of a model, a proper convergence analysis of metrics is
essential for ensuring a level of confidence or trustworthiness in sensitivity results obtained …

A fresh look at variography: measuring dependence and possible sensitivities across geophysical systems from any given data

R Sheikholeslami, S Razavi - Geophysical Research Letters, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Sensitivity analysis in Earth and environmental systems modeling typically demands an
onerous computational cost. This issue coexists with the reliance of these algorithms on ad …