Our key research advances, 1992-2025
FathomDEM: an improved global terrain map using a hybrid vision transformer model
Research exploring the creation of FathomDEM: An improved global terrain map of the Earth’s surface built using a novel machine learning approach; a hybrid vision transformer model.
A 30 m global flood inundation model for any climate scenario
Research into the creation of the most comprehensive flood mapping framework to date highlights the impact of climate change on flood risk around the globe.
A new climate-conditioned catastrophe flood model for the UK
Read paperA 30m global map of elevation with forests and buildings removed
Influential paper exploring the development of FABDEM – our global digital elevation model
Combined Modeling of US Fluvial, Pluvial, and Coastal Flood Hazard Under Current and Future Climates
Validation of the methodologies underpinning Fathom-US 2.0
The Spatial Dependence of Flood Hazard and Risk in the United States
Methodology for Fathom-US CAT model.
Estimates of present and future flood risk in the conterminous United States
Presentation of current and future flood risk in the US.
Validation of a 30 m resolution flood hazard model of the conterminous United States
First validation of a large-scale flood model.
A high-resolution global flood hazard model
First description of a high-resolution global flood model.
A subgrid channel model for simulating river hydraulics and floodplain inundation over large and data sparse areas
Presentation of sub-grid hydraulic model structures.
A simple inertial formulation of the shallow water equations for efficient two-dimensional flood inundation modelling
Hugely influential paper describing new formulation of shallow water equations.
Reach scale floodplain inundation dynamics observed using airborne synthetic aperture radar imagery: Data analysis and modelling
First description of remotely-sensed imagery in model validation.
A simple raster-based model for flood inundation simulation
Seminal paper describing the first grid-based flood model.
Modelling floodplain flows using a two-dimensional finite element model
Professor Paul Bates’ first paper describing a 2D flood model.
FathomDEM: an improved global terrain map using a hybrid vision transformer model
Research exploring the creation of FathomDEM: An improved global terrain map of the Earth’s surface built using a novel machine learning approach; a hybrid vision transformer model.
A 30 m global flood inundation model for any climate scenario
Research into the creation of the most comprehensive flood mapping framework to date highlights the impact of climate change on flood risk around the globe.
A 30m global map of elevation with forests and buildings removed
Influential paper exploring the development of FABDEM – our global digital elevation model
Combined Modeling of US Fluvial, Pluvial, and Coastal Flood Hazard Under Current and Future Climates
Validation of the methodologies underpinning Fathom-US 2.0
The Spatial Dependence of Flood Hazard and Risk in the United States
Methodology for Fathom-US CAT model.
Estimates of present and future flood risk in the conterminous United States
Presentation of current and future flood risk in the US.
Validation of a 30 m resolution flood hazard model of the conterminous United States
First validation of a large-scale flood model.
A high-resolution global flood hazard model
First description of a high-resolution global flood model.
A subgrid channel model for simulating river hydraulics and floodplain inundation over large and data sparse areas
Presentation of sub-grid hydraulic model structures.
A simple inertial formulation of the shallow water equations for efficient two-dimensional flood inundation modelling
Hugely influential paper describing new formulation of shallow water equations.
Reach scale floodplain inundation dynamics observed using airborne synthetic aperture radar imagery: Data analysis and modelling
First description of remotely-sensed imagery in model validation.
A simple raster-based model for flood inundation simulation
Seminal paper describing the first grid-based flood model.
Modelling floodplain flows using a two-dimensional finite element model
Professor Paul Bates’ first paper describing a 2D flood model.
