Hydraulic Reconstruction of the Emme River (Switzerland) and Validation Against Historical Evidence from the 13 August 1837 Flood Event Described by Jeremias Gotthelf

This dataset contains the input and output data used for the hydraulic reconstruction and simulation of the 13 August 1837 flood event along the Emme River (Switzerland). It includes a reconstructed digital elevation model (DEM) representing pre-engineered river conditions created with ArcGIS Pro Version 3.5.0 and QGIS Version 3.36.2, hydrodynamic simulation results generated with LISFLOOD-FP version 8.1, and the corresponding model input files.The file "emmeriver_dem1837" represents the DEM of the floodplain before any river corrections. It has a spatial resolution of 10m (EPSG2056). The other files are the LISFLOOD-FP parameter and boundary condtitions input files. Details of the simulations are available in the Masters Thesis:Kipfer M. (2026): Hydraulic Reconstruction of the Emme River and Validation Against Historical Evidence (1837). Institute of Geography, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.