Publications and communications of Christophe Dessers

Chakraborty, P., Dessers, C., Archambeau, P., Pirotton, M., Erpicum, S., & Dewals, B. (February 2026). The mirage of the silver bullet: Exploring the limitations of high-resolution data in flood model validation. Journal of Hydrology, 665, 134578. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2025.134578

Dessers, C., Archambeau, P., Dewals, B., Erpicum, S., Borgna, A.-L., & Pirotton, M. (15 March 2025). Towards Transparent and Unbiased Hydrological Model Comparisons: A Case Study of the 2021 Floods in Belgium [Paper presentation]. EGU General Assembly 2025, Vienne, Austria. doi:10.5194/egusphere-egu25-18108

Chakraborty, P., Dessers, C., Archambeau, P., Pirotton, M., Erpicum, S., & Dewals, B. (2025). Using comprehensive field data for validating large-scale hydrodynamic hindcasting of an extreme flood event [Paper presentation]. 41st IAHR World Congress, Singapore.

Dessers, C., Archambeau, P., Erpicum, S., Dewals, B., & Pirotton, M. (2025). Hydrological Modelling of the 2021 Mega-Flood in the East of Belgium. Journal of Hydrology. doi:10.2139/ssrn.5266922

Rodriguez Castro, D., Cools, M., Roucour, S., Archambeau, P., Molinari, D., Scorzini, A. R., Dessers, C., Erpicum, S., Pirotton, M., Teller, J., & Dewals, B. (2025). Can macro- or meso-scale coping capacity variables improve the classification of building flood losses? Natural Hazards. doi:10.1007/s11069-025-07123-4

Dessers, C., Archambeau, P., Dewals, B., Erpicum, S., & Pirotton, M. (11 March 2024). WOLFHydro: a modular framework for multi-model hydrological simulations [Paper presentation]. EGU General Assembly 2024. doi:10.5194/egusphere-egu24-19450

Rodriguez Castro, D., Roucour, S., Cools, M., Dessers, C., Archambeau, P., Erpicum, S., Pirotton, M., Teller, J., Anarita Scorzini, Daniela Molinari, & Dewals, B. (10 July 2023). How does the local context influence flood impacts? [Paper presentation]. Panta Rhei symposium, Potsdam, Germany.