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The emphasis is on collecting the data and information needed for the entire analysis process, such as hydrological data on Danube flows and water levels (which were analyzed for 51 years), topo-bathymetric data (where 1685 cross sections were processed, measured on an 87-km section of the Danube), a digital terrain model (DTM), and others. Two methods of flood scenario analysis for the localities targeted were used in this paper. The first method was an analysis of the flood scenarios by modeling a real scenario, where it was supposed that a 20 m breach appeared in the dam which protects the localities and remained present for 24 h. The second method consisted of a Geographic Information System (GIS) analysis (static from a hydraulic point of view), where the maximum water level was superimposed over the DTM. This corresponded to a scenario in which the breach in the flood-control levee remains present for a longer period. The validated results show that the dynamic method is more efficient than the static method, both in terms of estimated flooded surfaces and in terms of simulation accuracy (taking into account more input parameters than the static method). Thus, from the obtained simulations it was observed that applying the dynamic method resulted in smaller flooded surfaces in the settlements analyzed than when considering the static method. In some cases, the differences between the flooded surfaces reached up to about 22%. This information is important and of general interest since it can be used in various fields of work, such as flood defense strategies, and investment promotion activities in the Danube discharge area or similar locations.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/app10238327","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,11,24]],"date-time":"2020-11-24T09:06:28Z","timestamp":1606208788000},"page":"8327","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":13,"title":["Evaluation of Different Simulation Methods for Analyzing Flood Scenarios in the Danube Delta"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"10","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5868-671X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Alexandru","family":"Banescu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Science and Environment, \u201cDun\u0103rea de Jos\u201d University of Galati, European Center of Excellence for the Environment, 47 Domneasca Street, 800008 Galati, Romania"},{"name":"Danube Delta National Institute for Research and Development, 165 Babadag Street, 820112 Tulcea, Romania"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2444-2298","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Maxim","family":"Arseni","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Science and Environment, \u201cDun\u0103rea de Jos\u201d University of Galati, European Center of Excellence for the Environment, 47 Domneasca Street, 800008 Galati, Romania"}]},{"given":"Lucian Puiu","family":"Georgescu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Science and Environment, \u201cDun\u0103rea de Jos\u201d University of Galati, European Center of Excellence for the Environment, 47 Domneasca Street, 800008 Galati, Romania"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6899-8442","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Eugen","family":"Rusu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Engineering, \u201cDun\u0103rea de Jos\u201d University of Galati, 47 Domneasca Street, 800008 Galati, Romania"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8350-9424","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Catalina","family":"Iticescu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Science and Environment, \u201cDun\u0103rea de Jos\u201d University of Galati, European Center of Excellence for the Environment, 47 Domneasca Street, 800008 Galati, Romania"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,11,24]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"Tincu, R. 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