Comment on Aureli et al. Review of Historical Dam-Break Events and Laboratory Tests on Real Topography for the Validation of Numerical Models. <em>Water</em> 2021, <em>13</em>, 1968
Eman AlQasimi,
Tew-Fik Mahdi
Affiliations
Eman AlQasimi
Department of Civil, Geological and Mining Engineering, Polytechnique Montréal, University of Montréal Campus, 2900 Boul. Édouard-Montpetit, Montreal, QC H3T 1J4, Canada
Tew-Fik Mahdi
Department of Civil, Geological and Mining Engineering, Polytechnique Montréal, University of Montréal Campus, 2900 Boul. Édouard-Montpetit, Montreal, QC H3T 1J4, Canada
This discussion points out that the available data of the Lake Ha! Ha! Dam failure, classified as useful for models’ validation purposes by Aureli et al. (2021), present serious shortcomings that should move the Lake Ha! Ha! Dam from Aureli et al.’s well-documented test cases to cases with partial or inaccurate datasets.
