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+# Notebooks for FloodAdapt backend setup
+
+These python notebooks will guide the use through creating an instance of the [FloodAdapt](https://www.deltares.nl/en/software-and-data/products/floodadapt) backend. This includes setting up a [SFINCS](https://www.deltares.nl/en/software-and-data/products/sfincs) compound flooding model and a [Delft-FIAT](https://www.deltares.nl/en/software-and-data/products/delft-fiat-flood-impact-assessment-tool) impact assesment model using the [HydroMT](https://deltares.github.io/hydromt/latest/) model builder. The notebooks also include creating the configuration files for various types of scenarios.
+
+## Installation
+
+To run the notebook, first install the environment by executing
+```bash
+conda env create -f environment.yml
+```
+This will create a conda environment called DT-Flood
+
+## Running the notebooks
+### Order of the notebooks
+There is a particular order in which to run the notebooks:
+  1. SetupSFINCS
+  2. SetupFIAT
+  3. SetupSite
+  4. SetupMeasure, SetupEvent, SetupProjection (in no particular order)
+  5. SetupStrategy
+  6. SetupScenario
+  7. SetupMetricsConfig, SetupGraphicsConfig (still in development)
+When these steps are completed a backend ready for running scenarios should be set up. Scenarios are run through the RunScenario notebook. This will also create the infographics.
+
+### Necessary input data
+Currently the SetupSFINCS notebook uses data avaible only internally within Deltares. To provide your own data, prepare a [data catalog](https://deltares.github.io/hydromt/latest/user_guide/data_prepare_cat.html) and change the `data_libs` argument of the `hydromt.DataCatalog` and the `SfincsModel` functions. To setup a SFINCS model, the following type of data is used:
+  - Topograhpy
+  - Bathymetry
+  - Waterlevel timeseries at the domain boundary
+  - Meteorological data: windspeeds, airpressure, precipitation
+  - Soil infiltration curves (optional)
+  - Land use (optional)
+When providing your own data, please consult the [HydroMT](https://deltares.github.io/hydromt/latest/user_guide/data_conventions.html) documentation for data conventions.
+
+A geojson for setting up a model domain in the Humber delta is provided.
+
+The Delft-FIAT as-is will use the JRC vulnerability curves, which are provided together with a data catalog for reading them in (the root in the data catalog does need updating).
+
+
+
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