Weather patterns and hydro-climatological precursors of extreme floods in Switzerland since 1868

Weather patterns and hydro-climatological precursors of extreme floods in Switzerland since 1868

The generation of 24 extreme floods in large catchments of the central Alps is analyzed from instrumental and documentary data, newly digitized observations of precipitation (DigiHom) and 20th Century Reanalysis (20CR) data. Extreme floods are determined by the 95th percentile of differences between...

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Main Authors: Peter Stucki, Ralph Rickli, Stefan Brönnimann, Olivia Martius, Heinz Wanner, Dietmar Grebner, Jürg Luterbacher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Borntraeger 2012-12-01
Series:Meteorologische Zeitschrift
Subjects:
extreme flood events
central alps
switzerland
hydro-meteorological, climatological case studies
weather pattern classification
atmospheric precursors
extreme hochwasserereignisse
schweiz
alpen
fallstudien
wetter muster klassifikation
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/0941-2948/2012/368

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