Increasing frequencies and changing characteristics of heavy precipitation events threatening infrastructure in Europe under climate change

The effect of climate change on potentially infrastructure-damaging heavy precipitation events in Europe is investigated in an ensemble of regional climate simulations conducted at a horizontal resolution of 12 km. Based on legislation and stakeholder interviews the 10-year return period is used...

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Main Authors: K. M. Nissen, U. Ulbrich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2017-07-01
Series:Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:https://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/17/1177/2017/nhess-17-1177-2017.pdf