Rivers in the sky, flooding on the ground: the role of atmospheric rivers in inland flooding in central Europe

<p>The role of large-scale atmospheric circulation and atmospheric rivers (ARs) in producing extreme flooding and heavy rainfall events in the lower part of the Rhine catchment area is examined in this study. Analysis of the largest 10 floods in the lower Rhine, between 1817 and 2015, shows th...

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Main Authors: M. Ionita, V. Nagavciuc, B. Guan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2020-11-01
Series:Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:https://hess.copernicus.org/articles/24/5125/2020/hess-24-5125-2020.pdf