An extremeness threshold determines the regional response of floods to changes in rainfall extremes

The response of flood risk in Bavaria, Germany to increases in rainfall extremes in a warming climate is modulated by land surface processes below a precipitation threshold, but not above, suggest ensemble simulations with a hydrological model.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Manuela I. Brunner, Daniel L. Swain, Raul R. Wood, Florian Willkofer, James M. Done, Eric Gilleland, Ralf Ludwig
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature 2021-08-01
Series:Communications Earth & Environment
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00248-x