Evaluation of extensive floods in western/central Europe

This paper addresses the identification and evaluation of extreme flood events in the transitional area between western and central Europe in the period 1951–2013. Floods are evaluated in terms of three variants on an extremity index that combines discharge values with the spatial extent of floo...

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Main Authors: B. Gvoždíková, M. Müller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2017-07-01
Series:Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:https://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/21/3715/2017/hess-21-3715-2017.pdf