Selection of historic heavy large-scale rainfall events in the Czech Republic

The Central European floods of July 1997 and August 2002 spotlighted the need for systematic research of the relationships between synoptic-scale conditions and heavy large-scale rainfalls. Creating a set of historic events underlies such research. We defined the criterion for their selection, which...

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Main Authors: M. Kaspar, M. Müller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2008-12-01
Series:Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/8/1359/2008/nhess-8-1359-2008.pdf