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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-3903-2015
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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-3903-2015
© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Flood triggering in Switzerland: the role of daily to monthly preceding precipitation
P. Froidevaux
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research and Institute of Geography, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
J. Schwanbeck
Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research and Institute of Geography, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
R. Weingartner
Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research and Institute of Geography, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
C. Chevalier
Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research and Institute of Geography, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
O. Martius
Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research and Institute of Geography, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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Short summary
We investigate precipitation characteristics prior to 4000 annual floods in Switzerland since 1961. The floods were preceded by heavy precipitation, but in most catchments extreme precipitation occurred only during the last 3 days prior to the flood events. Precipitation sums for earlier time periods (like e.g. 4-14 days prior to floods) were mostly average and do not correlate with the return period of the floods.
We investigate precipitation characteristics prior to 4000 annual floods in Switzerland since...