Novel indices for the comparison of precipitation extremes and floods: an example from the Czech territory

Müller, M.; Kašpar, M.; Valeriánová, A.; Crhová, L.; Holtanová, E.; Gvoždíková, B.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-4641-2015

Articles | Volume 19, issue 11

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-4641-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-4641-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 19, issue 11

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24 Nov 2015

Research article |

| 24 Nov 2015

Novel indices for the comparison of precipitation extremes and floods: an example from the Czech territory

M. Müller, M. Kašpar, A. Valeriánová, L. Crhová, E. Holtanová, and B. Gvoždíková

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RC C852: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #1, 02 Apr 2015
- AC C1570: 'Response to anonymous Referee #1', Miloslav Müller, 17 May 2015
RC C1163: 'Evaluation of precipitation extremes and floods and comparison between their temporal distributions', Anonymous Referee #2, 19 Apr 2015
- AC C1574: 'Response to anonymous Referee #2', Miloslav Müller, 17 May 2015

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (06 Aug 2015) by Uwe Ehret

AR by Miloslav Müller on behalf of the Authors (05 Oct 2015) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (12 Oct 2015) by Uwe Ehret

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (17 Oct 2015)

Suggestions for revision or reasons for rejection

In the revised manuscript and in their response to my revision, authors have addressed my points satisfactorily. In my opinion, the purpose of the manuscript is now clearer, as it is the Abstract. I have also found paper style more concise. At this stage, I do not have additional major comments on the manuscript. I am just suggesting a list of additional minor issues that might be addressed by the authors.

- Lines 22 – 23 page 1: please consider rephrasing. It is not clear here whether 50 is the total number of EPEs, APEs and EFEs or not. You may consider adding “during the period” before 1961 – 2010;

- Lines 27 – 28 page 1: I suggest removing the final phrase. To me, a reference to a possible future development should be provided in the Discussion or Conclusion sections, as you actually do;

- Line 26 page 3: I suggest removing “analogous” here. At this stage, it does not add any information. A possible analogy between WEI, WAI and FEI may be clearer after their definition;

- Section 2: I suggest introducing a Table here to sum up all symbols and acronyms used in the text. It may be very useful for readers since the text is actually full of acronyms like EPE, EFE, WEI, WAI etc.

- Section 2: in this section, a systematic mix between theory (indices definition and rationale) and the case study is used to introduce the indices themselves. This is clearly useful at some points, since it helps understanding how they work. However, this is a bit confusing since these indices have a general validity that is not restricted to the Czech territory. This is not a critical point but authors might consider separating theory and application in a clearer way. Section 3 calls “Application to the Czech Republic” but actually this case study is considered throughout section 2 as well;

- Line 28 page 8 – line 3 page 9: this statement is not very clear. May you consider providing additional details on this point?

- Line 1 page 11: please specify once for all which is the “warm half year” here or before;

- Line 2 page 15: I suggest removing “!”;

- Figure 7: may you consider substituting this Figure with a group of subfigures where EPEs, APEs and EFEs are plotted separately, but with the same y axis range? In this way, the interpretation of this Figure may be a bit easier.

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (02 Nov 2015) by Uwe Ehret

AR by Miloslav Müller on behalf of the Authors (03 Nov 2015) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (05 Nov 2015) by Uwe Ehret

Short summary

Three proposed indices combine return periods of precipitation totals or discharges with the size of the affected area. Precipitation indices also determine actual duration of either extreme or seasonally abnormal precipitation events. A unified design of the indices enables one to easily compare inter-annual and seasonal distributions of events, which is demonstrated by 50 maximum events in the Czech Republic during the period 1961-2010, including the June 2013 floods.