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The European 2015 drought from a hydrological perspective
Institute of Applied Statistics and Computing, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Vienna, Austria
Tobias Gauster
Institute of Applied Statistics and Computing, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Vienna, Austria
Lena M. Tallaksen
Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Jean-Philippe Vidal
Irstea, UR HHLY, Hydrology-Hydraulics Research Unit, 69100 Villeurbanne, France
Kerstin Stahl
Hydrology, Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
Christel Prudhomme
Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford, UK
Department of Geography, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK
Benedikt Heudorfer
Hydrology, Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
Radek Vlnas
Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
T. G. Masaryk Water Research Institute, Prague, Czech Republic
Monica Ionita
Alfred-Wegener-Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany
Henny A. J. Van Lanen
Hydrology and Quantitative Water Management Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, the Netherlands
Mary-Jeanne Adler
National Institute of Hydrology and Water Management, Bucharest, Romania
Laurie Caillouet
Irstea, UR HHLY, Hydrology-Hydraulics Research Unit, 69100 Villeurbanne, France
Claire Delus
Laboratoire d'Observation des Territoires, Université de Lorraine, Nancy, France
Miriam Fendekova
Department of Hydrogeology,, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
Sebastien Gailliez
Service Public de Wallonie, Jambes, Belgium
Jamie Hannaford
Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford, UK
Daniel Kingston
Department of Geography, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Anne F. Van Loon
Water Science Research Group, School of Geography, Earth, and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Brimingham, UK
Luis Mediero
Department of Hydraulic and Energy Engineering, Technical University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Marzena Osuch
Institute of Geophysics Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
Renata Romanowicz
Institute of Geophysics Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
Eric Sauquet
Irstea, UR HHLY, Hydrology-Hydraulics Research Unit, 69100 Villeurbanne, France
James H. Stagge
Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Wai K. Wong
Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate, Oslo, Norway
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Short summary
In 2015 large parts of Europe were affected by a drought. In terms of low flow magnitude, a region around the Czech Republic was most affected, with return periods > 100 yr. In terms of deficit volumes, the drought was particularly severe around S. Germany where the event lasted notably long. Meteorological and hydrological events developed differently in space and time. For an assessment of drought impacts on water resources, hydrological data are required in addition to meteorological indices.
In 2015 large parts of Europe were affected by a drought. In terms of low flow magnitude, a...
