Effects of variability in probable maximum precipitation patterns on flood losses

Zischg, Andreas Paul; Felder, Guido; Weingartner, Rolf; Quinn, Niall; Coxon, Gemma; Neal, Jeffrey; Freer, Jim; Bates, Paul

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-2759-2018

Articles | Volume 22, issue 5

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-2759-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-2759-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 22, issue 5

Research article

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08 May 2018

Research article |

| 08 May 2018

Effects of variability in probable maximum precipitation patterns on flood losses

Andreas Paul Zischg, Guido Felder, Rolf Weingartner, Niall Quinn, Gemma Coxon, Jeffrey Neal, Jim Freer, and Paul Bates

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Referee's comments', Anonymous Referee #1, 05 Mar 2018
- AC1: 'Response to Reviewer #1', Andreas Paul Zischg, 18 Mar 2018
RC2: 'Comments on "Effects of variability..." by Zischg et al', Anonymous Referee #2, 09 Mar 2018
- AC2: 'Response to Reviewer #2', Andreas Paul Zischg, 18 Mar 2018
- AC3: 'Additional comment to Reviewer #2', Andreas Paul Zischg, 29 Mar 2018

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

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (further review by editor) (09 Apr 2018) by Erwin Zehe

AR by Andreas Paul Zischg on behalf of the Authors (19 Apr 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (24 Apr 2018) by Erwin Zehe

Short summary

We developed a model experiment and distributed different rainfall patterns over a mountain river basin. For each rainfall scenario, we computed the flood losses with a model chain. The experiment shows that flood losses vary considerably within the river basin and depend on the timing of the flood peaks from the basin's sub-catchments. Basin-specific characteristics such as the location of the main settlements within the floodplains play an additional important role in determining flood losses.