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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-5599-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-5599-2018
Research article
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29 Oct 2018
Research article |  | 29 Oct 2018

Anatomy of simultaneous flood peaks at a lowland confluence

Tjitske J. Geertsema, Adriaan J. Teuling, Remko Uijlenhoet, Paul J. J. F. Torfs, and Antonius J. F. Hoitink

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This study investigate the processes and effects of simultaneous flood peaks at a lowland confluence. The flood peaks are analyzed with the relatively new dynamic time warping method, which offers a robust means of tracing flood waves in discharge time series at confluences. The time lag between discharge peaks in the main river and its lowland tributaries is small compared to the wave duration; therefore the exact timing of discharge peaks may be little relevant to flood risk.
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