Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
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Articles | Volume 24, issue 11
Articles | Volume 24, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-5125-2020
© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-5125-2020
© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 24, issue 11
Research article
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05 Nov 2020
Research article |  | 05 Nov 2020

Rivers in the sky, flooding on the ground: the role of atmospheric rivers in inland flooding in central Europe

Monica Ionita, Viorica Nagavciuc, and Bin Guan

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Analysis of the largest 10 floods in the lower Rhine, between 1817 and 2015, shows that all these extreme flood peaks have been preceded, up to 7 d in advance, by intense moisture transport from the tropical North Atlantic basin in the form of narrow bands also known as atmospheric rivers. The results presented in this study offer new insights regarding the importance of moisture transport as the driver of extreme flooding in the lower part of the Rhine catchment area.
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