Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
HESS
Articles | Volume 25, issue 10
Articles | Volume 25, issue 10
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-5535-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-5535-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 25, issue 10
Research article
 | 
22 Oct 2021
Research article |  | 22 Oct 2021

Characteristics and process controls of statistical flood moments in Europe – a data-based analysis

David Lun, Alberto Viglione, Miriam Bertola, Jürgen Komma, Juraj Parajka, Peter Valent, and Günter Blöschl

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-5535-2021-supplement

Data sets

europe_floods tuwhydro https://github.com/tuwhydro/europe_floods

An ensemble version of the E-OBS temperature and precipitation data sets R. C. Cornes, G. van der Schrier, E. J. van den Besselaar, and P. D. Jones https://www.ecad.eu/download/ensembles/download.php

A pan-European river and catchment database J. Vogt, P. Soille, A. De Jager, E. Rimaviciute, W. Mehl, S. Foisneau, K. Bodis, J. Dusart, M. Paracchini, and P. Haastrup https://doi.org/10.2788/35907

Global Aridity Index and Potential Evapotranspiration (ET0) Climate Database v2 A. Trabucco and R. Zomer https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.7504448.v3

Global multi-resolution terrain elevation data 2010 (GMTED2010) J. J. Danielson and D. B. Gesch https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20111073

Download
Short summary
We investigate statistical properties of observed flood series on a European scale. There are pronounced regional patterns, for instance: regions with strong Atlantic influence show less year-to-year variability in the magnitude of observed floods when compared with more arid regions of Europe. The hydrological controls on the patterns are quantified and discussed. On the European scale, climate seems to be the dominant driver for the observed patterns.
Read more