Articles | Volume 27, issue 17
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-27-3169-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-27-3169-2023
Research article
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06 Sep 2023
Research article |  | 06 Sep 2023

Quantitative rainfall analysis of the 2021 mid-July flood event in Belgium

Michel Journée, Edouard Goudenhoofdt, Stéphane Vannitsem, and Laurent Delobbe

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The exceptional flood of July 2021 in central Europe impacted Belgium severely. This study aims to characterize rainfall amounts in Belgium from 13 to 16 July 2021 based on observational data (i.e., rain gauge data and a radar-based rainfall product). The spatial and temporal distributions of rainfall during the event aredescribed. In order to document such a record-breaking event as much as possible, the rainfall data are shared with the scientific community on Zenodo for further studies.