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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-28-217-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-28-217-2024
Research article
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15 Jan 2024
Research article |  | 15 Jan 2024

Accounting for hydroclimatic properties in flood frequency analysis procedures

Joeri B. Reinders and Samuel E. Munoz

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Flooding presents a major hazard for people and infrastructure along waterways; however, it is challenging to study the likelihood of a flood magnitude occurring regionally due to a lack of long discharge records. We show that hydroclimatic variables like Köppen climate regions and precipitation intensity explain part of the variance in flood frequency distributions and thus reduce the uncertainty of flood probability estimates. This gives water managers a tool to locally improve flood analysis.
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