Merging modelled and reported flood impacts in Europe in a combined flood event catalogue for 1950–2020

Paprotny, Dominik; Rhein, Belinda; Vousdoukas, Michalis I.; Terefenko, Paweł; Dottori, Francesco; Treu, Simon; Śledziowski, Jakub; Feyen, Luc; Kreibich, Heidi

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-28-3983-2024

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Merging modelled and reported flood impacts in Europe in a combined flood event catalogue for 1950–2020

Dominik Paprotny, Belinda Rhein, Michalis I. Vousdoukas, Paweł Terefenko, Francesco Dottori, Simon Treu, Jakub Śledziowski, Luc Feyen, and Heidi Kreibich

Data sets

HANZE catalogue of modelled and historical floods in Europe, 1950-2020 Dominik Paprotny https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12635205

Coastal sea level and its components for Europe, 1950-2020 Dominik Paprotny https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10630338

HANZE v2.2 flood impact model input data Dominik Paprotny https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10630862

HANZE catalogue of modelled flood footprints in Europe, 1950-2020 Dominik Paprotny https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10943896

Model code and software

HANZE v2.2 flood impact model Dominik Paprotny https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10678820

Executive editor

This paper is of great interest to the geoscience community and the broader public because it offers a comprehensive European flood event catalogue that merges historical records with modelled data, providing an extensive overview of coastal, riverine and compound flood impacts across Europe over seventy years. This will help enhance the accuracy and completeness of flood impact assessments, crucial for improving flood risk management and mitigation strategies. It also provides a milestone dataset for understanding changes in hazard, vulnerability and exposure for national, regional and continental flood risk assessments.