Understanding flood regime changes in Europe: a state-of-the-art assessment
TU Wien · Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute · +22 more institutions
Abstract
Abstract. There is growing concern that flooding is becoming more frequent and severe in Europe. A better understanding of flood regime changes and their drivers is therefore needed. The paper reviews the current knowledge on flood regime changes in European rivers that has traditionally been obtained through two alternative research approaches. The first approach is the data-based detection of changes in observed flood events. Current methods are reviewed together with their challenges and opportunities. For example, observation biases, the merging of different data sources and accounting for nonlinear drivers and responses. The second approach consists of modelled scenarios of future floods. Challenges and…
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29Topics & keywords
- Flood myth
- Flooding (psychology)
- Environmental science
- Climate change
- Current (fluid)
- Environmental resource management
- Flood forecasting
- Flood risk assessment