Changes in flood frequencies in Switzerland since 1500

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1581-1594

  Schmocker Fackel, P ^a,c   Naef, F ^b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Bundesamt fur Umweltschutz   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATIC INDEX; CZECH REPUBLIC; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; FLOOD EVENT; FLOOD FREQUENCY; GERMANY; HISTORICAL FLOODS; IN-PHASE; NAO INDEX; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SWITZERLAND;

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATOLOGY; RUNOFF; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION;

FLOODS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE EFFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ACQUISITION; FLOOD FREQUENCY; FLOODING; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; RECONSTRUCTION; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 77955880225     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-14-1581-2010     Document Type: Article

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