Identification of coherent flood regions across Europe by using the longest streamflow records

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 528, Issue , 2015, Pages 341-360

  Mediero, L ^a   Kjeldsen, T R ^b   Macdonald, N ^c   Kohnova, S ^d   Merz, B ^e   Vorogushyn, S ^e   Wilson, D ^f   Alburquerque, T ^g   Bloschl G ^h   Bogdanowicz, E ⁱ   Castellarin, A ^j   Hall, J ^h   Kobold, M ^k   Kriauciuniene, J ^l   Lang, M ^m   Madsen, H ⁿ   Onusluel Gul G ^o   Perdigao R A P ^h   Roald, L A ^f   Salinas, J L ^h   Toumazis, A D ^p   Veijalainen, N ^q   órarinsson, Ódinn ^r   more..

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d SLOVAK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Slovakia)

^e GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^f NORWEGIAN WATER RESOURCES AND ENERGY DIRECTORATE   (Norway)

^g INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE CASTELO BRANCO   (Portugal)

^h VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

ⁱ INSTITUTE OF METEOROLOGY AND WATER MANAGEMENT   (Poland)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^k Environmental Agency of the Republic of Slovenia   (Slovenia)

^l LITHUANIAN ENERGY INSTITUTE   (Lithuania)

^m CENTRE DE LYON VILLEURBANNE   (France)

ⁿ DHI   (Denmark)

^o DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^p Dion Toumazis and Associates Architects and Consulting Engineers   (Cyprus)

^q FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^r ICELANDIC METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE   (Iceland)

more..

Author keywords

Flood trends; Floods; Long streamflow series; Pan European; Peaks over threshold; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; DISPERSIONS; RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW;

HOMOGENEOUS REGIONS; HYDROLOGICAL SERIES; LONG STREAMFLOW SERIES; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PAN-EUROPEAN; PEAKS OVER THRESHOLD; SEASONALITY; TEMPORAL CLUSTERING;

FLOODS;

CATCHMENT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA SET; FLOOD FORECASTING; FLOOD FREQUENCY; FLOODING; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; SEASONALITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STREAMFLOW;

EUROPE;

EID: 84934324943     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.06.016     Document Type: Article

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