Flood triggering in Switzerland: The role of daily to monthly preceding precipitation

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 3903-3924

  Froidevaux, P ^a   Schwanbeck, J ^a   Weingartner, R ^a   Chevalier, C ^a   Martius, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALLOONS; CATCHMENTS; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS; LAKES; PROBABILITY; RUNOFF; SEPARATION;

DAILY PRECIPITATIONS; FLOOD FORECASTING; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; INFILTRATION RATE; LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS; PRECIPITATION RATES; PRECISE SEPARATIONS; STORAGE CAPACITY;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS; CATCHMENT; CLIMATOLOGY; EXTREME EVENT; FLOOD FORECASTING; FLOODING; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; PEAK DISCHARGE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PROBABILITY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

JURA MOUNTAINS; SWISS PLATEAU; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84941927198     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-19-3903-2015     Document Type: Article

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