Flood events and flood types for a large sample of catchments in Europe

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Svenja FischerManuela Brunner
Owners: Manuela Brunner
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Created: Jun 28, 2022 at 9:06 a.m.
Last updated: Sep 28, 2022 at 7:05 a.m. (Metadata update)
Published date: Sep 28, 2022 at 7:05 a.m.
DOI: 10.4211/hs.da1c282a2b464a02841672077056bcf7
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Abstract

This dataset provides flood events and flood types for the period 1981–2012 for a selection of 863 catchments in Europe, which are part of the Global Runoff Data Centre database (GRDC) and are uninfluenced by large dams. It accompanies an analysis by Brunner and Fischer (2022), which assesses how spatial flood connectedness varies by flood generation process using a flood event classification scheme distinguishing between three rainfall-driven and two snowmelt-influenced flood types.
The flood types were determined using the classification scheme by Fischer et al. 2019, which separates between three rainfall-induced flood types and two snowmelt-influenced types:
R1: flood events with high flood peaks and small volumes, associated with heavy rainfall of high intensity
R2: flood events with moderate peak and volume, associated with medium-duration rainfall of uniform intensity
R3: flood events with large volume, associated with long, successive rainfall events
S1: rain-on-snow floods, where rainfall falls on a snow cover, i.e. associated with high amounts of rainfall but less snow melt compared to snow melt floods
S2: snow melt floods, where the snow cover melts, i.e. associated with a high amount of snow melt but no or only a small amount of rainfall

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Spatial

Coordinate System/Geographic Projection:
WGS 84 EPSG:4326
Coordinate Units:
Decimal degrees
North Latitude
70.0703°
East Longitude
31.0295°
South Latitude
41.7249°
West Longitude
-21.7530°

Temporal

Start Date: 01/01/1981
End Date: 12/31/2012
Leaflet Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

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The following web services are available for data contained in this resource. Geospatial Feature and Raster data are made available via Open Geospatial Consortium Web Services. The provided links can be copied and pasted into GIS software to access these data. Multidimensional NetCDF data are made available via a THREDDS Data Server using remote data access protocols such as OPeNDAP. Other data services may be made available in the future to support additional data types.

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Related Resources

This resource is described by https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ac948f

How to Cite

Fischer, S., M. Brunner (2022). Flood events and flood types for a large sample of catchments in Europe, HydroShare, https://doi.org/10.4211/hs.da1c282a2b464a02841672077056bcf7

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