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| Titel |
Hydrological and meteorological aspects of floods in the Alps: an overview |
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Baldassare Bacchi, Roberto Ranzi |
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Englisch
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1027-5606
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In: Hydrology and Earth System Sciences ; 7, no. 6 ; Nr. 7, no. 6, S.785-798 |
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250004855
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| Publikation (Nr.) |
 copernicus.org/hess-7-785-2003.pdf |
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| Zusammenfassung |
| This introductory paper presents and summarises recent research on
meteorological and hydrological aspects of floods in the Alps. The research activities
were part of the international research project RAPHAEL (Runoff and Atmospheric Processes
for flood HAzard forEcasting and controL) together with experiments within the Special
Observing Period-SOP conducted in autumn 1999 for the Mesoscale Alpine Programme —MAP. The
investigations were based on both field experiments and numerical simulations, using
meteorological and hydrological models, of ten major floods that occurred in the past
decade in the European Alps. The two basins investigated were the Ticino
(6599 km2) at the Lago Maggiore outlet on the southern side of the Alps and
the Ammer catchment (709 km2) in the Bavarian Alps. These catchments and their
sub-catchments cover an appropriate range of spatial scales with which to investigate
and test in an operational context the potential of both mesoscale meteorological and
distributed hydrological models for flood forecasting. From the data analyses and model
simulations described in this Special Issue, the major sources of uncertainties for flood
forecasts in mid-size mountain basins are outlined and the accuracy flood forecasts is
assessed.
Keywords: floods, mountain hydrology, meteorological models, Alps |
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