Variability of Flood Frequency and Magnitude During the Late 20th and Early 21st Centuries in the Northern Foreland of the Tatra Mountains

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serval:BIB_0601E873191A
Type
A part of a book
Collection
Publications
Title
Variability of Flood Frequency and Magnitude During the Late 20th and Early 21st Centuries in the Northern Foreland of the Tatra Mountains
Title of the book
Flood Risk in the Upper Vistula Basin
Author(s)
Ruiz-Villanueva Virginia, Wyżga Bartłomiej, Kundzewicz Zbigniew W., Niedźwiedź Tadeusz, Łupikasza Ewa, Stoffel Markus
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
ISBN
9783319419220
9783319419237
ISSN
2190-5193
2190-5207
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2016
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Pages
231-256
Language
english
Abstract
Much of the flood risk in Poland is related to the Upper Vistula River Basin, and its right-bank tributaries on the northern foreland of the Tatra Mountains significantly contribute to the total flood damage. Therefore, the question whether the magnitude and frequency of floods in this region have changed in the past decades is of high interest. This chapter focused on the inter-decadal variability of magnitude, frequency, and seasonality of floods since the mid-20th century using a multi-temporal approach in which trends are fitted to several combinations of start and end years in a record. The correlation between flood parameters and different large-scale climate indices for the Northern Hemisphere was calculated, as well as trends of intense precipitation indices, number of days with snow cover, cyclonic circulation types, air temperature and moisture conditions were calculated to explain the detected trends. Other potential external drivers, such as catchment and channel changes were also considered. Results show that floods in the area exhibit considerable inter-decadal variability, however, certain patterns are apparent. Less frequent floods, although perhaps more extreme, are now likely to occur, with a shift in the seasonality, decreasing flood magnitudes in winter and increasing during autumn and spring.
Keywords
Hydrological extremes, Flood hazard, Climate change, Carpathians, Poland
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17/10/2020 12:03
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13/12/2022 12:12
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