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Solar modulation of flood frequency in central Europe during spring and summer on interannual to multi-centennial timescales
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Section 5.2 Climate Dynamics and Landscape Evolution, Potsdam, Germany
now at: Department of Geology – Quaternary Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
Raimund Muscheler
Department of Geology – Quaternary Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
Achim Brauer
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Section 5.2 Climate Dynamics and Landscape Evolution, Potsdam, Germany
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Short summary
Integrating discharge data of the River Ammer back to 1926 and a 5500-year flood layer record from an annually laminated sediment core of the downstream Ammersee allowed investigating changes in the frequency of major floods in Central Europe on interannual to multi-centennial timescales. Significant correlations between flood frequency variations in both archives and changes in the activity of the Sun suggest a solar influence on the frequency of these hydrometeorological extremes.
Integrating discharge data of the River Ammer back to 1926 and a 5500-year flood layer record...
