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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-18-919-2022
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Research article
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28 Apr 2022
Research article |
| 28 Apr 2022
| 28 Apr 2022
Influence of warming and atmospheric circulation changes on multidecadal European flood variability
Stefan Brönnimann
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Institute of Geography, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Peter Stucki
Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Institute of Geography, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Jörg Franke
Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Institute of Geography, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Veronika Valler
Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Institute of Geography, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Yuri Brugnara
Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Institute of Geography, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Ralf Hand
Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Institute of Geography, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Laura C. Slivinski
CIRES, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA
NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Gilbert P. Compo
CIRES, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA
NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Prashant D. Sardeshmukh
CIRES, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA
NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Michel Lang
INRAE, Lyon-Villeurbanne, France
Bettina Schaefli
Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Institute of Geography, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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Latest update: 28 Mar 2025
Short summary
Floods in Europe vary on time scales of several decades. Flood-rich and flood-poor periods alternate. Recently floods have again become more frequent. Long time series of peak stream flow, precipitation, and atmospheric variables reveal that until around 1980, these changes were mostly due to changes in atmospheric circulation. However, in recent decades the role of increasing atmospheric moisture due to climate warming has become more important and is now the main driver of flood changes.
Floods in Europe vary on time scales of several decades. Flood-rich and flood-poor periods...
