Changing climate shifts timing of European floods

Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.aan2506" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.aan2506</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.aan2506" target="_blank" >10.1126/science.aan2506</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Changing climate shifts timing of European floods
Original language description
A warming climate is expected to have an impact on the magnitude and timing of river floods; however, no consistent large-scale climate change signal in observed flood magnitudes has been identified so far. We analyzed the timing of river floods in Europe over the past five decades, using a pan-European database from 4262 observational hydrometric stations, and found clear patterns of change in flood timing. Warmer temperatures have led to earlier spring snowmelt floods throughout northeastern Europe; delayed winter storms associated with polar warming have led to later winter floods around the North Sea and some sectors of the Mediterranean coast; and earlier soil moisture maxima have led to earlier winter floods in western Europe. Our results highlight the existence of a clear climate signal in flood observations at the continental scale.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10501 - Hydrology

Publication year
2017
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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