Flash flood reconstruction in the Eastern Mediterranean: Regional tree ring-based chronology and assessment of climate triggers on the island of Crete
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61988987%3A17310%2F20%3AA210254X" target="_blank" >RIV/61988987:17310/20:A210254X - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196320300483" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196320300483</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2020.104135" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.jaridenv.2020.104135</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Flash flood reconstruction in the Eastern Mediterranean: Regional tree ring-based chronology and assessment of climate triggers on the island of Crete
Original language description
The past geomorphic activity of flash floods in the Eastern Mediterranean has been poorly understood. Despite the general increase in mean annual temperature and decrease in annual precipitation totals, intense rainfall during strong cyclogenesis is still expected under a changing climate. The aim of this study was to identify past flash flood events on the island of Crete (Greece) to (i) create a regional chronology of flash floods using dendrogeomorphic dating and (ii) describe climate triggers responsible for the most distinct events. The sampling of 398 trees and shrubs from eight catchments enabled the reconstruction of 76 flash flood events over 43 different years. The length of the chronologies ranged from 27 to 125 years, and the most distinct events were recorded in the 1993–94, 2000–01, and 2006–07. Significant differences (p < 0.00001) in the ages of sampled trees and the bark thickness among the catchments resulted in different lengths of chronologies and numbers of identified events. Records from selected rain gauges were used to identify precipitation patterns associated with flash floods. The low propagation velocities of cyclones originating south and west of Crete characterised the most distinct flash flood events, based on synoptic scale analyses.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
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
10508 - Physical geography
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
Others
Publication year
2020
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
J ARID ENVIRON
ISSN
0140-1963
e-ISSN
1095-922X
Volume of the periodical
177
Issue of the periodical within the volume
June
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
15
Pages from-to
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UT code for WoS article
000525299500006
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85079670856