Spatial patterns and time distribution of central European extreme precipitation events between 1961 and 2013
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Alternative codes found
RIV/00216208:11310/19:10389212
Result on the web
<a href="https://rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/joc.6019" target="_blank" >https://rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/joc.6019</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/joc.6019" target="_blank" >10.1002/joc.6019</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Spatial patterns and time distribution of central European extreme precipitation events between 1961 and 2013
Original language description
Precipitation extremes always have an area‐related effect, emphasizing the need for a spatial assessment of extreme precipitation events that sometimes show similar behaviour in precipitation patterns due to recurring synoptic features. Our study investigates spatial patterns in the extreme precipitation events (EPEs) that occurred in central Europe between 1961 and 2013. As many as 53 maximum events were selected by the weather extremity index (WEI), reflecting simultaneously the spatial extent and the return periods of t day precipitation totals within an event‐adjusted study area. The extremity of the EPEs is further evaluated at two lower spatial levels, the main river basins (the Rhine, Weser/Ems, Elbe, Danube, and Oder) and 20 smaller subcatchments, which enables a more detailed study of the events’ spatial structure and similarity. A correlation analysis demonstrated that heavy precipitation occurs simultaneously not only in neighbouring subcatchments but also in rather distant regions with similar orientations of mountain ranges (e.g., in the Elbe‐a and Danube‐b subcatchments). In contrast, strong negative correlations appeared between several subcatchments in the Oder and Rhine River basins, which exclude heavy precipitation from occurring simultaneously in both basins. Similar spatial patterns are obvious among precipitation extremes: using the relative WEI values as the similarity measure, agglomerative hierarchical clustering detected two well‐separated groups of events, namely, W‐CE and E‐CE, affecting mainly the western and eastern parts of central Europe, respectively. A finer division of the EPEs distinguished five clusters of events with different spatio‐temporal characteristics. Only two clusters, ED (Elbe‐Danube) and O (Oder), were represented among the top 10 central European EPEs, which occurred exclusively from the end of May to the beginning of September.
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
10509 - Meteorology and atmospheric sciences
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA17-23773S" target="_blank" >GA17-23773S: Extremeness and predictability of precipitation events depending on their properties and atmospheric conditions</a><br>
Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2019
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
International Journal of Climatology
ISSN
0899-8418
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
39
Issue of the periodical within the volume
7
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
16
Pages from-to
3282-3297
UT code for WoS article
000475693500013
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85061635119