Distribution of the extreme peak floods of the Tiber River from the XV century

Calenda, Guido; Mancini, C. P.; Volpi, Elena

doi:10.1016/j.advwatres.2004.09.010

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“…Table 1 shows a compilation of 46 case studies with historical discharge estimates at sites with multiple floods with discharge estimates published in peer review papers or being cross-checked with the original historical sources. Numerous studies suggest that current flood magnitudes are not unusual within the context of last 1000 years, with good examples for the rivers Rhine (Herget and Meurs, 2010;Wetter et al, 2011), Tiber (Calenda et al, 2005), Llobregat (Thorndycraft et al, 2005), Trent (Macdonald, 2013) and Gardon (Sheffer et al, 2008;Neppel et al, 2010). In general, the largest historical floods from the last 500 years show higher peak flows than the largest gauged floods (Fig.…”

Section: Discharge Of Historical Floods In the Context Of Instrumentamentioning

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“…Large catastrophic floods exceeding the 17 m stage (< 2900 m 3 s −1 ) at the Ripetta landing (16 545 km 2 ) were not constant in time: four floods above 18 m (< 3400 m 3 s −1 ) took place in only 80 years during the 1530-1606 period (Calenda et al, 2005), intriguingly a period of reported (Benito et al, 2003a;Machado et al, 2015). (b) Segura-Guadalentín rivers at Murcia (Barriendos and Rodrigo, 2006;Machado et al, 2011).…”

Section: Flood Magnitude Sensitivity To Climate Changementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Recent advances in two-dimensional computing flow hydraulics (Kutija, 2003) have been considered for historical flood studies (Fernandez Bono and Grau-Gimeno, 2003;Calenda et al, 2005). In alluvial rivers, flows over the banks show a three-dimensional behaviour, and this should be analysed by two-/three-dimensional models.…”

Section: Discharge Estimation From Documentary Recordsmentioning

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“…(c) The River Gardon, documentary data since the 15th century, historical and daily water-level readings at Anduze (1741Anduze ( -2005Neppel et al, 2010), CAT: > 3000 m 3 s −1 ; EXT: 1000-3000 m 3 s −1 ; complemented with discharges from palaeofloods at La Baume (Sheffer et al, 2008). (d) The River Tiber in Rome, observed historical levels since the 12th century, continuous water-level readings since 1870 at the Ripetta Landing (Calenda et al, 2005), CAT: > 2900 m 3 s −1 (flood level > 17 m at Ripetta), EXT: 2300-2900 m 3 s −1 . (e) The River Ouse, documentary and instrumental data (Macdonald and Black, 2010) low flood frequency by Camuffo and Enzi (1996).…”

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Quantitative historical hydrology in Europe

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Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci.

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Abstract. In recent decades, the quantification of flood hydrological characteristics (peak discharge, hydrograph shape, and runoff volume) from documentary evidence has gained scientific recognition as a method to lengthen flood records of rare and extreme events. This paper describes the methodological evolution of quantitative historical hydrology under the influence of developments in hydraulics and statistics. In the 19th century, discharge calculations based on flood marks were the only source of hydrological data for engineering design, but were later left aside in favour of systematic gauge records and conventional hydrological procedures. In the last two decades, there has been growing scientific and public interest in understanding long-term patterns of rare floods, in maintaining the flood heritage and memory of extremes, and developing methods for deterministic and statistical application to different scientific and engineering problems. A compilation of 46 case studies across Europe with reconstructed discharges demonstrates that (1) in most cases present flood magnitudes are not unusual within the context of the last millennium, although recent floods may exceed past floods in some temperate European rivers (e.g. the Vltava and Po rivers); (2) the frequency of extreme floods has decreased since the 1950s, although some rivers (e.g. the Gardon and Ouse rivers) show a reactivation of rare events over the last two decades. There is a great potential for gaining understanding of individual extreme events based on a combined multiproxy approach (palaeoflood and documentary records) providing high-resolution time flood series and their environmental and climatic changes; and for developing non-systematic and non-stationary statistical models based on relations of past floods with external and internal covariates under natural low-frequency climate variability.

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Section: Discharge Of Historical Floods In the Context Of Instrumentamentioning

confidence: 96%

Section: Flood Magnitude Sensitivity To Climate Changementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Discharge Estimation From Documentary Recordsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Flood Magnitude Sensitivity To Climate Changementioning

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“…Tanto los trabajos orientados desde la meteorología (Camilloni, 2005;Barros et al, 2000;Castañeda y Barros, 1994) como los que se centran en aspectos técnico-hidráuli-cos (SUPCEBA, 2002) aportan valiosa información para el desarrollo de medidas estructurales. En este último caso particularmente, como en el resto de los estudios que se basan en el desarrollo de modelos hidráulicos, se hace necesaria la incorporación de datos históricos para que el análi-sis del comportamiento de las cuencas hídricas, sea adecuadamente contrastado con la realidad (McMillan & Brasington, 2007;Calenda et al, 2005;Connell et al, 2001;Connell et al, 1998).…”

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Incidence of Natural and Anthropic Aspects in the Floods of Buenos Aires City

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Incidence of Natural and Anthropic Aspects in the Floods of Buenos Aires City. Floods in Buenos Aires city are the regions most severe environmental problem. They cause economic losses and a strong impact on the populations daily life. Historical flood citys data is essential for the development of hydrologic models and for structural and non structural environmental decisions. This paper presents a detailed register of flood events occurred in Buenos Aires city between 1980 and 2005. During this period, 148 events took place, from which 29 were extreme flood events. From the total events a 61.5% was caused by rainfall and a 38.5% by sudestadas (strong southeastern winds). Results show that geomorphology and flood frequency records are related: neighborhoods placed over the Estuarine Plain and Flood Plain show the highest values, whereas those placed over the Interfluves and Laterals show the lowest flood frequency values. Information gathered shows that anthropic aspects, as the presence of Villas and green spaces, cause biased results related to the sources that register flood events. The need of developing hydraulic models, which should consider the sudestada phenomenon, and the importance of regular controls carried on by appropriated organisms which register accurate information, are pointed. Key words:Urban floods, historical data, Buenos Aires city, catastrophic events, geoforms.Resumen: Los anegamientos en la ciudad de Buenos Aires constituyen el problema ambiental más severo de la región, provocando numerosos perjuicios económicos y un fuerte impacto en la población. La recuperación y aná-lisis de los registros históricos de inundaciones ocurridas en la ciudad resultan imprescindibles para diseñar modelos hidrológicos y para desarrollar medidas de prevención estructurales y no estructurales. En este trabajo se presenta un registro de los eventos de inundación ocurridos en la ciudad de Buenos Aires en el periodo 1980-2005. En este periodo se produjeron 148 eventos de inundación, de los cuales 29 fueron eventos extremos. Del total de eventos, un 61.5% fueron producidos por precipitaciones y un 38.5% por sudestadas. Los resultados muestran que existe una relación entre las geoformas y los registros de frecuencia de inundación: Los barrios situados sobre las planicies Estuárica y de Inundación registran los valores más altos mientras que los ubicados en el Interfluvio y Laterales de Valle presentan los valores más bajos. La información recopilada muestra que aspectos antrópicos como la presencia de villas y espacios verdes producen sesgos vinculados a las fuentes que registran los datos. Finalmente se señala la necesidad de desarrollar modelos hidráulicos que contemplen el fenómeno de las sudestadas y la importancia de realizar monitoreos sistemáticos que coordinados por los distintos organismos competentes registren información precisa.Palabras clave: Inundaciones urbanas, información histórica, ciudad de Buenos Aires, eventos catastróficos, geoformas. ____________ INTRODUCCIÓNLos anegamientos en...

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Distribution of the extreme peak floods of the Tiber River from the XV century

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Quantitative historical hydrology in Europe

Quantitative historical hydrology in Europe

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