Use of historical sources in a study of the 1895 floods on the Danube River and its tributaries

Melo, Marián; Pekárová, Pavla; Miklánek, Pavol; Melová, Katarína; Dujsíková, Cyntia

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“…Therefore, it is vital to have complete data of the flood regime to be able to generalize such information on the basis of long-term observations from the whole Danube territory. The occurrence of large floods on the Danube River is described in detail in many publications [8,11,[36][37][38][39][40][41][42]. In this study, the long-term data of annual maximum discharges from 20 stations (Table 1) along the Danube River from Germany to Ukraine were used to determine the T-year maximum discharges.…”

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The Use of a Uniform Technique for Harmonization and Generalization in Assessing the Flood Discharge Frequencies of Long Return Period Floods in the Danube River Basin

Mitková

Pekárová

Halmová

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The flow regime conditions of the Danube River are continually changing. These changes are the result of natural processes and anthropogenic activities. The territory of the Danube River Basin is one of the most flood-endangered regions in Europe and assessing the design discharges along the Danube channel is complicated by the different estimation methods that are applied in particular countries. For this reason, it is necessary to harmonize flood design value assessment methods. The long-term maximum annual discharge series of the Danube River and other rivers in the Danube basin were analyzed and used to estimate the flood design values. We used the Log-Pearson type III distribution, which is one of the most widely used theoretical probability distributions to estimate extremes. This distribution can be flexibly applied to extreme values depending on the skew coefficient. We also analyzed the effect of the inclusion and exclusion of the historical extremes in the processed dataset. The results show that the inclusion of historical floods and the regionalization of the Log-Pearson type III distribution skew parameter can change the design discharges.

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The Use of a Uniform Technique for Harmonization and Generalization in Assessing the Flood Discharge Frequencies of Long Return Period Floods in the Danube River Basin

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Halmová

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“…Alongside these, studies have also been conducted that have relied on historical flood records (e.g. Glaser, et al, 2010;Melo, et al, 2014). Some studies have focused on examining the seasonal incidence of extreme flow and flood events (e.g.…”

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Frequency and seasonality of flash floods in Slovenia

Trobec¹

2017

Geographica Pannonica

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The purpose of this paper is to assess and analyse the dynamics of flash flooding events in Slovenia. The paper examines in particular the frequency of flash floods and their seasonal distribution. The methodology is based on the analysis of historical records and modern flood data. The results of a long-term frequency analysis of 138 flash floods that occurred between 1550 and 2015 are presented. Because of the lack of adequate historical flood data prior to 1950 the main analysis is based on data for the pe-riodbetween1951 and2015, while the analysis of data for the period between1550 and1950 is added as a supplement to the main analysis. Analysis of data for the period after 1950 shows that on average 1.3 flash floods occur each year in Slovenia. The linear trend for the number of flash floods is increasing but is not statistically significant. Despite the fact that the majority of Slovenian rivers have one of the peaks in spring and one of the lows in summer, 90% of flash floods actually occur during meteorological summer or autumn-i.e. between June and November, which shows that discharge regimes and flood regimes are not necessarily related. Because of the lack of flood records from the more distant past as well as the large variability of flash flood events in the last several decades, we cannot provide a definitive answer to the question about possible changes in their frequency and seasonality by relying solely on the detected trends. Nevertheless, considering the results of analysis and future climate change scenarios the frequency of flash floods in Slovenia could increase while the period of flash flood occurrence could be extended.

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“…In ungauged catchments, new calibration and validation techniques are required (Elga et al, 2015). Records may be obtained from citizens' observations or found in historical references, newspaper articles, and photographic records (Kjeldsen et al, 2014;Melo, Pekárová, Miklánek, Melová, & Dujsíková, 2014;Roggenkamp & Herget, 2014). The reconstruction of flood variables may also adopt novel forms as in the case of Le Boursicaud, Pénard, Hauet, Thollet, and Le Coz (2016), where flows are estimated from videos uploaded to YouTube.…”

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High‐resolution urban flood model for risk mitigation validated with records collected by the affected community

Kazimierski

Badano

2019

J Flood Risk Management

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The Dupuy catchment (Laferrere, Metropolitan Region of Buenos Aires) has suffered numerous floods in recent years. The frequency and magnitude of these events, coupled with the large number of people affected, has led to some community representatives organising themselves to collect flood records, increase awareness of the problem and push for solutions and mitigating actions. That campaign inspired the study of the flooding dynamics of the catchment, with the aim of developing simple tools for risk mitigation. To analyse the water dynamics in the catchment, a high‐resolution urban numerical model was implemented with the EPA‐SWMM software. Due to the lack of systematic observations of flow variables, the model was validated using data collected by the affected community itself. More than 500 simulations of different synthetic storms were run on a high‐performance computational cluster and analysed. These processed results, coupled with the observation of rainfall intensities during an event, may be used by the community and risk managers to reduce exposure and mitigate flood risk.

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Use of historical sources in a study of the 1895 floods on the Danube River and its tributaries

Cited by 4 publications

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The Use of a Uniform Technique for Harmonization and Generalization in Assessing the Flood Discharge Frequencies of Long Return Period Floods in the Danube River Basin

The Use of a Uniform Technique for Harmonization and Generalization in Assessing the Flood Discharge Frequencies of Long Return Period Floods in the Danube River Basin

Frequency and seasonality of flash floods in Slovenia

High‐resolution urban flood model for risk mitigation validated with records collected by the affected community

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