Historical changes in the annual number of large floods in near-natural catchments across North America and Europe, 1931-2010

• Main Authors: Hodgkins, G.A., Whitfield, P.H., Burn, D.H., Hannaford, J., Renard, Benjamin, Stahl, Konrad, Fleig, A.K., Madsen, H., Mediero, L., Korhonen, J., Murphy, Craig, Crochet, Pierre-André, Wilson, D.
• Other Authors: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AUGUSTA USA, Partenaires IRSTEA, Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA), UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN CAN, UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO CAN, CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY WALLINGFORD GBR, Hydrologie-Hydraulique (UR HHLY), Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA), UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG DEU, NORWEGIAN WATER RESOURCES AND ENERGY DIRECTORATE OSLO NOR, DHI HORSHOLM DNK, TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MADRID ESP, FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE HELSINKI FIN, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND MAYNOOTH IRL, ICELANDIC METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE REYKJAVIK ISL
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2014
• Subjects: EUROPE; AMERIQUE DU NORD; [SDE]Environmental Sciences; Canada; Geiger; Norway; Iceland
• Online Access: https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-02600781

International audience Previous investigations have analyzed historical changes in low magnitude floods, such as the annual peak flow, at regional or national scales. These investigations often use catchments where streamflows have been influenced by human alterations such as reservoir regulation or...