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, B., Stahl, K., Fleig, A.K., Madsen, H., Mediero, L., Korhonen, J., Murphy, C., Crochet, P., Wilson, D.
• Other Authors: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AUGUSTA USA, UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN CAN, UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO CAN, CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY WALLINGFORD GBR, IRSTEA LYON UR HHLY FRA, 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: Still Image
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: INONDATION; FLOODING; Canada; Geiger; Norway; Iceland
• Online Access: https://irsteadoc.irstea.fr/cemoa/PUB00043036

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 urbanization. No known...