Climate Variability and Floods—A Global Review

There is a strong inter-annual and inter-decadal variability in time series of flood-related variables, such as intense precipitation, high river discharge, flood magnitude, and flood loss at a range of spatial scales. Perhaps part of this variability is random or chaotic, but it is quite natural to...

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Main Authors: Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz, Małgorzata Szwed, Iwona Pińskwar
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3390/w11071399
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spelling ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:94f12a87cebe4ce39456cbcc30fa2350 2023-05-15T17:34:05+02:00 Climate Variability and Floods—A Global Review Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz Małgorzata Szwed Iwona Pińskwar 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.3390/w11071399 https://doaj.org/article/94f12a87cebe4ce39456cbcc30fa2350 EN eng MDPI AG https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/11/7/1399 https://doaj.org/toc/2073-4441 2073-4441 doi:10.3390/w11071399 https://doaj.org/article/94f12a87cebe4ce39456cbcc30fa2350 Water, Vol 11, Iss 7, p 1399 (2019) floods climate variability ocean–atmosphere system precipitation extremes river discharge flood loss Hydraulic engineering TC1-978 Water supply for domestic and industrial purposes TD201-500 article 2019 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.3390/w11071399 2022-12-31T12:14:07Z There is a strong inter-annual and inter-decadal variability in time series of flood-related variables, such as intense precipitation, high river discharge, flood magnitude, and flood loss at a range of spatial scales. Perhaps part of this variability is random or chaotic, but it is quite natural to seek driving factors, in a statistical sense. It is likely that climate variability (atmosphere−ocean oscillation) track plays an important role in the interpretation of the variability of flood-related characteristics, globally and, even more so, in several regions. The aim of this review paper is to create an inventory of information on spatially and temporally organized links of various climate-variability drivers with variability of characteristics of water abundance reported in scientific literature for a range of scales, from global to local. The climate variability indices examined in this paper are: El Niño-Southern Oscillations (ENSO), North Atlantic Oscillations (NAO), Atlantic Multi-decadal Oscillation (AMO), and Pacific Decadal Oscillations (PDO). A meta-analysis of results from many studies reported in scientific literature was carried out. The published results were collected and classified into categories after regions, climate variability modes, as well as flood-related variables: precipitation, river flow, and flood losses. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Pacific Water 11 7 1399
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topic floods
climate variability
ocean–atmosphere system
precipitation extremes
river discharge
flood loss
Hydraulic engineering
TC1-978
Water supply for domestic and industrial purposes
TD201-500
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climate variability
ocean–atmosphere system
precipitation extremes
river discharge
flood loss
Hydraulic engineering
TC1-978
Water supply for domestic and industrial purposes
TD201-500
Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz
Małgorzata Szwed
Iwona Pińskwar
Climate Variability and Floods—A Global Review
topic_facet floods
climate variability
ocean–atmosphere system
precipitation extremes
river discharge
flood loss
Hydraulic engineering
TC1-978
Water supply for domestic and industrial purposes
TD201-500
description There is a strong inter-annual and inter-decadal variability in time series of flood-related variables, such as intense precipitation, high river discharge, flood magnitude, and flood loss at a range of spatial scales. Perhaps part of this variability is random or chaotic, but it is quite natural to seek driving factors, in a statistical sense. It is likely that climate variability (atmosphere−ocean oscillation) track plays an important role in the interpretation of the variability of flood-related characteristics, globally and, even more so, in several regions. The aim of this review paper is to create an inventory of information on spatially and temporally organized links of various climate-variability drivers with variability of characteristics of water abundance reported in scientific literature for a range of scales, from global to local. The climate variability indices examined in this paper are: El Niño-Southern Oscillations (ENSO), North Atlantic Oscillations (NAO), Atlantic Multi-decadal Oscillation (AMO), and Pacific Decadal Oscillations (PDO). A meta-analysis of results from many studies reported in scientific literature was carried out. The published results were collected and classified into categories after regions, climate variability modes, as well as flood-related variables: precipitation, river flow, and flood losses.
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Iwona Pińskwar
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title_short Climate Variability and Floods—A Global Review
title_full Climate Variability and Floods—A Global Review
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title_full_unstemmed Climate Variability and Floods—A Global Review
title_sort climate variability and floods—a global review
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