On the dynamical coupling between atmospheric blocks and heavy precipitation events: A discussion of the southern Alpine flood in October 2000

• Published in: Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
• Main Authors: Lenggenhager, Sina, Croci-Maspoli, Mischa, Brönnimann, Stefan, Martius, Olivia
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Royal Meteorological Society 2019
• Subjects: 550 Earth sciences & geology; 910 Geography & travel; Impact Lake; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://boris.unibe.ch/123106/1/Lenggenhager_et_al-2018-Quarterly_Journal_of_the_Royal_Meteorological_Society.pdf; https://boris.unibe.ch/123106/7/qj.3449.pdf; https://boris.unibe.ch/123106/

In October 2000, a high‐impact lake flood event occurred in southern Switzerland. During the month prior to the flood event three heavy precipitation events (HPEs) occurred. The first two events preconditioned the catchment and brought the lake close to its flood level. During the third event the la...