Historical and recent floods in the Czech Republic: causes, seasonality, trends, impacts
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| Year of publication | 2004 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | Flood Risk Management Hazards, Vulnerability, Mitigation Measures |
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| Field | Atmosphere sciences, meteorology |
| Keywords | Floods; Documentary evidence; Czech Republic |
| Description | The paper presents results of analysis of flood series (variability, seasonality, trends) and their synoptic causes (based on Principal Component Analysis) in the instrumental period for the Elbe-Děčín, the Vltava-Prague, the Ohře-Louny, the Odra-Bohumín and the Morava-Kroměříž. Series of floods from the pre-instrumental period based on documentary evidence since the 16th century for parts of the same rivers are shown. The most disastrous floodings in the Czech Lands were in years 1118, 1272, 1342, 1432, 1501, 1598, 1655, 1675, 1784, 1845, 1872, 1890, 1897, 1903, 1997, 2002. Conclusions concerning flooding in the Czech Republic following from synthesis of documentary and instrumental data are formulated. |
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