Extreme rainfalls and river floods in Europe during the last millennium

Papers in Global Change IGBP, No. 8

Auteurs :
STARKEL, L.
OBRĘBSKA-STARKLOWA,

Description :
Information on extreme rains and floods during the last millennium is gathered on the basis of various records. It is possible to distinguish heavy downpours, continuous rains, rainy seasons, rapid snowmelts and combinations of all of them. On this basis the A. describes phases with higher and lower frequencies of extreme rains and floods in Europe in a regionally-differentiated manner. The phase of the Little Ice Age is well expressed throughout Europe, although its particular events were never simultaneous. In the final discussion the A. connects the causes of these variabilities in space and time with fluctuation in solar radiation and volcanic activity.


Type de document :
Article de monographie

Source :
Geographia polonica, issn : 0016-7282, 2001, vol. 74, n°. 2, p. 69-79, Collation : Illustration, Références bibliographiques : 54 ref.

Date :
2001

Editeur :
Pays édition : Pologne, Warszawa, Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe