The rainstorm and flash flood at Mount Fulufjället in August 1997 : the meteorological and hydrological situation

Auteurs :
VEDIN, H.
EKLUND, A.
ALEXANDERSSON, H.

Description :
The flood at Mount Fulufjället, 30-31 August 1997 was caused by the most furious rainstorm ever documented in Sweden. Private measurements onthe mountain show not less than 276 mm over 24 hours, and the distribution of severe damage suggests even higher amounts in other parts of the mountain. The precipitation was connected to a front attacking a high pressure that had been dominating the weather in Sweden for several weeks, but orographic lifting on the east-facing slopes of the mountain may partly have caused the extreme intensity.


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Geografiska annaler. Series A. Physical geography, issn : 0435-3676, 1999, vol. 81, n°. 3, p. 361-368, Collation : Illustration, Références bibliographiques : 12 ref.

Date :
1999

Editeur :
Pays édition : Suede, Stockholm, Svenska sällskapet för antropologi och geografi