What made the June 2013 flood in Germany an exceptional event? A hydro-meteorological evaluation

Schröter, K.; Kunz, M.; Elmer, F.; Mühr, B.; Merz, B.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-309-2015

Articles | Volume 19, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-309-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-309-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 19, issue 1

Research article

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16 Jan 2015

Research article |

| 16 Jan 2015

What made the June 2013 flood in Germany an exceptional event? A hydro-meteorological evaluation

K. Schröter, M. Kunz, F. Elmer, B. Mühr, and B. Merz

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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SC C2898: 'See attached file', Michel Lang, 04 Aug 2014
- AC C5301: 'response to SC2898', Kai Schröter, 25 Nov 2014
RC C3282: 'Nice "Forensic disaster analysis" - Analysis of sensitivities needed', Massimiliano Zappa, 22 Aug 2014
- AC C5302: 'reply to C3282', Kai Schröter, 25 Nov 2014
RC C3532: 'Review: What made the June 2013 flood in Germany an exceptional event? A hydro-meteorological evaluation K. Schröter, M. Kunz, F. Elmer, B. Mühr, and B. Merz', Anonymous Referee #2, 01 Sep 2014
- AC C5303: 'reply to C3532', Kai Schröter, 25 Nov 2014
RC C4043: 'Schröter et al. 2014, hessd , 11, 8125-8166 What made the June 2013 flood in Germany an exceptional event? A hydro-meteorological evaluation.', Anonymous Referee #3, 26 Sep 2014
- AC C5304: 'reply to C4043', Kai Schröter, 25 Nov 2014
RC C4123: 'Ref. Comment on Schröter et al.: What made the June 2013 flood in Germany an exceptional event? A hydro-meteorological evaluation', Christian Reszler, 30 Sep 2014
- AC C5305: 'reply to C4123', Kai Schröter, 25 Nov 2014
AC C5309: 'revised manuscript', Kai Schröter, 25 Nov 2014

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Publish as is (21 Dec 2014) by Pierre Gentine

AR by Kai Schröter on behalf of the Authors (22 Dec 2014) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

Extreme antecedent precipitation, increased initial hydraulic load in the river network and strong but not extraordinary event precipitation were key drivers for the flood in June 2013 in Germany. Our results are based on extreme value statistics and aggregated severity indices which we evaluated for a set of 74 historic large-scale floods. This flood database and the methodological framework enable the rapid assessment of future floods using precipitation and discharge observations.