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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-3807-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-3807-2015
Research article
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10 Sep 2015
Research article |  | 10 Sep 2015

Influence of solar forcing, climate variability and modes of low-frequency atmospheric variability on summer floods in Switzerland

J. C. Peña, L. Schulte, A. Badoux, M. Barriendos, and A. Barrera-Escoda

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The paper presents an index of summer flood damage in Switzerland from 1800 to 2009 and explores the influence of solar forcing, climate variability and low-frequency atmospheric circulation on flood frequencies. The flood damage index provides evidence that the 1817-1851, 1881-1927, 1977-1990 and 2005-present flood clusters are mostly in phase with palaeoclimate proxies and solar activity minima. Floods are influenced by atmospheric instability related to the principal summer mode.