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Meteorological aspects of heavy precipitation in relation to floods – An overview
- Source :
- Earth-Science Reviews 204 (2020), Earth-Science Reviews, 204
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- Floods do have multiple aspects: they are integral phenomena by nature. In this paper we deal with the meteorological aspects, which need to be adequately understood in order to understand the occurrence and development of floods. This holds the more as different meteorological environments and accompanying mechanisms can result in different types of heavy precipitation and so in different flood responses. In this paper, the meteorological aspects of floods are described from the perspective of a precipitation event. The characteristics, the categorisations and the ingredients of the storm systems are presented. The influences of global warming on heavy precipitation events will be discussed as well. The sequence of these aspects reads as a logical succession of the distinct topics of the meteorological aspects of a heavy precipitation event. Since floods commonly have a profound impact on environment and society, the understanding of the meteorological aspects is a first and necessary step in a challenge of dealing with floods. The ultimate goal of this step is to diminish the harmful consequences of floods as adequately as possible.
- Subjects :
- Ingredients
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
Relation (database)
Water en Landgebruik
Climate change
010502 geochemistry & geophysics
01 natural sciences
Soil
Soil, Water and Land Use
Bodem
Heavy precipitation
Precipitation
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
WIMEK
Flood myth
business.industry
Water and Land Use
Global warming
Environmental resource management
Storm
Storm types
Bodemfysica en Landbeheer
Classification
Bodem, Water en Landgebruik
Soil Physics and Land Management
Characteristics
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Environmental science
business
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00128252
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Earth-Science Reviews 204 (2020), Earth-Science Reviews, 204
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....57e00927f6ebd610da439080e07fa465