The European 2015 drought from a hydrological perspective

In 2015 large parts of Europe were affected by drought. In this paper, we analyze the hydrological footprint (dynamic development over space and time) of the drought of 2015 in terms of both severity (magnitude) and spatial extent and compare it to the extreme drought of 2003. Analyses are based...

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Main Authors: G. Laaha, T. Gauster, L. M. Tallaksen, J.-P. Vidal, K. Stahl, C. Prudhomme, B. Heudorfer, R. Vlnas, M. Ionita, H. A. J. Van Lanen, M.-J. Adler, L. Caillouet, C. Delus, M. Fendekova, S. Gailliez, J. Hannaford, D. Kingston, A. F. Van Loon, L. Mediero, M. Osuch, R. Romanowicz, E. Sauquet, J. H. Stagge, W. K. Wong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2017-06-01
Series:Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/21/3001/2017/hess-21-3001-2017.pdf