EuroMedeFF

EuroMedeFF: a high-resolution data set of high-intensity Euro-Mediterranean flash floods"<br />
EuroMedeFF is an integrated, high-resolution dataset of hydro-meteorological and geographical variables (rainfall, discharge, topography) concerning a number of high-intensity flash floods that occurred in Europe and in the Mediterranean region since 1991 (hereinafter referred to as EuroMedeFF database). This type of dataset is rare in the scientific literature because flash floods are typically poorly observed hydrological extremes. Valuable features of the dataset include i) its coverage of varied hydro-climatic regions, ranging from Continental Europe through the Mediterranean to Arid climates, ii) the high space-time resolution radar-rainfall estimates, and iii) the dense spatial sampling of the flood response, by flood hydrographs and/or flood peak estimates from post-flood surveys. Flash floods included in the database are characterized in terms of spatial coverage (up to 3000 km2), storm duration (up to 2 days), and intensity (unit peak discharge > 0.5 m3s-1km-2). The EuroMedeFF database comprises 49 events that occurred in France, Israel, Germany, Slovenia, Romania, and Italy.<br />
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The EuroMedeFF database comprises 49 events that occurred in France, Israel, Germany, Slovenia, Romania, and Italy. Flash floods included in the database are characterized in terms of spatial coverage (up to 3000 km2), storm duration (up to 2 days), and intensity (unit peak discharge > 0.5 m3s-1km-2).<br />
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The dataset may be of help to hydrologists as well as other scientific communities because it offers benchmark data for the verification of flash flood hydrological models and for hydro-meteorological forecast systems. It provides, moreover, a sample of rainfall and flood discharge extremes in different climates. High-resolution data enable identification and analysis of the hydro-meteorological causative processes, as well as rainfall-runoff modelling.