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Compound flood potential in Europe

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In this study we investigate the probability of joint occurrence of storm surges, precipitation, river discharges and waves. A coincidence of those factors have a potential to cause compound floods. We use several pan-European datasets (observational and modelled) and carry out a statistical analysis based on copulas. Further, we synthesize the joint probability of occurrence of extreme compound events, and their intensity, in the form of a composite index, thus identifying areas where compound floods could be of most concern. The dataset includes the composite index in netCDF and GIS formats, and results of the statistical analysis in GIS format (shapefile).

Contributors

Dominik Paprotny; Luc Feyen; Michail Vousdoukas; Oswaldo Morales-Nápoles; Sebastiaan Jonkman

How to cite

Paprotny, Dominik; Vousdoukas, Michail; Morales-Nápoles, Oswaldo; Jonkman, Sebastiaan; Feyen, Luc (2026): Compound flood potential in Europe. European Commission, Joint Research Centre [Dataset] doi: 10.2905/JRC.J20J7BG PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/jrc-liscoast-10010

Keywords

environmentnatural hazardsprecipitationriver dischargessea regionsStorm surges

Data access

Compound flood potential in Europe
ZIP

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Downloadable file

A downloadable file for the dataset.

Use conditions
European Commission reuse notice

According to the European Commission reuse notice, reuse is authorised, provided the source is acknowledged. The reuse policy of the European Commission is implemented by the Decision of 12 December 2011. The general principle of reuse can be subject to conditions which may be specified in individual copyright notices. Therefore users are advised to refer to the copyright notices of the individual websites maintained under Europa and of the individual documents. Reuse is not applicable to documents subject to intellectual property rights of third parties.

Access conditions
No limitations

Anybody can directly and anonymously access the data, without being required to register or authenticate.

  • Please unzip and read the README.txt file

Compound Flood Potential Index for coastal-river flood co-occurrence
NetCDF

NetCDF is a set of software libraries and self-describing, machine-independent data formats that support the creation, access and sharing of array-oriented scientific data.
Downloadable file

A downloadable file for the dataset.

Use conditions
European Commission reuse notice

According to the European Commission reuse notice, reuse is authorised, provided the source is acknowledged. The reuse policy of the European Commission is implemented by the Decision of 12 December 2011. The general principle of reuse can be subject to conditions which may be specified in individual copyright notices. Therefore users are advised to refer to the copyright notices of the individual websites maintained under Europa and of the individual documents. Reuse is not applicable to documents subject to intellectual property rights of third parties.

Access conditions
No limitations

Anybody can directly and anonymously access the data, without being required to register or authenticate.

  • Compound Flood Potential Index for coastal-river flood co-occurrence and its components: surge height, river discharge, return period, correlation, copula type

Compound Flood Potential Index for coastal-flash flood co-occurrence
NetCDF

NetCDF is a set of software libraries and self-describing, machine-independent data formats that support the creation, access and sharing of array-oriented scientific data.
Downloadable file

A downloadable file for the dataset.

Use conditions
European Commission reuse notice

According to the European Commission reuse notice, reuse is authorised, provided the source is acknowledged. The reuse policy of the European Commission is implemented by the Decision of 12 December 2011. The general principle of reuse can be subject to conditions which may be specified in individual copyright notices. Therefore users are advised to refer to the copyright notices of the individual websites maintained under Europa and of the individual documents. Reuse is not applicable to documents subject to intellectual property rights of third parties.

Access conditions
No limitations

Anybody can directly and anonymously access the data, without being required to register or authenticate.

  • Compound Flood Potential Index for coastal-flash flood co-occurrence and its components: surge height, precipitation amount, return period, correlation, copula type.

Publications

Publication
Compound flood potential in Europe

Temporal coverage

From date To date
1970-01-01 2014-12-31

Additional information

Published by
European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Contact email
jrc-liscoast-project (at) ec.europa.eu
Update frequency
irregular

The event occurs at uneven intervals.

Language(s)
English

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Data theme(s)
Environment

dataset theme covering the domain of environment, defined as the interaction of all living species, climate, weather, and natural resources that impact human survival and economic activity
Science and technology

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Geographical name(s)
European Union
Issued date
2018-02-28
Created date
14 Dec 2018 10:41
Modified date
20 Dec 2018 11:34
Landing page
https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/ 
Dataset identifier
http://data.europa.eu/89h/jrc-liscoast-10010
Other identifiers
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