Event peak flow dataset for spatial counterfactual events, Germany

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This dataset comprises event peak flows, representing extreme floods at 516 stations in Germany. The data generation process involves several key steps. Initially, observed rainfall events associated with 10 historical flood disasters from 1950 to 2021 are undergone spatial shifts. These shifts involve three distances (20, 50, and 100 km) and eight directions (North, Northeast, East, Southeast, South, Southwest, West, Northwest), resulting in 24 counterfactual precipitation events. Including the factual (no shift) event, a total of 25 distinct shifting events are considered. Subsequently, these shifted fields are used as atmospheric forcing for a mesoscale hydrological model (mHM) set up and calibrated for the entire Germany. The model produces daily stream flows across its domain, from which the event peak flows are derived. This dataset is expected to provide a valuable resource for analyzing and modeling the dynamics extreme flood events in Germany.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.5880/GFZ.4.4.2024.002
Related Identifier https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad22b9
Metadata Access http://doidb.wdc-terra.org/oaip/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=oai:doidb.wdc-terra.org:7878
Provenance
Creator Nguyen, Viet Dung ORCID logo; Merz, Bruno ORCID logo; Guse, Björn ORCID logo; Han, Li ORCID logo; Guan, Xiaoxiang ORCID logo; Rakovec, Oldrich ORCID logo; Samaniego, Luis ORCID logo; Ahren, Bodo ORCID logo; Vorogushyn, Sergiy ORCID logo
Publisher GFZ Data Services
Contributor Nguyen, Viet Dung; Merz, Bruno
Publication Year 2024
Rights CC BY 4.0; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
OpenAccess true
Contact Nguyen, Viet Dung (GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany)
Representation
Resource Type Dataset
Discipline Geosciences
Spatial Coverage (4.873W, 46.032S, 15.069E, 55.495N); Germany