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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-16-2835-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-16-2835-2016
Research article
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22 Dec 2016
Research article |  | 22 Dec 2016

Exceptional sequence of severe thunderstorms and related flash floods in May and June 2016 in Germany – Part 1: Meteorological background

David Piper, Michael Kunz, Florian Ehmele, Susanna Mohr, Bernhard Mühr, Andreas Kron, and James Daniell

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