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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-18-2717-2018
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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-18-2717-2018
© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
| 
23 Oct 2018
Research article |
| 23 Oct 2018
| 23 Oct 2018
Reconstruction and simulation of an extreme flood event in the Lago Maggiore catchment in 1868
Peter Stucki
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, Bern,
3012, Switzerland
Institute of Geography, University of Bern, Bern, 3012, Switzerland
Moritz Bandhauer
Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, Bern,
3012, Switzerland
Institute of Geography, University of Bern, Bern, 3012, Switzerland
now at: Schweizerische Energie-Stiftung SES, Zurich, 8005, Switzerland
Ulla Heikkilä
Meteotest, Bern, 3012, Switzerland
now at: LogObject, Zurich, 8048, Switzerland
Ole Rössler
Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, Bern,
3012, Switzerland
Institute of Geography, University of Bern, Bern, 3012, Switzerland
Massimiliano Zappa
Eidg. Forschungsanstalt WSL, Birmensdorf, 8903, Switzerland
Lucas Pfister
Institute of Geography, University of Bern, Bern, 3012, Switzerland
Melanie Salvisberg
Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, Bern,
3012, Switzerland
Institute of History, University of Bern, Bern, 3012, Switzerland
Paul Froidevaux
Institute of Geography, University of Bern, Bern, 3012, Switzerland
Meteotest, Bern, 3012, Switzerland
Olivia Martius
Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, Bern,
3012, Switzerland
Institute of Geography, University of Bern, Bern, 3012, Switzerland
Luca Panziera
Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, Bern,
3012, Switzerland
Institute of Geography, University of Bern, Bern, 3012, Switzerland
MeteoSvizzera, Locarno Monti, 6605, Switzerland
Stefan Brönnimann
Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, Bern,
3012, Switzerland
Institute of Geography, University of Bern, Bern, 3012, Switzerland
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Short summary
A catastrophic flood south of the Alps in 1868 is assessed using documents and the earliest example of high-resolution weather simulation. Simulated weather dynamics agree well with observations and damage reports. Simulated peak water levels are biased. Low forest cover did not cause the flood, but such a paradigm was used to justify afforestation. Supported by historical methods, such numerical simulations allow weather events from past centuries to be used for modern hazard and risk analyses.
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