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Articles | Volume 19, issue 10
Articles | Volume 19, issue 10
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-19-2311-2019
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Articles | Volume 19, issue 10
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23 Oct 2019
Research article |  | 23 Oct 2019

Extremeness of recent drought events in Switzerland: dependence on variable and return period choice

Manuela I. Brunner, Katharina Liechti, and Massimiliano Zappa

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The 2018 drought event had severe ecological, economic, and social impacts. How extreme was it in Switzerland? We addressed this question by looking at different types of drought, including meteorological, hydrological, agricultural, and groundwater drought, and at the two characteristics deficit and deficit duration. The return period estimates depended on the region, variable, and return period considered.
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