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Articles | Volume 26, issue 6
Articles | Volume 26, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-26-3025-2026
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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-26-3025-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 26, issue 6
Research article
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30 Jun 2026
Research article |  | 30 Jun 2026

The catastrophic floods in 2008, 2010 and 2020 in western Ukraine: Hydrometeorological processes and the role of upper-level dynamics

Ellina Agayar, Moshe Armon, Michael Sprenger, and Heini Wernli

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This study investigates the hydrometeorological features of the major floods of 2008, 2010, and 2020 in western Ukraine. All cases were linked to upper-level potential vorticity (PV) anomalies. We also conducted a climatological analysis of PV structure associated with 22 summer heavy precipitation events (2000–2022), highlighting their key role in determining the location and intensity of flood-inducing rainfall events in the Carpathians.
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