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© Author(s) 2009. This work is distributed under
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the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Significance of "high probability/low damage" versus "low probability/high damage" flood events
B. Merz
Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum GFZ, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
F. Elmer
Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum GFZ, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
A. H. Thieken
alpS – Centre for Natural Hazard and Risk Management and University of Innsbruck, Grabenweg 3, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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