Köln und der Rhein-eine Rekonstruktion ihrer mittelalterlich geprägten Topografien anhand historischen Materials

Meurs, Hendrik

doi:10.7788/gik.2007.54.1.61

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“…The cultivation changes for each field over the entire time period from 1342 until 1782 cannot be reconstructed. However, the generalised maps indicate agricultural use without forested areas along the cross-section profile (Meurs, 2007) and increasing the spatial and temporal resolution to single fields and years is unfortunately not feasible. For winter events, no hydraulically-relevant vegetation cover is assumed according to Acrement and Schneider (1989), and the related roughness coefficient is n 2p winter = 0.00.…”

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Reconstructing peak discharges for historic flood levels in the city of Cologne, Germany

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Meurs

2010

Global and Planetary Change

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Reconstructing peak discharges for historic flood levels in the city of Cologne, Germany

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Meurs

2010

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“…Many long-term reconstructions using documentary data date back to 1500 (Brázdil et al, 1999;Wanner et al, 2004;Mudelsee et al, 2006;Glaser, 2008;Stucki, 2010), some to the 15th century (e.g. Brázdil et al, 2006b;Cyberski et al, 2006;Llasat et al, 2005;de Kraker, 2006;Rohr, 2006;Glaser et al, 2010;Schmocker-Fackel & Naef, 2010), or even prior to 1400 (Barriendos & Rodrigo, 2006;Böhm & Wetzel, 2006;Benito et al, 2003;Meurs, 2007;Glaser & Stangl, 2003). Herget & Meurs (2010) demonstrated for Cologne that the two floods of the River Rhine in 1993 and 1995 were the largest documented for the period of streamflow measurements (1782-2009), but were exceeded at least four times in the pre-instrumental period.…”

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The largest floods in the High Rhine basin since 1268 assessed from documentary and instrumental evidence

Wetter

Pfister

Weingartner

et al. 2011

Hydrological Sciences Journal

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The largest floods in the High Rhine basin since 1268 assessed from documentary and instrumental evidence. Hydrol. Sci. J. 56(5), 733-758.Abstract The magnitudes of the largest known floods of the River Rhine in Basel since 1268 were assessed using a hydraulic model drawing on a set of pre-instrumental evidence and daily hydrological measurements from 1808. The pre-instrumental evidence, consisting of flood marks and documentary data describing extreme events with the customary reference to specific landmarks, was "calibrated" by comparing it with the instrumental series for the overlapping period between the two categories of evidence . Summer (JJA) floods were particularly frequent in the century between 1651-1750, when precipitation was also high. Severe winter (DJF) floods have not occurred since the late 19th century despite a significant increase in winter precipitation. Six catastrophic events involving a runoff greater than 6000 m 3 s -1 are documented prior to 1700. They were initiated by spells of torrential rainfall of up to 72 h (1480 event) and preceded by long periods of substantial precipitation that saturated the soils, and/or by abundant snowmelt. All except two (1999 and 2007) of the 43 identified severe events (SEs: defined as having runoff > 5000 and < 6000 m 3 s -1 ) occurred prior to 1877. Not a single SE is documented from 1877 to 1998. The intermediate 121-year-long "flood disaster gap" is unique over the period since 1268. The effect of river regulations (1714 for the River Kander; 1877 for the River Aare) and the building of reservoirs in the 20th century upon peak runoff were investigated using a one-dimensional hydraulic flood-routing model. Results show that anthropogenic effects only partially account for the "flood disaster gap" suggesting that variations in climate should also be taken into account in explaining these features.

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The millennium flood of July 1342 revisited

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Kapala

Krell

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Köln und der Rhein-eine Rekonstruktion ihrer mittelalterlich geprägten Topografien anhand historischen Materials

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Reconstructing peak discharges for historic flood levels in the city of Cologne, Germany

Reconstructing peak discharges for historic flood levels in the city of Cologne, Germany

The largest floods in the High Rhine basin since 1268 assessed from documentary and instrumental evidence

The millennium flood of July 1342 revisited

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