The Bosna River floods in May 2014

Vidmar, Andrej; Globevnik, Lidija; Koprivšek, Maja; Sečnik, Matej; Zabret, Katarina; Đurović, Blažo; Anzeljc, Darko; Kastelic, Janez; Kobold, Mira; Sušnik, Mojca; Borojevič, Darko; Kupusović, Tarik; Kupusovic, E.; Vihar, Anja; Brilly, Mitja

doi:10.5194/nhess-16-2235-2016

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“…The data, however, suffer from several potential issues: (i) it is unable to capture extreme localised events; (ii) it uses data from just one location, which means it is unable to capture microclimatic effects (although this would be true for any data based on one weather station); and (iii) a level of trust is required regarding the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the models they use. Nevertheless, there is precedent for the use of Meteoblue data in the academic literature (Vidmar et al , Shkarupilo et al , Panassiti et al ).…”

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Impact of vineyard topography on the quality of Chablis wine

Biss

2020

Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research

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Background and Aims: 'Terroir' is a term used to describe how climate, microclimate, geology, soil, topography and vitivinicultural history affect the taste and aroma of a wine produced from a vineyard. This study investigates one aspect of terroir-the topography-for Chablis, a white wine-producing region of France. Methods and Results: A digital elevation model was used to produce topographic data for the vineyard areas of Chablis ('Climats'). Correlation and regression analyses were used to compare topography with 6850 wine scores extracted from CellarTracker, an online crowdsourced database of wine-tasting notes. Conclusions: No strong evidence was found that topography plays a role in determining differences in wine quality within Chablis. There is, however, a reason to think that slope gradient may have an influence on wine quality, but the evidence is insufficient, and data limitations prevented further analysis. Significance of the Study: The findings suggest that, provided a vineyard falls within a range of topographic, soil and climatic parameters, it is possible for a good winemaker to produce high-quality wine no matter where the land is located and that, provided certain thresholds are not crossed, the influence of topography is too small to be detected in the final wine.

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Impact of vineyard topography on the quality of Chablis wine

Biss

2020

Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research

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“…In addition, we note that the formation of floods in further downstream parts of the study area is influenced by erosion processes and the presence of a dense river network (note that the average river length per area in Serbia is 747 m/km 2 ), see for example [28]. In the spring of 2014, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Serbia, were impacted by a flood event unparalleled in the hydrological records of the region [45,46]. The major cause of this flood was a Vb-type cyclonic weather system [5] that remained stationary over South-eastern Europe for several days causing rainfall accumulations of up to 300 mm in three days [45,47].…”

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Regional Flood Frequency Analysis of the Sava River in South-Eastern Europe

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Regional flood frequency analysis (RFFA) is a powerful method for interrogating hydrological series since it combines observational time series from several sites within a region to estimate risk-relevant statistical parameters with higher accuracy than from single-site series. Since RFFA extreme value estimates depend on the shape of the selected distribution of the data-generating stochastic process, there is need for a suitable goodness-of-distributional-fit measure in order to optimally utilize given data. Here we present a novel, least-squares-based measure to select the optimal fit from a set of five distributions, namely Generalized Extreme Value (GEV), Generalized Logistic, Gumbel, Log-Normal Type III and Log-Pearson Type III. The fit metric is applied to annual maximum discharge series from six hydrological stations along the Sava River in South-eastern Europe, spanning the years 1961 to 2020. Results reveal that (1) the Sava River basin can be assessed as hydrologically homogeneous and (2) the GEV distribution provides typically the best fit. We offer hydrological-meteorological insights into the differences among the six stations. For the period studied, almost all stations exhibit statistically insignificant trends, which renders the conclusions about flood risk as relevant for hydrological sciences and the design of regional flood protection infrastructure.

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Flood legislation and land policy framework of EU and non‐EU countries in Southern Europe

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Floods are a widespread natural hazard affecting people and their assets in regions worldwide, including Southern Europe. Besides coastal floods, the Mediterranean region is highly prone to flash floods driven by short but intense precipitation events. With increasing flood risk due to climate change and socio‐economic conditions, governments are under pressure to reinforce flood protection measures, which could be a great challenge for the weak economies of non‐EU developing countries. This is of particular relevance to achieving international commitments such as the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Several policy frameworks have been developed to mitigate flooding risk, at European Union (EU) and global level. These frameworks call for a holistic risk reduction approach where governments, institutions, and households are all responsible for reducing risk. In practice, however, gray infrastructure remains the prevailing flood risk management measure in many countries. Incorporation into national legislation and implementation of the EU policy framework will increase constraints and pressures for non‐EU countries, particularly those strongly committed to becoming EU members in future. This article provides a comprehensive review of policies and measures implemented in four different southern European countries to mitigate flood hazard, and compares governance aspects between EU (Portugal and Slovenia) and non‐EU countries (B&H and Serbia). Understanding governance aspects and the status of flood‐related policy implementation is of critical importance in protecting people and enhancing resilience to climate change impacts. Programs of improvement measures and further integration of sustainable water management with other sectoral policies are required to reduce flood risks. This article is categorized under: Engineering Water > Planning Water Human Water > Water Governance Science of Water > Water Extremes

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The Bosna River floods in May 2014

Cited by 7 publications

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Impact of vineyard topography on the quality of Chablis wine

Impact of vineyard topography on the quality of Chablis wine

Regional Flood Frequency Analysis of the Sava River in South-Eastern Europe

Flood legislation and land policy framework of EU and non‐EU countries in Southern Europe

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