European floods during the winter 1783/1784: scenarios of an extreme event during the "Little Ice Age"

BRÁZDIL, Rudolf, Gaston R. DEMARÉE, Mathias DEUTSCH, Emmanuel GARNIER, Andrea KISS, Jürg LUTERBACHER, Neil MACDONALD, Christian ROHR, Petr DOBROVOLNÝ, Petr KOLÁŘ and Kateřina CHROMÁ. European floods during the winter 1783/1784: scenarios of an extreme event during the "Little Ice Age". Theor. Appl. Climatol. 2010, vol. 100, 1-2, p. 163-189. ISSN 0177-798X.

Basic information

• Original name: European floods during the winter 1783/1784: scenarios of an extreme event during the "Little Ice Age"
• Authors: BRÁZDIL, Rudolf (203 Czech Republic, guarantor), Gaston R. DEMARÉE (56 Belgium), Mathias DEUTSCH (276 Germany), Emmanuel GARNIER (250 France), Andrea KISS (348 Hungary), Jürg LUTERBACHER (756 Switzerland), Neil MACDONALD (826 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland), Christian ROHR (40 Austria), Petr DOBROVOLNÝ (203 Czech Republic), Petr KOLÁŘ (203 Czech Republic) and Kateřina CHROMÁ (203 Czech Republic).
• Edition: Theor. Appl. Climatol. 2010, 0177-798X.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Article in a journal
• Field of Study: 10500 1.5. Earth and related environmental sciences
• Country of publisher: Austria
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• WWW: URL
• Impact factor: Impact factor: 1.684
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14310/10:00043406
• Organization unit: Faculty of Science
• UT WoS: 000274719000013
• Keywords in English: Europe; floods; extreme events; Little Ice Age
• Tags: International impact, Reviewed

Abstract

The Lakagígar eruption in Iceland during 1783 was followed by the severe winter of 1783/1784, which was characterised by low temperatures, frozen soils, icebound watercourses and high rates of snow accumulation across much of Europe. Sudden warming coupled with rainfall led to rapid snowmelt, resulting in a series of flooding phases across much of Europe. The second phase at the turn of February-March 1784 was of greater extent, generated by the melting of an unusually large accumulation of snow and river ice, affecting catchments across France and Central Europe (where it is still considered as one of the most disastrous known floods), throughout the Danube catchment and in southeast Central Europe. The impacts and consequences of the floods on both local and regional scales were reflected in the economic and societal responses, material damage and human losses. The winter of 1783/1784 can be considered as typical, if severe, for the Little Ice Age period across much of Europe.

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