What floods are extreme? Insights from a stochastic description of river flow dynamics


Stefano Basso1, Lisa Hennig1,2, Ralf Merz3 and Gianluca Botter4, (1)Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Catchment Hydrology, Halle (Saale), Germany, (2)University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany, (3)Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department of Catchment Hydrology, Halle (Saale), Germany, (4)University of Padua, Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, Padua, Italy