@article{fdi:010074100,
  title = {{I}ntegrated high-resolution dataset of high-intensity {E}uropean and {M}editerranean flash floods [{D}ata paper]},
  author = {{A}mponsah, {W}. and {A}yral, {P}. {A}. and {B}oudevillain, {B}. and {B}ouvier, {C}hristophe and {B}raud, {I}. and {B}runet, {P}. and {D}elrieu, {G}. and {D}idon-{L}escot, {J}. {F}. and {G}aume, {E}. and {L}ebouc, {L}. and {M}archi, {L}. and {M}arra, {F}. and {M}orin, {E}. and {N}ord, {G}. and {P}ayrastre, {O}. and {Z}occatelli, {D}. and {B}orga, {M}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}his paper describes an integrated, high-resolution dataset of hydro-meteorological variables (rainfall and discharge) concerning a number of high-intensity flash floods that occurred in {E}urope and in the {M}editerranean region from 1991 to 2015. {T}his type of dataset is rare in the scientific literature because flash floods are typically poorly observed hydrological extremes. {V}aluable features of the dataset (hereinafter referred to as the {E}uro{M}ede{FF} database) include (i) its coverage of varied hydro-climatic regions, ranging from {C}ontinental {E}urope through the {M}editerranean to {A}rid climates, (ii) the high space-time resolution radar rainfall estimates, and (iii) the dense spatial sampling of the flood response, by observed hydrographs and/or flood peak estimates from post-flood surveys. {F}lash floods included in the database are selected based on the limited upstream catchment areas (up to 3000 km(2)), the limited storm durations (up to 2 days), and the unit peak flood magnitude. {T}he {E}uro{M}ede{FF} database comprises 49 events that occurred in {F}rance, {I}srael, {I}taly, {R}omania, {G}ermany and {S}lovenia, and constitutes a sample of rainfall and flood discharge extremes in different climates. {T}he dataset may be of help to hydrologists as well as other scientific communities because it offers benchmark data for the identification and analysis of the hydro-meteorological causative processes, evaluation of flash flood hydrological models and for hydro-meteorological forecast systems. {T}he dataset also provides a template for the analysis of the space-time variability of flash flood triggering rainfall fields and of the effects of their estimation on the flood response modelling.},
  keywords = {{EUROPE} ; {ZONE} {MEDITERRANEENNE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{E}arth {S}ystem {S}cience {D}ata},
  volume = {10},
  numero = {4},
  pages = {1783--1794},
  ISSN = {1866-3508},
  year = {2018},
  DOI = {10.5194/essd-10-1783-2018},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010074100},
}