Articles | Volume 373
https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-373-95-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-373-95-2016
12 May 2016
 | 12 May 2016

Climate, orography and scale controls on flood frequency in Triveneto (Italy)

Simone Persiano, Attilio Castellarin, Jose Luis Salinas, Alessio Domeneghetti, and Armando Brath

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The growing concern about the possible effects of climate change on flood frequency regime is leading Authorities to review reference procedures for design flood estimation. Our study focuses on Triveneto (Italy) and proposes an update of the existing reference procedure by properly considering climate and scale controls on flood frequency. Moreover, the study highlights the remarkable influence of a single extreme-floods year on analyses for detecting possible changes in flood frequency regime.