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  A Seismic Approach to Flood Detection and Characterization in Upland Catchments

Dietze, M., Hoffmann, T., Bell, R., Schrott, L., Hovius, N. (2022): A Seismic Approach to Flood Detection and Characterization in Upland Catchments. - Geophysical Research Letters, 49, e2022GL100170.
https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL100170

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Dietze, Michael1, Author              
Hoffmann, T.2, Author
Bell, R.2, Author
Schrott, L.2, Author
Hovius, Niels1, Author              
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14.6 Geomorphology, 4.0 Geosystems, Departments, GFZ Publication Database, Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum, ou_146045              
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 Abstract: About 10% of Europe's surface area is prone to rapid flooding of rivers confined in valleys. The devastating potential of such floods is exacerbated by the deficits of existing gauging networks, including low station densities and recording frequencies, and lack of information beyond stage height. Here, we use seismic data of the July 2021 Ahrtal flood, Germany, to extract information to complement sparse hydrometric data, and to reconstruct the rapid evolution of this fatal event. We show that a seismic station can deliver essential flood metrics such as magnitude, propagation velocity and debris transport rate. These seismic products provide high resolution insight to the non-linear flood behavior. We argue that an approach combining distributed low-cost seismometers with existing seismic stations, can provide important real time data on future catastrophic floods and associated hazards in upland catchments, offering precious response time also in currently ungauged landscapes.

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 Dates: 2022-10-172022
 Publication Status: Finally published
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 Identifiers: DOI: 10.1029/2022GL100170
GFZPOF: p4 T5 Future Landscapes
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Title: Geophysical Research Letters
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Pages: - Volume / Issue: 49 Sequence Number: e2022GL100170 Start / End Page: - Identifier: ISSN: 1944-8007
ISSN: 0094-8276
CoNE: https://gfzpublic.gfz-potsdam.de/cone/journals/resource/journals182
Publisher: American Geophysical Union (AGU)
Publisher: Wiley