Merz, Ralf; Blöschl, Günter; Humer, Günter - In: Natural Hazards 46 (2008) 1, pp. 53-72
This article presents the approach and the results of a study in which 30, 100 and 200 year return period flood discharges were estimated for 26,000 km of Austrian streams. Three guiding principles were adopted: combination of automatic methods and manual assessments by hydrologists to allow...