Articles | Volume 12, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-245-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-245-2020
Data description paper
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06 Feb 2020
Data description paper |  | 06 Feb 2020

Runoff reaction from extreme rainfall events on natural hillslopes: a data set from 132 large-scale sprinkling experiments in south-western Germany

Fabian Ries, Lara Kirn, and Markus Weiler

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Runoff response from extreme rainfall events on natural hillslopes: a data set of 132 large scale sprinkling experiments in south-west Germany F. Ries, L. Kirn, and M. Weiler https://doi.org/10.6094/UNIFR/151460

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Pluvial or flash floods generated by heavy precipitation events cause large economic damage and loss of life worldwide. As discharge observations from such extreme occurrences are rare, data from artificial sprinkling experiments offer valuable information on runoff generation processes, overland and subsurface flow rates, and response times. A extensive data set from 132 large-scale sprinkling experiments in Germany is described and presented in this paper.