Extremhochwasser Schweiz - Extreme Floods in Switzerland
Info
Catchments, Grids & Stations
Data
Bias correction (Quantile mapping)
Stochastic downscaling
Introduction
Project Goals
ECMWF re-forecast data
Stations
Stations single catchments
Thiessen weigths
ECMWF reforecast grids
Catchments weighting
Data Basis
daily stations (precipitation)
hourly stations (temperature)
Plot Type
mapplot
histogram
Period
19880801-20191231 (both)
19810101-20191231 (tas)
19610101-20191231 (pr)
19300101-20191231 (pr)
Buffer size
~10km (both)
~15km (tas)
~20km (tas)
Show valid fraction (only mapplot)
yes
no
Show 0.5° x 0.5° grid (only mapplot)
yes
no
Show catchments (only mapplot)
yes
no
Plot size (%)
All data is for 19880801-20191231.
Data Basis
daily stations (precipitation)
hourly stations (temperature)
Plot Type
mapplot
histogram
Period
19880801-20191231 (both)
19810101-20191231 (tas)
19610101-20191231 (pr)
19300101-20191231 (pr)
Buffer size
~10km (both)
~15km (tas)
~20km (tas)
Catchment
Aare_AarBer
Aare_AarThu
Allenbach_AllAde
Brig_SalBrg
Drance_de_Bagnes_DdBLeC
Goneri_GonOwd
Inn_InnSCh
Isorno_IsoMsg
Kander_KanHon
Kleine_Emme_KEmEmm
Klusmatten_KruKlu
Lonza_LonBla
Maggia_MagLcn
Minster_MinEut
Rein_da_Sumvitg_RdSSum
Riale_di_Calneggia_RdCCav
Sarine_SarBro
Thur_ThuAnd
Thur_ThuASJ
Thur_ThuJon
Show valid fraction (only mapplot)
yes
no
Show 0.5° x 0.5° grid (only mapplot)
yes
no
Show catchments (only mapplot)
yes
no
Plot size (%)
Builded with stations having at least 75% valid data.
Data Basis
daily stations (precipitation)
hourly stations (temperature)
Buffer size (only temperature)
~10km (both)
~15km (tas)
~20km (tas)
Catchment
Aare_AarBer
Aare_AarThu
Allenbach_AllAde
Brig_SalBrg
Drance_de_Bagnes_DdBLeC
Goneri_GonOwd
Inn_InnSCh
Isorno_IsoMsg
Kander_KanHon
Kleine_Emme_KEmEmm
Klusmatten_KruKlu
Lonza_LonBla
Maggia_MagLcn
Minster_MinEut
Rein_da_Sumvitg_RdSSum
Riale_di_Calneggia_RdCCav
Sarine_SarBro
Thur_ThuAnd
Thur_ThuASJ
Thur_ThuJon
Plot size (%)
Grids
catchments
0.25° x 0.25°
0.5° x 0.5°
Plot size (%)
Grids
0.25° x 0.25°
0.5° x 0.5°
Catchments
Aare_AarBer
Aare_AarThu
Allenbach_AllAde
Brig_SalBrg
Drance de Bagnes_DdBLeC
Goneri_GonOwd
Inn_InnSCh
Isorno_IsoMsg
Kander_KanHon
Kleine Emme_KEmEmm
Klusmatten_KruKlu
Lonza_LonBla
Maggia_MagLcn
Minster_MinEut
Rein da Sumvitg_RdSSum
Riale di Calneggia_RdCCav
Sarine_SarBro
Thur_ThuAnd
Thur_ThuASJ
Thur_ThuJon
Plot size (%)
Precipitation
Near-surface Temperture
Near-surface Minimum Temperture
Near-surface Maximum Temperture
Mapplots
Annual cycle
Obs PDFs
ECMWF-RF forecast-days
Mean map plots of data on the 0.5° regular ECMWF-RD grid. All plots are for 1988-2021 (ECMWF-RF: 198808-202012; CPC: 2005-2020).
Dataset
RhiresD
RhiresD-raw
ECMWF-RF-raw
ECMWF-RF-raw-bias
ECMWF-RF-qm
ECMWF-RF-qm-bias
CPC
CPC-raw
E-OBS
WFDE5-CRU
Aggregation
Annual mean
Monthly mean
Month (only monthly mean)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Plot size (%)
Mean annual cycle
Domain
Switzerland
Dataset
obs-summary
ECMWF-RF-summary
ECMWF-RF-raw
ECMWF-RF-qm
RhiresD
RhiresD-raw
E-OBS
WFDE5-CRU
Plot size (%)
Probability density functions of the third root of precipitation for CombiPrecip and RhiresD for gridpoints on a 0.5° regular resolution over Switzerland. Only gridpoints having zero missing native high-resolution gridpoints are shown.
Dataset
RhiresD-CombiPrecip
RhiresD
CombiPrecip
Add historgram
No
Yes
Period
2005-2020
1988-2021 (RhiresD)
1961-2021 (RhiresD)
Aggregation
all-data
month
Month (only monthly aggregation)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Plot size (%)
ECMWF-RF values with lead time for different aggregations. Biases in respect to RhiresD.
Plot type
absolute
absolute bias
relative bias
Forecast range (days)
11-45
16-45
Aggregation
all-data
month
year (of initialization)
year_month
Month (only monthly mean)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Plot size (%)
Mapplots
Annual cycle
ECMWF-RF forecast-days
Mean map plots of data on the 0.5° regular ECMWF-RD grid
Dataset
TabsD
TabsD-raw
ECMWF-RF-raw
ECMWF-RF-raw-bias
E-OBS
WFDE5-CRU
Aggregation
Annual mean
Monthly mean
Month (only monthly mean)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Plot size (%)
Mean annual cycle
Domain
Switzerland
Dataset
obs-summary
ECMWF-RF-summary
ECMWF-RF-raw
TabsD
TabsD-raw
E-OBS
WFDE5-CRU
Plot size (%)
ECMWF-RF values with lead time for different aggregations. Biases in respect to TabsD.
Plot type
absolute
absolute bias
Forecast range (days)
11-45
16-45
Aggregation
all-data
month
year (of initialization)
year_month
Month (only monthly mean)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Plot size (%)
Mapplots
Annual cycle
Mean map plots of data on the 0.5° regular ECMWF-RD grid
Dataset
TminD
TminD-raw
ECMWF-RF-raw
ECMWF-RF-raw-bias
E-OBS
WFDE5-CRU
Aggregation
Annual mean
Monthly mean
Month (only monthly mean)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Plot size (%)
Mean annual cycle
Domain
Switzerland
Dataset
obs-summary
ECMWF-RF-summary
ECMWF-RF-raw
TminD
TminD-raw
E-OBS
WFDE5-CRU
Plot size (%)
Mapplots
Annual cycle
Mean map plots of data on the 0.5° regular ECMWF-RD grid
Dataset
TminD
TminD-raw
ECMWF-RF-raw
ECMWF-RF-raw-bias
E-OBS
WFDE5-CRU
Aggregation
Annual mean
Monthly mean
Month (only monthly mean)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Plot size (%)
Mean annual cycle
Domain
Switzerland
Dataset
obs-summary
ECMWF-RF-summary
ECMWF-RF-raw
TminD
TminD-raw
E-OBS
WFDE5-CRU
Plot size (%)
Precipitation
Temperature
Forecast days range
from fc-day 11
from fc-day 16
Plot Type
Percentile-value plots
QQ plots
Percentile range (only Percentile-value plots)
p99-p100
p95-p100
p50-p100
p0-p50
month
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Initalization date
both
pre 2015-05-10
post 2015-05-10
Only "from fc-day 16"
Plot size (%)
Forecast days range from fc-day 16.
Temperature variable
TASMAX
TASMIN
Plot Type
Percentile-value plots
QQ plots
Percentile range (only Percentile-value plots)
p0-p100
p0-p10
p90-p100
month
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Initalization date
both
pre 2015-05-10
post 2015-05-10
Plot size (%)
Splitsample test station mean
Splitsample test QQ plots
ECMWF-RF station mean
Based on daily station data from Grenoble.
All tests done with adjusting the mean bias and a gridpoints offset of 0.75°.
Plot Type
all time mean
wet-day (>=1mm) mean
wet-day fraction
Catchment
Aare_AarBer
Aare_AarThu
Allenbach_AllAde
Brig_SalBrg
Drance de Bagnes_DdBLeC
Goneri_GonOwd
Inn_InnSCh
Isorno_IsoMsg
Kander_KanHon
Kleine Emme_KEmEmm
Klusmatten_KruKlu
Lonza_LonBla
Maggia_MagLcn
Minster_MinEut
Rein da Sumvitg_RdSSum
Riale di Calneggia_RdCCav
Sarine_SarBro
Thur_ThuAnd
Thur_ThuASJ
Thur_ThuJon
Test period
198808-201912
196101-201912
Necessary valid data for stations to be considered (%)
75
10
Correct quantiles
No
Yes
Plot size (%)
Based on daily station data from Grenoble.
All tests done with adjusting the mean bias and a gridpoints offset of 0.75°.
Catchment
Aare_AarBer
Aare_AarThu
Allenbach_AllAde
Brig_SalBrg
Drance de Bagnes_DdBLeC
Goneri_GonOwd
Inn_InnSCh
Isorno_IsoMsg
Kander_KanHon
Kleine Emme_KEmEmm
Klusmatten_KruKlu
Lonza_LonBla
Maggia_MagLcn
Minster_MinEut
Rein da Sumvitg_RdSSum
Riale di Calneggia_RdCCav
Sarine_SarBro
Thur_ThuAnd
Thur_ThuASJ
Thur_ThuJon
Test period
198808-201912
196101-201912
Necessary valid data for stations to be considered (%)
75
10
Correct quantiles
No
Yes
month
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Plot size (%)
Done with adjusting the mean bias and a gridpoints offset of 0.75°.
Done with stations holding at least 75% valid data.
Plot Type
mean precipitation
wet-day (>=1mm) fraction
qq plots
Catchment (currently only subset)
allcatchments
Aare_AarBer
Aare_AarThu
Allenbach_AllAde
Brig_SalBrg
Drance de Bagnes_DdBLeC
Goneri_GonOwd
Inn_InnSCh
Isorno_IsoMsg
Kander_KanHon
Kleine Emme_KEmEmm
Klusmatten_KruKlu
Lonza_LonBla
Maggia_MagLcn
Minster_MinEut
Rein da Sumvitg_RdSSum
Riale di Calneggia_RdCCav
Sarine_SarBro
Thur_ThuAnd
Thur_ThuASJ
Thur_ThuJon
Only for mean precipitation; wet-day (>=1mm) fraction; and qq plots:
Aggregation
Catchments
Stations
Period
196101-201912 (calibration)
200501-201912 (analogs)
Correct quantiles
No
Yes
Plot size (%)
For all time mean: red circles are mean precipitation, blue circles are mean precipitation for wet-days.
Extremhochwasser Schweiz - Extreme Floods in Switzerland
Extremhochwasser Schweiz - Extreme Floods in Switzerland
Extremhochwasser Schweiz - Extreme Floods in Switzerland