Climate change impacts and vulnerability in Europe 2016

Climate change impacts on environmental systems
Map 4.6
Projected change in the frequency of flooding events in Europe
-30°
-20°
-10°
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10°
20°
30°
40°
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Change in the frequency
of flooding events under
projected sea level rise
Multiplication factor
0–1
60°
1–5
5–10
10–25
50°
25–50
50–100
> 100
50°
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40°
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0°
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Note:
Source:
This map shows the multiplication factor (shown at tide gauge locations by coloured dots) by which the frequency of flooding events of
a given height is projected to increase between 2010 and 2100 as a result of regional relative sea level rise under the RCP4.5 scenario.
Values larger than 1 depict an increase; values smaller than 1 depict a decrease. The decreases occurring in the northern parts of the
Baltic Sea are caused by glacial isostatic adjustment.
Adapted from Church et al., 2013 (Figure 13.25b).
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