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HYDROLOGY AND EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCES
Volume 19, Issue 3, Pages 1307-1323Publisher
COPERNICUS GESELLSCHAFT MBH
DOI: 10.5194/hess-19-1307-2015
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This article explores documentary evidence of floods and extreme rainfall events in Sweden in the pre-instrumental period (1400-1800). The survey shows that two sub-periods can be considered as flood-rich, 1590-1670 and the early 18th century. The result related to a low degree of human impact on hydrology during the period, suggests that climatic factors, such as lower temperatures and increased precipitation connected to the so-called Little Ice Age rather than large-scale atmospheric circulation patterns, should be considered as the main driver behind flood frequency and magnitude.
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