Quantitative rainfall analysis of the 2021 mid-July flood event in Belgium

The exceptional flood of July 2021 in central Europe impacted severely Belgium. As rainfall was the triggering factor of this event, this study aims at characterizing rainfall amounts in Belgium from July 13th to July 16th 2021 based on 2 types of observational data. First, observations recorded by high-quality rain gauges operated by weather and hydrological services in Belgium have been compiled and quality checked. Second, a radar-based rainfall product has been improved to provide a reliable estimation of quantitative precipitation at high spatial and temporal resolutions over Belgium. Sev... Mehr ...