Project Publications

Schulte, L.; Schillereff, D.; Santisteban, J.I.; Marret-Davies, F., 2020. Editorial: Pluridisciplinary analysis and multi-archive reconstruction of paleofloods. Global and Planetary Change 191, 103220.

Blöschl, G.; Kiss, A.; Viglione, A.; Barriendos, M.M.; Böhm, O.; Brázdil, R.; C¿ur, D.; Demarée, G.; Llasat, M.C.; Macdonald, N.; Retsö, D.; Roald, L.; Schmocker-Fackel, P.; Amorim, I.; Belinová, M.; Benito, G.; Bertolin, Ch.; Camuffo, D.; Cornel, D.; Doktor, R.; Elleder, L.; Enzi, S.; Garcia, J.C.; Glaser, R.; Hall, J.; Haslinger, K.; Hofstätter, M.; Komma, J.; Limanówka, D., Lun, D,; Panin, A.; Parajka, J.; Petric, H.; Rodrigo, H.S.; Rohr, C.; Schönbein, J.; Schulte, L.; Silva, L.P.; Toonen, W.H.J.; Valent, P.; Waser, J.; Wetter, O., 2020. Current European flood-rich period exceptional compared with past 500 years. Nature 583, 560–566.

Peña, J.C.; Schulte, L., 2020. Simulated and reconstructed atmospheric variability and their relation with large Pre-industrial summer floods in the Hasli-Aare catchment (Swiss Alps) since 1300 CE. Global and Planetary Change 190, 103191.

Schulte, L.; Oliver Wetter, O.; Wilhelm, B.; Peña, J.C.; Amann, B.; Wirth S.B.; Carvalho, F.; Gómez-Bolea, A., 2019. Integration of multi-archive datasets towards the development of a four-dimensional paleoflood model in alpine catchments. Global and Planetary Change 180, 66-88.

Schulte, L.; Schillereff, D.; Santisteban, J.I., 2019. Pluridisciplinary analysis and multi-archive reconstruction of paleofloods: societal demand, challenges and progress. Global and Planetary Change 177, 225-238.

Sánchez-García, C.; Schulte, L.; Carvalho, F.; Peña, J.C., 2019. 500-year flood history in the arid environments of south-eastern Spain. The case of the Almanzora River. Global and Planetary Change, 102987.

Barriendos, M., Gil-Guirado, S., Pino, D., Tuset, J., Pérez-Morales, A., Alberola, A., Costa, J., Balasch, J.C., Castelltort, X., Mazón, J., Ruiz-Bellet, J.L., 2019. Climatic and social factors behind the Spanish Mediterranean flood event chronologies from documentary sources (14th–20th centuries). Global and Planetary Change 182. 102997. .

Lüning, S.; Schulte, L.; Garcés-Pastor, S.; Danladi, I.B.; Galka, M., 2019. The Medieval Climate Anomaly in the Mediterranean region. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology (published online, accepted on 28th August, 2019).

Wilhelm B.; Ballesteros Canovas J.A.; Macdonald N.; Toonen W.; Baker V.; Barriendos M.; Benito G.; Brauer A.; Corella Aznar J.P.; Denniston R.; Glaser R.; Ionita M.; Kahle M.; Liu T.; Luetscher M.; Macklin M.; Mudelsee M.; Munoz S.; Schulte, L.; St George S.; Stoffel M.; Wetter O., 2019. Interpreting historical, botanical, and geological evidence to aid preparations for future floods. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews - Water 6 (1), e1318.

Jones, S.E.; Burjachs; F.; Ferrer-García, C.; Giralt; S.; Schulte, L.; Fernández-López de Pablo, J., 2018. A multi-proxy approach to understanding complex responses of salt-lake catchments to climate variability and human pressure: A Late Quaternary case study from south-eastern, Spain. Quaternary Science Reviews 184, 201-233.

Schulte, L.; Peña, J.C.; Carvalho, F.; Schmidt, T.; Julià, R.; Llorca, J.; Veit, H., 2015. A 2600-year history of floods in the Bernese Alps, Switzerland: frequencies, mechanisms and climate forcing. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 19, 3047-3072.

Peña, J.C.; Schulte, L.; Badoux, A.; Barriendos, M.; Barrera-Escoda, A., 2015. Influence of solar forcing, climate variability and atmospheric circulation patterns on summer floods in Switzerland. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 19, 3807-3827.

Schulte, L., 2015. Interactive comment on "Quantitative historicalhydrology in Europe" by G. Benito et al. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussions 12, 1837-1841.

Peña, J.C.; Schulte, L., 2014. Effects of solar activities and climate variability on large floods in Switzerland. Boletín de la Asociación de Geógrafos Españoles 65, 469-475.

Carvalho, F.; Schulte, L., 2013. Morphological control on sedimentation rates and patterns of delta floodplains in the Swiss Alps. Geomorphology 198, 163-176.

Schulte, L., Julià, R., Veit, H., Carvalho, F., 2009. Do high resolution fan delta records provide a useful tool for hazard assessment in mountain regions? International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management 2, 197-210.

Schulte, L., Veit, H., Burjachs, F., Julià, R., 2009. Lütschine fan delta response to climate variability and land use in the Bernese Alps during the last 2400 years. Geomorphology 108, 107-121.

Schulte, L., Julià, R., Oliva, M., Burjachs, F., Veit, H., &nbs; Carvalho, F. 2008. Sensitivity of Alpine fluvial environments in the Swiss Alps to climate forcing during the Late Holocene. Sediment Dynamics in Changing Environments. IAHS Publ. 325, 367-374.

Schulte, L., Julià, R., Burjachs, F, Hilgers, A., 2008. Middle Pleistocene to Holocene geochronology of the River Aguas terrace sequence (Iberian Peninsula): Fluvial response to Mediterranean environmental change. Geomorphology 98, 13-33.

Santisteban, J. I., Schulte, L., 2007. Fluvial networks of the Iberian Peninsula: a chronological framework. Quaternary Science Reviews 26, 2738-2757.

Schulte, L., 2002. Climatic and human influence on river systems and glacier fluctuations in southeast Spain. Quaternary International 93-94, 85-100.

Schulte, L., Julia, R., 2001. A Quaternary soil chronosequence of Southeastern Spain. Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie. N.F. 45 (2), 145-158.

Relevant publications

Schulte, L. et al. 2019.

Integration of multi-archive datasets towards the development of a four-dimensional paleoflood model in alpine catchments.

Global and Planetary Change 180, 66-88.


Peña, J.C.; Schulte, L., 2020.

Simulated and reconstructed atmospheric variability and their relation with large Pre-industrial summer floods in the Hasli-Aare catchment (Swiss Alps) since 1300 CE.

Global and Planetary Change 190, 103191.


Schulte, L. et al., 2019.

Pluridisciplinary analysis and multi-archive reconstruction of paleofloods: societal demand, challenges and progress.

Global and Planetary Change 177, 225-238.


Blöschl, G. et al. 2020.

Current European flood-rich period exceptional compared with past 500 years.

Nature 583, 560–566 (2020).


Sánchez-García et al. 2019.

500-year flood history in the arid environments of south-eastern Spain. The case of the Almanzora River.

Global and Planetary Change, 102987.


Schulte, L. et al. 2015.

A 2600-year history of floods in the Bernese Alps, Switzerland: frequencies, mechanisms and climate forcing.

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 19, 3047-3072.


Peña, J.C. et al. 2015.

Influence of solar forcing, climate variability and atmospheric circulation patterns on summer floods in Switzerland.

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 19, 3807-3827.

Universitat de BarcelonaICREA - Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis AvançatsUniversität BernServei Meteorològic de CatalunyaGobierno de España - Ministerio de Educación y CienciaAlexander von Humboldt Foundation