Reply to 'Statistics of flood risk' (original) (raw)

• Correspondence
• Published: 25 September 2014
• Stefan Hochrainer-Stigler2,
• Luc Feyen3,
• Jeroen C. J. H. Aerts1,
• Reinhard Mechler2,
• W. J. Wouter Botzen1,
• Laurens M. Bouwer4,
• Georg Pflug2,
• Rodrigo Rojas3 nAff5 &
• …
• Philip J. Ward1

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Jongman et al. reply —

Raschke1 has a number of concerns about the modelling approach and assumptions applied in our Letter2. Here, we address each of the concerns raised and provide our view on the choice of the specific methodological aspects, and on their validity.

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1. Rodrigo Rojas
   Present address: Present address: CSIRO, Land and Water, Private Bag Nr 5, PO Wembley, Perth, Western Australia 6913, Australia,

Authors and Affiliations

1. Institute for Environmental Studies, VU University Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1087, Amsterdam, 1081 HV, The Netherlands
   Brenden Jongman, Jeroen C. J. H. Aerts, W. J. Wouter Botzen & Philip J. Ward
2. IIASA — International Institute for Applied System Analysis, Schlossplatz 1, Laxenburg, 2361, Austria
   Stefan Hochrainer-Stigler, Reinhard Mechler & Georg Pflug
3. European Commission — Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Joint Research Centre, via E. Fermi 2749, Ispra (VA), I-21027, Italy
   Luc Feyen & Rodrigo Rojas
4. Deltares, Rotterdamseweg 185, 2629 HD, Delft, The Netherlands
   Laurens M. Bouwer

Authors

1. Brenden Jongman
2. Stefan Hochrainer-Stigler
3. Luc Feyen
4. Jeroen C. J. H. Aerts
5. Reinhard Mechler
6. W. J. Wouter Botzen
7. Laurens M. Bouwer
8. Georg Pflug
9. Rodrigo Rojas
10. Philip J. Ward

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Correspondence toBrenden Jongman.

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Jongman, B., Hochrainer-Stigler, S., Feyen, L. et al. Reply to 'Statistics of flood risk'.Nature Clim Change 4, 844–845 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2376

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• Published: 25 September 2014
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• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2376