Information on frequency, magnitude and seasonality of damage-inducing torrential flooding events from steep, alpine headwater catchments (torrents) in Austria, for the period from 1962 to 2017. The datasets are based on information from the Austrian torrential event catalogue. The frequency data set is complemented with information on the number of functional torrential structures (technical mitigation measures), the number of exposed buildings as well as a multitude of climate indices related to precipitation, snow melt and the sum of precipitation plus snowmelt. Annual aggregates are derived by using area-weighted means across all catchments.
The CliSAP-Integrated Climate Data Center (ICDC) allows easy access to climate relevant data from satellite remote sensing and in situ and other measurements in Earth System Sciences. These data are important to determine the status and the changes in the climate system. Additionally some relevant re-analysis data are included, which are modeled on the basis of observational data. ICDC cooperates with the "Zentrum für Nachhaltiges Forschungsdatenmanagement "https://www.fdr.uni-hamburg.de/ to publish observational data with a doi.