Emma E. Aalbers^1,2, Erik van Meijgaard¹, Geert Lenderink¹, Hylke de Vries¹, Rein Haarsma¹ and Bart van den Hurk^2,3, (1)Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute, De Bilt, Netherlands, (2)Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM) VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, (3)Deltares, Delft, Netherlands