Modelling runoff from highly glacierized alpine drainage basins in a changing climate

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 22, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 3888-3902

  Huss, Matthias ^a   Farinotti, Daniel ^a   Bauder, Andreas ^a   Funk, Martin ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Climate change; Glacier retreat; High mountain runoff; Runoff modelling; Seasonal climate scenarios

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING; CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DRAINAGE; GEODETIC SATELLITES; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIERS; RUNOFF;

ALPINE CATCHMENTS; ANNUAL RUNOFF; CATCHMENT CHARACTERISTICS; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODELS; GLACIER RETREAT; HIGH MOUNTAIN RUNOFF; HYDROLOGICAL MODELLING; ICE VOLUMES; MODEL COMPONENTS; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELLING; RUNOFF MODELLING; SEASONAL CHANGES; SEASONAL CLIMATE SCENARIOS; SURFACE ELEVATIONS; SURFACE MASS BALANCE;

HYDRAULIC MODELS;

CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DRAINAGE; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MASS BALANCE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RUNOFF; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; VALLEY GLACIER;

EID: 52949098272     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7055     Document Type: Conference Paper

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