Runoff modelling of the glacierized Alpine Upper Salzach basin (Austria): Multi-criteria result validation

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 22, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 3950-3964

  Koboltschnig, Gernot R ^a,b   Schöner, Wolfgang ^c   Zappa, Massimiliano ^d   Kroisleitner, Christine ^c   Holzmann, Hubert ^b  

^a Provincial Government of Carinthia   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^c ZAMG Zentralanstalt fuer Meteorologie und Geodynamik   (Austria)

^d SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Glacier mass balance; Glacier melt; SCA remote sensing; Snow melt; Water balance of high elevation sites

Indexed keywords

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RUNOFF;

AUSTRIA; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; GLACIER MELT; HEAD WATERS; HEADWATER BASINS; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE UNIT; MULTI-CRITERIA; SCA REMOTE SENSING; SNOW COVERS; SNOW MELT; WATER BALANCE OF HIGH ELEVATION SITES; WATER STORAGES;

HYDRAULIC MODELS;

ABLATION; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; MODEL VALIDATION; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; SNOW COVER; SNOWMELT; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VALLEY GLACIER;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SALZACH BASIN;

EID: 53049088464     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7112     Document Type: Conference Paper

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