Glaciermelt of a small basin contributing to runoff under the extreme climate conditions in the summer of 2003

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1010-1018

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

^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

Climate impact on glaciers; Extreme summer 2003; Glaciermelt; Index based melt modelling; Snowmelt

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BUILDINGS; GLACIERS; OBSERVATORIES; RUNOFF; SNOW; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; TIME SERIES;

CLIMATE IMPACT ON GLACIERS; EXTREME SUMMER 2003; GLACIERMELT; INDEX-BASED MELT MODELLING; SNOWMELT;

HYDRAULIC MODELS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; GLACIER; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; RUNOFF; SNOWMELT; SUMMER;

EID: 62249206489     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7203     Document Type: Conference Paper

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