The relevance of glacier melt in the water cycle of the Alps: The example of Austria

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2039-2048

  Koboltschnig, G R ^a   Schoner W ^b  

^a International Research Society INTERPRAEVENT   (Austria)

^b ZAMG Zentralanstalt fuer Meteorologie und Geodynamik   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRIA; GAUGING STATIONS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELLING; RIVER BASINS; RIVER CATCHMENT; RIVER RUNOFFS; STATISTICAL INTERPRETATION; WATER CYCLE;

CATCHMENTS; RIVERS; RUNOFF;

GLACIERS;

CATCHMENT; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIVER BASIN; RUNOFF; SNOW COVER;

ALPS; AUSTRIA; DRAU BASIN;

EID: 79959799209     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-15-2039-2011     Document Type: Article

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