Future runoff from a partly glacierized watershed in Central Switzerland: A two-model approach

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 55, Issue , 2013, Pages 204-214

  Kobierska, Florian ^a,b   Jonas, Tobias ^a   Zappa, Massimiliano ^c   Bavay, Mathias ^a   Magnusson, Jan ^a   Bernasconi, Stefano M ^b  

^a WSL INSTITUTE FOR SNOW AND AVALANCHE RESEARCH SLF   (Switzerland)

^b GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Climate change; Ensemble technique; Mountain hydrology; Snow melt; Spatially distributed modeling

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE SCENARIOS; ENSEMBLE TECHNIQUES; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; HYDROPOWER RESERVOIRS; MOUNTAIN HYDROLOGY; SNOW MELT; SPATIALLY DISTRIBUTED MODELING;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; LANDFORMS; SNOW; WATERSHEDS;

RUNOFF;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MOUNTAIN; RUNOFF; SNOWMELT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WATERSHED;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84877132947     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2012.07.024     Document Type: Article

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