Response of snow cover and runoff to climate change in high Alpine catchments of Eastern Switzerland

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 55, Issue , 2013, Pages 4-16

  Bavay, M ^a   Grunewald T ^a,b   Lehning, M ^a,b  

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

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Catchment hydrology; Climate change; Modeling future runoff; Snow cover; Snow melt; Water resources

Indexed keywords

ALPINE CATCHMENTS; AUTOMATIC WEATHER STATIONS; CATCHMENT HYDROLOGY; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SNOW COVERS; SNOW MELT; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SUMMER PRECIPITATION;

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; SNOW; WATER RESOURCES;

RUNOFF;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; GLACIER; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; RUNOFF; SNOW COVER; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SNOWMELT; WATER RESOURCE;

GRAUBUNDEN; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84877157633     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2012.12.009     Document Type: Article

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