Data and knowledge gaps in glacier, snow and related runoff research - A climate change adaptation perspective

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 518, Issue PB, 2014, Pages 225-234

  Salzmann, Nadine ^a,b   Huggel, Christian ^b   Rohrer, Mario ^c   Stoffel, Markus ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c METEODAT GMBH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Climate change adaptation; Climate change impacts; Glacier; Mountain environments; Snow

Indexed keywords

SNOW;

CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; KNOWLEDGE GAPS; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENTS;

GLACIERS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GLOBAL CLIMATE; RUNOFF; SNOW COVER; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 84907657370     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.05.058     Document Type: Article

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