Trends in the hydrologic regime of Alpine rivers

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 529, Issue , 2015, Pages 1823-1837

  Bard, Antoine ^a   Renard, Benjamin ^a   Lang, Michel ^a   Giuntoli, Ignazio ^a,b   Korck, Jane ^c   Koboltschnig, Gernot ^d   Janža, Mitja ^e   d'Amico, Michele ^f   Volken, David ^g  

^a CENTRE DE LYON VILLEURBANNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c Bavarian Environment Agency   (Germany)

^d Provincial Government of Carinthia   (Austria)

^e GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SLOVENIA   (Slovenia)

^f Ministry for the Environment Land and Sea   (Italy)

^g Federal Office of Environment   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alps; Droughts; Snowmelt; Spring onset; Streamflow; Trend analysis

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; STREAM FLOW; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ALPS; CLIMATIC REGIMES; CLIMATIC REGIONS; HYDROLOGIC REGIME; IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS; SNOWMELT; SOUTHEASTERN ALPS; TREND ANALYSIS;

SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; DROUGHT; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; RIVER SYSTEM; SNOWMELT; SPRING (HYDROLOGY); STREAMFLOW; TIME SERIES; TREND ANALYSIS;

ALPS;

EID: 84945479337     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.07.052     Document Type: Article

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