Importance of maximum snow accumulation for summer low flows in humid catchments

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 859-874

  Jenicek, Michal ^a   Seibert, Jan ^b,c   Zappa, Massimiliano ^d   Staudinger, Maria ^b   Jonas, Tobias ^e  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; GROUNDWATER; SNOW; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS;

ALPINE CATCHMENTS; CATCHMENT RUNOFFS; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; GROUNDWATER STORAGE; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; WINTER SNOW ACCUMULATION;

RUNOFF;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANNUAL VARIATION; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; LOW FLOW; MELTWATER; PEAK DISCHARGE; RUNOFF; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SNOWMELT; SUMMER;

ALPS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84959237736     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-20-859-2016     Document Type: Article

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