Future water temperature of rivers in Switzerland under climate change investigated with physics-based models

Abstract + 0.9  ∘ C for low-emission and + 3.5  ∘ C for high-emission scenarios for both lowland and Alpine catchments. At the seasonal scale, the warming on the lowland and in the Alpine regions exhibits different patterns. For the lowland the summer warming is stronger than the one in winter but is still moderate. In Alpine catchments, only a very limited warming is expected in winter. The period of maximum discharge in Alpine catchments, currently occurring during mid-summer, will shift to earlier in the year by a few weeks (low emission) or almost 2 months (high emission) by the end of the century. In addition, a noticeable soil warming is expected in Alpine regions due to glacier and snow cover decrease. All results of this study are provided with the corresponding source code used for this paper.

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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Extent
Online-Ressource
Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Future water temperature of rivers in Switzerland under climate change investigated with physics-based models ; volume:26 ; number:4 ; year:2022 ; pages:1063-1087 ; extent:25
Hydrology and earth system sciences ; 26, Heft 4 (2022), 1063-1087 (gesamt 25)

Creator
Michel, Adrien
Schaefli, Bettina
Wever, Nander
Zekollari, Harry
Lehning, Michael
Huwald, Hendrik

DOI
10.5194/hess-26-1063-2022
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2022030304364608994175
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Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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