Articles | Volume 20, issue 9
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-3967-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-3967-2016
Research article
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27 Sep 2016
Research article |  | 27 Sep 2016

A three-pillar approach to assessing climate impacts on low flows

Gregor Laaha, Juraj Parajka, Alberto Viglione, Daniel Koffler, Klaus Haslinger, Wolfgang Schöner, Judith Zehetgruber, and Günter Blöschl

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We present a framework for assessing climate impacts on future low flows that combines different sources of information termed pillars. To illustrate the framework, three pillars are chosen: low-flow observation, climate observations and climate projections. By combining different sources of information we aim at more robust projections than obtained from each pillar alone. The viability of the framework is illustrated for four example catchments from Austria.
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