Articles | Volume 22, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-1157-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-1157-2018
Research article
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09 Feb 2018
Research article |  | 09 Feb 2018

Retrospective forecasts of the upcoming winter season snow accumulation in the Inn headwaters (European Alps)

Kristian Förster, Florian Hanzer, Elena Stoll, Adam A. Scaife, Craig MacLachlan, Johannes Schöber, Matthias Huttenlau, Stefan Achleitner, and Ulrich Strasser

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Index of /data/cfsr-rfl-mmda/flxf NOAA https://nomads.ncdc.noaa.gov/data/cfsr-rfl-mmda/flxf/

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This article presents predictability analyses of snow accumulation for the upcoming winter season. The results achieved using two coupled atmosphere–ocean general circulation models and a water balance model show that the tendency of snow water equivalent anomalies (i.e. the sign of anomalies) is correctly predicted in up to 11 of 13 years. The results suggest that some seasonal predictions may be capable of predicting tendencies of hydrological model storages in parts of Europe.