Projected cryospheric and hydrological impacts of  21st century climate change in the Ötztal Alps (Austria)  simulated using a physically based approach

Hanzer, Florian; Förster, Kristian; Nemec, Johanna; Strasser, Ulrich

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-1593-2018

Articles | Volume 22, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-1593-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-1593-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 22, issue 2

Research article

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01 Mar 2018

Research article |

| 01 Mar 2018

Projected cryospheric and hydrological impacts of 21st century climate change in the Ötztal Alps (Austria) simulated using a physically based approach

Florian Hanzer, Kristian Förster, Johanna Nemec, and Ulrich Strasser

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Final revised paper (published on 01 Mar 2018)
Preprint (discussion started on 08 Aug 2017)

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Review of article „Projected cryospheric and hydrological impacts of 21st century climate change in the Ötztal Alps (Austria) simulated using a physically based approach” by Hanzer et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 19 Sep 2017
- AC1: 'Reply to anonymous reviewer #1', Florian Hanzer, 30 Nov 2017
RC2: 'Review comments', Anonymous Referee #2, 22 Oct 2017
- AC2: 'Reply to anonymous reviewer #2', Florian Hanzer, 30 Nov 2017

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (18 Dec 2017) by Luis Samaniego

AR by Florian Hanzer on behalf of the Authors (11 Jan 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (23 Jan 2018) by Luis Samaniego

AR by Florian Hanzer on behalf of the Authors (23 Jan 2018)

Short summary

Climate change effects on snow, glaciers, and hydrology are investigated for the Ötztal Alps region (Austria) using a hydroclimatological model driven by climate projections for the RCP2.6, RCP4.5, and RCP8.5 scenarios. The results show declining snow amounts and strongly retreating glaciers with moderate effects on catchment runoff until the mid-21st century, whereas annual runoff volumes decrease strongly towards the end of the century.