Monitoring snowpack outflow volumes and their  isotopic composition to better understand streamflow  generation during rain-on-snow events

Rücker, Andrea; Boss, Stefan; Kirchner, James W.; von Freyberg, Jana

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-2983-2019

Articles | Volume 23, issue 7

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-2983-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-2983-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 23, issue 7

Research article

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15 Jul 2019

Research article |

| 15 Jul 2019

Monitoring snowpack outflow volumes and their isotopic composition to better understand streamflow generation during rain-on-snow events

Andrea Rücker, Stefan Boss, James W. Kirchner, and Jana von Freyberg

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RC1: 'Report of referee', Anonymous Referee #1, 14 Mar 2019
- AC1: 'Response to comments of reviewer 1', Andrea Rücker, 15 Apr 2019
RC2: 'Monitoring snowpack outflow volumes and their isotopic composition to better understand streamflow generation during rain-on-snow events', Roman Juras, 23 Apr 2019
- AC2: 'Response to comments of reviewer 2', Andrea Rücker, 26 Apr 2019
RC3: 'Review of the manuscript ‘Monitoring snowpack outflow volumes and their isotopic composition to better understand streamflow generation during rain-on-snow events’ by Andrea Ruecker (HESS-2019-11)', Daniele Penna, 29 Apr 2019
- AC3: 'Response to comments of reviewer 3', Andrea Rücker, 03 May 2019

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

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (further review by editor) (09 May 2019) by Bettina Schaefli

AR by Andrea Rücker on behalf of the Authors (14 May 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (22 May 2019) by Bettina Schaefli

AR by Andrea Rücker on behalf of the Authors (30 May 2019) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

To better understand how rain-on-snow (ROS) events affect snowpack outflow volumes and streamflow generation, we measured snowpack outflow volumes and isotopic composition during 10 ROS events with automated snowmelt lysimeters at three locations in a pre-Alpine catchment. We quantified the spatio-temporal variability of snowpack outflow and its relative contribution to streamflow, and identified rainfall characteristics and initial snow depth as major controls on snow hydrological processes.