Long-term changes in central European river discharge for 1869–2016: impact of changing snow covers, reservoir constructions and an intensified hydrological cycle

Rottler, Erwin; Francke, Till; Bürger, Gerd; Bronstert, Axel

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-1721-2020

Articles | Volume 24, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-1721-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-1721-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 24, issue 4

Research article

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09 Apr 2020

Research article |

| 09 Apr 2020

Long-term changes in central European river discharge for 1869–2016: impact of changing snow covers, reservoir constructions and an intensified hydrological cycle

Erwin Rottler, Till Francke, Gerd Bürger, and Axel Bronstert

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Final revised paper (published on 09 Apr 2020)
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RC1: 'referee comment', Anonymous Referee #1, 01 Dec 2019
- AC1: 'Author response referee I', Erwin Rottler, 19 Dec 2019
RC2: 'Very nice data driven study', Massimiliano Zappa, 05 Dec 2019
- AC2: 'Author response referee II', Erwin Rottler, 19 Dec 2019

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (further review by editor) (21 Jan 2020) by Jim Freer

AR by Erwin Rottler on behalf of the Authors (30 Jan 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (15 Mar 2020) by Jim Freer

AR by Erwin Rottler on behalf of the Authors (16 Mar 2020)

Short summary

In the attempt to identify and disentangle long-term impacts of changes in snow cover and precipitation along with reservoir constructions, we employ a set of analytical tools on hydro-climatic time series. We identify storage reservoirs as an important factor redistributing runoff from summer to winter. Furthermore, our results hint at more (intense) rainfall in recent decades. Detected increases in high discharge can be traced back to corresponding changes in precipitation.