Articles | Volume 25, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-3071-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-3071-2021
Research article
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08 Jun 2021
Research article |  | 08 Jun 2021

River runoff in Switzerland in a changing climate – runoff regime changes and their time of emergence

Regula Muelchi, Ole Rössler, Jan Schwanbeck, Rolf Weingartner, and Olivia Martius

Data sets

Hydro-CH2018-Runoff ensemble (version v1) R. Muelchi, J. Schwanbeck, O. Rössler, R. Weingartner, and O. Martius https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3937485

Short summary
Runoff regimes in Switzerland will change significantly under climate change. Projected changes are strongly elevation dependent with earlier time of emergence and stronger changes in high-elevation catchments where snowmelt and glacier melt play an important role. The magnitude of change and the climate model agreement on the sign increase with increasing global mean temperatures and stronger emission scenarios. This amplification highlights the importance of climate change mitigation.