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Research article
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08 Jun 2021
Research article |
| 08 Jun 2021
| 08 Jun 2021
River runoff in Switzerland in a changing climate – runoff regime changes and their time of emergence
Regula Muelchi
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute of Geography and Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Ole Rössler
Institute of Geography and Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
now at: German Federal Institute of Hydrology (BfG), Koblenz, Germany
Jan Schwanbeck
Institute of Geography and Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Rolf Weingartner
Institute of Geography and Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Mobiliar Lab for Natural Risks, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Olivia Martius
Institute of Geography and Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Mobiliar Lab for Natural Risks, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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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.
Runoff regimes in Switzerland will change significantly under climate change. Projected changes...
