Articles | Volume 25, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-3245-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-3245-2021
Research article
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15 Jun 2021
Research article |  | 15 Jun 2021

Hydrological response to warm and dry weather: do glaciers compensate?

Marit Van Tiel, Anne F. Van Loon, Jan Seibert, and Kerstin Stahl

Data sets

HYDAT database Water Survey of Canada https://collaboration.cmc.ec.gc.ca/cmc/hydrometrics

eHYD Bundesministerium für Landwirtschaft, Regionen und Tourismus https://ehyd.gv.at/

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Short summary
Glaciers can buffer streamflow during dry and warm periods, but under which circumstances can melt compensate precipitation deficits? Streamflow responses to warm and dry events were analyzed using long-term observations of 50 glacierized catchments in Norway, Canada, and the European Alps. Region, timing of the event, relative glacier cover, and antecedent event conditions all affect the level of compensation during these events. This implies that glaciers do not compensate straightforwardly.