Future changes in annual, seasonal and monthly runoff  signatures in contrasting Alpine catchments in Austria

Hanus, Sarah; Hrachowitz, Markus; Zekollari, Harry; Schoups, Gerrit; Vizcaino, Miren; Kaitna, Roland

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-3429-2021

Articles | Volume 25, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-3429-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-3429-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 25, issue 6

Research article

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17 Jun 2021

Research article |

| 17 Jun 2021

Future changes in annual, seasonal and monthly runoff signatures in contrasting Alpine catchments in Austria

Sarah Hanus, Markus Hrachowitz, Harry Zekollari, Gerrit Schoups, Miren Vizcaino, and Roland Kaitna

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-3429-2021-supplement

Data sets

Modelled runoff in contrasting Alpine catchments in Austria S. Hanus https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4539986

Model code and software

sarah-hanus/hbv-mountain: Semi-Distributed Hydrological Model in Julia Programming Language S. Hanus https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4964641

Short summary

This study investigates the effects of climate change on runoff patterns in six Alpine catchments in Austria at the end of the 21st century. Our results indicate a substantial shift to earlier occurrences in annual maximum and minimum flows in high-elevation catchments. Magnitudes of annual extremes are projected to increase under a moderate emission scenario in all catchments. Changes are generally more pronounced for high-elevation catchments.