Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
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Articles | Volume 26, issue 3
Articles | Volume 26, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-571-2022
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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-571-2022
© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 26, issue 3
Research article
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02 Feb 2022
Research article |  | 02 Feb 2022

Future projections of High Atlas snowpack and runoff under climate change

Alexandre Tuel, Nabil El Moçayd, Moulay Driss Hasnaoui, and Elfatih A. B. Eltahir

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Short summary
Snowmelt in the High Atlas is critical for irrigation in Morocco but is threatened by climate change. We assess future trends in High Atlas snowpack by modelling it under historical and future climate scenarios and estimate their impact on runoff. We find that the combined warming and drying will result in a roughly 80 % decline in snowpack, a 5 %–30 % decrease in runoff efficiency and 50 %–60 % decline in runoff under a business-as-usual scenario.
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