Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
HESS
Articles | Volume 27, issue 1
Articles | Volume 27, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-27-191-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-27-191-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 27, issue 1
Research article
 | 
10 Jan 2023
Research article |  | 10 Jan 2023

Impact of distributed meteorological forcing on simulated snow cover and hydrological fluxes over a mid-elevation alpine micro-scale catchment

Aniket Gupta, Alix Reverdy, Jean-Martial Cohard, Basile Hector, Marc Descloitres, Jean-Pierre Vandervaere, Catherine Coulaud, Romain Biron, Lucie Liger, Reed Maxwell, Jean-Gabriel Valay, and Didier Voisin

Viewed

Total article views: 3,377 (including HTML, PDF, and XML)
HTML PDF XML Total BibTeX EndNote
2,370 912 95 3,377 88 112
  • HTML: 2,370
  • PDF: 912
  • XML: 95
  • Total: 3,377
  • BibTeX: 88
  • EndNote: 112
Views and downloads (calculated since 10 Jan 2022)
Cumulative views and downloads (calculated since 10 Jan 2022)

Viewed (geographical distribution)

Total article views: 3,377 (including HTML, PDF, and XML) Thereof 3,264 with geography defined and 113 with unknown origin.
Country # Views %
  • 1
1
 
 
 
 

Cited

Latest update: 23 Oct 2025
Download
Short summary
Patchy snow cover during spring impacts mountainous ecosystems on a large range of spatio-temporal scales. A hydrological model simulated such snow patchiness at 10 m resolution. Slope and orientation controls precipitation, radiation, and wind generate differences in snowmelt, subsurface storage, streamflow, and evapotranspiration. The snow patchiness increases the duration of the snowmelt to stream and subsurface storage, which sustains the plants and streamflow later in the summer.
Read more
Share